stonecoldstevebernier Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 PG blows out Kamloops 7-0 tonight - one assist and a +4 rating for Olson in the win, and 2-8-10 in 19 games this year now. The Cougars are tops in the league so far... hopefully we see a deep playoff run for Olson with them this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Standing_Tall#37 Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Saw him play last night... doesn't look like anything special. For a guy his size you'd think he could intimidate more in front of the net. Also if he was to ever have a chance of making it, his skating needs to improve big time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vancan2233 Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 8 hours ago, Standing_Tall#37 said: Saw him play last night... doesn't look like anything special. For a guy his size you'd think he could intimidate more in front of the net. Also if he was to ever have a chance of making it, his skating needs to improve big time. Wow, you have no clue his skating is great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standing_Tall#37 Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 2 hours ago, vancan2233 said: Wow, you have no clue his skating is great. Compared to you or I... yes it's amazing. Maybe last night was an off night, but he didn't wheel, didn't have great East to west moment. His stride seemed sluggish and forced. You want to see a guy that was a great smooth fluid skater, taken in the same range as Tate... search for Josh Connelly. The guys that looked great last night were Harkins, Gabrielle, Ruopp & Anderson was surprisingly good for a kid with that big size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 Tate Olson with 1 goal today. He now has 16 points (4 goals and 12 assist) in 39 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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stonecoldstevebernier Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Olson's Cougars are loading up before the WHL trade deadline... first they get Nikita Popugaev (projected first rounder this year) from Moose Jaw and now Radovan Bondra from the Giants. Should be a deep run this year for Prince George. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJSkingz Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 On 09/01/2017 at 9:27 PM, stonecoldstevebernier said: Olson's Cougars are loading up before the WHL trade deadline... first they get Nikita Popugaev (projected first rounder this year) from Moose Jaw and now Radovan Bondra from the Giants. Should be a deep run this year for Prince George. Damn. Hadn't heard about the Giants trading Bondra. I really enjoyed watching him this year. Did they atleast get a good return? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonecoldstevebernier Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 2 hours ago, DJSkingz said: Damn. Hadn't heard about the Giants trading Bondra. I really enjoyed watching him this year. Did they atleast get a good return? Got a pick and a couple players (Bartek Bison and Tyler Ho, who hasn't played in the W yet) so I guess that's fair. But its tough watching the Giants tank yet again, I really thought having guys like Benson and Ronning a year older would at least get them in the playoffs this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 The good news is there's a lot of reinforcements to Utica's Defence, and probably forwards next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Olson ranked #14 in the Canucks Army midterm prospects rankings: http://canucksarmy.com/2017/1/16/canucks-army-midterm-prospect-rankings-14th-13th Open spoiler below to read their full writeup: #14: TATE OLSON Position: Defence - Shoots: Left - Height: - 6'2" - Weight: 190 lbs Tate Olson was drafted 210th overall by the Vancouver Canucks in 2015, the second-to-last pick of the entire draft. With that draft position, expectations are generally quite low. In true Canuck fashion however, circumstances have somehow arranged for Tate Olson's current season to be largely disappointing. That is mostly due to the fact that Olson had a spectacular season last year. After scoring 24 points in 68 games in his draft year, Olson nearly doubled his production in 2015-16 (47 points in 65 games). He was also ranked as the fourth best Canucks prospect (after Thatcher Demko, Brock Boeser and Hunter Shinkaruk) by Craig Button last February, which, despite being an impressive accomplishment, might have only done him more harm than good. Not only was the online community paying attention, but Olson received plenty of praise in the radio and television markets as well, which of course raised expectations. Now the 19-year old is having a bit of a down year in the WHL, and has so far tallied just 16 points in 40 games, causing his points per games played to decrease from 0.72 to 0.40 in the span of one season. As production is a major component in projecting success, his expected success percentage has come crashing down this year. It would be one thing if Olson was playing on a declining team, but instead he's suiting up for one of the best teams in the CHL, one that's gearing up for a long playoff run. Part of this may be due to role: Olson's estimated 5-on-5 TOI has decreased from 18:27 (first among Cougars defencemen) to 15:19 (fourth among Cougars defencemen) from last season to this one. The acquisition of Brendan Guhle has eaten some of his ice time at even strength, while Olson continues to get plenty of special teams time, and paces the Cougars defencemen in power play points, with 9. Regardless of what is happening with his ice time, the bottom line is that we'd expect more production out of him after such a strong draft-plus-one campaign. His current statistical profile fits him into a large group of relatively nondescript players, of which a handful have carved out NHL careers. Additionally, the majority of those that have played 200 or more NHL games have done so as third pairing defencemen, with a sprinkling of second pair blueliners and replacement level players. Notice that Luca Sbisa is among the most productive of Olson's matches. Olson is a strong, sizable defenceman that fits Jim Benning's descriptor of "hard to play against" to a tee, but like a few of the Canucks other prospects, his greatest asset is the way he reads the game. Similar things have been said about top blueline prospect Olli Juolevi, and although Olson lacks the raw talent and creativity and Juolevi, he is able to use his hockey IQ to consistently make safe, high percentage plays, which is a highly valuable trait in and of itself, particularly for someone who projects as a lower pairing defenceman if he progresses through the professional ranks. Despite his lack of flashy numbers this season, Olson is still a decent prospect, and one that may have the necesarily tools to keep his floor relatively high. He'll be eligible to join the Comets next season if the Canucks choose to sign him before the upcoming deadline, although returning to the WHL for an overage year is also a possibility - Jim Benning and co have shown a preference for this already with Carl Neill and Rodrigo Abols. We should get a good long look at Olson this season as the Cougars head towards the playoffs. The deadline acquisitions of Nikita Popugayev and Radovan Bondra (formerly of the Vancouver Giants) have only made them more formidable, so hopefully we'll get a chance to watch Olson and his teammates deep into the spring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 Tate Olson with 1 assist today. He now has 17 points (4 goals and 13 assists) in 42 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Tate Olson with 1 goal yesterday. He now has 18 points (5 goals and 13 assists) in 46 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Tate Olson with 1 goal today. He now has 19 points (6 goals and 13 assists) in 47 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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-Vintage Canuck- Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Tate Olson with 1 assist today. He now has 20 points (6 goals and 14 assists) in 48 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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alfstonker Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 1 hour ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: Can't wait to see what this kid can do in Utica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standing_Tall#37 Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Watched the game today. His skating looks much improved since the last time I saw him play, but his positioning is what makes me think the Canucks should have this guy in Utica next year. Not to mention he got the ball rolling for PG today with an absolute blast from the point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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