[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.

[Vancouver_Canucks]

I want to see a Bourdon Edler pairing for 1 entire year with the odd call up to the NHL.

Edler needs two more off seasons to bulk up and fit into his frame!!

[-mb]

timw33, on Apr 18 2007, 11:59 PM, said:

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

Reid could play in the NHL, just not for this team. He'll sign somewhere else I'm sure, and he'll bounce up and down throughout the season. He's only been a scratch because or Raymond/Grabner/Vet Rule and Moose fans are pretty angry. He should be back in the lineup for playoffs.

But yeah... Reid isn't a Canucks prospect anymore.

[TheKottonmouthed]

does anyone have an idea if jaffray will be signed to canuck contract

[Grabner]

2567Gino#29, on Apr 19 2007, 08:23 AM, said:

does anyone have an idea if jaffray will be signed to canuck contract

Nope not yet, and it wont happen this season. Nonis said he'll look into it after the playoffs.

[itzabreeze]

Prospect Games for Thursday:

PLAYOFFS:

Grand Rapids @ Moose (Edler, Raymond, Grabner, Rahimi & Friends)
Game #1
Moose Reg. Season Points: 102
Grand Rapids Reg. Season Points: 85
Note: Game can be watched online for around $6 at http://www.b2livetv....terschedule.asp
I highly doubt all of the "kids" to dress. Grabby could be the odd man out, but you never know.

[Rinslet]

^^^ @ the first Rahimi pic. Nice.

[Grabner]

More picks of the Swedish Rahm...

[itzabreeze]

Great new Bourdon article:

Eagles Bourdon returning to familiar territory
http://www.capebreto...id=23685&sc=146

BRAD ROWE
The Cape Breton Post

By Brad Rowe

Cape Breton Post

SYDNEY — Luc Bourdon was a fixture on the Val d’Or Foreurs blue-line for two and a half seasons.

Now the rugged rearguard will face his former team for the first time when the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles and Foreurs meet in a best-of-seven Quebec Major Junior Hockey League semifinal.

Game 1 is Friday at 8:30 p.m. ADT at the Air Creebec Centre in Val d’Or.

“I’m not the first player to go back to play against his former team,” said Bourdon, down playing his return to Val d’Or. “Sometimes you change addresses. Right now I’m playing for the Screaming Eagles so I’m going to do what I can to help this team win.”

Bourdon left Val d’Or in January of 2006 when he was traded to the Moncton Wildcats for two players and two draft picks that were eventually sent back to Moncton in return for high-scoring forwards Brad Marchand and Jerome Samson.

The 2005 first-round pick of the Vancouver Canucks helped Moncton win the QMJHL title last season. The Eagles are hoping he can do the same for them.

“I think it’s going to be a great series,” said Bourdon. “They’re a great team. They proved that all year long, just like we did. I think it’s going to be a good challenge for us to play them. I think we’re pretty equal teams so the team that works the hardest and is more willing to pay the price will end up winning the series.”

Bourdon has certainly showed his willingness to pay the price in the first two rounds of the post-season. The 6’3”, 215-pound blue-liner has been very physical and effective at shutting down the opposition’s top forwards while also contributing offensively with nine assists in nine games.

“The playoffs is always a different game,” said Bourdon. “There’s no tomorrow. Every shift of every game counts so you have to make sure every time you’re on the ice you’re as focused and as prepared as you can be.”

Bourdon isn’t worried facing his former team will be a distraction, even though he still has several good friends with the Foreurs. He was roommates with 20-year-old defenceman Sebastien Biaillon his entire time with the Foreurs and he and 19-year-old defenceman Kristopher Letang helped Canada win two gold medals at the World junior championship.

“I still have a lot of contact with guys I played with,” said Bourdon, the third overall pick in the 2003 QMJHL draft. “When you play two and half years with a team you’re going to make some good friends. They’re good guys and after the series is done we’ll have a chance to talk again.”

Bourdon can also let his new teammates know what to expect from the fans in Val d’Or. The Foreurs averaged just 2,075 fans during the regular season — lowest in the league — but they’ve drawn standing-room-only crowds ranging from 2,353 to 3,002 to their four home games so far.

“The fans are going to be pretty loud. They’re great hockey fans,” said Bourdon, who played 154 games with Val d’Or. “When I was there we had rough times and there were not many people in the stands but with the team they have this year this city is pretty excited, just like Cape Breton. It’s going to be pretty interested to go there and play in that building again.”

Game 2 will also be played in Val d’Or, Saturday at 8 p.m. ADT.

The series then shifts to Centre 200 in Sydney for Games 3, 4 and 5, if necessary.

NOTES: The Eagles will board a charter flight to Val d’Or at the Sydney Airport today at 3 p.m. Fans are invited to the airport to give the team a send off. . . Eastlink will telecast Games 1 and 2 from the Air Creebec Centre in Val d’Or. The cable network will pick up the feed from a station in Val d’Or while play-by-play man Dan Robertson and colour analyst Paul MacDonald will do their work from the Eastlink studio.

[Fedor_Chubarov]

Vancouver_Canucks, on Apr 18 2007, 11:59 PM, said:

I want to see a Bourdon Edler pairing for 1 entire year with the odd call up to the NHL.

Edler needs two more off seasons to bulk up and fit into his frame!!

From what i saw this season Bourdon and Rahimi are both 215lbs and Edler is only 195lbs but all are 6'3. I could see them being the big 3 on the moose next year like Ohlund Salo and Mitchell are for us. It will be interesting to see what they weigh in at when they arrive in camp, as Bourdon and Rahimi could be the 2 biggest blueliners if they put on more than 5lbs of muscle and pass Ohlunds solid frame of 6'2 and 220lbs. I remember a couple years back in 02-03 the canucks had the largest blueliners on average with Jovonovski being the smallest of them all and we never lost 3 in a row until we were eliminated in the playoffs. We may be even bigger in a couple years.

[.finnish.macinnis.]

I was wondering if there is any word on the Canadian roster for the upcoming tourney because I know the US on is up.