Popular Post YearoftheNuck Posted September 17, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 17, 2019 (edited) A few takeaways from the Victoria game: Benn is a beauty! I feel like he’s everything I always hoped Guddy would be. He plays a solid game. Very gritty, sound positioning, and nice passes. He will shore up the mid/bottom pairings of our D-corps. Such a good signing! Miller and Horvat have some great chemistry. Miller’s no look pass on Horvat’s goal was gorgeous. And his pass at the end of the first period which Horvat hit the side of the open net with was extremely nice as well. Miller is a gamer. He’s going to compliment the high end players on our team perfectly. Kole Lind looked much better than last year. I think a healthy off season really helped. This kid might just materialize into a top six winger within a couple years. I’m happy for him (and us lol) after the tough season he had last year. I know it’s just one game, and a rather ugly one at that, but I feel like GMJB made excellent moves this offseason. And the contracts he’s signed (including Boeser) were all very reasonable. He’s evolving into a very savvy general manger, rather than just being a decent GM and a great scout IMO. Edited September 17, 2019 by YearoftheNuck 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownky Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 38 minutes ago, Rush17 said: That line combo crossed my mind. I just don't see Petey and Boeser wanting to be away from one another. They are so effective together it seems counterintuitive to do that just for Goldie. I think Green wants to see if Goldie can play with less offensively gifted players. I'm sure Goldie would do well with other high end talent like Petey and Boeser if he can't figure it out with Bo and Miller. He just needs an opportunity if that is the case. Lets hope he can make it work with Bo and Miller. Just by watching him, Goldie would play better with a smarter player of 'lesser skill' than a "more talented" but physical 'north south' type guy. Heaven forbid, he might actually play well with Eriksson. ... I can't believe I said that. Goldy - Sutter - Eriksson - Eriksson collects the garbage, Sutter handles the heavy lifting on D and Goldy looks for the openings to get it through to Eriksson or one of the D-men. He had a few really really good passes and looks today- when the receiving player was "where he was supposed to be" - in a predictable spot. It's not like Eriksson would overskate a pass either... one has to be moving to do that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush17 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 14 minutes ago, YearoftheNuck said: Plus 2 for Woo! Nice. I’m stoked to see this kid play some preseason games. Yeah I was watching Woo battling Beagle behind the net in one of the scrimmages in Victoria. He was making it hard on Beagle really containing him against the glass/boards. Very impressed with his defensive side of his game. He is producing in the WHL we will have to see if that can translate later to the AHL and beyond. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRAZY_4_NAZZY Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 (edited) 55 minutes ago, Ossi Vaananen said: Ok, a working list of those who didn't play tonight that will probably play tomorrow: Pettersson, Hughes, Myers, Edler, Markstrom, Demko, Sutter, Pearson who else you guys got? Lots of Utica signed players such as Stefan LeBlanc, Dylan Blujus, Matt Petgrave, Vincent Arseneau, Landon Ferraro. Considering Carter Bancks, Wacey Hamilton, Carter Camper all got looks tonight, wouldn't put it past them to have them as plug ins especially after a back to back night game. Also Juolevi, but who knows if he is game ready. Edited September 17, 2019 by CRAZY_4_NAZZY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashian Kassian Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 6 minutes ago, CRAZY_4_NAZZY said: Lots of Utica signed players such as Stefan LeBlanc, Dylan Blujus, Matt Petgrave, Vincent Arseneau, Landon Ferraro. Considering Carter Bancks, Wacey Hamilton, Carter Camper all got looks tonight, wouldn't put it past them to have them as plug ins especially after a back to back night game. Also Juolevi, but who knows if he is game ready. Juolevi's the guy for me. He's gunna play at some point, wonder if it'll be tommorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman64 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 17 hours ago, Ghostsof1915 said: You know what will make today better? Signing Brock! That too but more what Boes signed for is even just as good.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AlwaysACanuckFan Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Rush17 said: Talbot got chased with a .667% on 9 shots hahaha We had a combined 11 shots for?? Am I reading that right?? Gonna happen alot when you insert Pettersson Boeser Hughes into the lineup and the fact Virtanen gets fired up when he plays against the Flames like he did tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
250Integra Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 5 minutes ago, AlwaysACanuckFan said: Green is probably thinking: “Jake?????” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanucksJay Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 How do i upload videos on here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Buzzsaw* Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Not much happening from the Canucks till the last of the 3rd. Like Macintyre... I think he'll be a good backup if Markstrom gets traded. Di Pietro needs a lot of seasoning and some discipline and techical work in his game. Some flashes of good things between Horvat and JT Miller... this may be the partnership this season with the third position on the line unclear... Goldobin of course, had moments where he looked like he was going to amaze everyone, but just couldn't do it. Rafferty has promise. I still like Gadjovich's hands and his cool... but speed is not there yet. