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  1. Not sure it has been pointed out yet, but Gudbranson is currently outscoring McCann in points playing as a shut-down D-man
  2. Soon after his rookie season, the NHL enters the dead-puck-era. And also rumours of the Winnipeg Jets team moving effects the overall team play. Getting points has a lot to do with who he plays with. And if you look at his 50+ goal season in the late 90s, those are still very impressive numbers.
  3. I don’t want Tkachuk right from the pre-draft. There is something about him that when I was looking at the prospects before the draft that make me dislike him as a person. I was really hoping the Canucks won’t pick him at 5. Even in a re-draft, I would not want the Canucks to pick him up period. I rather see someone like McAvoy or Keller as a Canuck instead of him. This has nothing to do with M. Tkachuk is now a Flame, I just dislike him right from the start. However, I don’t get this kind of dislike feeling towards B. Tkachuk. In a few years when B. Tkachuk has to be paid, and Melnyk wants to cheap out, I hope JB find a way to fleece Ottawa and bring in B. Tkachuk to play alongside of EP. If we have selected Tkachuk, he likely plays in the 2016-17 season, and he is most likely on a like with Horvat and Baertchi. With his production, the Canucks would likely get atleast another 5-7 wins and move up the standings. Which means the Canucks will likely not be in a position to pick Pettersson.
  4. https://www.sportsnet.ca/650/sportsnet-today-650/henrik-sedin-impressed-elias-pettersson/ Even Hank is impress with him!
  5. My theory of why Juolevi wasn't called up: I believe the team has always had the plan that let Olli play in the AHL, play the big minutes for atleast 20 games before giving him a shot at the NHL. He got back from a back surgery and he needed to readjust to smaller ice surface before throwing him into the NHL. I think at around December, we will get to see Olli. And if Olli performs, Pouliot is on his way.
  6. My take on this is that if a doctor can has suspect of this injury from video play, I trust the Canucks team doctor would properly evaluate him and run test and reports for this injury as well. From the sound of it, even if he is injured that way, he can still be properly healed if treated properly. I also trust the team doctors to do what's right for him. It is more important for him to heal up 100% all aspect than rush him back.
  7. Jokiharju is a stud. You won't get him with Edler and Nilsson. You will have to start a trade with one of our big 3 - EP, Boeser or Horvat which none I would want to part-ways with.
  8. I would also add Detroit to the list. They had the 9th pick. EP played in Timira for his draft year, and that’s the same place where Zetterberg came from. Detroit likely still have strong connections in scouting that area and probably wants to draft EP. At 9th overall, I think they probably knew it will be very slim that EP falls back to them with Canucks at 5th and Rangers at 7th. Detroit probably was working on a deal to swap picks with Colorado/Dallas with the 9th pick+. But these are things we will not know until maybe years after.
  9. Personally, I think so far he is outplaying Del Zotto. Many speculate that Juolevi would arrive at around December. If that's the case, wonder if they will work out a trade to trade Del Zotto?
  10. Respect for Vasilevskiy for recognizing and praise of scorer who beat him. Matt Murray could take some notes from him.
  11. My guess is Jim will go with Mittlestadt instead. Didn't seem like Jim was very high on Glass or Vilardi. In the 2017 pre-draft interview, when reporters asked him questions about different potential prospects available, and when questions were as about Pettersson, Jim just started talk about how much he likes Vilardi's game. In the 2016 pre-draft interview, Jim talk about he like Sergachev more than Juolevi. He always down play the guy he wants to draft. In the 2017 pre-draft interview, he talk about how much he likes Glass and Vilardi, which suggest to me he doesn't feel like taking them at 5. He also didn't talk much about Mittlestadt. So my guess is that if worst comes to worst, Pettersson isn't available at 5, they will go with Mittlestadt. Glad it worked out and we got Pettersson. We may never win a draft lottery conducted by the NHL, but we won the real draft lottery in 2017.
  12. Stop watching at 8:30 mark when they talk about Auston Matthews. But EP!!!
  13. To be fair 2011 Seguin was a rookie and nowhere near as dominant as the current Seguin and Julien limited his ice time so I don’t think it would of made any difference with or without him in that line up. There is a 3rd overall pick that year on the Bruins roster - Nathan Horton. However, you can also argue that he is not Toews level in terms of his play. He was just very clutch and shows up in the big games in 2011. Horton’s production in the regular season is a fringe 1st line/elite 2nd line production. It sort of is like Mikael Samuelson (a healthy Samuelson) would provide for the Canucks. The Bruins key to the Stanley Cup was Bergeron (2nd round pick), Krejci (2nd round pick), Chara (3rd round pick) and Tim Thomas (9th round pick). Their supporting cast is very good and the overall team was playing the same style of Big Bad Bruins style. To me they should be a good example of a team doesn’t need top 3 pick talent to win the cup (their 2nd and 3rd overall picks are not playing at other 2nd or 3rd overall pick level). It’s like saying this future Canucks core wins a Stanley Cup (lets just say pretend), and we we don’t win any draft lotteries the next year or two, the core will be led by EP (5th overall), Brock (23rd overall), Horvat (9th overall), Hughes (7th overall), OJ (5th overall), 2019 1st rounder (4th-15th overall) and Demko (2nd round pick). If Gudbranson is still on the team then, the Canucks would officially still have a top 3 pick in the line up cuz Gudbranson is a 3rd overall pick. In reality (and to no disrespect to Gudbranson and his game), Gudbranson’s play with the team could be replaced by another big physical D man, and is not as crucial as the elusive term of a “top 3 pick.”
  14. ruilin96

