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2 minutes ago, Odd. said:
I meant that Virtanen was the only significant pick that had injury problems before being drafted but this list is staggering to say the least.
I know it's not in your time frame, but a few of us remember JJ Daigneault coming on to the draft stage on crutches. ( evidently it caught the Canucks by surprise too ! )
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16 hours ago, Bure_Pavel said:
I think durability should be a factor for who we pick. Its the Canucks so of course their going to get hurt, but how much games missed is a big question?
I need some help here. How do we know who is durable and who isn't ? Capt Hindsight usually appears a couple of years after the fact, never before !
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Sounds like a good goalie battle. Luukkonen ( Sudbury Wolves ) was the 2nd Goalie taken in 2017 ( #54 ), DiPietro was 3rd goalie taken ( #64 ). Oettinger went #26.
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6 minutes ago, dpn1 said:
Archie would have been part of the Alaska Aces if I am remembering correctly but I maybe wrong.
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18 hours ago, D-Money said:
Don't like my reply? Don't read it either then.
Or man up and don't take it personally when people disagree with you.
11 minutes ago, ChuckNORRIS4Cup said:You think this about me being mad that you're disagreeing with a hypothetical idea
no, it's that you were such a sissy by the sounds of it and couldn't handle reading another post with this kind of suggestion. What am I supposed to care that you are fed up with reading this narrative, guess what I don't give a crap if you were reading them all and it's got you upset, what am I supposed to feel sorry because you're sitting here reading everyone's post I guess suggesting the same idea. I didn't come on here to throw out a suggestion to have a poster cry to me because he's fed up with reading the same thing, don't like it don't read it, pretty simple.
Not sure how you know you don't like something if you don't read it !
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3 minutes ago, Elias Pettersson said:
Leipsic has scored 13 goals in his entire NHL career. He is a borderline NHL player. Pearson was a first round pick, played on a top line in LA scoring 25 goals and won a Stanley Cup. The two players aren't even in the same stratosphere...
I much prefer Pearson over Leipsic, but you are cherry picking with the draft history. Pearson was not drafted his first eligible year. Not his 2nd year either. Drafted at 20 yrs. If Leipsic had gone undrafted, his 120 points for Portland in his D+1 year may well have made him a #1 round pick !
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8 hours ago, Canuckster86 said:
Forgive me if I am wrong, But Canucks should buy or own an ECHL team. Have lower end prospects and other players under contract or available to be signed to PTO's during the year that are playing in a similar system to what is being run on our AHL team. Injuries will always happen, so call ups then follow suit. To be going year in year out with countless random PTO signings to players from other bottom tier leagues in a different system too boot is never going to lead to success.
Fact is we still need to draft even better and get more and more prospects into the AHL, ECHL or be able to bring them over from a european league. 4 years of JB now no, not too many mid to late round picks that are in the A helping and honing their game hoping to try crack the NHL. Gaudette may be down in Utica to start next year until we lose a C to an injury. Give him lots of ice in all situations, get him time with LInd, Gadj and maybe some other prospects to gel and hopefully compete for a playoff spot in the A next year.
Unless there is a big area of concern it makes 0 sense to fire Cull, then all the players will just have to learn another new system again.
Well, if you're wrong, join the club ! From last month.......
On 3/17/2019 at 6:24 AM, SingleThorn said:...........Agree. Plan A wasn't a bad plan using what we ( Canucks/ Comets ) had in the system. For the 3rd or 4th year in a row, both clubs have been decimated with injuries. Simple fix tho' ( tongue in cheek ). 'We' have to have our own ECHL franchise. I don't know if that's doable under NHL rules. Don't know if ECHL teams can/ do make a profit. I'm more than happy to spend Aqulini's money, but I believe it would be money well spent !
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26 minutes ago, jimmyking8888 said:I just checked this year's top 100 NHL player's age on ESPN. There are only 13 players out of 100 players are over 30.
