[timw33]

Matt Butcher is putting up an excellent 2nd NCAA season.

16GP 1G 9A 10pt

(4pts in 40GP last year)

I hope he continues to develop, would be wonderful if he became a diamond in the rough.

[NuckMan]

Moar drafts!!!! I would seriously sometimes trade in Christmas for a draft. Cause to me they are one in the same. It really sounds worse than it is.

[nucks&bombers]

NuckMan, on Dec 6 2007, 09:48 AM, said:

Moar drafts!!!! I would seriously sometimes trade in Christmas for a draft. Cause to me they are one in the same. It really sounds worse than it is.

I too would consider trading Christmas for more beer

[NuckMan]

Aren't you clever!

[nucks&bombers]

NuckMan, on Dec 6 2007, 10:01 PM, said:

Aren't you clever!

I do what I can !

[Dortmund]

Just thought I'd show how Grabner is doing compared the rest of the 2006 draft year, as you can see all the blue chip prospects at the top are in the NHL. Grabner is playing at higher level of competion(AHL) than most players near his draft position, though seems like so many other teams give their players at least a taste at the NHL level. Hope he continues to score so he gets that chance sooner than later.



1 Erik Johnson D
2007-08 Peoria Rivermen* AHL 1 0 0 0 2
2007-08 St. Louis Blues NHL 13 2 5 7 6

2 Pittsburgh Jordan Staal C
2007-08 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 28 2 4 6 19

3 Chicago Jonathan Toews C
2007-08 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 25 10 10 20 20

4 Washington Nicklas Backstrom C
2007-08 Washington Capitals NHL 27 2 12 14 4

5 Boston Phil Kessel C
2007-08 Boston Bruins NHL 27 9 6 15 14

6 Columbus Derick Brassard C
2007-08 Syracuse Crunch AHL 16 5 15 20 10

7 NY Islanders Kyle Okposo R
2007-08 U. of Minnesota NCAA 16 6 4 10 4

8 Phoenix Peter Mueller C
2007-08 Phoenix Coyotes NHL 25 8 6 14 8

9 Minnesota James Sheppard C
2007-08 Minnesota Wild NHL 25 2 7 9 15

10 Florida Michael Frolik C
2007-08 Rimouski Oceanic QMJHL 19 9 18 27 8

11 Los Angeles Jonathan Bernier G

12 Atlanta Bryan Little C
2007-08 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 27 3 6 9 14

13 Toronto Jiri Tlusty L
2007-08 Toronto Maple Leafs* NHL 13 3 2 5 2
2007-08 Toronto Marlies AHL 5 1 2 3 8

14 Vancouver Michael Grabner R
2007-08 Manitoba Moose AHL 23 7 9 15 4

15 Tampa Bay Riku Helenius G

16 San Jose Ty Wishart D
2007-08 Prince George Cougars WHL 32 9 21 30 27

17 Los Angeles Trevor Lewis C
2007-08 Manchester Monarchs AHL 22 2 4 6 11

18 Colorado Chris Stewart R
2007-08 Lake Erie Monsters AHL 19 6 6 12 9

19 Anaheim Mark Mitera D
2007-08 U. of Michigan NCAA 16 1 5 6 22

20 Mtl. Canadiens David Fischer D
2007-08 U. of Minnesota NCAA 16 1 4 5 2

21 NY Rangers Bob Sanguinetti D
2007-08 Brampton Battalion OHL 29 17 24 41 22

22 Philadelphia Claude Giroux R
2007-08 Gatineau Olympiques QMJHL 29 21 27 48 23

23 Washington Semen Varlamov G

24 Buffalo Dennis Persson D

25 St. Louis Patrik Berglund C
26 Calgary Leland Irving G
27 Dallas Ivan Vishnevskiy D
2007-08 Rouyn-Noranda Huskies QMJHL 17 10 10 20 20

28 Ottawa Nick Foligno L
2007-08 Binghamton Senators* AHL 6 0 5 5 6
2007-08 Ottawa Senators NHL 19 3 2 5 8

29 Phoenix Chris Summers D
2007-08 U. of Michigan NCAA 16 0 4 4 16

30 New Jersey Matt Corrente D
2007-08 Niagara IceDogs OHL 9 2 4 6 37

[Victorious Secret]

15 points in 23 games in the AHL for Grabner is quite good. I'm happy with that

[jayRmichigan]

I wish the Canucks had Ty Wishart.






... *cough*

[timw33]

So far tonight:

Rahimi + Coloumbe each have an assist.
Matson a -1.
Grabner 1G
Bliznak 1A (has just surpassed his career highs with 23 points in 27GP (22pt in 47 last year))
Gendur 2A

This post has been edited by timw33: 07 December 2007 - 10:52 PM

[Toxic]

After over a month-long hiatus, i'm returning to do updates on Canucks.com and some stories, working on the first one of the year, should be a good read. Once the story is done i want to do more work on the front page

[Lost Canuck]

Toxic, on Dec 8 2007, 01:00 PM, said:

After over a month-long hiatus, i'm returning to do updates on Canucks.com and some stories, working on the first one of the year, should be a good read. Once the story is done i want to do more work on the front page

That's good.
I always enjoy your articles.

[Toxic]

Any article where there's a comparison between Brandon Reid and Charlie Conway should be a winner

[timw33]

Hansen 1G, 2nd Star
Bourdon -3
Heska -3
Schnieder 4GA, 25 Saves
White +2
Raymond -1

[Dortmund]

timw33, on Dec 8 2007, 07:59 PM, said:

Hansen 1G, 2nd Star
Bourdon -3
Heska -3
Schnieder 4GA, 25 Saves
White +2
Raymond -1

Schneider has surprised me with his very slow start to the season. I thought for awhile it was just going to be a few games, looks like Clarke needs more than a few days with him to get his confidence back.

[timw33]

Dortmund, on Dec 8 2007, 08:54 PM, said:

Schneider has surprised me with his very slow start to the season. I thought for awhile it was just going to be a few games, looks like Clarke needs more than a few days with him to get his confidence back.

Needs to have a few games with less than 3 goals against.

[Dortmund]

timw33, on Dec 8 2007, 08:57 PM, said:

Needs to have a few games with less than 3 goals against.

Moose fans seem to be comparing his performances to Ellis of last year, which I see as a disappointment.

[nucks&bombers]

Dortmund, on Dec 9 2007, 11:56 AM, said:

Moose fans seem to be comparing his performances to Ellis of last year, which I see as a disappointment.

It is dissapionting but somehow not suprising. I mean the kid is right out of college, he's had family issues, and for god sakes he has to live in winterpeg like me! I would say that we should start to look at his preformance at just after the halfway mark. just my opinion!

[Dortmund]

nucks&bombers, on Dec 9 2007, 12:22 PM, said:

It is dissapionting but somehow not suprising. I mean the kid is right out of college, he's had family issues, and for god sakes he has to live in winterpeg like me! I would say that we should start to look at his preformance at just after the halfway mark. just my opinion!

I wasn't saying that was my opinion of him, I was just reading their board and they are comparing him to Auld and Ellis. This is Moose fans though, they always seem to forget AHL is a developmental league not a championship league

[Glov3s]

I was at the game last night vs Pittsburgh, and I noticed that Edler really stood out. At the start I noticed he seemed to have a few skating issues (he fell down, and stumbled a few times behind the play), but he was good when it counted. He made some nice moves on the line (aside from a few bad bounces), and he let a few howitzers from the point off. I was also impressed with his physical game. He belted Ruutu, rubbed out Malkin, and even knocked down Laraque. It's good to see him consistently improving his game.

[tobamani]

what is going on with grabby