    Sam Gagner | C/W

    Gagner for Nylander 1 for 1 sounds fair. Get it done JB
  15. ruilin96

    Sam Gagner | C/W

    https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/sam-gagner-canucks-cut-didnt-see-coming/
  16. Not sure if this has been posted yet but lol:
  17. Expecting Bo to have a strong game Tuesday as he dominates the Carolina Hurricanes in his career games against them.
  18. We got Hughes which is basically the same kind of defenseman as Makar. I can already see a fast and exciting team to watch the next decade.
  19. Leafs and Oilers can keep talk about how great Matthews and McDavid are. Keep in mind that they tanked and luck out with the #1 pick in their draft year and pick a guy that everyone knows would go #1. Meanwhile the Canucks have to first get screwed over by the lottery system dropping from #2 - #5 in a so-called "weak draft" and able to steal this kid with the #5 pick because of our amazing scouting staffs. Wonder if New Jersey, Philadelphia or Colorado would be kicking themselves for not have drafted EP (excluded Dallas because I think Heiskanen fits their need perfectly and it is the only other player that I see would rival EP for best player in the 2017 draft).
  20. Chaput just got sent down to Laval. Burrows will coach Chaput
  21. If he didn't had the surgery and get a full summer training he probably could of make the opening night roster. But AHL time won't hurt his development and I can see him being a very good defenseman for the next 15 years.
  22. I will take a 38 point Juolevi over at 45-50 point Sergachev. Olli understands the game very well and plays really well defensively. Meanwhile, Sergachev is a high risk player who will rack up a lot of points but will also make many plays that will have the coach screaming from the bench. McAvoy looks to be the best D out of the 3 you mention but it is still too early in all their careers to put it into any conclusion. McAvoy defnitely exceeded the expectation of many scouts for that draft. Players are human, and human chance adn develops differently over time. It is easy to use hind-sight and said who we should of picked in stead. Just like atleast 15 other teams wish they have picked Boeser in the 2015 draft and atleast 3 other teams wish they drafted Pettersson in 2017. I am happy with the Juolevi pick and I will continue to support him for his career. Once a player gets drafted by the organization, whether we like the pick or not, as fans we should stand behind and support the player. The last thing fans should do is to run a player out of town. Once that happens, you truly lose the draft. Also worthy of note is that Juolevi has a much higher points per game in the Finnish league than John Klingberg at the same age.
  23. I met Ron Delorme at the Young Stars Classic a couple weeks ago. I think he was slightly surprised that a fan recognizes him. I just went up and chat with him and he is such a nice guy. He spent quite a few minutes chatting up with me about hockey in general and he also mentions how excited he was for Pettersson. Very genuine kind man and he definitely doesn’t deserve some of the labels CDC gives him.
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