King of the ES Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 The Vancouver Canucks have not selected a single WHL player in the draft since 2008, when they selected Prabh Rai and Morgan Clark in the 5th and 7th rounds. The WHL is known for its different brand of hockey vis-a-vis the OHL and the QMJHL; notably, it's a lot grittier, a lot tougher, a lot more "old time". Not surprisingly, these are characteristics missing from Canuck teams of late. Too much GM & Coach Eastern influence? Why are they avoiding the WHL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirt Nasty Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 King of the ES: Anti-Canuck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashian Kassian Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 We just have to draft the BPA, not worry about where they are from. Although this year I would like us to get Jackson Houck in the 2nd or 3rd round if possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riviera82 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Seriously though, Dan Russel has mentioned this countless times. The Canucks need defensemen and the Kelowna Rockets are a "defensemen factory" (Russel's term). I know Edler is a WHL guy and from the Rockets, but why the hell dont the Canucks draft more of these guys? Forwards and D-men. We have missed out on a lot of really good players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnLocke Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 All I hear is your negativity. Cheer up bro! Have some hope! Stop being emo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucklax Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Seriously though, Dan Russel has mentioned this countless times. The Canucks need defensemen and the Kelowna Rockets are a "defensemen factory" (Russel's term). I know Edler is a WHL guy and from the Rockets, but why the hell dont the Canucks draft more of these guys? Forwards and D-men. We have missed out on a lot of really good players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rink on Renfrew Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 K.Conn Played for the Giants for a year. Or was it just a figment of my imagination. Tie goes to the runner. I think we need to find the late round utility player from the Dub. The Canucks haven't done a very good job of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riviera82 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Damon Severson was available in the 2nd round when we picked, MG has different priorities though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 I still think we need to improve our scouting in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik Karlsson Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 I still think we need to improve our scouting in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ossi Vaananen Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Ya we have a certain blindness to players in our own backyard. For what it's worth though the Canucks took Myron this past year and he came from the BCHL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bossram Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 No one really knows why the Gillis regime seems have an aversion to the WHL. It would seemingly be quite easy to scout WHL players with the Giants in the same city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grapefruits Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 I'm still miffed that they didn't take Lucic. I watched him play for the Giant for a couple years. You could see then that he was going to be one hell of a hard hitting grit player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kesler's Nose Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 King of the ES: Anti-Canuck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I♥Wellwood Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 K.Conn Played for the Giants for a year. Or was it just a figment of my imagination. Tie goes to the runner. I think we need to find the late round utility player from the Dub. The Canucks haven't done a very good job of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Mind Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 The Vancouver Canucks have not selected a single WHL player in the draft since 2008, when they selected Prabh Rai and Morgan Clark in the 5th and 7th rounds. The WHL is known for its different brand of hockey vis-a-vis the OHL and the QMJHL; notably, it's a lot grittier, a lot tougher, a lot more "old time". Not surprisingly, these are characteristics missing from Canuck teams of late. Too much GM & Coach Eastern influence? Why are they avoiding the WHL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowhereman Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Seriously though, Dan Russel has mentioned this countless times. The Canucks need defensemen and the Kelowna Rockets are a "defensemen factory" (Russel's term). I know Edler is a WHL guy and from the Rockets, but why the hell dont the Canucks draft more of these guys? Forwards and D-men. We have missed out on a lot of really good players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanucksFanMike Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 no, it is a coincidence. the canucks need to worry about drafting the best available player, not the best available WHLer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 It was a simple question, that doesn't make him anti-Canuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RunningWild Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 I still think we need to improve our scouting in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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