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  1. Wheeler was good, but he also was a product of the US and college system. Honestly and to a fault less competitive than the CHL. Ritchie has more speed a better wrist shot and is more willing to drop the gloves to protect a team mate. Where one of Wheelers biggest knocks is his unwillingness to use that side. He is also turning out to be quite a stud in this years playoffs with 10 points in 11 games and JUST turned 18 in december so has quite a long ways to go. Ritchie is also a work horse and if rumours are true quite a gym and fitness guy. He's bigger than Wheeler currently as per stats on a few different sites and as such even if he starts slimming into pure lean muscle will still be a very large bodied player with speed. Wheeler is a solid player don't get me wrong but Ritchie has what Wheeler has in spades and possibly more. And I wanted Wheeler bad for our RW. I have no issues picking Ritchie and then developing him properly. Between Ritchie, Lain Kassian, Grenier and a few solid bodied D men like Olatts Mattsson/ Vanier/ Collins (this years draft) we will by default become one of the largest and most mobile (for size) groups in the league
  2. Now. I ask about ehlers for the exact same reason. Questioning how a large bodied fast skating (like really fast for his size) will transition into a larger bodied league without asking the same thing about Ehlers is kind of one sided. Ritchie has all the skill and speed to spare and is a workhorse, he put his team on his back and won their playoff series. Added he has the potential to grow another 1 inch 2 maybe 3 inches and put on another 20+ pounds of lean muscle making him and absolute monster Ehlers is incredible yes I agree. I am also not sold on him though. What happens if he comes in and gets pasted by a guy like Brown and his hanging knee, or Byfuglien squishes him against the board. All the speed in the world means nothing when someone that much larger than you leans in on you. For the same reasons you question Ritchie I question Ehlers as larger bodied people seem to fake it in the NHL better than smaller bodied people. And again, think of the division we play in and the team we play on. It seems liberties can be taken with all of our guys without anything more than a fine to the opposing player I have the same though process. He is big, he is so very fast for his size and no he doesn't just bull through D men, he dangles and deaks. He is surprisingly agile and has a Blake Wheeler look to him with more offensive upside and speed. Him coming in to the league right away would be foolish for the same reason as Ehlers. Both would be projects over a 2 or 3 year term and I would be happy with that really. Honestly I think all of our current prospects deserve a solid year + in the AHL Ritchie's size is the only thing that would make him NHL viable though, although it could impact his development negatively the same way Kassian's was stunted when Buffalo threw his bag self into the line up without considering what he'd gone through regarding his killer hit in junior or how big men need grooming. Ehlers WILL be a game breaker if he can translate his skill set to the NHL level accordingly. But Ritchie will be as well. IMO honestly at where we stand today we have a chance at Ehlers Dal Colle (way outside chance) Draistl Ritchie Virtanen And shouldn't look far beyond that unless we add another top 10 draft pick (Ottawa's via Anaheim maybe?) But should we win the lottery and NOT take Reinhart or Ekblad though we'd be criminally stupid for the same reason i'd be upset if Virtanen was still on the board and the rest were gone and we didn't pick him. Local boys will excite the crowd. Again, Ehlers OR Ritchie will be solid picks for their own reasons, but both have just as much of a chance of not translating in to the NHL level as they do of making it. Either way this team has no need to rush its players in, the same way Detroit didn't have to. Whoever we pick this, next and the following draft needs to be groomed accordingly. Almost universally we should be letting our guys play a full AHL season before bringing them in to the big club regardless of where they were picked.
  3. But we are not a desperate endlessly failing franchise with a once proud history. We HAVE the time and option to groom a player like MacDavid/Ehlers if we draft them. Why would we rush a player when we don't have to?
  4. If you keep pace you'd see I am responding to a reference to a height/size comparison to MacDavid vs Ehlers. My only issue with Ehlers is that his size dictates he will not be in the line up for a minimum of 3 years. Our highest natural draft pick since the Sedins and we won't see him in the line up until at least 2017. Again there are others like Draistl/Dal Colle/Ritchie/Reinhart/Ekblad who could all step in to the line up based on size alone next season where as smaller guys like Ehlers, Bennett and even next year (should we get him somehow) MacDavid would all need a minimum of 1 year to 3+ years in development to be able to insure they've a size or at least modicum of experience playing against larger players or at least fully grown men.
  5. I am referring to the games we play in our division where we get pasted regularly by the California teams without any sort of penalization. Or against Phoenix where one player injures (intentionally?) 3 of our guys and gets a meager fine for doing it. MAcDavid has all that hype and with the Fox/Gaunce connection and his obvious skill set it would be almost impossible to pass on him I am not saying do NOT draft ehlers I am simply saying we have others we could draft that could step in to our line up much much faster
  6. Alexis Vanier, Ryan Collins, Adam Olatts Mattson all HUGE mobile D men as well.
  7. Quick heads up, we have a team that the league allows other teams to abuse. We regularly get beat up and punished and then suspended when we retaliate. Unsure if you're aware of the irony of "no touch NHL" when you think of it in the context of how often we get abused on the ice without penalization to the opposing team
  8. I know. I love this argument. Because we played 82 games against ONLY the NW division right....
  9. Well if anyone can run this franchises greatest players out it could be a tandem of Torts and Feaster I am sure. Wait and see, if Feaster gets hired we will make Millbury and Snow look good
  10. Feaster gets hired, Trades Kesler and Hansen and a 1st round pick to the Jets for E. Kane and O. Jokinnen.... Book it
  11. Actually by all reports that was Burke and the scouts pick. Apparently if rumoured Feaster was looking at someone in the mid 20's for his selection. Possibly Shinkaruk? Again though....be afraid of Feast er Famine
  12. 3rd rounders? Come on now.....we know the BPA will be in the 5th and 7th round. We just have to find a team foolish enough to take a top 5 pick in a decidedly deep draft for a 5th and 7th rounder to get them Franchise defining players are overrated
  13. It terrifies me to no end to think of him here
  14. You'd support hiring Fester? OK that's enough internet for you today
  15. Rumours getting louder of it beng Feaster, Feaster quoted as saying he'd relish the chance to work with Torts again...get your Olli Jokinnen jerseys ready everyone. Some of you may have been happy Gillis is gone, but I am willing to bet not one of you knew what would happen after. If Feaster is the replacement, you have no right to complain about it.

