ruilin96 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 (edited) 7th round 192nd overall selection Goaltender https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/351272/matthew-thiessen PLAYER FACTS Date of Birth Jun 09, 2000 Age 18 Place of Birth Altona, MB, CAN Nation Canada Youth Team - Position G Height 6'2" / 188 cm Weight 190 lbs / 86 kg Catches - Contract - NHL Rights Vancouver Canucks / Unsigned Drafted 2018 round 7 #192 overall by Vancouver Canucks NHL Draft Prospect eligible for the 2018 NHL Entry Draft Rankings Ranked #141 by FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS Ranked #119 by MCKEEN'S HOCKEY Ranked #4 by NHL CENTRAL SCOUTING (NA Goalies) Use/Embed statistics PLAYER STATISTICS S TEAM LEAGUE GP GAA SVS% POST GP GAA SVS% 2014-15 Pembina Valley Hawks Bantam AAA WBAAA 16 3.25 .857 | 2015-16 Pembina Valley Hawks Midget AAA MMHL 20 5.07 .884 | 2016-17 Rink Hockey Academy Prep CSSHL 19 2.88 .919 | Playoffs 2 2.50 .919 Steinbach Pistons MJHL 1 3.08 .900 | Playoffs 0 - - 2017-18 Steinbach Pistons MJHL 34 2.06 .923 | Playoffs 14 1.60 .943 2019-20 Univ. of Maine NCAA - - - | TOURNAMENT STATISTICS S TEAM LEAGUE GP GAA SVS% POST GP GAA SVS% 2015-16 Team Manitoba WCCC-16 5 2.32 .919 | 2017-18 Steinbach Pistons Anavet Cup 6 2.47 .904 | Steinbach Pistons RBC Cup 2 3.01 .896 | Edited June 23, 2018 by ruilin96 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GB5 Posted June 23, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 23, 2018 Committed to U of Maine next year. ----"you can never have to much goaltending" GMJB 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CeeBee51 Posted June 23, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 23, 2018 Mennonite kid from the same town where my dad was born. Go Matt! 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruilin96 Posted June 23, 2018 Author Share Posted June 23, 2018 This kid could be another steal of a pick in the 7th round. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBackup Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Interesting, did not expect them to take another goalie this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rob_Zepp Posted June 23, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 23, 2018 I LIKE THIS PICK. I think this kid stacks up to all those goalies taken in the third round. He was ranked quite highly. VERY good pick. Wow. Nice! I am nearly as excited about this pick for Vancouver as I was for Hughes. He really could rise nicely through the system. 1 1 1 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejazz97 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 2 minutes ago, Bitter Melon said: Interesting, did not expect them to take another goalie this year. 4th Ranked NA goalie. In the 7th, why not? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB5 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 3 minutes ago, CeeBee51 said: Mennonite kid from the same town where my dad was born. Go Matt! I know people there, good people. You couldn't get a more Mennonite sounding name if you tried. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruilin96 Posted June 23, 2018 Author Share Posted June 23, 2018 Just now, Rob_Zepp said: I LIKE THIS PICK. I think this kid stacks up to all those goalies taken in the third round. He was ranked quite highly. VERY good pick. Wow. Nice! I am nearly as excited about this pick for Vancouver as I was for Hughes. He really could rise nicely through the system. Agree, you can never just assume the goalie prospects to just properly develops and becomes the number 1 goalie you expect. Even if everything pans out and is on schedule, we will be facing with a goalie controversy with Demko and Dipietro both eyeing as starters. In that case, we will have to trade away one of them and we have to have the next guy ready to step in. It is a good pick either way, whether our current goalies pan out or not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwags Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Just now, thejazz97 said: 4th Ranked NA goalie. In the 7th, why not? Why so far down this draft? Relatively unknown? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wshdrvvn Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 smart to add goalie depth with a guy going to the NCAA. Plenty of development time without having to make a roster spot in Utica. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McBackup Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 (edited) 2 minutes ago, thejazz97 said: 4th Ranked NA goalie. In the 7th, why not? Not complaining, just found it interesting after how great DiPietro was last year. it never hurts to have enough tendies. I like that they really are going for BPA. Edited June 23, 2018 by Bitter Melon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diesel_3 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Develop in the NCAA for a few years. University of Maine is a middle of the pack Div 1 team in a tough division, he's going to see a lot of rubber. Going to be working under Red Gendron and Alfie Michaud (Former Canuck!) 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Zepp Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 1 minute ago, ruilin96 said: Agree, you can never just assume the goalie prospects to just properly develops and becomes the number 1 goalie you expect. Even if everything pans out and is on schedule, we will be facing with a goalie controversy with Demko and Dipietro both eyeing as starters. In that case, we will have to trade away one of them and we have to have the next guy ready to step in. It is a good pick either way, whether our current goalies pan out or not. He started the game later than most kids and it took him a while and his stats were not great until he found some coaching and he has since rocketed up charts. I had him as second or third best goalie prospect on my own final list and that was with a bullet. Amazing glove hand and natural instincts. Needs lots and lots of pucks over the next number of years but a good chance this is one later round kid that Canuck fans will hear a lot about in years to come. Don't be shocked for some hockey people using the word "steal" with this kid in the next few years. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Zepp Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 2 minutes ago, Qwags said: Why so far down this draft? Relatively unknown? Late starter to the game and his stats until this year were not good. He was not even rated this time last year on anyone's draft radar but really climbed the charts this year but goalies are such a long development process that people like to see a few years of background and he only has one of value. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeeBee51 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 3 minutes ago, GarthButcher5 said: I know people there, good people. You couldn't get a more Mennonite sounding name if you tried. My great Grandfather has a good mennonite name as well and was mayor of Steinbach between 1884 and 1912 with a 3 year break in there somewhere. Johann G. Barkman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xereau Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Depth, and who knows. Love these deep picks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Pretty good value. We have pretty damn good goaltending depth in our prospect pool now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quantum Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Canucks needed to add another goalie. Since he's NCAA, there's no rush to get him to Utica. I expect him to sign after his third year. At that point Demko will be with the Canucks, DiPetrio will be manning the crease in Utica, and Bachman's new deal will have expired. Good long term move. Hopefully he turns into the Cayden Primeau of this year's draft. (Primeau was a 7th round goalie selection last year by the Canadiens who took the NCAA by storm last season and looks like a legit steals by the Canadiens). Wishing the best of luck to this kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xereau Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 All these NCAA'ers gives so much flexibility moving forwards. Smart GMing by GMJB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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