William_Clarkson
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I don't really know about this guy, but seems like a good pick. Still, we need D prospects (although I don't really know who's available on D).
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How do the second round matchups work? If anyone can throw out an example with an upset or two in the first round that would be great.
Divisional final sort of thing. Say the playoff matches in R1 are:
Ana vs. Wpg
Van vs. Cgy
Stl vs. Min
Nsh vs. Chi
The winner of Anaheim/Winnipeg plays Vancouver/Calgary and St. Louis/Minny plays Nashville/Chicago
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If the playoffs started today, Canucks would play Calgary according to CBC; how? explain please? 6th and 7th seat in first round?
Because Kassian is so amazing he makes the Canucks the 2nd seed.
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As long as we don't run into cap problems, he shouldn't be traded.
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I confess "William Clarkson" is a made up name, I use sometimes on the Internet.
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He could probably care less. He's a gold medalist!
Hamhuis was really excited winning gold after he barely played the whole tournament at the Olympics last year.
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Do you guys stretch on your days off?
I try to stretch every day, even when I'm going to workout.
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All this talk of a lack of IQ is confusing. Any guy that scores 45 goals in a season has a decent IQ. We need goal scorers on this team and not playmakers. C'mon guys lets not insult our highest draft pick since the Sedins before he even plays a game.
No not necessarily. I haven't seen Virtanen enough to comment on him, but anyone can score a lot if they have an above average shot and an elite level playmaker by them (Thornton's various linemates can account for that).
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Compare Virtanen with Ritchie??
Ritchie is the traditional heavy, physically dominating power forward. Virtanen is bigger than most players, but not close to Ritchie, but he's a lot faster and has a better shot. You can still call him a power forward though, due to his physicality.
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You're also comparing 2 different eras, they game has changed who knows if a playmaker, sniper, PWF line would work.
I'd say the Sharks (Pavelski/Thornton/Burns) and Kings (Brown/Kopitar/Gaborik) do.
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Both Jensen and Kass play RW though.
I think Jensen can play LW as well.
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Be worthwhile just to see how people in Calgary react. Anytime you're in an argument with one of them you can just bring up Iginla and you'd win by default.
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Huh, lack is our future permanent starter.
Demko probably has more upside.
Regarding Miller, I'd be fine with it if the Canucks plan on being the underdogs vying for a playoff spot, but I'd rather just give Lack the starting position or sign a lesser veteran as backup.
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The knocks on Chara were skating and physical play early on if I remember correctly.
Hopefully he can follow the same path.
Did Chara ever become that good of a skater? The times I've seen him he's seemed sort of slow, especially against Chicago & Montreal.
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I really don't like Ritchie going to Anaheim but virtanen is a good pick, young and full of potential!
lol, when I saw Anaheim kept the pick I knew it would happen, this division man... Luckily, we countered with a physical guy of our own, with more skill.
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Wonder what kind of ice iq Lucic had when he was 17.
I wonder what kind of IQ Lucic has in general.
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I wanted Ritchie, Virtanen, or Fleury (Nylander & Ehlers aren't meant for this division, they'll do well in Toronto/Winnipeg). Ritchie was my top choice (of course another Pacific Div. team picks him), but I'm still really happy with this pick, especially when I saw his excitement.
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Defenseman for sure.
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Put him beside a smart play-making center and he'll be solid.
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Sedin Sedin Burrows
Malkin Schroeder Iginla
Booth Matthias Kassian
Sestito Lain Archibald
Hansen
That's funny.
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Burrows has been our best player for years last year was not good but I believe he can be that player again.
And I guess Kunitz & Dupuis are Pittsburgh's best players.
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Should he be resigned and if so, how should he be used?
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Torts yelling at the Calgary bench with Burrows behind him in the jaw protector cage comes to mind.
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We need to stop drafting size and start drafting skill again. Jensen, Kassian and Horvat may all be big bodies and have a little bit of offensive upside, but I don't see them ever rivalling what the twins have done and being 80-100 point players in the NHL. 20-30 goal scorers, sure, but we will sorely miss a top-NHL talent that can score goals once the Sedins are done.
Right now the only purely offensive forward we have in our draft pool is Shinkaruk and maybe Fox.
A guy like Nylander, Dal Colle or even Ehlers would fit perfectly with our young core of powerforwards. Look at the teams still in the playoffs right now. Pittsburgh (Crosby/Malkin), Anaheim (Getzlaf/Perry), L.A (Kopitar/Gaborik), Chicago (Toews/Kane/Sharp) etc. all have top NHL talent. Sure, the majority of them are large and have big bodies, but their offensive talent is the reason they were drafted.
We need to draft based on offensive vision and pure talent, like shot, stick handling and playmaking ability and start looking away from size. Of course it would be nice if a guy with the aforementioned attributes was 6'3", but we shouldn't be drafting giant bodies and hoping that they develop talent because at the NHL level that seems to be what is dividing the 100 point players from the 80 point players from the 40 point players, which is what our team is full of at the moment.
Nylander and Ehlers aren't even comparable to Crosby or Kane. If we want pure talent we need a really deep draft or a top 3 pick.
Also, look at Boston. None of their players got more than 70 points this season. Even Chicago, Sharp was the only player with above 70 points (though Kane had 69 points in 69 games). LA one 70 point guy, Kopitar. Colorado one 70 point player, Duchene (though in 71 games). St. Louis no 70 point guys. Montreal no 70 point guys. NY Rangers no 70 point guys.
It's all about depth, defense, and (mainly in the playoffs) size, with a few skilled offensive players.
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Overwhelmed Planet?
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Posted · Edited by William_Clarkson
One thing we could do is make a transition to nuclear power. It does have problems, but it would reduce a lot of carbon dioxide emissions. Solar or wind would be better long term for the environment, but nuclear would be more reliable for the time being.