These are the names. T. J. Oshie Anze Kopitar Justin Willams Kris letang Zach Parise
Keith Yandel Joe Pavelski Evegenii Dadonov Evgeni Malkin David Krejci
Mark Giordano Nicklas Backstrom
87% of the top point producers are under 30. So no JB , you winning combination should 25-30. 32 is reach, 35 is out of your mind.
Look at Tampa Bay's 4 lines. How many players over 30?
Oh DimJim !!!!.......and no, that's not aimed at Jim Benning !
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37 minutes ago, Grape said:
Schroeder’s downfall wasn’t even necessarily his size. He just stopped being a good hockey player. His production in college literally just dipped in half or something after his draft year. You can’t really attribute that to size because he was doing fine the year before
You may be correct, but 99% of the 'negative commentary' was around his size, so when things didn't work out, size was the villain ! ( true/ false, no-one knows for sure ! )
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4 minutes ago, Ghostsof1915 said:
Wasn't Schroeder supposed to be small and a can't miss prospect?
Yes he was ! Many of us were really jubilant when he dropped to us. We all suffer from 'remember Schroeder' syndrome ! Some wounds don't heal easily !
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Really enjoy all the draft talk. Wish I could join in, but I have seen ( not live ) about 10 players that I know of, and in minute samples. How do CDCers form their opinions ? Every now and then, someone will say that they watch the Giants or Cougars etc, but I fear that most are in the same boat as me. I refuse to watch YouTube clips ( got scalded by forming an oh so wrong opinion of Dane Fox from doing that ) and except for WJC and Mem Cup, I know nothing ! When CDCers churn out top ten lists, I would love to know if their lists are from first hand opinion or is from reading others' opinions. Looking forward to MyNHLdraft updating their 'scouting' rankings ! That's where I get about 90% of my opinion from.
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Final set of numbers from me.......the 2011 SCF ( yes we had a dog in the fight ! )
Boston Bruins ....26+ =13 ( 42x1, 36x1, 33x2, 32x1, 31x1, 30x1, 29x2, 28x1, 26x3 ) .....25- =7 ( 25x2, 24x1, 23x1, 22x 2, 18 x1 )
Vancouver......26+ =15 (35x1, 33x1, 31x1, 29x4, 28x2, 27x3, 26x3 )......25- =6 ( 25x1, 24x4, 20x1 )......only players with 10+ games.
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4 minutes ago, NucksPatsFan said:
It's also not "how many over 26 year olds were there on the team" but rather "what age were the players who showed up and performed in the playoffs"
Aaaah ! Got it ! Facts not fitting story, so move goal posts ! PS.....2016 SCF winners ( Pitts again ) 13x 26 and older, 7x 25 and younger !
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3 minutes ago, NucksPatsFan said:
Yeah he had prefaced his Price is Right with that "besides the most recent year"
2017 SCF winners, Pittsburgh....26+ =14 ( 26x1, 27x2, 28x3, 29x3, 30x1, 32x1, 35x1, 36x1, 39x1 ).........25- = 8 ( 21x1, 22x2, 24x5 ). ( only counting players who played 10 and more games ).....I'm sure that there must be examples that make Jim look like DimJim, I'll see how far back we have to look before the HF crowd is appeased !
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3 minutes ago, NucksPatsFan said:
Does anyone have a break down of Price's "Price is Right" from yesterday?
Not a fan of his but he used hard evidence to dispute this notion with the exception of the Caps from last year. Basically from 2009 or 2010 until 2017 the Cup winners (and scoring in the NHL playoffs overall) were lead by 26 and unders. Also when the Pens won their first cup their top line, top 2 d and starting goalie were all under 24.
Vegas, the other SCF team had 15 players 26 or older, 6 players 25 and younger !
