billabong Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 i think it would be a great for their development but there is a risk of an injury so im pretty torn if they should go or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd. Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 There's more of a risk in injury in the NHL than the world juniors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucks Prophet Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 No, I would rather have both of them stay with the club. Benning showed faith in them by letting them stay, and the team is currently not in a confident position without their youth and energy. McCann and his IQ especially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Yes because we have the depth up front to fill their roles. Two weeks without them won't make or break our playoff hopes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatedkid666 Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 As long as we are doing too bad in terms of injuries up front then yes. We are very deep at the forward position.Virtanen for sure. Mccann maybe not because we dont have as many good centers as we have good wingers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asian player Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 We have Cracknell, Prust, and even Gaunce if needed. Let them have some fun over there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueberries Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 I would send Jake if he gets top 3 minutes there, also Prust would be back by then and we would have Cracknell, Gaunce etc to replace him until its over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Positive Canuck Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Risky for Virtanen, he will naturally be destroying kids , at some point whats stopping a euro from smashing him from behind when Canadas up 7-1.Id say let it be the players call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gstank29 Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 McCann yes, Virtanen no I think it would help McCann bring his game to a whole new level. Virtanen on the other hand would most likely just get penalties because he hits to hard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Risky for Virtanen, he will naturally be destroying kids , at some point whats stopping a euro from smashing him from behind when Canadas up 7-1.Id say let it be the players call.What's to stop an NHL player from doing the same thing?He's already shown he can more than handle all that stuff at the junior level.I'm more interested in seeing him gain confidence with his offensive game. He needs to be reminded that speed is his biggest asset. When he winds up and carries the puck with speed, he's dangerous. It would be great to see him be an offensive leader for team Canada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Kneel Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Top flight coaching. Might be good to gain further perspective on their game. They will learn new tools from some of the best. Plus they'll be in a group of their peers..like band camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 The fact that it's in Finland and Virtanen is half Finnish makes it that much more special for him.I think in the grand scheme of things it would be a great experience for both these guys. Plus the bonding experience of being able to have them both go over there together and bring back gold for Canada would be huge.It also gives a chance to continue to see where guys like Gaunce and Jensen are at. A decision on Jensen needs to be made some time soon, so why not give him another shot. Then we'll have a better idea what players we can part with at the trade deadline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABNuck Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Given the precedent set last year with Bo I doubt they would let them go. So here's where the hypocrite in me is going to come out. I was severely ticked off when Ottawa wouldn't let Mika Zibanejad return to the WJC's. I want to see the best and brightest compete. BUT, now I want to change my position on this. I would like to see them compete...for the Canucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl's Jn Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 i say no... both players virtanen and mccann play pivotal roles on our team much the same as bo horvat did when we questioned if he should still go... time for other players to show what they can do... time for them to shine... virt and mcann is busy shinning for the canucks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl's Jn Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Given the precedent set last year with Bo I doubt they would let them go. So here's where the hypocrite in me is going to come out. I was severely ticked off when Ottawa wouldn't let Mika Zibanejad return to the WJC's. I want to see the best and brightest compete. BUT, now I want to change my position on this. I would like to see them compete...for the Canucks.originally i thought of my post as a good idea but reading yours does sound good... i wouldn't mind seeing them there .. they already made the canucks... and it would be good experience from other coaches... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rey Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Absolutely not. If the Kids belong in the NHL, keep them there. You just don't throw players off you're NHL teams just to go to a JR tournament. They are better off developing facing NHL competition than kids. Virtanen played in the WJR last year and was a non factor. McCann, if i recall correctly wasn't even invited to the camp. The only reason why they are making news, is that they're in the NHL and the Canadian media is going to do every little thing to make themselves sound better. If they don't win gold, oh well we had a few kids playing in the NHL so we were shorthanded. If they win gold, we did all this despite having our top kids playing in the NHL. It's all bull. McCann and Virtanen won't be front of center of team Canada, like some seem to believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl's Jn Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Absolutely not. If the Kids belong in the NHL, keep them there. You just don't throw players off you're NHL teams just to go to a JR tournament. They are better off developing facing NHL competition than kids. Virtanen played in the WJR last year and was a non factor. McCann, if i recall correctly wasn't even invited to the camp. The only reason why they are making news, is that they're in the NHL. i see that point as well... i dunno know which way to decide on this one... good thing im not a coach! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rey Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 It's not a hard decision. The kids want to be in the NHL. The organization thinks highly enough for the kids to be playing in the NHL right now. There's no way they are going to play in the WJR. Like i said again, it's the media that makes it seem like a tough decision so team canada looks good. It really isn't a hard decision. Virt and Mccaan aren't going anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucks Prophet Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 i see that point as well... i dunno know which way to decide on this one... good thing im not a coach!Some people around here forget this fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuktravella Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 The fact that it's in Finland and Virtanen is half Finnish makes it that much more special for him.I think in the grand scheme of things it would be a great experience for both these guys. Plus the bonding experience of being able to have them both go over there together and bring back gold for Canada would be huge.It also gives a chance to continue to see where guys like Gaunce and Jensen are at. A decision on Jensen needs to be made some time soon, so why not give him another shot. Then we'll have a better idea what players we can part with at the trade deadline. jensen is injured i believe but i think we should send mccann and virt down for worlds its great chance for them to develop and show they can dominate against their peers. our center depth would be fine with henrik, sutter, horvat, cracknell. plus we could give shinkaruk and gaunce some looks in bigs which theyve earned in my eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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