William Lockwood | RW

[LaBamba 6,164]

13 minutes ago, Hutton Wink said:

 

You ignore or dismiss anything that debunks your narrative.  Case in point again with drummerboy.  I was being gentle.

 

And you don't? Tell me how all picks are equal? 

[WTG 802]

I'd rather have 5 2nd round picks then 5 7th round picks.

 

But that just me

 

EDIT: But you are both wrong, picks 3-7 basically have the same chance of playing 100 NHL games. So you guys are both half right and half wrong.

Edited November 6, 2016 by WTG

[Gaudette Celly 27,756]

7 hours ago, WTG said:

I'd rather have 5 2nd round picks then 5 7th round picks.

 

But that just me

 

EDIT: But you are both wrong, picks 3-7 basically have the same chance of playing 100 NHL games. So you guys are both half right and half wrong.

 

Anyone can look it up.  For starters, acquired one 1st and 2 seconds, traded zero 1sts and four 2nds, one of which was 8 spots from the 3rd received back.   The overall numbers and placements are comparable, but that doesn't play up the storyline thus the flat dismissal.

[Hugor Hill 3,396]

On November 5, 2016 at 0:31 AM, WTG said:

Lockwood's beauty, short handed, 2nd of the night
https://streamable.com/5il9

Nice dangle. Ugly helmets. LOL!

[CaptKirk888 1,253]

18 hours ago, LaBamba said:

 

All I see in this post is "I'm starting to get worried LaBamba's (aka hockey's Stephan Hawking's) premonitions are starting to manifest. It's hard to except Doom but impossible to deny. 

Now, now Labamba don't let your eraser get too big to fit thru the door. Let's bring it down a bit, how about: the "Hawking's Cheezie" of hockey. 

[LaBamba 6,164]

18 minutes ago, CaptKirk888 said:

Now, now Labamba don't let your eraser get too big to fit thru the door. Let's bring it down a bit, how about: the "Hawking's Cheezie" of hockey. 

 

You a Hawking's cheezie guy? Cause you can't beat a Hawking's Cheezie IMO. I hold those cheezies to such a high standard that I would interpret this as a greater honour than being labeled the "Stephan Hawking" of hockey. 

 

[aGENT 30,574]

16 minutes ago, LaBamba said:

 

You a Hawking's cheezie guy? Cause you can't beat a Hawking's Cheezie IMO. I hold those cheezies to such a high standard that I would interpret this as a greater honour than being labeled the "Stephan Hawking" of hockey. 

 

Those things are indeed like crack. Thank Gordie I'm not supposed to eat cow cheese based items or I'd eat those every day and be 300 lbs. 

 

But yeah Hutton is right head buried ostrich with blinders on guy.

[CaptKirk888 1,253]

6 hours ago, LaBamba said:

 

You a Hawking's cheezie guy? Cause you can't beat a Hawking's Cheezie IMO. I hold those cheezies to such a high standard that I would interpret this as a greater honour than being labeled the "Stephan Hawking" of hockey. 

 

Haha, I like how you interpreted that analogy. I simply meant your forum contributions were a bit a crispy and added flavour here.

[MoneypuckOverlord 3,545]

Dudes a freshmen... probably the youngest player on the team...

 

and he's leading his team in points..... wow...... Jim Benning is hitting a lot of bullseyes when it comes to drafting....

[BlackBeard 138]

I like to get hyped on our prospects but I think of other teams prospect pool and we're miles behind

[Alflives 33,515]

2 minutes ago, BlackBeard said:

I like to get hyped on our prospects but I think of other teams prospect pool and we're miles behind

We're even, or ahead of most except for elite forwards.  There, we are behind.  

[BlackBeard 138]

25 minutes ago, Alflives said:

We're even, or ahead of most except for elite forwards.  There, we are behind.  

if we're ahead  of most Utica should atleast be a middle team but right now theyre one of the bottom team in the  AHL. I don't see the Canucks even or  ahead at anything. 

[Rick Blight 3,271]

9 minutes ago, BlackBeard said:

if we're ahead  of most Utica should atleast be a middle team but right now theyre one of the bottom team in the  AHL. I don't see the Canucks even or  ahead at anything. 