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    2. Tearloch7

      Tearloch7

      well said, Hippy .. the instant gratification crowd

      are getting the change they want .. Feaster will make the Keenan era seem like a delight..

    3. Tangelos

      Tangelos

      It should be Pierre McGuire.

    4. Tearloch7

      Tearloch7

      .. oh please .. LOL

  16. So than you'd jump on that morons boat and agree when he says Gillis is the WORST GM EVER in canucks history?
  17. Oh I am sorry i totally forgot that we only played within our division and didn't just run over every team in the league all season long. My mistake 50+ wins in consecutive seasons all came against the NW division
  18. Feaster was terrible in Tampa, everything from the Lecavelier contract to potentially rumoured trade of Stamkos
  19. Give us reasons why Gillis sucks. You can't because it isn't true. Worst GM in canucks history? Are you 10?
  20. Worst GM? Multiple 2nd round playoff berths, 2 pres trophies SCF game 7 5 straight division titles. Seriously, check your clown shoes for BS because you obviously have NO idea what you're talking about Worst GM in our history....seriously, some peoples children
  21. I swear to god I cannot wait to see the bulk of you cheering about Gillis being canned doing a quick 180 when feaster is announced as the GM You're going to be crying for a LONG time Feaster takes over it will make Keenan years look good in comparison
  22. Brace yourselves people. Feaster is officially the front runner for the GM position. If this is the case prepare for two things. We will draft a 3rd round selection with our 1st round pick. And Olli Jokinnen will be a Canuck before the beginning of the season.
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