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    Jordan Schroeder

    in Canucks Talk

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    As much as I do want him to succeed, I don't see him as our 2nd line C unless he has a stellar camp. If he doesn't crack the opening lineup I wonder if they'd keep him around as a rotating 13th forward.

    I know it's not the best for development, but it'll be better asset management.

    Jordan Schroeder

    in Canucks Talk

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    Schroeder did have his opportunity, but what some people fail to realize is that he was placed in the top 6 immediately after injury. Obviously he was going to be rusty and found himself as a healthy scratch weeks later. During that top 6 stint the team was playing some of its worst hockey in a long time.

    He was also misused on the powerplay, I'm pretty sure they had him parked in the slot and the front of the net which had me scratching my head. Schroeder should've been the half wall QB on the second pp unit.

    This kid still has tons of upside, let's just scrap this injury plagued season and rewind to last summer where there was still optimism around the same Schroeder that showed glimpses of elite playmaking and vision in his rookie season.

    Jordan Schroeder

    in Canucks Talk

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    Of our 13 RFAs I'd keep Archibald, Sauve, Polasek.Then have Tanev, Kass and Schroeder on 1 ways.Year at a time for JS. Tanev will probably take another one year, and we should give Kass 3 @3mCannata, Andersson..

    Polasek's contract was terminated so he could return to the Czech league.

    Nikolaj Ehlers

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    Never seeing Ehlers actually play, everything I have read and heard of about Ehlers is that he is a small to average sized prospect with great skill but lacks some defensive awareness. I do believe that what the Canucks truly need in the prospect pool is high-end skill. A player that has speed and can score. What prospect out of the top 5 has the most skill? May be the best player in the entire draft? From what I have heard that player is Nylander. He has extreme talent which many say could make him eventually being the best player out of this draft. However, you also hear that he has attitude issues. Personally, I believe the best pick for the Canucks is Virtanen but if you are going to go for the player with more of a skill package rather than size why wouldn't the Canucks go for the guy that some project to have the highest ceiling and the most skill in Nylander. (And for the poster that keeps referring to Nylander as a girl...GROW UP!!!!. Who cares what someone looks like. I remember people saying Bure looked like he wore lipstick but nobody ever gave a crap cause he was one hell of a hockey player).

    I would much rather the Canucks choose Nylander over Ehlers but Virtanen still has amazing speed, can really put the puck in the net and uses his size effectively. Virtanen would certainly bring a lot of excitement to the Canucks if he were able to translate his current game to the NHL in a couple of years.

    I'm torn between Nylander and Virtanen. Virtanen is physically dominant and we all know what kind of player he's going to be, but Nylander seems to have the higher ceiling. Nylander lit up the U18's and is an all-around offensive talent that can dish the puck and finish. He could very well be an elite level talent in the NHL.

    In regards to Ehler, Drouin's clearly inflating his numbers.

    Draft Virtanen!

    in Canucks Talk

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    Virtanen is a true power forward and is a straight up and down, score off the rush player. The defensemen in the NHL are much stronger and trucking through everybody will be much more of a challenge.

    The one thing I question with Virtanen is his vision and hockey sense. Nothing worse than a player who as all the tools but skates like a bull with his head down, never looking up (Aka. David Booth), which is my worst fear with him.

    He is a speedster though, which makes up for some of it. But speed and strength alone won't help a ton with in-zone offence.

    Until I'm shown Virtanen has good vision and hockey sense, I have Ehlers and maybe even Nylander above him.

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