Other than Demko, Canucks' best prospects are still in Junior and/or College hockey. The lack of blue chip prospects in Utica is a reflection of the previous regime's poor drafting  record as most of Benning's picks are not yet eligible to be playing in the AHL. Next season we will see an influx of Junior graduates moving up to Utica and I think we will/should see a much better team there.

[WTG 802]

10 minutes ago, Rick Blight said:

Other than Demko, Canucks' best prospects are still in Junior and/or College hockey. The lack of blue chip prospects in Utica is a reflection of the previous regime's poor drafting  record as most of Benning's picks are not yet eligible to be playing in the AHL. Next season we will see an influx of Junior graduates moving up to Utica and I think we will/should see a much better team there.

Most teams best prospects don't play much in the AHL unless they are european and they come over in their draft +1

 

This has to do with the fact we fired Henning who built that great Utica team. Also Benning really hasn't helped with trading away Forsling and Shinkaruk.

[junglesniper 218]

26 minutes ago, WTG said:

Most teams best prospects don't play much in the AHL unless they are european and they come over in their draft +1

 

This has to do with the fact we fired Henning who built that great Utica team. Also Benning really hasn't helped with trading away Forsling and Shinkaruk.

 

I would disagree. Lot's of teams have blue chippers in the farm. Last two years the Toronto Marlies have been one of the best teams in the league and they only play their prospects; who, in turn, shine and get called up with confidence. Benning's picks should be just getting into the AHL this year (that being the 2014 draft).

 

McCann 

Virtanen

Forsling

Pettit

McKenze

Demko

 

Should have all been in the AHL... however our wheeling and dealing GM has one of those players in the AHL.

 

Not knocking his drafting because he doesn't pick a lot due to his trading to make the team immediately better. But that has a domino effect where we pull a lot of depth out of Utica and rush prospects (McCann/Virtanen) in order to compete for a playoff spot. Sucks we're in this purgatory 

Edited November 7, 2016 by junglesniper

[N4ZZY 1,226]

4 hours ago, junglesniper said:

 

I would disagree. Lot's of teams have blue chippers in the farm. Last two years the Toronto Marlies have been one of the best teams in the league and they only play their prospects; who, in turn, shine and get called up with confidence. Benning's picks should be just getting into the AHL this year (that being the 2014 draft).

 

McCann 

Virtanen

Forsling

Pettit

McKenze

Demko

 

Should have all been in the AHL... however our wheeling and dealing GM has one of those players in the AHL.

 

Not knocking his drafting because he doesn't pick a lot due to his trading to make the team immediately better. But that has a domino effect where we pull a lot of depth out of Utica and rush prospects (McCann/Virtanen) in order to compete for a playoff spot. Sucks we're in this purgatory 

it's short sightedness by ownership and management. but by doing this. they will suffer. long term pain for short term gain. eventually. i think they will be forced to recognize that this isn't feasible. someone is going to lose their job for sure. i don't see Benning and Willie with the Canucks long term. 

[aGENT 30,574]

7 hours ago, N4ZZY said:

it's short sightedness by ownership and management. but by doing this. they will suffer. long term pain for short term gain. eventually. i think they will be forced to recognize that this isn't feasible. someone is going to lose their job for sure. i don't see Benning and Willie with the Canucks long term. 

 

I think they're well aware of what they're doing and how they're doing it.

[BlackBeard 138]

12 hours ago, Rick Blight said:

Other than Demko, Canucks' best prospects are still in Junior and/or College hockey. The lack of blue chip prospects in Utica is a reflection of the previous regime's poor drafting  record as most of Benning's picks are not yet eligible to be playing in the AHL. Next season we will see an influx of Junior graduates moving up to Utica and I think we will/should see a much better team there.

the regime doesn't matter when we talk about the Canucks general prospect poll. It supports my claim that the Canucks are indeed behind. 

[aGENT 30,574]

11 minutes ago, BlackBeard said:

the regime doesn't matter when we talk about the Canucks general prospect poll. It supports my claim that the Canucks are indeed behind. 

 

Berhind what? Teams that have already been rebuilding for 5-10 years?

[BlackBeard 138]

2 hours ago, J.R. said:

 

Berhind what? Teams that have already been rebuilding for 5-10 years?

Even teams like the Hawks and Bruins are ahead of us and theyre not even rebuilding. doesn't take away the fact that we're behind