-Vintage Canuck- Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaku Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 It's a good thing the Canucks picked him over Brandon Saad. Saad is so bad D: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHitman Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 17 minutes ago, Jaku said: It's a good thing the Canucks picked him over Brandon Saad. Saad is so bad D: I still think if he got a good skating coach he could be a serviceable NHL player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 At least the Rags deal didn't bite our behind. S'long Nicklas..we hardly knew ye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quantum Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 48 minutes ago, Jaku said: It's a good thing the Canucks picked him over Brandon Saad. Saad is so bad D: We didn't just pass on Saad we also passed on: John Gibson, Boone Jenner, Rickard Rakell, or Nikita Kucherov to take Jensen. What a waste... still, could be worse, at least we didn't select Zack Phillips or Tyler Biggs (neither player has played an NHL game/projects to ever play one) that year (2011!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iinatcc Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 47 minutes ago, TheHitman said: I still think if he got a good skating coach he could be a serviceable NHL player. He was fast in NHL 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iinatcc Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 13 minutes ago, Quantum said: We didn't just pass on Saad we also passed on: John Gibson, Boone Jenner, Rickard Rakell, or Nikita Kucherov to take Jensen. It's extra worse when you consider that Saad was the next BPA when Canucks made that 2011 pick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.B Cooper Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 4 hours ago, Jaku said: It's a good thing the Canucks picked him over Brandon Saad. Saad is so bad D: Great comment Mr. Hindsight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice orca Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 17 minutes ago, drummerboy said: Great comment Mr. Hindsight. The hindsight game is so easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iinatcc Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 10 minutes ago, ice orca said: The hindsight game is so easy. 29 minutes ago, drummerboy said: Great comment Mr. Hindsight. It's actually not hindsight though. Saad was the BPA according to central scouting when Canucks picked Jensen. Heck I think someone put added a screen cap during right before The Canucks were about to pick and it was right there, clear as day, that Saad was the next best player available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.B Cooper Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 1 minute ago, iinatcc said: It's actually not hindsight though. Saad was the BPA according to central scouting when Canucks picked Jensen. Heck I think someone put added a screen cap during right before The Canucks were about to pick and it was right there, clear as day, that Saad was the next best player available. Yeah. It totally is hindsight. First of all, Saad might have been BPA to some scouts, but a lot had Jensen going higher than he did. It is a crapshoot. Especially later in the round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iinatcc Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 10 minutes ago, drummerboy said: Yeah. It totally is hindsight. First of all, Saad might have been BPA to some scouts, but a lot had Jensen going higher than he did. It is a crapshoot. Especially later in the round. I this case I'd say picking Saad over Jensen is foresight because experts were already telling you Saad was the better pick. Especially with lists like this http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=68892 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluralsight Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 For a brief moment there, I thought he was going to be alright - I think he scored 3 goals in 4 games playing with Henrik during the Torts season. I guess that was a just a Jeff Cowan-like streak. Best of luck to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluralsight Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 5 hours ago, Quantum said: We didn't just pass on Saad we also passed on: John Gibson, Boone Jenner, Rickard Rakell, or Nikita Kucherov to take Jensen. What a waste... still, could be worse, at least we didn't select Zack Phillips or Tyler Biggs (neither player has played an NHL game/projects to ever play one) that year (2011!) It wasn't the end of the world, the Canucks did end up with Baertschi, Boucher and Pedan from that draft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73 Percent Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 I sent him a friend request shortly after the draft. He recently accepted it. Lotta cat videos... Like get out of here you never has been lol Kidding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruilin96 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 Keep in mind that Saad went 43rd overall in his draft year which means 13 other GMs passed on him after us before the Hawks finally drafted him. The Hawks that year also held the 36th pick and the picked Adam Clendenning with that pick - even the team that finally selected him had passed on him 3 times (Hawks had 18th, 26th and 36th pick at the draft). Goes to show that there was probably some aspects of his games that GMs aren't fond of hence why he was drafted a lot lower than projected by rankings. It also goes to show that most drafts are a crap-shoot and the smart GMs and Scouts will be able to find gems in the rough. I hope the Canucks have finally turn the tide and be that smart team that drafts smart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyCuddles Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 5 hours ago, Quantum said: We didn't just pass on Saad we also passed on: John Gibson, Boone Jenner, Rickard Rakell, or Nikita Kucherov to take Jensen. What a waste... still, could be worse, at least we didn't select Zack Phillips or Tyler Biggs (neither player has played an NHL game/projects to ever play one) that year (2011!) So did a lot of other teams for just as questionable players. Easy to criticize a move years after the fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iinatcc Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 25 minutes ago, ruilin96 said: It also goes to show that most drafts are a crap-shoot and the smart GMs and Scouts will be able to find gems in the rough. I hope the Canucks have finally turn the tide and be that smart team that drafts smart. Imagine if Jensen panned out. We would be calling him Nicklas "The Gem" Jensen :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skolozsy2 Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 32 minutes ago, ruilin96 said: Keep in mind that Saad went 43rd overall in his draft year which means 13 other GMs passed on him after us before the Hawks finally drafted him. The Hawks that year also held the 36th pick and the picked Adam Clendenning with that pick - even the team that finally selected him had passed on him 3 times (Hawks had 18th, 26th and 36th pick at the draft). Goes to show that there was probably some aspects of his games that GMs aren't fond of hence why he was drafted a lot lower than projected by rankings. It also goes to show that most drafts are a crap-shoot and the smart GMs and Scouts will be able to find gems in the rough. I hope the Canucks have finally turn the tide and be that smart team that drafts smart. Hawks 1st selection was Mark McNeill. He's been a beaut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 And we thought he'd be the solution to our problems. yes I know this is hindight but still Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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