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  1. But they do have Domi back now since the beginning of February after being out for a while, missed something like 20 games, and their young rookies on the team, Dvorak. Perlini, Chychrun and DeAngelo, could step up as well. Still have EOL, Smith, Vrbata and Doan. So you never know. Last year Winnipeg jumped a head of us to land a franchise player. Perhaps the Hockey Gods will favour us that day.
  2. Yeah an extra 10% on top of what is the real question. At what percentage is he playing at currently 60%? I hope it is not 100% already because that would mean he has very little to room to grow. He still has a ways to go yet and I agree that having more youthful competition will do him good. Being given a roster spot on the Canucks that early went straight to his ego. That is partly why I wanted Goldobin to start in Utica to spark something down there. Best case scenario is that Gaunce, Megna, Chaput and Goldobin get sent down for the playoffs, maybe even Dahlen and any early NCAA signings and everyone gets on a role - this is of course assuming that Virtanen is still on the roster after adding those 4+ players into the lineup. I want to be positive about Virtanen, but he just got surpassed by two newly acquired prospects in my opinion. I hope he has an "oh sh*t" moment and kicks it up a notch. 1. Boeser 2. Joulevi 3. Goldobin 4. Demko 5. Dahlen 6. Virtanen 7. Gaudette
  3. Historically, yes this is what we have come to expect, but I like to have faith that our fate of winning the lottery/1st overall is statistically just bad luck and that it can change in an instant.
  4. I was thinking the same thing. There is an outside chance that we finish 2nd to last if Coyotes string a few good games together and we continue our downward trend. A top 3 pick would do wonders for our rebuild and a 1st overall pick would single a change of fate for this organization. Drafting one of the top two centers is what we really need moving forward.
  5. This Goldobin guy seems like he has some slick hands to work with. I don't like Benning taking him straight to the NHL, but I guess we are down quite a few guys now minus Burrows and Hansen. I will definitely miss Hansen - he's been probably the hardest working and most consistent player we had. I'm excited what Goldobin will bring to our lineup and glad Tryamkin will have someone to talk to. I guess we can act like we selected him in 2014: "Goldobin is a gifted sniper with the potential to be a big-time scorer in the NHL with his excellent wrist shot. His game in his own end, particularly his defensive play, has held him back to this point. New San Jose Sharks' head coach Peter DeBoer values smart, two-way play and he — along with former Devils' coach Jacques Lemaire — helped another Russian sniper, Ilya Kovalchuk, transform from being a defensive liability to a player that is more aware in his own end of the ice. Goldobin has many of the same tools as Kovalchuk. While he may not put up the same gaudy offensive numbers as the former Thrashers and Devils forward, Goldobin has the potential to be a special player at the NHL level." - HF "Goldobin is a dangerous shooter with a wicked release on his wrist shot. He is quick and creative and can make defenders look foolish. He's weak against bigger opponents and can look lost in his own zone but is extremely dangerous and can quietly slide into prime scoring areas." - EP
  6. No. No one will ever be as exciting as Bure on the ice for the Canucks.
  7. I tend to agree with this. Jake needs to find a way to be productive on his own accord by driving to the net and making plays for himself. I haven't seen him to be the guy that plays a Brett Hull like game - finding open space to be fed passes for one-timers. With that said, if there was other players on the team that could play off of his skills more, or set him up with quality chances, it would definitely help his overall offensive game. However, he hasn't found his game yet and there isn't much else driving the play down there though.
  8. If Virtanen puts it all together and reaches a now lowered ceiling, he will be a pivotal component to a Cup run. You do not know where we are drafting so to say that "we are not drafting top 5" is a little beyond what you can knowingly say at this moment. But we land 6-7 or so and Mittelstadt is still available, I take him. I didn't say that we didn't need skill or we shouldn't acquire skill. I just don't want to use our high draft picks for another Swede on our team that will end up as a punching bag for rat boy. We need tougher leadership. I don't mind drafting players like Ehlers on Winnipeg because at least he has some grit and tenacity in his plays. I have had enough of Swedish leadership to hold me over for awhile. It's time to try something else out.
  9. One hit from a Ferland type and he would be done in the pros. There is no way he gets to 200 lbs, he just doesn't have the frame for it, and I don't seem him leading us to a Stanley Cup. Maybe as part of an overall team, but definitely not leading the way and we need to be drafting guys that can be leading us in these next few years. I would draft a guy like Pettersson in like 3-4 years time, but not now. I know there are several people out that are also wanting to draft this guy, but he is not on my board.
  10. Well he's listed as 150 now and looks like a toothpick. No thanks.
  11. I honestly would not like a line with that size in the NHL as our go to line. They will just get thrown around out there. We need skill yes, but we cannot forgo size and truculence if we want to win in the playoffs.
  12. Excitement? Absolutely! But to say he's "much better than Nylander" and the "heir to the Sedins" is overkill in the excitement department. Next year will be the real test for Dahlen when he joins the SweHL or the AHL. Then we will really know what we have to work with. If he can continue to put up a point-per-game pace in either of those leagues then we can start overblown projections - ie. the next Filip Forsberg.
  13. Fillip Forsberg went to the AHL in his draft +2 after putting similar numbers to Dahlen. Although Forsberg had more size to make that transition easier. I guess the question is whether transitioning to the AHL is easier now for smaller guys compared to when Rodin tried to enter. Sidenote: if we was 2 weeks younger he would be eligible for the World Juniors again.
  14. So we got a second round prospect in a better year for Burrows... this is a huge win for us! When will he transition to North America?
