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stexx last won the day on January 12 2013

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  1. Brendan Gaunce Retweeted Dallas Smith ‏@dallassmith 8h8 hours ago Thank you @BoHorvat and @BrendanGaunce16 for not letting Nikita Tryamkin kill my friend after stealing the hat off his head. #deathwish wonder what the story behind this is.
  2. this Q was asked in HF boards, anyone know the answer? Originally Posted by Rocko604 Doesn't he remain Vancouver property for four years after being drafted, regardless if he goes back for his senior year? He was drafted after his freshman season. The players you see declaring themselves free agents were drafted out of Jr A. Or does the clock to August 15th start as soon as he graduates, regardless of when he was drafted?
  3. http://blogs.theprovince.com/2016/04/01/the-provies-crazy-eyed-tryamplin-a-new-horvat-a-new-campaign-and-a-showdown-with-seen/ has the swatting of stewart and the sitdown of kesler, but it is missing the pirri crushing.
  4. if they think hes a player next year id be bringing hamhuis back to pair with him. edler-tanev hutton-sbisa(ugh) hamhuis-tryamkin pedan-larsson in pressbox (carry 8 D)
  5. yep, it is pretty nice to see some drafted prospects actually have NHL potential. Really liked how he played at the world juniors so hopefully he can bring more of that at this level.
  6. that is shocking to me, he was a force in that game seemed like the puck followed him around, very impressive that he was that noticeable in only 11minutes of icetime.
  7. stexx

    Anton Rodin | RW/LW

    funny how quickly people forget the issues this kid went through the first two years he was in NA. This has been posted a thousand times but i guess it needs to be posted again. " But not so fast. Nagging, chronic shoulder tendinitis was so bad in parts of last season Rodin couldn’t shoot. Dave Gagner, the Canucks director of player development, said it could impact his chances of playing in the AHL. “With his shoulders, he gets a little bit sore and it affects his shot and passing and things like that,” Gagner said. “We just have to see how this summer progresses for him. The plan is for him to be over here and play in our American League team this year.” Rodin has seen several specialists and it’s believed the tendinitis will go away, although there is no timetable. The problem, they’ve concluded, is that the growth plates in his shoulder haven’t closed. The growth plate is made up of cartilage which is more vulnerable to injury than mature bones. There is a growth plate at the part of the humerus closest to the shoulder. It’s limited Rodin in some areas, including some aspects of conditioning. “It does slow it down a little bit for him because he played last year and there were periods of time where he couldn’t shoot the puck,” Gagner said http://blogs.theprovince.com/2011/07/07/canucks-top-prospect-slowed-by-ongoing-shoulder-problems/ so is it really that surprising that you wernt "impressed" with him in his first stint in NA?
  8. great game, crazy comeback team showed a lot of heart. Whats wrong with greg olsen?
  9. https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/CS7-rhSWsAA5j4Z.mp4 Didnt know brisebois had this in him. I got a chance to talk to him at the summer summit this year and he was talking about the pressure from the Eddie trade. Hopefully with more plays like this the fanbase will get behind this kid.
  10. fair enough, but there are many different models in between the Ferrari and the scrapheap that have all achieved success.
  11. not sure what people were expecting this year. They are playing 5 young players every night in virt,mccann,hutton,horvat,baert. For the team to be in the mix in the pacific division after 18games with 1/3 of your roster having limited to no NHL experience is quite good in my books. Figured people would lay off these kids when Benning said they kept them so they could better control their development. To me that was a pretty clear message that they knew they wernt quite ready, but felt they had the best chance to learn and grow here with our coaches.
  12. that is why you dont draft goalies in the first round, there is way too much volatility with the position since most draft eligible goalies do not get proper coaching and foundational skills and basically have to recreate their game when they turn pro. Even price had to do this multiple times until you get what you see today, although his skating & crease movement is really the hallmark of his game & is what sets him apart which is all natural gifts and hardwork by whoever taught him at a young age. I would expect a college goalie to actually fare much better at the transition from amateur to pro since topend athletic programs in the US have craploads of money to spend on proper coaching and they have much more practice time & hopefully goalie specific practice time (which is by far the most important factor to proper development for a goalie. yes it is more important than games) what you are seeing from thatch this year most likely is just the fact that his hips rotate which for a goalie is kind of important( understatement of the year). We shall see when he turns pro how well he is able to apply new techniques to his game and modify his style which is the key determining factor for most young goalies as they turn pro. From what ive seen of Thatch which albeit isnt much ( i could be way off i havent seen him at all this year just world juniors and the beanpot) he has some glaring technical issues in his game he will have to change if he wants to be a topend goalie. At least we know he will have quality coaching and lots of training time with the Comets with their light travel schedule which should allow him to fastrack his development. Just dont be surprised if he really struggles out of the gate in the AHL like schneider did as they make the dramatic changes to his style that are necessary at the pro level. http://theahl.com/stats/gamebygame.php?seasonId=12&id=2074 schneiders stats from his rookie year in the AHL you can see it took him 3-4 months to really adapt his game to being pro-level and i would argue schneider was a much more polished goalie at the world juniors technique wise than what i saw from thatcher last year. Not trying to discredit Thatch i think he is going to be a very very good goalie as i think he has the ability to learn and adapt. Just want to stop the pitchfork crowd who will probably be rearing its ugly head early next year when he turns pro.
  13. there is some small protection in place for 1st round NCAA players if you make a concerted attempt to sign them and they refuse you get a 2nd round compensation pick where the player was taken.
  14. thanks searched for this for 4-5 hours after the draft.
  15. see pk do this 20times a year in montreal, but hey lets just blindly hate on the kid not his fault Lack got traded.
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