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2 minutes ago, Rob_Zepp said:
Two things - Dube is a year older (a 2016 pick) and is a pick of the Flames. Hockey Canada and Flames ownership/senior management are very "tight". If you don't believe that some of Hockey Canada's moves are not politically motivated/returns of favours etc. then I would love to show you some real estate (at low tide please).
Fun fact Dube and Lind are actually only 3 months apart in terms of their age differences. Because of Lind’s birthdate, he was ineligible for the 2016 draft. Dube is born in July of 1998 while Lind is born in October of 1998. Personally, I like Lind’s game more than Dube’s.
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3 minutes ago, Time Lord said:
Why single out Dube of all people?
Dube made the team last year and did very well on the 4th line. That line was basically the life of the team whenever the other lines were struggling. This year, Dube is a returnee and a better player. No way was he going to be cut.
Team Canada obviously saw Lind as only a RW because that's where he played for them. And I guess they didn't want him in a bottom 6 role.
Probably cuz of my hatred towards the Flames and because he is a Flames prospect as well as the two are on the same junior team and I thought Lind is just overall a better player than him.
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It’s a joke that Dube makes it over him. Lind is a better player and I know Dube plays LW and Canada is thin on that position, but Lind can play all 3 forward positions and can be as effective on the left side as he is on the right. He is producing at a better PPG rate than Dube on the same team while playing with lesser line mates as well.
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TC hasn't made the best choices over the years on who should or should not make the roster. There are reasons why Canada has only won 1 Gold Medal in the past 8 years. I hope Lind makes them kick themselves with his play the rest of the year. Just as Samuelsson did when he was snub by Team Sweden for the Olympics in 2010.
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6 minutes ago, The Lock said:
Don't forget Yakupov! He might put an extra variable into that equation that tilts everything on its axis!
(And with this response I think I can officially say I've been studying physics too much the past couple of days...)
Oilers representative: Nugent-Hopkins
Avalanche representative: Yakupov
Canucks represntative: Sam Gagner
Gagner was on the Oilers losing teams the longest and also was there to witness most of the 1st overall picks they have got. Dahlin is a Swede, and Swedes usually finds a way to land on the Canucks. I like our lottery chances
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10 minutes ago, WeneedLumme said:
I certainly hope that it's not common for our prospects to browse CDC, because if they read the comments of the "realistic" fans, I could see a lot of our prospects demanding trades before even signing entry level contracts.
I doubt most of them even know CDC existed
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Gadjovich-Pettersson-Boeser
Goldobin-Horvat-Dahlen
Lind-Gaudette-Virtanen
Granlund-Gaunce-Lockwood
MacEwan
Juolevi-Tanev
Pouliot-Gudbranson
Hutton-Stecher
Brisebois, Chatfield
Demko
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EP likely went on CDC saw the comments in intermission and decided to take matter into his own hands
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3 hours ago, cyoung said:Points are points. We know Lind can produce, he needs to work on the other end. Glass has a much better rounded game.
I was at a Victoria Royals vs Kelowna Rockets game earlier this season. And I actually thought Lind plays very well without and away from the puck. It was also shown that his coach trusted him so much that when there was a 5 minute PP for the Royals late in the third in a tie game (including the 1st minute of 5 on 3), Lind was out there for the majority of the 5 minute PK and the PK resulted in success without allowing a goal. Rockets later won the game, and that PK was crucial. For that game, I was actually more impressed with Lind's play without the puck than his play with the puck.
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2 minutes ago, SamJamIam said:
Beat me to it. Unless Dahlin is always backing up Pettersson's line, Liljegren is going to grab a few points just from being on the ice with Elias.
TSN will likely give all credits to Liljegren even if Pettersson does all the work
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5 minutes ago, Yotes said:
It can't hurt us to try it out, it's just a contract spot no assets given up
We also have to think about the 50 contract limit for next season. We will likely bring in Adam Gaudette and I believe guys like Megna and Chaput will come off the books would free up 2 contract spots. Sedins may or may not retire, we will see what they do. We should have enough contract spot to give this guy a try.
