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  1. He is questionable defensively on a very mediocre San Jose AHL team and is not exactly a point producer. At this stage Adam Clendenning looked like the more complete player. While Merkley may have some level of potential left and is that "rhd" position so sought after. He does not seem driven enough, effective enough or intelligent enough on the ice to warrant any level of quality return and might be best viewed as a potential waiver wire pick up in the future
  2. Canucks should make that trade for Laf, showcase him hard next to Petey and trade him to the Habs for Florida's first (top 5 protected) and a 2nd Why not right
  3. For a guy tracking almost identically as Yakupov and Galchenyuk did at this stage of their respective careers K
  4. At this stage of their respective careers Lafreniere is tracking almost exactly the same as Yakupov was but in a better team
  5. What the absolute hell. property is tanking and this is what my prince is now? For reference, here is my year by year and my property size I bought two years ago for $$422,500
  6. With lunar new year and some major travel dates coming up for people of Chinese heritage; it might not be bad to actually just halt flights in and out of china all together. Know it isn't possible but; really. The numbers are really kind of scary
  7. Ohhh I can do this! Final Rankings for June of each year based on writer/analyst/network of players drafted at the position we chose from 2013-2022 first round *years we didn't draft in the 1st round excluded Central Scouting: 2013 9th Mueller (na) Burakovsky (eu), 24th McCoshen (na) Henriksson (eu), 2014 6th Virtanen (na) Kempe (eu), 2015 23rd Sprong (na) (no eu I can find), 2016 5th Dubois (Tkachuck 4th and Juolevi 7th first D on board), 2017 5th Rasmussen (na) Necas (eu), 2018 7th Wahlstrom (na) Denisenko (eu), 2019 10th Krebs (na) Kokkonen (eu) (Hoglander rated 11th Eu skater) 2021 15th Pickering (na) Trikozov (eu) So this is what I found for "consensus rankings" via NHL central scouting and consensus boards among the top 10 analysts and networks. Make of it what you will but by and large it appears as though without question from 2013 onwards in the 1st round, drafting for positional need vs the "bpa" would have in fact helped this club
  8. You won't see me arguing at all. Right now Montreal has a slim outside chance of drafting 1st AND 2nd if the lottery breaks their way based on a 1st round pick traded conditionally for Ben gd Chiarot. Cashing in on Miller would have been quite fine and I'd have been thrilled looking towards 2024 and 2025 for picks as the idea of drafting multiple times in the 1st and 2nd over the next few years is something Management should be incredibly keen on. especially if they are gambling for 2025 and Michael Misa But there's a few kids that stand out as the type of just do the right thing defensive prospects that win championships. So many great defensemen are taking in the 2nd round over the past few years that this year has that feeling of there is a gem to be found. Bonks kid looks like a gamer. Cagnoni has grown on me in a big way as well. Sandin-Pellikka is someone a number of people especially HoH have brought up and he looks incredible but I don't believe we're drafting that late in the 1st round.
  9. Not entirely correct. We drafted BPA ignoring essential needs in our org and failed to develop any of the long shots we took to try to plug the holes. It is/was a systemic failure of drafting AND development and has been since 2006. But, I stand by my statement and will say it again. We need a shift in thinking as opposed to drafting the same types of players in redundant positions we need to actually start looking towards what is needed in 3-5 years as well as stockpiling those positions/players in depth. Case in point Eduard Sale. We JUST drafted a smaller bodied right winger in Lekkerimaki. Does this mean we shouldn't draft another in Sale? No. But if there is a player at LW, an RHC or the ability to draft an RHD/LHD that will help far greater than a player in a redundant position with a similar body type as what we already have; should we not draft that instead?
