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  1. Nave

    Ben Hutton | #27 | D

    He looked great in OT, until that soft penalty on Hamhuis. That saucer pass to Edler was amazing though.
  2. He basically made the whole team look stupid. His acceleration is much better than expected. He's been getting a lot of breakaways, and capitalizing on them.
  3. Stoked he made the team. He's played his role really well, and I think he will take on more responsibility as far as offence.
  4. Virtanen's been playing well. Hope his ribs are alright. Sometimes he looks lost, but then you realize he's covering the point or someone off-screen.
  5. Virt loudly got almost as much ice time as Daniel. I say loudly, cause he got some bangin' hits. He also went in front of the net, and forechecked well. That bat down for the breakaway was a heads up play.
  6. Horvat didn't play that much last year and he made the team.
  7. Virtanen will be a beast top 6 player. A guy who hits that hard that young doesn't come around every day. Whether he skates into his hits or not doesn't even matter--he will lay someone out--but it must be mentioned how fast he is. I wanted Virtanen or Ehlers in the draft. However, I felt like we got the right guy at 6 considering the guy we got at 24, and I still feel that way. Ehlers would have been nice, but we could not fit someone that size into the line up when we had Schroeder or when we first got Shinkaruk. Now, guys like Shinkaruk, McCann, and Baertschi will have a better cast around em because we've drafted guys like Virtanen. Yes, I'm disappointed in Virtanen's offensive output, but he has exhibited hockey IQ than we thought, and asserted himself with limited icetime.
  8. Virtanen has actually played an efficient game. That many hits in so few minutes is not easy.
  9. Nice to see that Boeser and Shinkaruk both got hat tricks recently.
  10. Freshman hat trick? That's dope. Even if he got the empty netter
  11. Looking forward to him hitting McDavid again
  12. I hope so. Stevens is my favourite defenseman all time. Absolute crime he hasn't won a Norris. Although some of his hits wouldn't stand now, he only had 3 elbowing penalties in his career. He would have changed his game, jus like he did when he went from an offensive-minded goon to a pure shutdown defenseman. We can only hope Virtanen can change his game like that--to fit the situation--or the climate of the NHL, but it looks like he can so far. That battle in the net was so old school I didn't even care he embellished (I rather liked that). However, he can shift to a more on-the-puck game if he needs to. No wonder Willie likes him.
  13. He's so good at honing in on people for hits. Gets guys like Doughty that are extremely hard to catch. I think it's true that he has high IQ for his style of play. Although he has gotten some stupid penalties, he's about as clean a hitter for someone who hits that hard.
  14. He. is. not. going. to. leave the team.
  15. After going to the McCann thread I knew you'd say Virt should stay. But, I can't get mad at that line.
  16. He got 5 minutes in the 1st. We should not be complaining about his ice time. Had to kill 3 penalties in the end. Meanwhile, Virt and Baer both drew calls in the 2nd.
  17. Nave

    Ben Hutton | #27 | D

    Played 20 minutes tonight and never looked out of place. Didn't get stuck in his own end as long as other defensemen.
  18. Could Bonino play with the Sedins?
  19. Yeah I know, I just meant there are more to come. 3 more may join next year. The presence of vets allows them some people they can learn from.
  20. I was really surprised McCann dropped to us. 11 was basically the lowest he was ranked. Boeser was ranked a bit later than our pick, but I had him in the mid-teens and Button had him 9th. Hope he's right.
  21. Hopefully he plays tonight.
  22. I think they were banking on Virt to make the lineup, but when Hutton and McCann performed like they did they were like "holy sh!t." Pretty amazing what a seamless rebuild we've had.
  23. Nave

    Ben Hutton | #27 | D

    I agree. Bartkowski has silently played well. Losing Bieksa kind of sucked, but I think we've improved our defense in terms of the transition game and not turning the puck over.
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