nuck nit Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Highlight reel pass from Honzik to Archi vs SJ.Woah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canvoucer Vanuck Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Had 1 giveaway which led to a goal by the Sharks (taking after Luongo ), but was otherwise solid. And yes that was a very nice, heads-up pass he made, which led to a good scoring chance too. As long as he keeps the puck-handling simple he should be alright lol. Congrats on your first win in a Canucks uniform and hopefully there's many more to come! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dasein Posted September 20, 2011 Share Posted September 20, 2011 Honzik cut from training camp this morning. Camp Cuts: Canucks reassign David Honzik to junior Another minor roster trim this morning, as the Canucks have announced that 18-year-old goaltender David Honzik, their 3rd pick in the 2011 draft, has been reassigned to the Victoriaville Tigres. As usual, when a player is cut, PITB makes effort to explain the decision, and, just like yesterday's cuts of Sawyer Hannay and Marc Anthony Zanetti, this one's a no-brainer: Honzik isn't ready for pro hockey. Honzik started two games in Penticton's YoungStars tournament, and he didn't shine particularly brightly in either. In his first outing, he gave up six goals, several of the ugly variety. He looked shaky, out of sorts and, at times, over his head. In his second, he gave up another three, again looking uncertain and unconfident. He finished with a tournament-worst 6.35 goals against average and a save percentage of .809. Yuck. It was impossible to miss the deflation in his body language during his time in the net, and frankly, it was probably kindness on the Canucks' part not to expose him to another confidence-rattling start at the pro level. That said, the Canucks were never planning to give him another pro start. Like Marc Anthony Zanetti, Honzik didn't get brought to main camp because the organization thought he might compete for a spot anywhere; rather, he was invited back to Vancouver to get a little extra practice time, receive a few pointed criticisms, and be tasked with a handful of things to work on for next year by goaltending coach Rollie Melanson. The great thing for Honzik is, unlike Zanetti, he's a draft pick, so he knows for certain that he'll get a few more camps to show his stuff. It's reasonable to assume that Honzik will be a lot better next year, both because he's still quite young and because he's been trending upward for quite some time. It would be easy for Canuck fans to be down on Honzik's selection, especially considering the poor showings he put in the two times they were able to finally see him, but it wouldn't be wise. Honzik has a great deal of raw potential and right now, all that we've seen is the rawness. Consider the following, from Canucks Army: Before this season started, Honzik had never had real quality goalie coaching before in his life. So when you talk about "raw skilled goalies" – he is as raw as you can possibly get. For him to go from being this completely anonymous, raw skilled kid coming out the Czech Republic who really struggled in the first couple months of the season – he was a fish out of water on most nights – then getting that solid goalie coaching from Daniel Frechette, and for him to absorb all of this information that was thrown at him on a daily basis, and really push Antonio Mastropietro – who I personally think is a terrific goalie – then really take over and put it all together in the playoffs… well, that's why Vancouver drafted him so high. Honzik took his game to a totally different world from where he was to begin the season. And a lot of scouts will say – you take two goalies, one of them is really technically sound and plays really well, but then the other is completely raw skilled, but can compete as well as the goalie with the technically sound skill set – which one do you take? Well you take the one with the raw skill, because imagine how good he'll be when he actually adds the technique to his game. And that was probably part of Vancouver's thinking – look where he was to start the season, and look where he ended off – being one of the best Q goalies in the playoffs. Honzik's showings at the YoungStars tournament mirrored many of his early starts in Victoriaville, but by the time the season was over, he was one of the best goalies in the league. Sure, it wasn't enough for him to be the Canucks' MVP up in Penticton, but it was enough to convince the Canucks to draft him in the third round. If he continues to improve at the rate that got him drafted, he could still turn out to be very, very good. Honzik will be tasked with improving on his form and technical movement; he's still too much of a reaction goaltender for the Canucks' liking. Heck, he'll be the first to admit he doesn't quite know what he's doing yet. From Sportsnet, last June: Even Honzik couldn't always explain how the puck managed to stay out of the net on some shots. "Sometimes I have luck because I'm pretty big in the net," the 6-foot-2, 209-pounder said. "Pucks just hit me. Sometimes I don't understand how (I) stop pucks too." Hopefully by next year he understands a little better. http://vansunsportsb...nzik-to-junior/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canvoucer Vanuck Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Hope he does well in junior this year. He'll have his own goalie coach from now on hopefully! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BureisBest Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Honzik stopped all 30 shots to shutout the defending memorial cup champion Saint John Seadogs tonight. First star of the game and first SO of the year for Honzik. http://en.lhjmq.qc.ca/schedule/show/game/60317 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master 112 Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 That's great to hear! Especially for me - I really like this kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent.S Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Honzik stopped all 30 shots to shutout the defending memorial cup champion Saint John Seadogs tonight. First star of the game and first SO of the year for Honzik. http://en.lhjmq.qc.ca/schedule/show/game/60317 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enter_The_Dragon Posted October 2, 2011 Share Posted October 2, 2011 Looks like Huberdeau was not with the Sea Dogs, but sounds like a good win for Honzik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canvoucer Vanuck Posted October 6, 2011 Share Posted October 6, 2011 Huberdeau's being sent back to junior, but he wasn't there for that game. Go Honzik! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jigsaw99 Posted October 11, 2011 Share Posted October 11, 2011 not doing so hot. looks like he's going to lose his starter role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kassasin#9 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 not doing so hot. looks like he's going to lose his starter role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian452 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Victoriaville's Goaltending stats as of October 11, 2011 Name GP Min GA GAA W L T ENG SO Saves SvPct Brandon Whitney 7 333 15 2.70 5 0 0 0 1 112 0.882 David Honzik 7 393 27 4.12 3 4 0 1 1 173 0.865 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avelanch Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Victoriaville's Goaltending stats as of October 11, 2011 Name GP Min GA GAA W L T ENG SO Saves SvPct Brandon Whitney 7 333 15 2.70 5 0 0 0 1 112 0.882 David Honzik 7 393 27 4.12 3 4 0 1 1 173 0.865 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master 112 Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Honzik has made over 50 more saves than Whitney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dasein Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 4.12 GAA? Ouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avelanch Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 they both have a sv% of below .900 something tells me their defense is horrid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edler's Mind Tricks Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Something tells me league wide defense is horrid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avelanch Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Something tells me league wide defense is horrid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canvoucer Vanuck Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 Something tells me league wide defense is horrid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMBUTANS Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 To this day, I'm still shaking my head why Gillis drafted this average at best goalie in the 3rd round whereas he could draft him at 7th round, maybe even as an undrafted FA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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