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Ellis makes 35 saves in a 4-3 win for Victoria. Man is Ellis getting a lot of work down there, nothing but good for his development.

[Toxic]

mball said:

Ellis makes 35 saves in a 4-3 win for Victoria.  Man is Ellis getting a lot of work down there,  nothing but good for his development.

7-1 in his last 8 games :twisted:

He makes on average 35 saves each night this year

[Naslund01]

So how many goals/assists does grabner have now? He seems to be having a great season. How long till he makes the NHL? I am guessing he is a few years away but I have never seen or listened to him play.

[timw33]

Naslund01 said:

So how many goals/assists does grabner have now?  He seems to be having a great season.  How long till he makes the NHL? I am guessing he is a few years away but I have never seen or listened to him play.

Probably 2-3 years.

Needs a year or two in the AHL to learn Defence and how to play against men.
Needs to gain about 10-15 pounds.

He has 32goals and 12 assists for 44 points in 47 games.

[Grabner]

Naslund01 said:

So how many goals/assists does grabner have now?  He seems to be having a great season.  How long till he makes the NHL? I am guessing he is a few years away but I have never seen or listened to him play.

He will get the 10 game tryout next season, if he can play with our top-six...he'll stick around. If not, then he'll be with the Moose.

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timw33 said:

CaPtAiN_NaZzI said:

Grabner needs 4 more goals til he matches last year's amount.  

He's only 7 behind the leader even after missing 12 games to flu/injury.

He would most likely be in the top 3 if he hadn't missed those games. I would really like to see what he could do with some solid linemates. With a good set up man Grabby would be pretty deadly.

[timw33]

mball said:

timw33 said:

CaPtAiN_NaZzI said:

Grabner needs 4 more goals til he matches last year's amount.  

He's only 7 behind the leader even after missing 12 games to flu/injury.

He would most likely be in the top 3 if he hadn't missed those games. I would really like to see what he could do with some solid linemates. With a good set up man Grabby would be pretty deadly.

With better teammates he would have a few more assists.

Needs a good playmaking centre though.

Well if he played those 12 games at the same goals per game he would have 40 goals and be the leader.

[thecupismine]

If Grabner needs a good playmaking center Nonis's incentives to draft a big, playmaking Canadian center just got a lot larger. It would help Grabner and our entire team long term. The Canadian center should also be a good leader, so when Naslund and his following captain leave we have someone within the system who can step up. This would be a few years down the line, but hey, we must always be prepared lol. Two centers that come to mind are Sutter and Hamill (not sure about there leadership but they seem obtainable, Hamill a little less likely but Sutter is probable).

[timw33]

thecupismine said:

If Grabner needs a good playmaking center Nonis's incentives to draft a big, playmaking Canadian center just got a lot larger.  It would help Grabner and our entire team long term.  The Canadian center should also be a good leader, so when Naslund and his following captain leave we have someone within the system who can step up.  This would be a few years down the line, but hey, we must always be prepared lol.  Two centers that come to mind are Sutter and Hamill (not sure about there leadership but they seem obtainable, Hamill a little less likely but Sutter is probable).

Hamill is a small centre, only 5'10.5.

Sutter or Veillieux would be a better fit at 6'3 and 6'5 respectively.

Don't worry, our focus is centres in this draft.

[WAAC]

timw33 said:

thecupismine said:

If Grabner needs a good playmaking center Nonis's incentives to draft a big, playmaking Canadian center just got a lot larger.  It would help Grabner and our entire team long term.  The Canadian center should also be a good leader, so when Naslund and his following captain leave we have someone within the system who can step up.  This would be a few years down the line, but hey, we must always be prepared lol.  Two centers that come to mind are Sutter and Hamill (not sure about there leadership but they seem obtainable, Hamill a little less likely but Sutter is probable).

Hamill is a small centre, only 5'10.5.

Sutter or Veillieux would be a better fit at 6'3 and 6'5 respectively.

Don't worry, our focus is centres in this draft.

how do you know??

[timw33]

gonucksgo0420 said:

timw33 said:

thecupismine said:

If Grabner needs a good playmaking center Nonis's incentives to draft a big, playmaking Canadian center just got a lot larger.  It would help Grabner and our entire team long term.  The Canadian center should also be a good leader, so when Naslund and his following captain leave we have someone within the system who can step up.  This would be a few years down the line, but hey, we must always be prepared lol.  Two centers that come to mind are Sutter and Hamill (not sure about there leadership but they seem obtainable, Hamill a little less likely but Sutter is probable).

Hamill is a small centre, only 5'10.5.

Sutter or Veillieux would be a better fit at 6'3 and 6'5 respectively.

Don't worry, our focus is centres in this draft.

how do you know??

Interweb.....

Edit: if you are refering to our focus.

Our top centre "prospect" is Rick Rypien......*shudder*

Followed by ECHL player F-P Guennete.

We have no centres whatsover and this team has never had a good skilled centre with size play on this team.

[NucksTillIDie]

timw33 said:

thecupismine said:

If Grabner needs a good playmaking center Nonis's incentives to draft a big, playmaking Canadian center just got a lot larger.  It would help Grabner and our entire team long term.  The Canadian center should also be a good leader, so when Naslund and his following captain leave we have someone within the system who can step up.  This would be a few years down the line, but hey, we must always be prepared lol.  Two centers that come to mind are Sutter and Hamill (not sure about there leadership but they seem obtainable, Hamill a little less likely but Sutter is probable).

Hamill is a small centre, only 5'10.5.

