Tiger-Hearted Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 With Alex Ovechkin scoring his 50th goal and being the first NHL player this season to hit the half-century mark, it got me thinking on who will be the next Canucks player to score 50 goals. Sadly, the Canucks have had only two 50-goal scorers in their 44-season history, Russians Pavel Bure and Alex Mogilny. Markus Naslund(48g) and Todd Bertuzzi(46g) both came close in 2003 and Tony Tanti(45g) almost became the very first 50-goal Canuck in 1984. Rick Vaive and Cam Neely were both drafted by Vancouver but their 50-goal years are, unfortunately, remembered in the enemy territories of Toronto and Boston, respectively. While it's very difficult in today's NHL for star forwards to put up the kind of numbers that they should be putting up thanks to the league's obsession with defensive play instead of creativity plus the instigator rule that doesn't allow protecting the star players by their teammates, I have the hopeful belief that Linden, Benning and Desjardins will develop the kind of entertaining teams that we got to watch in the early 90s, the early 2000s with the West Coast Express, the late 2000s and early 2010s. So, who will be the next 50-goal Canuck? Vrbata? A prospect like Shinkaruk or Virtanen? A free agent signing? Future draft pick? We shall see. *EDIT* I also added Brock Boeser's name to the list. The Canucks' 2015 first round pick has a lot of NHL goal scoring potential Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coryberg Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Depends on NHL rule changes. If they make the goals bigger or the pads smaller we could see the days where there are a bunch of 50 goal scorers. Either way it's safe to say we are many years away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BananaMash Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 I just came in here to say that the Dane Fox option made me chuckle, so I voted for him. I'd love to see a guy go from 24 ECHL goals to 50 NHL goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mimerez Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 I just came in here to say that the Dane Fox option made me chuckle, so I voted for him. I'd love to see a guy go from 24 ECHL goals to 50 NHL goals. 24 ECHL goals? next ovechkin imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BananaMash Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 24 ECHL goals? next ovechkin imo Put that boy with the Sedins and he'll be nailing clapbombs top shelf off of beauty passes all day imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webster6 Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Put that boy with the Sedins and he'll be nailing clapbombs top shelf off of beauty passes all day imo. I really hope he's shown enough to be in Utica next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger-Hearted Posted April 1, 2015 Author Share Posted April 1, 2015 I'm going with Shinkaruk. He's been making very good progress down in Utica as a 20-year old rookie and it appears to be fully recovered from his hip surgery. This is a guy who just loves scoring goals and with his speed and improved play without the puck, Shinks has the potential to score in both 5-on-5 and special teams situations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMorrison 7 Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 I'd say matthew barzal, if we are able to draft him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiggs50 Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Brendan McMillan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatedkid666 Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Virtanen will have a career high of 51 goals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor.of.Perception Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Virtanen will have a career high of 51 goals in 38 games! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellosinki Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Hey, Vrbata scored 100 goals during as season on NHL 15. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdatb Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 No one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedMachine Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 It will have to be a future draft pick. I like Virtanen, but I don't see him scoring 50 goals in this league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedMachine Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 And I'm a little disappointed Nicklas Jensen wasn't on the list ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRussianRocket. Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 No one. The league has become so hard to score in. To compare, only Ovie has done it this year and looking at point scoring in general, it's hard for star players to even hit PPG like they used to years prior. I highly doubt any Canuck scores 50 for a while but it's doesn't really matter anyways. A team scoring by committee >>> relying on one guy to hit 50 and get a chunk of the goals for you. Just look at this years Canucks team, it's the perfect example. A few of our prospects have 30-40 goal potential so that's promising as is. I wouldn't look too much into this tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standing_Tall#37 Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Hahaha I get it, you got me! April Fools!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeeBee51 Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Unless they make major changes to equipment or the way the game is played 50 goal seasons will be rare. No current Canuck will be likely to get 40 let alone 50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shinkaruk_9 Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Calm down Tiger Singh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maniwaki Canuck Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 Somebody whose name we have yet to hear of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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