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20 minutes ago, Yotes said:
http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=63003
Guy is only 23 and Bit under sized as he doesnt stand 6ft but puts up good offensive numbers, playing with Pettersson this season also.
Sure our scouts have watched him, maybe worth a contract offer?
I have been looking at this guy's as well. He plays defense, being 5'11 and 170pb does seem like a disadvantage in the NHL. However, he seems to be very smart, and knows where to be. If he can be at 180-85 pd with his 5'11 height (i.e. Ryan Ellis's frame), he could be a good puck moving D. He seems to know where to go and is very smart in going to right place to generate offense, at the very least he could be a PP specialists. He could be our next season's signing similar to Philip Holm, bring him in on a 2 year contract, spend the first year in Utica to get use to NA ice and go from here. At the same time I believe other teams are looking at him as well.
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I heard on radio the other day in an interiew with Ryan Biech, who is basically stating that the difference between the SHL and SWE-1 leagues aren't as big of a differene between NHL and AHL. Since every year there are SHL teams being relagated to the SWE-1 league and some SWE-1 league team can play their way up into the SHL, it shows that playing against a good SWE-1 League team may be tougher than playing against a bottom feeding SHL team. Overall, SHL is definitely more talented than the SWE-1, but the difference isn't as dramatic and Dahlen's number at the SWE-1 league suggests that he should be another guy Canucks fan be excited about. I will be very curious on how both Dahlen and Pettersson do when they come play in North American ice, with a lot smaller surface and a different style game, I wonder how well they adjust to it. Their ability to adjust to smaller ice determines whether or not they would need AHL time or just straight into the NHL.
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59 minutes ago, Jimmy McGill said:
except there has to be some talent going to Canada otherwise the whole thing collapses. But like I said, I see it as very possible, not necessarily happening. I guess just hate my old job too
I am just proud that we may have 2 franchise players in the past 3 drafts without even winning a single draft lottery. And one of them was drafted in a year we made the playoffs (Boeser)!
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I hope the organization gives him a role after his contract is up and let him work with the team. He can definitely provide a lot of help for the next phase of young guys stepping in for us, bring him back like we did with Manny Malhotra!
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Ok so how did a 3-1 Lakers lead become 3-5 Lela within the first 5 min of the third?! That’s Canucks level kind of choke
jk, but how though?
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16 hours ago, WHL rocks said:
Love watching this guy's highlights on youtube, can't get enough.
We might have back to back Calder winners with Boeser and Pettersson.
To think we may have 2 elite franchise level forward without winning the draft lottery even once is insane!
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3 hours ago, Erik Karlsson said:
Honestly probably better if he misses the world jrs. He'all probably be pissed and play even harder.
I'm not too sure the world jrs is that great for a prospect anyways. Hodgson looked better than Tavares there and look how he turned out. Petterson didn't look good last year and look at him now, same with Juolevi and even Boeser. Virtanen had one of the worst performances ever and looks way better in the NHL. Fun to watch our prospects there, but not a big deal if they don't make it.
I agreed. World Juniors is only a short tournament of 4-7 games. Certain players could get hot and develop chemistry quicker with their linemates than others and they would look a lot better than a lot of people consider. Meanwhile some really good players could be on a cold streak and doesn't get some of the bounces and their points total will look like they are not very good. It's a good tournament for young kids to be part of, as it is an honour to represent your country at a world stage. As well as learning to play under high pressure because it's such a quick tournament, poor plays could get you right out of the door
It's also a fun tournament to watch for fans and proudly cheer for their country, but in the end of the day, performances in the World Juniors should not be use to indicate whether a prospect is legit or not.
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1 minute ago, Hutton Wink said:
Gadjovich in the middle, then we're set
FYI, I have a similar version of the 2nd unit PP:
Gadjovic (net front)
Lind (rightside one timer) Gaudette (in the middle) Goldobin (leftside one timer)
Stecher (point man)
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4 minutes ago, Hutton Wink said:
Goalies are going to have it bad enough with Boeser and Pettersson firing one-timers, but once Ollie starts with the no-look passes it's going to be open nets and no chance.