  10. I introduce to you, two coaches infinitely better than Yeo and King Ladies and gentlemen, your new Vancouver Canucks assistant coaches The Fyre brothers, Coach Dumpster Fyre and Tyre Fyre. I believe they're swedish
  11. So this is the Bedard draft. We get it. Bedard and then Fantili, Carlsson Michkov (unless he drops) and all sorts of centers and winger hybrids. But what about the defense? Some drafts don't even have a defenseman in the top 15. Then a run on Allen, Gulyayev, Reinbacher and Dragicivec as well as my favourite Sandin-Pellikka. But this draft has so much top end talent, the odds of a stud/star defenceman coming from the 2nd or 3rd rounds is entirely possible and more so actually likely. So do you have a sleeper Defenceman in this draft? I love sleeper picks and this draft has more than a few on D that look like they'll be the kind of knock out D that win championships with. I also have a penchant for picking younger players because I feel as though they have so much more to grow in to. With the Canucks needing RHD so gd badly, I had to look and there's a plethora of picks that will be barely 18 that fit all the boxes needed for 2nd, 3rd and possibly 4th round picks. My top 5 Brzustewicz. Solid, mobile. Putting up decent numbers but also has that look to a later bloomer about him. Composed blueliner Mackinnon. Playing solid hockey for Halifax right now. Some snarl and is absolutely not afraid to push his way in to things or protect his net. Decent shot Molendyk. Have loved this kid for some time. His skating is honestly incredible and his passing is arguably some of the best among NA defensemen available Strbak. Can't say enough about this kid or how much I like him. Mazden Leslie. If you've seen him play you'll know why. brain farts aside this guy is my favourite mid round sleeper Honourable mention: Bengtsson, Hell, Bonk, Price
  12. Just think of it. Bruce gone. Horvat gone. Schenn gone. Myers potentially renewed. Kuzmenko either gone or signed to a $7+ million contract. Small winger drafted from Europe 2-4 years out from playing in NA. Yeo and Cull coach and assistant coach. Aqualinni approved
  13. It's sadly the most logical scenario. Jimmy Rutherford has a history of doing just this. Head coach is gone, promote the assistant. Our current next in line is none other than......?
  14. OK, I will reiterate something I have said for a number of months. We ignore critical assets of our organizational needs to take the "bpa" year after year after year. Since 2006, we have failed miserably to draft and develop anyone worth mentioning. Of the over 110 picks we've made since 2006, or 6.3 picks per draft; we've only managed to draft now 12 players who have played more than 200 games. 200 being the metric for success. Of those 12; 4 were drafted in one single draft; 4 more were drafted top 10 or higher. Our predominant mantra was "bpa" and we ignored drafting an RHC, RHD year after year after year and now those are so far beyond critical needs it's actually going to drop the trade value of assets we may have as every team in the league knows how desperate the Canucks are for prospects of those positional needs. I'd trade backwards for Sandin. MAY take a flyer on Benson. But Sale looks, ok he does not move the needle enough for me to think ok cool, this is a 7th/9th overall pick we must have because he's "bpa" Yager, Wood, Ritchie, Halttunen. Someone with more meat to their bones and overall size or straight organizational need through creative back drafting where our pick becomes 2-3 in the 1st and 2nd rounds. I know I will be flamed for this because Sale isn't a terrible pick but for what we need for long term success we;d keep kicking the can down the road pretending we can just trade for this because it having not worked for 16+ years could change if we just do the same thing again this year and hope for better results.
  15. They will get changed at the end of the year when Boudreau is not re-signed and Cull and Yeo become the head and assistant coaches. Think it's bad now? Wait.
  16. Well, in fairness. After doing literally the exact same thing since 2013/2014 I'd imagine you'd be tired of hearing people pointing that out.
  17. Lekkerimaki is 172 pounds. 5 foot 11. We don't need more tiny wingers. The arms race in our division is starting in California with LA and Anaheim picking large smooth skating centers wingers and D every draft for the past few years. Would rather if picking a winger or hybrid c/w Yager, Wood, Ritchie or Haltunen. Barring that trade down for a solid D prospect. Sandin-Pelikka maybe
  18. Everyone, every single person who watches hockey on the planet. Every single hockey minded individual existing right now. Knows the Canucks need RHD or a franchise defining end all be all Bedard/Fantilli/Carlsson type centre and now another small bodied winger. NHL mock drafts...you know who would be great on the Canucks? Eduard Sale
  19. Respectfully. Lundkvist was an rhd Chytil was a left shooting centre a 1st was essential Instead of taking that, suggested or rumoured "best offer made for Miller" they opted to instead sign a person in a single career outlier of a year to a massive decade long retirement contract. Everyone knew that this was an insane move to make and that it would cost the team in the future as it was in dire need of a moderate rebuild. I dare say, any trade return of that nature would have been should have been viable and of value to this team for its future health and long term success. Although, now we get to see him yell at a 3rd string goal tender and flub passes while giving us the kovalev on blown plays as he skates tenderly to the bench
  20. This team only kills hopes dreams and the ability to see the forest from the trees.
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