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncnz Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Didn’t watch the games, but from the highlights (also in training camp) it looks like Jake has worked on his shot, also maybe on the decision making once he’s got past the defender, nice too see.. hope it continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gameburn Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 2 hours ago, kilgore said: A delightful surprise to find an acquisition come in this time, like Miller and play as advertised. Only one pre-game but he looks like a smart player. Great to see Bo rewarded with some real talent to play with. I thought Teves looked good, even before his goal. Good signing by JB on the one year entry for him. We can always use more scoring defense. I expected Rafferty to be better than Teves, but actually it was a bit of the reverse. With Hughes and these new guys, together with Stecher, the younger D are looking really promising. And you are right; all look very smart. It will be interesting to see if any of them -- other than Hughes obviously -- will play a lot of games with the big team this year. I think some might. Woo looked okay too, but the extra year or two for some of these other guys really makes a difference. Woo made a couple of interceptions leading to quick passes to forwards that suggests he will be the offensive guy to go along with Hughes and presumably Juolevi. Teves and Rafferty look like the Tanev type, but maybe with more scoring potential, hard to tell though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkyard Dog Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 I thought Teves outplayed Rafferty that game even if you take away the goal. Rafferty had a really up and down game. Made some real clutch plays and had some good carries but had to get bailed out a bunch on the PP and by Teves. He made way more mistakes, Teves could of had a quiet game for most of you until the goal but he had a really smooth game overall and only a couple of mistakes that were noticeable. He can definitely handle the puck too but Rafferty was noticeably better in that regard. You definitely see the upside in Rafferty though. I thought Lind had a bad game. Coughed up the puck a bunch. Gaudette had an up and down game but was always engaged physically. Gadjovich was unnoticeable, maybe because of the speed he plays with or lack thereof. Goldobin had an up and down game as well. Looks faster and a bit more engaged though 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry Goose Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 (edited) I was working tonight so had to check Twitter when I could to see how things were going- man was I pumped to see Virtanen score two. I'm watching the 1st period of the Victoria game and it's my first viewing of Miller- yeah I'm sold. I saw the cgy feed highlights of their game, seems like whenever a Canuck was about to lay the body it got cut lol. Physical game? Edited September 17, 2019 by SILLY GOOSE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gameburn Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 1 minute ago, Junkyard Dog said: I thought Teves outplayed Rafferty that game even if you take away the goal. Rafferty had a really up and down game. Made some real clutch plays and had some good carries but had to get bailed out a bunch on the PP and by Teves. He made way more mistakes, Teves could of had a quiet game for most of you until the goal but he had a really smooth game overall and only a couple of mistakes that were noticeable. He can definitely handle the puck too but Rafferty was noticeably better in that regard. You definitely see the upside in Rafferty though. I thought Lind had a bad game. Coughed up the puck a bunch. Gaudette had an up and down game but was always engaged physically. Gadjovich was unnoticeable, maybe because of the speed he plays with or lack thereof. Goldobin had an up and down game as well. Looks faster and a bit more engaged though Lind looks like he can snipe, but a lot of the rest of his game is not up to the level you'd expect from a guy who was so good in Junior. Let's hope he picks it up. Goldobin looked better, I agree. Less skating around waiting for a pass, more initiative. The lack of any serious hitting in the game makes it hard to assess players, I find. Unless Gadjovich gets Bo's skating coach sometime soon... this kid is going to have a HARD time making it at any pro level. I do appreciate the fact that he didn't try to impress anybody by overdoing the physical/fighting stuff. That stuff can really just distract from the game, the coaches and mgt don't have the time anymore for that, they need to decide on players so early now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Junkyard Dog Posted September 17, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 17, 2019 Another guy that people might not of noticed was Brisebois. Had probably the most quiet game out of all of our defenseman which I don't think it is a bad thing, it's just the way he plays. Playing with Tanev I sometimes thought he was Tavev, they both move around and handle the puck similarly. I noticed Chatfield's physicality a bunch in this game. He isn't afraid to to engage in that regard. Utica should be interesting to watch this year. We have a bunch of defense with some promise. Hopefully someone can make the jump out of that group on top of Juolevi. That'd be huuge. 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Angry Goose Posted September 17, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 17, 2019 1 minute ago, gameburn said: Lind looks like he can snipe, but a lot of the rest of his game is not up to the level you'd expect from a guy who was so good in Junior. Let's hope he picks it up. I see the potential in lind, but he would need to take a huge jump to be NHL ready. I like that he's adding a little edge to his game. Let him continue to work his craft in Utica. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry Goose Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 4 minutes ago, Junkyard Dog said: Another guy that people might not of noticed was Brisebois. Had probably the most quiet game out of all of our defenseman which I don't think it is a bad thing, it's just the way he plays. Playing with Tanev I sometimes thought he was Tavev, they both move around and handle the puck similarly. I noticed Chatfield's physicality a bunch in this game. He isn't afraid to to engage in that regard. Utica should be interesting to watch this year. We have a bunch of defense with some promise. Hopefully someone can make the jump out of that group on top of Juolevi. That'd be huuge. He looks like a more confident player. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alt kilgore Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 33 minutes ago, gameburn said: The lack of any serious hitting in the game makes it hard to assess players, I find. Preseason sure ain't the same as in the 70's 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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