Vancouver Canucks prospect profile: Forward Tyler Madden

The Vancouver Canucks have a very impressive prospect pool. Part of that is because of guys like Tyler Madden.

Before this year, I never really paid attention to picks past the second round but players like Vancouver Canucks forward prospect Tyler Madden have shown me the error of my way. Madden was the third round pick in the 2018 draft. He’s a 5’11”  center who weighs 150 pounds and plays for the Northeastern Huskies.

In his rookie season with the team, he managed to put up 28 points( 12G,16A)  won 44% of his faceoffs. Madden was named to the Hockey East All-Rookie team and was rookie of the week three times. He was part of the WJC-20 where he primary played winger and had 3 goals and 1 assist in 7 games.

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There are three things that stand out to me about Madden. First on the list is his speed. Madden is able to use it effectively both with and without the puck. He uses it on the forecheck by either beating the defenders to the puck or by pressuring them causing them to turn it over.

He also uses it to be aggressive on the penalty killing unit, making it hard for teams to get set up. With the puck, he uses his speed to create chances on the rush but also draws defenders towards him leaving teammates open and ready for a pass.

The second thing on my list is his shot, I didn’t have a chance to watch a lot of NCAA this year, but seeing how quick of a shot he has at the WJC was something else.

This year, Madden was able to shoot it 116 times and only had two games without a shot.  Madden does have some nice stickhandling moves, which helps create space to get his wicked wrister off but also has a good one-timer.

The last thing that I really like about Madden is that you can play him in every situation, he has the versatility I think the Canucks need, to have a guy who can be great on the PP but be just as effective on the PK.

I think Madden could be a top 6 guy for the Canucks playing as a winger on that second line with Horvat and Pearson for now. He could add some speed to that line and with all of them being good passers and finishes it would be hard to defend. Madden could add more of a threat to the second penalty kill unit and maybe even be used on the second power play line.

Madden is going to return to Northeastern next year which I believe is that call. I think if Madden can gain some weight he will be harder to push off the puck and will be able to win more face-offs which is the other area I’m hoping he will be able to improve in.

I would love to see him with the Canucks at the end of next season but with everything I see in Madden, it will be worth the wait. All stats were found on eliteprospects.com and nuhuskies.com.