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I had dreams of Pettersson eating 16 steaks and 27 pieces of chicken breasts a day. Will be 6'2 210 lbs by the start of the pre-season.

To be quite honest, that really isn't too far-fetched of an idea. Has Virtanen ever really played with a true play-making centre?

Love love love this draft!

If we had high-end skill guys like Nylander or Ehlers in our system, no doubt Glass would have been the better pick.

Can we confirm with certainty that the 2-3 players Benning wanted at 5 are Makar, Pettersson and Glass? It seems like Vilardi was never in his top-5 (probably wasn't on many teams' top-5). If only he played his Glass game better he could have gotten Vegas to give him a 2nd The player he wanted to use his 2nd's to trade a first for is probably Liljegren, but he went in the teens so it would have been more expensive. https://canucksarmy.com/2017/06/23/a-tough-draft-decision-avoided-tomorrows-plans-and-dodgin-kostin/ CA had an interesting piece regarding Jim's draft plans. It seems like he wanted Kostin too, but after The Betrayal of Tryamkin he didn't want to get his heart broken again.

If he is telling that to the media then he is probably confident he will get one of the guys he has in mind. I really want him to take D's at 33 and 55 and use the 64 on a goalie.

I personally like Comtois but his production this year and towards the end of last year dropped off significantly due to a concussion he received. He skates very well for his size and has some (perceived) untapped offensive upside.

https://canucksarmy.com/2017/06/23/who-will-the-canucks-select-33rd-overall/ He said it on 1040 after the 1st round.

Benning targetting a forward at 33; who do you guys think he is looking at?

Glass will be a good two-way guy. I watched a lot of his highlights and I just can't see the 'dynamics' Benning was looking for. Given our rebuilding timeline, I think Pettersson has atleast 3 years to develop in the SHL/AHL before playing.

Kid is really good, highest offensive ceiling in this draft (in my unprofessional opinion). Can't believe the amount of people trashing this pick.

I believe he will too. Played against men at ~164 lbs. and excelled. Imagine if he had been ~180-190 lbs. For me it was always Pettersson or Makar; Glass is the safer pick and will be good, but since we don't have the lottery luck to guarantee a game-breaker at 1 or 2, why not shoot for the stars?

The only concern for Pettersson is if he will be able to bulk up; kid is very good.

2 years in the SHL and 1 in the AHL. Perfect for our timeline.

Yes, Swedish relegation league. I guess it is their tier-2 after SHL.

Pettersson outscored Nylander and Pastrnak by quite a bit during their respective draft years by the way.

Wow what is happening with Vilardi

Highest offensive ceiling in the draft. But boy does he need to bulk up

Petterrsson is definitely one of the higher-risk players to pick; he is so skinny and I have a hard time seeing him playing centre in the Pacific (most likely end up on the wing). On the Pastrnak and Nylander issue, I think in a re-draft, both would be in the conversation for top-5 picks. With that said... we have hindsight so I guess it would be best to just trust Benning

Well he scored at a higher pace than both Pastrnak and Nylander on their draft years. Probably the highest offensive ceiling in the draft, but that size is very concerning; Pastrnak and Nylander both had 20 lbs on Pettersson, but Pettersson is much taller than either one.

After 2 years in Utica, I think that projection could be possible

I actually prefer Benning going the Tanev+ for Reinhart (and Strome to a lesser degree) route than trading for the 3rd overall. Reinhart, in my opinion, has a similar ceiling to Bo (60-65 point centre); if the + is not too ridiculous I think it would be better than picking a guy like Vilardi at 3rd. If Benning does have a deal like that in place (unlikely given there has been little to no rumours), then we can pick Makar or Miro (if he drops to 5th) at 5. This option gives more flexibility with our later round picks. We can take a gamble on the Yamamoto's or the Robertson's because we would have Olli and Makar as a basis for our future D-core.

Yup, we just need to draft two generational centres.

Someone thinks too highly of himself

It is a shame Heiskanen probably won't make it to 5; the kid looks pretty good.