So, Soucy, Cole and Irwin all added to the left side. I thought they would make space for Hirose after his great showing late last season. Hopefully they have a plan for Akito as I don't want him to be press-box surfing and getting cold like Rathbone last year.
Good point and fair enough. I hope whatever our scouts saw in these guys was worth the inherent "risk" of grabbing over-agers, and they end up being good pieces for us either in Abby or Van.
Fair enough - although for me we would have been better suited grabbing over-age D like you mention, as opposed to these light-weight centers we grabbed. Less chance that they become a factor in the NHL with their frame pretty much already filled out.
But what's done is done, and they are Canucks now - so I hope they tear it up for us and prove me wrong.
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These players have been passed on by EVERY TEAM at least once, one of them has been passed on by every team twice. There is little risk or competition to sign these guys in free agency. Lol.
Bro, the 4th round is not where you take D+2 and D+1 players that you can easily sign in a couple of days on July 1st. That's what people are upset about. Take players with upside, it's not hard.
Well, people are comparing it to the 2015 draft, so lets take a look.
Canucks potentially just traded the ticket to the next Chabot, Boeser, Ek, Connor, Barzal, DeBrusk, Konecny, Beauvillier, Merkley etc
Time will tell tho.
You're comparing Hronek to Makar? I don't understand why this matters. Every defenseman has gaffes. Every player mind you. Just like our management has gaffes, quite often actually. Hronek is not worth what they paid.
He will fit right in with these kind of atrocious drop passes!
That about does it for me for my hope in this franchise turning it around anytime soon. Such a terrible year in P.R, management, drafting, pro scouting.. I'd be hard pressed to name one thing this new management excels at.
As usual in Canucks fashion, they get your hope up (in this case a series of good trades) only to lay a massive steamer right on your chest.
Everyone wants RHD, yes. But we aren't in the position to be trading two top 64 picks in the deepest draft since 2015 for a defensively questionable player that Yzerman clearly saw not enough in to warrant him being apart of his core.
Absolute joke.