Lekkerimäki is on an impressive point pace for Canucks right now

Lekkerimäki is on an impressive point pace for Canucks right now

Heading into this season, Jonathan Lekkerimäki had done little to prove he belonged in the NHL. In 37 games across two previous seasons with the Vancouver Canucks, Lekkerimäki had just five goals and nine points — decent for a two-way role player at the bottom of the lineup, but not what was needed from a sub-six-foot finesse winger without separating speed. It wasn’t entirely his fault. Lekkerimäki’s post-draft development was derailed and dela…