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Looks like Tyler Graovac has signed with Dinamo Minsk, the KHL team Klimovich is currently on a trial contract with and may join next season. If Klimovich does indeed sign with Dinamo Minsk, Graovac would be a good, familiar bar to measure his development against.

Looks like he's joined Dinamo Minsk, the team Klimovich is currently on a trial contract with and may join next season. If Klimovich does indeed sign with Dinamo Minsk, Graovac would be a good, familiar bar to measure his development against.

Really excited about this! He'll have the opportunity to play plenty of games this year in Barrie. As far as I know, Jet Greaves will be the only real competition in the crease for him. Barrie is only about a 20 minute drive from my place, so I'll try to get out and see him play as much as possible!

Rick Dhaliwal on air saying over the past few days he's been hearing from multiple sources that the Canucks have been aggressively pursuing Tyson Barrie in trade talks with Colorado.

At 6 its gotta be Zegras. As for the cost I have no idea. I guess it comes down to how much Detroit values their guy at 6 over their guy at 10 and how many other teams are trying to move up.

NMC or full NTC? Haven't seen anything reported on that yet. Think its safe to assume with a deal like that he probably has full trade protection.

I've been stressing about this for so long. I love Lu, he's a national treasure, but I am praying this stupid rule doesn't handicap this team. Every other player in this situation has ended up on LTIR, but it would be very Canuckish if we were the first team to get hammered with the cap recapture.

It would shocked if Benning pulled the trigger on that, but I wouldn't be upset about it. He is an unbelievable prospect and then we could actually be comfortable including Markstrom, Demko, or DiPietro in a trade package. Not the move I would make.... but a justifiable one that could pay off big.

I think I found Broberg being at 15 behind Soderstrom the most interesting. The fact that Soderstrom, Broberg, Seider, Harley, and York are ranked side by side from 14-18 shows that there is absolutely zero consensus in the defensemen rankings from team to team after Byram. I think from 5 to about 20 this could be one of the craziest drafts ever with unexpected picks and teams trading up and down. Is it Friday yet?!

https://www.tsn.ca/americans-set-to-dominate-first-round-of-the-nhl-draft-1.1323878 Bob McKenzie's final consensus draft rankings are out.

It was reported that the Canucks were brining in 2-3 prospects for extended interviews this past week as well as meeting again with Zegras closer to the draft. Newhook and Krebs were confirmed to be 2 of the prospects brought in. It could just be those 3, or as reported, there could be a 4th that we haven't heard about yet.

Why's that? I think you could argue that maybe Boldy's ceiling isn't quite as high as some of these other guys, but I also think his floor is probably the highest. Zegras really excites me. The combined creativity and hockey IQ of Zegras and Pettersson paired with Boeser's finishing ability would be something to see

Cheers mate! Love hearing the stories of how people became Canucks fans. Thanks for sharing! I think you're absolutely right in that Caufield and Podkolzin have two of the highest ceilings of the players that could realistically be available for us at 10. However, I don't think those are the only two that could end up being great players for us. I'm personally a big fan of Zegras, Krebs, Newhook, and Boldy as well. I agree with your evaluation of the defensive pool though. The only way I'd like us to come out of the first round with a defenseman is in a trade down scenario. If we could trade down a few spots from 10 and come out with 2 of Seider/Soderstrom/Tomasino/Lavoie/Dorofeyev/Poulin, I would consider that a big win.

I would be okay with Broberg at 10. I wouldn't have the same level of excitement and comfortability as I'd have with one of the 4 aforementioned forwards though.

Voting is done before playoffs start, so Binnington's playoff performance is irrelevant.

Couldn't agree more. The achilles injury scares me a little bit, but I would love Krebs at 10. There are many guys that I would be okay with us picking at 10, but the 4 realistic options I would be most excited about are in no particular order; Krebs, Zegras, Boldy, and Newhook. My ranking of those 4 guys changes almost daily haha!

The intrigue is 100% warranted. His ceiling is sky high, but there is no other prospect rated in the first round that has as many hurdles to jump in order to approach that ceiling. In that sense he is very similar to Ryan Merkley of last years draft. I'd expect him to get drafted in a similar position too, likely in the 18 to 25 range. Could go a tad higher if a team is confident they can fix him as you mentioned, could fall right out of the first if he totally bombed interviews.

Every aspect of his game that isn't putting the puck in the net is a total red flag. He has a low compete level, he's lazy, not a good skater, he's one dimensional, he is invisible for 90% of the game. You ever look at Reid Boucher's stat lines in the AHL and wonder why he can't get it going at the NHL level? Then you actually watch him play and it all makes sense? That is Arthur Kaliyev. Think Reid Boucher with Goldobin's character. P.S. I have absolutely nothing against Reid Boucher. He is a great guy and I'd love it if we could keep him in our farm system. I just have no desire to draft a comparable player in the top 10. I think we are starting to cultivate a really great culture on this team that is led by our young core. While we need to draft BPA, I think it is nearly if not equally as important that we draft guys that fit with that culture. You think Green butt heads with Goldobin? If we draft Kaliyev, instead of presenting him with a jersey, they might as well give him his own custom press box seat.... That's where he'd be spending all of his time.