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Artem gets 15 mins. Not shabby for a 60 min game, but this one went over 100 mins.. It's interesting to see how much TOI certain players get in the KHL. ( there are ex Canucks logging lots of time ). Several over 30/40 mins.. Boxscore added.
https://www.flashscore.ca/game/I7wKVpaL/#player-statistics;0
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1 hour ago, stawns said:
Waivers are only on the way down
Not when coming from Europe. We own his rights, so as @theo5789 ^^ says, that might only apply to 'free agents'. The Ryan O'Reilly offer sheet meant that if he had signed with Calgary, he would have to pass waivers to get to the NHL. Obviously different situations, but I get easily confused !
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So, can someone with a better memory than me, tell me if goal #1 in game #1 and the last goal in game #82 were both EP40 and were the same slapper from the same-ish area ?
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6 hours ago, WHL rocks said:
Sign Marky to a 3 year 5 mill per extension year this summer.
Team and player take some risk and meet half way. He doesn't have a lot of mileage on his body.
Usually goalies sv% starts dropping when they hit 30 yrs age. But Marky is a Viking and became a starter 2 years ago. So he'll be ok.
Without digging into the stats, I'd say that goalie is the one position where being 30+ means nothing. Many seem to peak in the 30+ part of their careers.
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7 minutes ago, Quantum said:
Hutton is due for a big raise too. Taking a chance on Rafferty and shipping Hutton out for some picks would be ideal. You get slightly younger and cheaper. Would be a win. Hutton is a great guy and a solid NHLer but this d core cannot be brought back... One (if not two) of Hutton, Tanev, Edler, and Biega can't be brought back.
Also, Rafferty is older so he should be more physically mature to jump in.
I'm more worried about Teves. I definitely see Teves logging big minutes in Utica to start next year. Juolevi is a wild card. He should be ready to debut in the NHL but also his injury history makes me wary.
I don't think that Hutton can expect a big raise. He was given a generous contract. Last year, JB's contract took a lot of flack, as BH flopped. This year, things were greatly improved, but his contract would fall into the 'fair' zone rather than a massive under payment.
Rafferty looked great. For no practices, I am impressed. Look forward to next training camp.
Teves looked out of his depth and appeared to be very 'slight' ( listed @ 170lbs ). At 24/25, don't know if he can improve on that too much.
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Since Edler's ELC, he's enjoyed $43mil ( on paper ) in salary. Always a straight and narrow, family approach to life, probably, means that money is not an all consuming part of these negotiations. Obviously he's not staying for 650k for 2 years, but really don't don't see money to be a problem. Do Mrs AE and the little AEs want to stay in Vancouver ? Term probably plays a bigger part and the ED seems to be a big issue.
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1 minute ago, drummerboy said:
Lol. I got what he was doing.
my Dad whines about the same thing every time I see him.
What are the chances 3 teams outside the top 10 win all the lotto picks?
Probably close to zero, but we're in Canuck country, so..............?
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7 hours ago, theo5789 said:
Hopefully before the TDL for a nice added boost to our playoff push next year!
Hmmmm........would he have to pass through waivers to get on our roster ? If not, welcome back !!!!
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2 hours ago, granpappy said:
12 officially
38 minutes ago, drummerboy said:No. 9.
Sadly, @granpappy's sarcasm is the 'Canuck way' !
no, it's that you were such a sissy by the sounds of it and couldn't handle reading another post with this kind of suggestion. What am I supposed to care that you are fed up with reading this narrative, guess what I don't give a crap if you were reading them all and it's got you upset, what am I supposed to feel sorry because you're sitting here reading everyone's post I guess suggesting the same idea. I didn't come on here to throw out a suggestion to have a poster cry to me because he's fed up with reading the same thing, don't like it don't read it, pretty simple.
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I could see MB being offered an AHL deal if there are no NHL takers. The fact that JB used up all 50 slots may have been a factor. I don't know where the 50 man roster will stand on 1st July. If there is lots of room ( doubt it ) then a Woo like, delayed contract, could have been reached. I thought the exact same stuff with Carl Neill tho'. We'll strike pay dirt on one of these late pick RDs one day !