  15. You know... I think Detroit's reputation for drafting has been over blown. Once they lost all of their stars from the 80s (Yzerman, Federov, Lidstrom, etc.) and now 90s (Datysuk, plus soon to be Zetterburg), they really haven't drafted well enough to sustain themselves in the last decade and half without having to now be a bottom leaguer. Maybe their recent picks in Mantha and Larkin will be enough, but in my opinion they haven't really drafted an elite impact player for quite some time now.
  16. "March 17-18th - All 12 teams will once again qualify for the 2017 Hockey East tournament, with the top four teams in the league standings enjoying a first round bye into the quarterfinals. Teams seeded 5 through 12 will face off in best-of-three series at the campus sites of the higher seeds (No. 5 hosting No. 12, etc.). Advancing teams will then be reseeded and will play best-of-three quarterfinal series on the campuses of the four highest seeded teams. The four quarterfinal winners will be reseeded again as they advance to the TD Garden in Boston for the semifinals and Championship Game." source
  17. Thanks for the link. Out of curiosity I went to the Tkachuk thread to see what they were saying: Bennett should be traded or sent to the AHL to develop as a C and debating whether bringing their young players in too soon like Tkachuk will end up with bad development paths like previous Oilers prospects. Why would they be thinking this? Although Tkachuk is having a great rookie season, other players such as Bennett, Monahan and Gaudreau have regressed this year. They seem to be worried that rushing these players into the league has put too much pressure on them and effected their longterm development path. This too could happen with Tkachuk in the following years. It could also not happen and he continues to be successful. But I think it is key to remember that it is quite difficult for a young teenage rookie to come into the league with initial success and sustain that over their entire careers. I think it is quite possible that Tkachuk regresses next year as other players take more space and time on the roster. I am of the belief that the longer Joulevi takes to get to the NHL the better. We should groom a prospect like this into their potential #1/2 role. There is no reason to push his development in this regard as we do not need him next year. If he isn't dominating in the CHL and demonstrating that he needs higher competition, then leave him there until he does dominate both defensively and offensively. Leading the London Knights defensemen with 37 points in 45 games is pretty good and an improvement over last year, but I would not say he is dominating yet. He went into a slump when Mete was out of the lineup, but he definitely plays better with him as his defensive partner whom is a little more of an offensive defenseman. Maybe, hopefully, we see him turn it up a step in the playoffs as well.
  18. I think this has more to do with the low quality of the stream for the games. I would watch a game here and there if the quality of the streaming was improved. It's like watching video on a 56k modem. They could literally do better with someone sitting there with an iphone streaming onto facebook. With that said, I think generally this has been a disappointing year in Utica. The team is bad, like real bad. They currently sit 22 out of 30 for points and goals for, so there isn't much offence being produced in general. This is partly due to the Canucks sucking as well and having to keep guys like Chaput and Megna in the show instead of leading the offensive push in Utica. You would think that Virtanen, given his draft position and his cohorts, would be able to be that guy to lead the offence, but that just is not happening. We are all disappointed with that fact. Is he the guy that needs a proper setup man to be successful? That could be the case and hopefully next year we can bring in some decent prospects into Utica and start something more worth watching. I have for the most part written this year off with two hopes in mind - that we get a decent draft position in the end and Horvat signs for a decent price.
  19. I don't think anyone here, regardless of how optimistic they are, is saying he has been amazing, they are just not writing him off as a prospect like some others are.
  20. Can't we just draft the other Tkachuk in 2018 and leave this OJ versus MT all behind us?
  21. Is it possible that you provide a comparison of these analytics? Between Tryamkin this year, Gudbranson's last 3 years and Sbiza's last 3 years? I don't disregard analytics but I do think a player can improve as they mature just as Sbiza has evidently done from his first 2 years here. Just because Gudbranson may not be a sound player at the moment does not mean he won't become a sound player - given that he is still relatively young. If Gudbranson can become as defensively sound as Sbiza has been this year (for the most part), then I don't really see a problem with keeping that type of player around. I agree with you that he has not played that well thus far, not many on the team has, and I hope he does not command a significant pay raise. I do think we need players like Gudbranson on the team though, and it might be easier to develop a defensively sound leader like Gudbranson than try to trade for one straight up. Granted, if we are forced to make a choice because of cap reasons, then of course we keep the best player.
  22. If this discussion of whether Gudbranson should be our whipping boy or not was actually taking place in the Gudbranson thread, you probably would of seen an article where he says the injury had been an issue since late October. Of course, yada yada 5 seasons prior yada yada, but we have yet to really see him play to his skill level here yet and I guess since Sbiza has less to complain about in his game now, Gudbranson is the next target this year. In reality, this team needs BOTH Gudbranson and Tryamkin. I do not know why it would be a question of who to keep or to question if we still need Gudbranson, if Tryamkin is playing better. We need more jam in our game. Bertuzzi, and to a slightly lesser extent Kesler, made the era of Swedish hockey tolerable. With no one really bringing the push up front, this team needs players like Gudbranson and Tryamkin. I am looking forward to both of them taking another step in their game next year.
  23. As per the highlight video, Virtanen actually does a nice job of gaining the zone, which it seems not everyone on Utica is able to do. He can to do this because of his speed which backs the defense off the line. This is where you guys have rightly stated that he lacks that next step of creativity. He definitely needs to improve this side of his game, but I think he will get there - just needs more practice, more drills, more time on the ice. I don't think "sitting back in the slot or circle" is really his game through. This kid needs active feet and needs to be a hound on the puck. He needs need to find those spots where he can pick those shots off, but I do not think he should do this passively - he should read the play more and anticipate those opportunities. With that said he certainly needs to practice his stand still one-timers, he got a few off in that video, but none of them seemed like dangerous shots.
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