Popular Post Mattrek Posted June 22, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted June 22, 2017 32 minutes ago, Screw said: It is not so much the inability to find superstars that saddens me. Every team can claim that struggle. It is the knack for completely whiffing while at the plate. The wasted first round picks that turn into AHL fodder at best or nothing at all. Thanks to Benning we've flipped the table. AHL fodder McCann and Shinkaruk (at least so far) got us Gudbranson and Granlund. It's nice to be on the winning end of trades for a change. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screw Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Just now, Mattrek said: Thanks to Benning we've flipped the table. AHL fodder McCann and Shinkaruk (at least so far) got us Gudbranson and Granlund. It's nice to be on the winning end of trades for a change. Praise the lord. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronthecivil Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 48 minutes ago, Rob_Zepp said: Canucks have had VERY few high first round picks over past 20 years so pretty easy to pick on them not finding superstars. Bourdon could have really been something, for example, but that is sadly never to be known. Picking in the teens to 20s is a lottery in many ways. I think given the cycle of things, they have some high picks for a season or three to come and then you can judge. The OJ pick is a beauty - if you are a fan you will like that pick for years to come. Boeser looks like he could be a steal. Give it time but first round it tough to judge them recently (for a long while actually) as they have only recently got some taste of reasonably high picks and those still take four plus seasons to judge (well, not on CDC where judgment comes immediately ). You know what makes me happiest about the last couple years? We have actually had first round picks. Heck, this year we even have two second round picks! Much better than trading them away for scrubs.... The secret to the lottery is to have as many tickets as possible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHockeyNerds Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Merry Draftmas eve everyone!!!! Anyone of Glass, Vilardi, Makar, Pettersson or Mittlestadt and would we all be pleased? I would 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronthecivil Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 39 minutes ago, J.R. said: So why still harping on about it? I swear the weather makes people forever pessimistic in Vancouver. Not sure the word for it, but it's almost like half the population spends it's time hoping for failure (insert something that doesn't perfectly align with one's own dream of how the team/province/life should work) so that they can be proven right. It's a need for approval so deep that it creates a shoot oneself in the foot kind of Shadenfreude. It's why I minimize my presence in this part.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugar baby watermelon Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 (edited) Benning taking questions live right now and says he has it down to 3 or 4 players he wants at 5. Not saying who though. 1 has to be Glass but I am not sure who the other 2 might be. (edit. Did say Vilardi so he is another 1) Edited June 22, 2017 by Sugar baby watermelon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronthecivil Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 37 minutes ago, Screw said: Makar or Glass at #5 would be good choices I think. And in the right order too. I will be surprised if one isn't around. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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R3aL Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 Awesome - Illl be happy with any of those three! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo53 Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 16 minutes ago, Sugar baby watermelon said: Benning taking questions live right now and says he has it down to 3 or 4 players he wants at 5. Not saying who though. 1 has to be Glass but I am not sure who the other 2 might be. (edit. Did say Vilardi so he is another 1) do you have a link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goal:thecup Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 24 minutes ago, Screw said: Praise the lord. You're right! Praise the lord, for the Ignore function. Commentary from Screw is something nobody should have to read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigturk8 Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 1 minute ago, Bo53 said: do you have a link? I could only find a facebook link.https://www.facebook.com/Canucks/videos/10155380255542145/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screw Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 3 minutes ago, Goal:thecup said: You're right! Praise the lord, for the Ignore function. Commentary from Screw is something nobody should have to read. It adds spice to your life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugar baby watermelon Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 5 minutes ago, Bo53 said: do you have a link? herrdrfunk just posted right after me on twitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R3aL Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 20 minutes ago, Bigturk8 said: I could only find a facebook link.https://www.facebook.com/Canucks/videos/10155380255542145/ thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post -DLC- Posted June 22, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted June 22, 2017 1 hour ago, Screw said: It is not so much the inability to find superstars that saddens me. Every team can claim that struggle. It is the knack for completely whiffing while at the plate. The wasted first round picks that turn into AHL fodder at best or nothing at all. SUCCESS RATE OF FIRST-ROUND DRAFT PICKS Between 1990 and 1999, there were 2,600 names called at the NHL Entry Draft. As of 2007, 494 of those players have appeared in at least 200 NHL games. That's a success rate of 19 percent. But of course, not all draft picks are created equal. The guys picked in the first round are a cut above the rest: Of the 494 career players drafted in the 1990s, 160 were selected in the first round. Of those 160 career players, over half have played more than 500 NHL games. Among the older players (those drafted from 1990 to 1994), six first-round picks have made it to 1,000 games. Another couple of dozen are still active and within reach of 1,000. Based on the 1990s sample, a first-round draft pick has a 63 percent chance of being a career player. So many are "whiffs"/swings and misses. It's a crapshoot and just as you feel that Makar or Glass should be...they may or may not be. So having the luxury of hindsight isn't something afford to teams when they draft. You do your research, compile information and then take a chance. 1 hour ago, Screw said: Again, I was talking about why Canucks fans react they way they do. With 47 years of history the draft sample size you cite, "post Horvat" will do little to ease the memory of long suffering Canucks fans. The topic is the draft, not "why Canucks fans react as they do". With that, you are but one fan and don't speak for everyone. I am a long suffering Canuck fan, but I recognize the difficulty in this stuff. That it's often a roll of the dice and you make decisions NOT ONLY on what you need in a current situation, but on future and projected need. Some of it pans out, some of it doesn't. With that, sure...we haven't had the best history. But as one of those long suffering fans, I don't suffer needlessly...like before a draft has even happened, in grumbling about an outcome that we don't even know yet. 1 hour ago, Screw said: Makar or Glass at #5 would be good choices I think. Well that's all we have...is an "I think" in all of this. Not sure why you feel the GM's hold the key to more? Some special power that makes or breaks it. They go on what they know, as well as what they need. And then the rest is up to fate and the player involved in how it pans out. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan since 82 Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 54 minutes ago, ronthecivil said: I swear the weather makes people forever pessimistic in Vancouver. Not sure the word for it, but it's almost like half the population spends it's time hoping for failure (insert something that doesn't perfectly align with one's own dream of how the team/province/life should work) so that they can be proven right. It's a need for approval so deep that it creates a shoot oneself in the foot kind of Shadenfreude. It's why I minimize my presence in this part.... True for everywhere I think not just Vancouver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithers joe Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 benning said on 1040, that if the player they like in the late first round is still available, they might consider, moving their 2 second round picks to move up. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaslundLindenBure Posted June 22, 2017 Share Posted June 22, 2017 (edited) is Erik Brannstrom at 33 possible? If we don't draft Makar, i would like him with our second Edited June 22, 2017 by NaslundLindenBure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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