Future 1st unit PP could look something like this:
Horvat as net front presence
Boeser at the right side, Ovechkin spot with one timer
Pettersson at the left side for the left side one timer
Juolevi as the point Dman
Dahlen as the guy who is down the middle receiving and making passes, and retrieving lose pucks.
Horvat (net front)
Boeser (rightside one timer) Dahlen (in the middle retrieving lose pucks) Pettersson (leftside one timer)
Juolevi (puck moving point man)
This unit would definitely be one of the top PP units
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7 minutes ago, aGENT said:
At the risk of being a broken record... a future 1st line of Kane, Pettersson, Boeser , Kane adding some size and snarl (as well as shooting) would help with any size concerns (that and Bosers, while not exactly a bruiser, is also not a waterbug or wilting flower either). Also, IIRC, Boeser (RH'd) actually has a decent record on faceoffs. Him and EP (LH'd) could take turns on draws on their strong sides as well. Just a thought...
I love this post so much I want to make out with it.
Forget all the nebulous, periphery stuff of 'culture' etc (though I do largely agree that it is in fact, important, if not the entire reason teams continue to perform poorly). I agree that 'management' is indeed likely the largest and most key factor to a successful team (along with a healthy dose of luck). Good trades, good scouting, good development and yes 'culture' included etc, etc are far more important factors than simply where one happens to pick (which isn't a terribly controllable factor these days).
It's why I'm a proponent of the relentless pursuit of improvement by any means that I believe our present management is following. There's no room for 'tanking' in that philosophy. You become a better team by simply taking every opportunity to become a better team. That includes trades, UFA's, drafting, development etc. Constant pursuit of improvement. You don't forego signing/trading for a good player because you hope to do poorly to maybe get a lotto pick. You take any and every opportunity to add/improve assets (granted with age, cap etc as qualifiers and a view to the long term of where you're team is headed).
I've always been a fan of that system. 17th place team gets 1st OA, 18th 2nd OA etc until you get down to 31, then back to the 16th team, 15th etc. It's simple and would reward teams on the bubble actually making an effort while still giving crappy teams relatively high picks to rebuild with. It rewards competent management and 'try'. Would also give players on those 17-31 teams a reason to keep playing after they're eliminated from playoffs for a better product all around.
The problem of this is that some teams who are legitimately bad and doesn't tank on purpose may never get the reward of drafting a top player in the top 3. And potentially, a cup contender may slip to #17 because of injuries and bad luck (e.g. Tampa Bay last year) gets to add another franchise player for at with an ELC for the next 3 years. As much as I hate the Canucks being screwed by the new draft lottery system, at the very least, it gives everyone a chance to draft top 3 and the worst 3 teams still have a shot at drafting top 6.
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1 minute ago, HerrDrFunk said:
Yeah, barring a monumental collapse from Vaxjo and the Canucks making the playoffs, we probably aren't seeing Pettersson play a game in a Canucks uniform until the 2018 Young Star tournament.
It's CDC, dream big. Canucks will on a deep run and make it all the way to the Cup Final. And EP comes in as a hired gun in for the last 2 rounds of the playoffs and light it up and with 18 pts in 12 games, help the Canucks capture Lord Stanley's Cup.
JK, agree with you, next time we see him in BC would be next year's prospects camp and then the 2018 Young Star Tournament and we will go from here
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Will this PPG rate last or improve by the end of the season?
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As of today he has a better PPG rate than even Peter Forsberg’s 19-year-old season
Brock Boeser | #6 | RW
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Gotta admit, when we first drafted him I was afraid he might become another Patrick White or Jordan Schroeder with our luck. But after watching his interviews after the draft and follow his play in NCAA, I think he had the potential to be a good first line player. Right now, he is trending to become a franchise player for this team. Couldn't be happier to see how he turns out!