[Rough Neck]

abbyhawk12, on Apr 18 2007, 12:43 PM, said:

he imposter thats an ugly picture if its you you should get plastic surgery.

nick for the last time..no..bad mut

[Millerdraft]

hiroshima, on Apr 18 2007, 10:26 AM, said:

you guys have no clue.simek is a big talent,and they will send players down to ECHL for him,cause he is a future canuck

Relax on the Simek spam. No one's calling him a bust but you seem to think he's a Pavel Datsyuk clone, so we're trying to bring you back to earth. He's a highly skilled player who has a ways to go, as does Grabner, as does Raymond, before they make the jump. Let's not overhype a 6th round pick, over even a first rounder (Grabs), and just let him develop.

As for this year? The Moose are a little overloaded but perhaps Simek makes the jump to the "A" next year and who knows, maybe Grabner struggles this playoffs and gets sent back to junior for another year. I'll concede that Simek is probably better built framewise at this point but his team didn't bow out quick enough and Grabner got his spot on the Moose.

This post has been edited by Millerdraft: 18 April 2007 - 01:39 PM

[Blister Soul]

Rinslet, on Apr 18 2007, 09:47 AM, said:

I love this pic of both of them. I grew so attached to Luc and Letang as a dman pair during the WJC, it'd be hard to see them going against each other.

At least it will only be what...once every 3 years, if we continue with the current schedule.

[Grabner]

'The Killer'...Kirill Koltsov will be playing in the world cup, we'll get to see him on TSN.

[timw33]

Grabner, on Apr 18 2007, 07:17 PM, said:

'The Killer'...Kirill Koltsov will be playing in the world cup, we'll get to see him on TSN.

AWESOME!!!!!

I really want to see him play live and own.

When is the world cup on?

[Grabner]

timw33, on Apr 18 2007, 07:26 PM, said:

AWESOME!!!!!

I really want to see him play live and own.

When is the world cup on?

I know, it will be a real treat to see him live...

Full Sceduale

Preliminary Round starts on Friday April 27, Russia's first game on the same date versus Denmark at 11:15 AM (PST)

This post has been edited by Grabner: 18 April 2007 - 07:33 PM

[timw33]

Let's hope he rips it up, Canuck fans get to see him own and Nonis signs him.

[Lost Canuck]

timw33, on Apr 18 2007, 07:36 PM, said:

Let's hope he rips it up, Canuck fans get to see him own and Nonis signs him.

QFT

[Rinslet]

The Imposter, on Apr 18 2007, 04:08 PM, said:

At least it will only be what...once every 3 years, if we continue with the current schedule.

Yeah. If we didn't have such a gigantic logjam of defenseman prospects, Letang would be in my trade wishlist.. Just to see him and Bourdon together. BUT~ We have Edler and I love Edler.

[timw33]

Rinslet, on Apr 18 2007, 09:25 PM, said:

Yeah. If we didn't have such a gigantic logjam of defenseman prospects, Letang would be in my trade wishlist.. Just to see him and Bourdon together. BUT~ We have Edler and I love Edler.

Our log jam isnt that bad.

Bourdon needs at least 1 year in the AHL, maybe more, we want him to be an IMPACT player when he has a rookie season.

Edler could either player 5/6 man or even spend another year in the AHL playing 25 minutes a game.

Rahimi needs seasoning and fine tuning of skills.

Koltsov, who knows.

[Rinslet]

timw33, on Apr 18 2007, 09:32 PM, said:

Our log jam isnt that bad.

Bourdon needs at least 1 year in the AHL, maybe more, we want him to be an IMPACT player when he has a rookie season.

Edler could either player 5/6 man or even spend another year in the AHL playing 25 minutes a game.

Rahimi needs seasoning and fine tuning of skills.

Koltsov, who knows.

Well, considering the veteran dmen on the team as well, we have our top 3 locked up for the next 3 seasons, and Bieksa has a 50/50 chance of staying as well. That will only really leave 2 spots for prospects for the upcoming seasons.

But our logjam is the good type of log jam.. At least we aren't jammed up with horrible defensive prospects... most (if not all) are very promising.

[timw33]

Rinslet, on Apr 18 2007, 09:34 PM, said:

Well, considering the veteran dmen on the team as well, we have our top 3 locked up for the next 3 seasons, and Bieksa has a 50/50 chance of staying as well. That will only really leave 2 spots for prospects for the upcoming seasons.

But our logjam is the good type of log jam.. At least we aren't jammed up with horrible defensive prospects... most (if not all) are very promising.

We still have Krajicek by the way, and he ain't so bad, remember that dmen come into their own later than forwards.

Training camp will determine out 5, 6 and 7 spots.

[Rinslet]

timw33, on Apr 18 2007, 09:39 PM, said:

We still have Krajicek by the way, and he ain't so bad, remember that dmen come into their own later than forwards.

Training camp will determine out 5, 6 and 7 spots.

I didn't know whether to put him in or not since other than Fitz and Sopes, he's the only other defenceman who would be a ®FA this offseason, and I'm not quite sure of the chances that we'll resign him.

[timw33]

Rinslet, on Apr 18 2007, 10:36 PM, said:

I didn't know whether to put him in or not since other than Fitz and Sopes, he's the only other defenceman who would be a ®FA this offseason, and I'm not quite sure of the chances that we'll resign him.

I wouldn't mind trading him.

[Rinslet]

timw33, on Apr 18 2007, 10:42 PM, said:

I wouldn't mind trading him.

Same here. (And this makes me feel bad since I actually like Krajicek Just not as much as ... Edler or Luc who can potentially take over his job next year)

[Cooke_Hart]

RE: Koltsov

timw33, on Apr 18 2007, 07:36 PM, said:

Let's hope he rips it up, Canuck fans get to see him own and Nonis signs him.

Or that he gets more value in case we trade him. If he can't crack our roster next fall then we might as well move him before we lose him for nothing.

btw, not a big deal but it's the World Championships.

[TheKottonmouthed]

the logjam is good players need to stay in minors a lil longer dont need to rush things bourdon koltsov and edler still have lots to learn at the ahl level before the nhl level

[Dazzle]

I'm going to get flamed for placing Brandon Reid here as a prospect, but I didn't want to create another thread because someone's bound to say "Why didn't you type that here?"

Anyways, how is Brandon doing there?

[Grabner]

Dazzle, on Apr 18 2007, 11:54 PM, said:

I'm going to get flamed for placing Brandon Reid here as a prospect, but I didn't want to create another thread because someone's bound to say "Why didn't you type that here?"

Anyways, how is Brandon doing there?

*sigh*


If you really want to know, then here it is: Reid will be a UFA next season, the Canucks are not planning to resign him.

[timw33]

2567Gino#29, on Apr 18 2007, 11:49 PM, said:

the logjam is good players need to stay in minors a lil longer dont need to rush things bourdon koltsov and edler still have lots to learn at the ahl level before the nhl level

Koltsov will not play in the AHL, its NHL or RSL for him.

Dazzle, on Apr 18 2007, 11:54 PM, said:

I'm going to get flamed for placing Brandon Reid here as a prospect, but I didn't want to create another thread because someone's bound to say "Why didn't you type that here?"

Anyways, how is Brandon doing there?

Yeah, I'd take the Reid stuff to another thread.

But he's been a scratch in the last 7-9 games.

Ok production in the games he did play in, but he will be nothing more than an AHLer or European player.