No chance. Next year's draft is outrageous. We need to hang on to our 2020 first.

I believe it is only 5 games he can play this upcoming season before entering the league full-time next season.

Haha no worries man! That makes sense. You are right about Wahlstrom having the better draft numbers and being the higher ranked prospect by most sources. However, the gap between them was much smaller than you are implying. In their draft years on the U18 USDP Wahlstrom put up 62gp 48g 46a 94p and Farabee put up 62gp 33g 43a 76p (Jack Hughes had 36gp 27g 41a 68p). In terms of rankings, Wahlstrom usually found himself just inside the top 10 while Farabee found himself just outside it. Farabee was always considered the more complete player and had the intangibles going for him, he was actually the captain of the U18 team that year. The big draw to Wahlstrom was always his finishing ability. Similar to Caufield this year, Wahlstrom went wire to wire having the highest rated shot and being considered the best pure goal scorer in the class. The hits against Wahlstrom were always his lack of foot speed and his questionable compete level. I know a ton of people on these forums were very high on Wahlstrom and wanted him at 7. I wasn't very high on him for the reasons stated above, and I wasn't shocked to see him have a bit of a disappointing at BC. That being said, Wahlstrom had an excellent (albeit short) stint in the AHL after leaving BC and could still return good value on the #11 pick. To relate it back to this years draft, it is easy to say all these guys have have inflated numbers and only look good because they're playing with Hughes. But this years USNDTP is the best of all time, and Hughes isn't the reason for that. The program has seen superstar level players in the past (Kane, Eichel, Matthews), but this '01 class is the best ever because there are so many other players that are stars in their own right and don't need to rely on that superstar to carry the play. Hughes, Turcotte, Zegras, Caufield, Boldy were all dominant before they got together on this team. And the 4 outside of Hughes have proved they are still that when Hughes has been out of the lineup. I would be pumped with any of those guys at #10. Normally at this time of the year I have a list of 2 or 3 guys I really want the Canucks to take in the first round. This year that list is like 10 deep. I cannot wait for next Friday!!!

As @ruilin96 has already mentioned, after the draft JB stated that the first 7 players picked were the top 7 players they had ranked on their board. So yes, they definitely had him rated highly and since he was rated in their top 7, he was obviously a player they were considering with the 7th pick. That's where the rumour came from... It was never the Canucks would have taken him at 7, it was that they could have taken him at 7. Analysts just mentioned that other teams such as the Canucks were high on Hayton to justify the Coyotes pick because it's very possible he wouldn't have made it to them if they traded down. While I haven't seen the board, based on pre and post draft comments, as well as now knowing Hughes was #3, I would be willing to bet quite a bit of money that Zadina/Hayton or Hayton/Zadina were 6 and 7 on the Canucks 2018 draft board.

They are fairly similar players, but they are very different people. Brady's intangibles are off the charts. He just finished his rookie season in Ottawa and he's already viewed as the leader of that team. He won't have to wait long before he gets the "C".

In what world did Farabee have a disappointing D+1 season?

That's totally fair and could very well be correct. My best guess would be: 1) Dahlin 2) Tkachuk 3) Hughes 4) Svechnikov 5) Kotkaniemi 6) Zadina 7) Hayton Similar to you having a hunch that the Canucks weren't high on Svech, I just have a hunch they were obsessed with Brady. The way that guy carries himself, there's no way he didn't interview the best out of all the prospects. He is a total gamer, provides the physicality the Canucks so desperately need, and he obviously had tons of untapped offensive potential heading into the draft. I could see Tkachuk, Svech, and Kotkaniemi in any order on the Canucks list and not be surprised though. I do disagree a little about your take on Svech. I actually live about 20 minutes away from Barrie, so I got to see him play on the regular in junior. There aren't any holes in his game... zero. Everyone knew about his offensive ability, but nobody was really commenting on how he was Barrie's best penalty killer by a mile. He's strong as an ox, reliable everywhere, skates like the wind, and has an elite finishing ability. Leading up to the draft last year I compared him to Malkin on the wing. I totally stand by that and I'll be shocked if he doesn't have a long, fantastic NHL career. Regardless though, I am so pumped that we have Hughes! Canucks were totally justified in having him at #3 and I'm pumped the hockey gods did us a solid and dropped Pettersson and Hughes in our lap. Now if only we can make it 3 years in a row and grab Zegras at 10 this year