Sutter or Veillieux would be a better fit at 6'3 and 6'5 respectively.

Don't worry, our focus is centres in this draft.

If we finish top in NorthWest Division, we will get 26-27 pick overall and Sutter, Veillieux and Hamill will all be taken before then...

Maybe Oscar Moller?

[NucksTillIDie]

Do you guys think Nonis should trade our L.A. 2nd rounder (most likely 31st overall) with our 1st rounder (most likely 25-26 overall) to trade up maybe 10 spots to 15th overall to get one of these guys??

[timw33]

NucksTillIDie said:

Do you guys think Nonis should trade our L.A. 2nd rounder (most likely 31st overall) with our 1st rounder (most likely 25-26 overall) to trade up maybe 10 spots to 15th overall to get one of these guys??

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No.

Talent level is pretty much even throughtout the top 50, not much higher at 15 then at 25.

Players will be going at very erratic spots (in compariason to their rankings) so trading up does not guarentee much.

It would be stupid to trade 2 late 1sts for 1 mid 1st, its better to get numerous prospects.

[timw33]

NucksTillIDie said:

timw33 said:

thecupismine said:

If Grabner needs a good playmaking center Nonis's incentives to draft a big, playmaking Canadian center just got a lot larger.  It would help Grabner and our entire team long term.  The Canadian center should also be a good leader, so when Naslund and his following captain leave we have someone within the system who can step up.  This would be a few years down the line, but hey, we must always be prepared lol.  Two centers that come to mind are Sutter and Hamill (not sure about there leadership but they seem obtainable, Hamill a little less likely but Sutter is probable).

Hamill is a small centre, only 5'10.5.

Sutter or Veillieux would be a better fit at 6'3 and 6'5 respectively.

Don't worry, our focus is centres in this draft.

If we finish top in NorthWest Division, we will get 26-27 pick overall and Sutter, Veillieux and Hamill will all be taken before then...

Maybe Oscar Moller?

Well I'd rather pick 30th.

But If we can get Hamill with a 25+ pick I'd be surprised.

But if we can pick up both of Veilliex and Sutter it would really help out our centre prospect depth and size.

There will be some good forwards available to pick with a late 2nd, maybe even Backlund.

[NucksTillIDie]

I think there is a between top 10-12 than there is 25th overall.. So maybe trading up into the top 10 to draft Espisito or Turris woudlnt be bad..

[NucksTillIDie]

timw33 said:

NucksTillIDie said:

timw33 said:

thecupismine said:

If Grabner needs a good playmaking center Nonis's incentives to draft a big, playmaking Canadian center just got a lot larger.  It would help Grabner and our entire team long term.  The Canadian center should also be a good leader, so when Naslund and his following captain leave we have someone within the system who can step up.  This would be a few years down the line, but hey, we must always be prepared lol.  Two centers that come to mind are Sutter and Hamill (not sure about there leadership but they seem obtainable, Hamill a little less likely but Sutter is probable).

Hamill is a small centre, only 5'10.5.

Sutter or Veillieux would be a better fit at 6'3 and 6'5 respectively.

Don't worry, our focus is centres in this draft.

If we finish top in NorthWest Division, we will get 26-27 pick overall and Sutter, Veillieux and Hamill will all be taken before then...

Maybe Oscar Moller?

Well I'd rather pick 30th.

But If we can get Hamill with a 25+ pick I'd be surprised.

But if we can pick up both of Veilliex and Sutter it would really help out our centre prospect depth and size.

There will be some good forwards available to pick with a late 2nd, maybe even Backlund.

Sutter and Veillieux will be drafted anywhere between 15-30. I would be shocked to see them still available with our L.A. 2nd but who knows...

[timw33]

NucksTillIDie said:

timw33 said:

NucksTillIDie said:

timw33 said:

thecupismine said:

If Grabner needs a good playmaking center Nonis's incentives to draft a big, playmaking Canadian center just got a lot larger.  It would help Grabner and our entire team long term.  The Canadian center should also be a good leader, so when Naslund and his following captain leave we have someone within the system who can step up.  This would be a few years down the line, but hey, we must always be prepared lol.  Two centers that come to mind are Sutter and Hamill (not sure about there leadership but they seem obtainable, Hamill a little less likely but Sutter is probable).

Hamill is a small centre, only 5'10.5.

Sutter or Veillieux would be a better fit at 6'3 and 6'5 respectively.

Don't worry, our focus is centres in this draft.

If we finish top in NorthWest Division, we will get 26-27 pick overall and Sutter, Veillieux and Hamill will all be taken before then...

Maybe Oscar Moller?

Well I'd rather pick 30th.

But If we can get Hamill with a 25+ pick I'd be surprised.

But if we can pick up both of Veilliex and Sutter it would really help out our centre prospect depth and size.

There will be some good forwards available to pick with a late 2nd, maybe even Backlund.

Sutter and Veillieux will be drafted anywhere between 15-30. I would be shocked to see them still available with our L.A. 2nd but who knows...

But you never know in this type of draft, a player could go at any selection, I sure hope one is available however.

But we really need our scouting team to come through with another gem.

[NucksTillIDie]

Maybe we should pick up David Schlemko with a 2nd rounder?? I have a buddy in Alberta who says this guy is amazing at creating plays and good smart skater..

[timw33]

NucksTillIDie said:

Maybe we should pick up David Schlemko with a 2nd rounder??  I have a buddy in Alberta who says this guy is amazing at creating plays and good smart skater..

I'd rather hear from pro scouts than some guy in Alberta.