Junkyard Dog Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 1 minute ago, Aspie said: The problem with the Virtanen situation was that there was miscommunication for his off-season trainer. He packed on like 30lbs of muscle because he was told to get stronger like a power forward but the extra mass slowed his skating down. That’s why when he did go down to Utica, Travis Green worked his skating and conditioning hard to get him in proper physical form. Thats not the same as Woo. Jake probably hit the juice so he did not adjust to his size on the ice as well as he thought. No no way you gain 30 lbs of muscle in the off-season without help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyCuddles Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 32 minutes ago, Junkyard Dog said: Jake probably hit the juice so he did not adjust to his size on the ice as well as he thought. No no way you gain 30 lbs of muscle in the off-season without help. That is quite the accusation. Boeser put on like 15-20 pounds over last offseason, one that I am pretty sure included him rehabbing from an injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkyard Dog Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 4 hours ago, N7Nucks said: That is quite the accusation. Boeser put on like 15-20 pounds over last offseason, one that I am pretty sure included him rehabbing from an injury. I bet there are dozens of guys doing this in the NHL. Hutton too. It is literally impossible not to gain that much muscle in that short of time. Some steroids leave your system in 2-6 weeks. Off-season is long when you lose. Not sure how often the NHL test them and whether or not it is random or on a yearly schedule 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phat Fingers Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 On 5/31/2019 at 4:17 PM, Maddogy said: His stats were inflated by way of playing for a dominant team. His numbers are expected to drop this season. Nonetheless, it is more likely than not that his ceiling was underestimated by many scouts. I don't expect him to be an offensive D in the NHL, but rather a jack of all trades 2nd pairing D. Just how were his stats inflated? Cause he produced at a lower rate the previous year. Stat watching can work with some players but Woo isn't one of them. Dig deeper on his pre draft year to understand his stats better and you wont think his d +1 season is so inflated. Woo would have gone much higher if he had not gotten injured. His team was forced to add d men as result via trade and Woo had a different role when he returned to the ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phat Fingers Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 On 7/3/2019 at 2:21 AM, RetroCanuck said: He can always be sent to Juniors later. What we should have done with Virtanen The 9 game limit can be overly focused on. Driasitl was sent back down after 40 games. With our new improved d core, 9 games spread out would be great for Woo. Give him a taste of the NHL experience. He should finish out his jr career after. WJC and Memorial cup play. Then into the AHL system. Woo can push for a spot next year. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandro17 Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 Anyone else think its cool that when we shout WOOOOOO!!! in the arena, we'll be shouting this guys name? :D 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmm Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 On 7/4/2019 at 8:56 AM, Sandro17 said: Anyone else think its cool that when we shout WOOOOOO!!! in the arena, we'll be shouting this guys name? :D Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokes Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 On 7/4/2019 at 3:37 PM, Junkyard Dog said: Jake probably hit the juice so he did not adjust to his size on the ice as well as he thought. No no way you gain 30 lbs of muscle in the off-season without help. I've always heard that hockey players lose weight over the course of the season so it would not be hard to imagine the players regaining that weight during the off season due to less work. I would not believe he put on 30 pounds of solid muscle. From what I remember of his pictures back then, he wasn't exactly ripped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post smokes Posted July 8, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 8, 2019 On 7/4/2019 at 8:36 PM, Phat Fingers said: The 9 game limit can be overly focused on. Driasitl was sent back down after 40 games. With our new improved d core, 9 games spread out would be great for Woo. Give him a taste of the NHL experience. He should finish out his jr career after. WJC and Memorial cup play. Then into the AHL system. Woo can push for a spot next year. I'd much rather Woo ferment in the CHL for another year, as a HItman, he would be relied upon as a leader on the team. He will have an extra year of playing for Team Canada in different tournaments. With the depth of the defence the Canucks have now, Woo would be lucky to come off the press box most nights or be regulated to the bottom pairing. At least in the CHL, he gets games in and would be relied upon as a top pairing defenceman. 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanukfanatic Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 3 hours ago, smokes said: I'd much rather Woo ferment in the CHL for another year, as a HItman, he would be relied upon as a leader on the team. He will have an extra year of playing for Team Canada in different tournaments. With the depth of the defence the Canucks have now, Woo would be lucky to come off the press box most nights or be regulated to the bottom pairing. At least in the CHL, he gets games in and would be relied upon as a top pairing defenceman. Totally agree. Woo would have to bust down the door during training camp and perform like a top 4 D clearly for him to stay. That would be awesome if he did but it is much more realistic that he plays junior and WJC in the coming year. If he stayed, with the depth on D the Canucks now have, that could only mean he performed at a very high level imo. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Stoked to see how he handles the big ice. Having to cover that much room will be a good learning experience for him going forward. Nothing wrong with giving him some extra time in Junior. