carlweezer

Has he had any shifts since the injury ?

Icing on the cake is he is a home grown local boy !!! We've had a decade of naslund and the Sedins....I can't wait for the next era of Virtanen Horvat Cassels Mcann. Some skill and grit good ole Canadian boys !!!!!!

SHL is terrible hockey, it's like my men's league Friday night beer games at 8 rinks, except we actually hit people in our league. All jokes aside Nylander plays the type of game that is perfect for Euro hockey and Euro size ice, but he will have a difficult time adjusting to the NA rink and type of crash and bang hockey. He simply won't have the room or time that he has in SHL. How's he going to react to the physical play, we already know Jake excels at this. Anton Rodin is destroying the SHL. That alone should speak volume. Rodin folds like a wet napkin w the NA style of hockey tho. In my opinion if best case scenario happens for both Nylander and Jake I'd still prefer Jake. Who do u prefer, Nicklas backstrom or Cory Perry ??

Van falls in love w. Rookies so easily, Horvat is reaching hodgson status where people are defending him blindly. I remember when everyone wanted more ice time for hodgson even tho he didn't deserve it and had Kesler and hank ahead of him at centre.. Same w. Bo. YOu can tell he isn't ready to produce offensive yet ppl want him ahead of Richardson. Bo should be sent to WJc so he can play more than 10 min a night and develop and gain confidence. Canucks won't miss him. We can slot kassian on 3rd line wing spot and move Vey or Mathias down for 4th line c.

Jake is the real deal! reminds me a lot of Corey Perry!

Its clear as day that Bo needs to be sent back to JR and develop by playing heavy minutes in every situation rather than the 8 min a game he plays here in Van. Send him back to London for a long playoff run along with a stint with TEAM CANADA WORLD JRs then off to Utica in the spring for the Comet's playoff run.. This doesn't hurt Bo's development nor does it hurt The Canucks as they have players like Vey and MAthias who can play the 4th line C. On the record tho, I love what I see from this guy. He is a strong ox who is very very dependable and plays a pro game. His numbers may never reach 60 pts a year but he will be a very integral part of our future success. In the future, We will need to be strong down the middle to compete with the likes of Calgary who has Monahan and Bennett and the Oilers who has RNH and Dr Drai. Feed the Ox!!!

CDC mindset... Virtanen,pure sniper but lazy defender Horvat, defensive genius but can't snipe. Lmao these are teenagers that you are nitpicking.

Size doesn't always equate to an easier path to success in the NHL. Especially for Dmen in the NHL. These world class NHLers will skate circles around them and beat them to the front of the net from the corners. TREE needs a lot of developing to do and in my opinion the sooner he gets to North America the better for his development. Look at Nikita Nikitin for the Oilers. one of the worst free agent signings in years!! Big framed Russian Dman who has absolutely no hockey sense and lacks NHL calibre skating. 6'5 230lbs of pylon

No chance we get him unless we draft him with our 6th pick. He will go top 10 if not top 15 for sure!!!

Perlini is severely under rated on CDC.... he is top 10 in almost all scouts list and he did very very well on combine

no thanks on Brendan Lemiux with our 2nd rnd. He has a ceiling of 3rd line pest, you dont draft those guys in the 2nd rnd.....2nd rnd still has a chance for a top 6 forward or a top 4 dman on the team.....

big reason why the Nux dont have a cup. Guys like Keith and Weber were drafted in 2nd round and later. We havent had a stud dman ever in this franchise. Look at previous cup winners who had players like Doughty, Keith, Chara, Lidstrom, Pronger We need D in this sytem, the guys you mentioned are regarded as C prospects. They arent anything to hang our hats on.

difficult to contain in juiors yes but that isnt guranteed to translate in pro's... if we pass up on Ehlers and Nylander and they become the next Patrick Kane then were hooped. and why are you worried about the California team in regards with Ritchie....Ritchie wont be a NHL read for about 3 yrs or so..who knows what type of style and game LA and SJ and Anaheim play by then...heck who knows maybe the west will become more wide open than the east by then... gotta draft Best player available.

is it confirmed that Lack is starting?

except were losing 1 year of his UFA age year meaning he will be a UFA soonoer when we will REALLY need him..