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  1. When's he UFA? Ideally we sign him to a deal that ends just before that. Baer may not want that so we may have to overpay but it may be worth it if we can buy more UFA years on a more friendly contract.
  2. Guys. Cam we all just make a pact to not respond to chilli. If he doesn't get responses hell stop the bull$&!#
  3. Huge lats and back muscles. Impressive, lots of guys tend to just work on the visible muscles: abs, biceps etc.
  4. Nah I get it. Totally unjust for them to shut your thread down. The header for this clearly states Prospects and Utica Comets. Since Higgins is a Comet it should be within the rules to have a Higgins thread. There are threads dedicated to Canucks players in Canucks Talk so I don't see why it's any different here.
  5. Satanic number of pages here now...
  6. No, you were replying to McCannon who said nothing about shot rise and sniping. You can't even understand what you write yourself.
  7. The WJC is probably my favourite hockey to watch but I've got to stay off these forums while it's on.

    1. Odd.
    2. Brad Marchand

      Brad Marchand

      I'd recommend staying the f*** away from HFBoards, too.

  8. Like Schroeder and CoHo right? I guess MacKinnon was going to be a bust when he struggled in the WJC.
  9. from his highlight pack (all his goals) goal 1 - pure snipe goal 2- effort and a snipe. goal 3 - go to the net goal goal 4 - from Schmaltz but also an EN goal 5 - breakaway goal 6 - breakaway goal 7 - deflection, no Schmaltz goal 8 - snipe, sure schmaltz touched it but Boeser went and got the puck then shot. goal 9 - deflection goal 10 - snipe. No Schmaltz goal 11 - Schmaltz lead to the turnover but Boeser took it and finished it goal 12 - nice feed but he got the puck at center then went and scored. goal 13 - broken play, toe drag to snipe goal 14 - yeah ok, lots of Schmaltz but good finish goal 15 - capitalized on a tounover.
  10. Your conspiracy theory about Benning picking from the USHL to save face is hilarious. Really, you should go into standup comedy. I take it you think 9/11 was an inside job as well? Benning pick 2 players from the USHL in 2015 and none in 2014 but he's in love with the USHL Boeser is putting up outstanding numbers as a freshman in college, comparable to Oshie. The WJC is a small sample size. If we base players careers of that than Hodgson and Schroeder would be top 5 scorers in the league. Aside from all this, picking players out of college allows you to control their development better. Once they sign they can go straight to Utica, no stupid CHL agreement rule.
  11. Tough tournament for Virtanen. I will admit I expected more from him and that he did have a disappointing tourney. I did find it strange that Jake really wasn't physical throughout the tournament. It's a part of the game he loves so I doubt he wanted to not play physical. Was he told not to hit? A couple times last year he got penalized for throwing a big hit that wasn't necessarily dirty but just looked bad. Is he still struggling with injury? I'm not sure but I don't think it was his decision to not play physical. This however does not mean that we should wright him off. Hopefully Jake takes everything that happened in the tournament and learns from it. I think that Jake is really struggling with not being the best anymore. When you are the best at something through your whole life it's hard to transition to being just "meh." Every NHL player has to go through this, and some handle better than others. Bo and McCann have taken it in stride but it seems to have affected Jake a little more. Jake is going to have to push through all this and when he finally does I think that we will really see hime start to come on. He has all the tools. Of course it is possible that he can't push through and just stays as a "meh" player through his NHL career.
  12. IQ was said to be an issue before the draft (although I believe it's overblown a little) but, I still think that after a 40+ goal and near PPG playing second line (? I'm not sure on the actual numbers) it was justified to take him at 6. Not many players in the draft had the tools Jake has. He was the fastest player in the draft class, his shot was (and still is) wicked fast, his coach on the Hitmen talked about it and his body checks were probably top of his draft class. I never said Virtanen is the next Neely. What I am saying is at the time he was the right pick.
  13. HAD the highest potential. HAD refers to the past. Which implies I was talking about the draft. Do I really need to give you an English lesson so you can comprehend my posts? Virtanen does have the tools, wicked shot, big body and blazing fast. He just needs to put it together. I don't think it's likely that he gets there but it's possible and it seemed very likely after his draft season.
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