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slegr Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 I love the feistiness that this guy brings. He will make it so unpleasant for opposition forwards hovering around our net. I can't wait until he makes his debut as a Canuck, but he's still quite young and could use the extra year developing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Provost Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 No rush, but he is still my dark horse candidate for making the team after training camp. A Benn, Woo bottom pairing would be pretty fun to watch... and Woo could get additional minutes on the 2nd unit PP if he earned them 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rollieo Del Fuego Posted July 10, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 10, 2019 We now have a glut of young D. and D. in general...with Hughes and Juolevi ( at some point ) making the team this year and Myers and Benn added... There is now way Woo can push his way on to the team this year...even if he deserved it. With the style of game he plays, another year in Jr. is going to better prepare him for getting crunched by NHL brutes taking revenge on Woo's hits.... We don't need 3 rookie defensemen on the team...it just isn't going to happen that way.... 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpn1 Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 19 hours ago, Rollieo Del Fuego said: We now have a glut of young D. and D. in general...with Hughes and Juolevi ( at some point ) making the team this year and Myers and Benn added... There is now way Woo can push his way on to the team this year...even if he deserved it. With the style of game he plays, another year in Jr. is going to better prepare him for getting crunched by NHL brutes taking revenge on Woo's hits.... We don't need 3 rookie defensemen on the team...it just isn't going to happen that way.... He is a physical Dman and if his body isn't ready for playing his game with men, he could get hurt and we end up with a broken prospect. Keep him in Jr. and when he is out of the WHL Playoffs he can join Utica and let him transition slower. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kloubek Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 Even if Woo COULD play in the NHL, one more year to develop isn't a bad idea. When he is ready, I'm sure he will get an opportunity. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubble Man Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 On 7/9/2019 at 11:43 PM, Provost said: No rush, but he is still my dark horse candidate for making the team after training camp. A Benn, Woo bottom pairing would be pretty fun to watch... and Woo could get additional minutes on the 2nd unit PP if he earned them I would sooner see him develop his offensive creativity in Jr. It’s hard to work on that in the NHL trying to keep your head above water defending against the best players in the world. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filthycanuck Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 19 hours ago, Bubble Man said: I would sooner see him develop his offensive creativity in Jr. It’s hard to work on that in the NHL trying to keep your head above water defending against the best players in the world. Good point, rather have a player thats more confident and developed, than just there like you said, keeping his head above water. Bubbleman stage in Megaman 2 has one of the best soundtracks of all of video game history 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post -Vintage Canuck- Posted July 23, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted July 23, 2019 Jett Woo expands skill set as prospect with Canucks: Quote VANCOUVER -- Jett Woo is coming off a breakout offensive season, but the 18-year-old defenseman prospect has no pretenses about his future role with the Vancouver Canucks. He had 66 points (12 goals, 54 assists) in 62 games with Moose Jaw in the Western Hockey League last season, but Woo (6-foot, 205 pounds) still sees himself as the same hard-hitting, stay-at-home defenseman that was selected in the second round (No. 37) of the 2018 NHL Draft. "The offensive side of the game is fun, but at the same time I always say defense is what wins hockey games, and I am proud to play like that," Woo said at Vancouver's development camp in late June. "As a kid, even if I was able to go end-to-end with the puck, the thing I loved most was getting a chance to test a guy one-on-one coming down on me, and the feeling of trying to prevent them getting around me. The defensive side of the game is something I will never lose." Defense was the focus when the Canucks drafted Woo, who had 25 points (nine goals, 16 assists) in 44 games with Moose Jaw in 2017-18, and that forecast hasn't changed even after he more than doubled that point total as part of an expanded role last season. But that doesn't mean the Canucks aren't excited to see more offense from the right-shot defenseman, who turns 19 on July 27. "Does that mean that's what he is going to translate into at the pro level? Not necessarily," said Canucks senior director of player development Ryan Johnson. "But we like he's adding that to his game, and anytime that you can be a hard-nosed, physical player like him, but also feel comfortable at the offensive blue line and making plays, we hope that continues to grow." The Canucks were impressed Woo, who signed a three-year, entry-level contract March 16, took those strides playing through a knee injury that required minor surgery this offseason. Woo skated on his own during development camp and said he will be ready well before training camp. He is expected to play another season in the WHL (with Calgary after a May trade from Moose Jaw) and should have a good chance to play for Canada at the 2020 IIHF World Junior Championship after being left off the team last year. For Woo, it's more opportunity to expand his on-ice repertoire and embrace a spotlight that got brighter after the Canucks made him the second-highest drafted player of Chinese descent behind only New York Islanders forward Joshua Ho-Sang (No. 28 in the 2014 NHL Draft). "Even in some opposing rinks I could still hear a lot of fans cheering for me, and the number of fans I've met has been unbelievable," said Woo. "I take it as a positive, people know me, they want to watch me play, want to see how I am off the ice." On the ice, Woo is not changing his style, no matter what the statistics say. https://www.nhl.com/news/vancouver-canucks-prospect-jett-woo-expands-skill-set/c-308311622 2 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthWestNuck Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 (edited) "Even in some opposing rinks I could still hear a lot of fans cheering for me, and the number of fans I've met has been unbelievable," said Woo. "I take it as a positive, people know me, they want to watch me play, want to see how I am off the ice." Every time a fan “Woo”’s he thinks they’re cheering for him. That’s adorable. lol Edited July 25, 2019 by NorthWestNuck 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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