aqua59

It's called a boy becoming a man.

That's realistic.

That actually seems pretty realistic. There is going to be a lot of competition at camp this fall. The benefit of that is that a team can take more time to develop it's players. This is what MG said he wanted to create and he seemingly has. The Canucks have depth in skill and youth. I remember in the 70's and early 80's The Montreal Canadians seemed to have an endless supply of really good players in the minors. Players that were seemingly totally prepared for the NHL when they got there. They never missed a beat. It's been done before and MG is doing a great job on creating that. It takes time. A guy like Schroeder knows his personal career will flourish under this kind of system. If it's not with the Canucks it will be some where else in the end because of what he's doing now. Both parties win here. The reason I'm going on about this is because there are those who want to trade their way to a Cup. Vancouver not only wants to win the Cup they want to keep the Cup, see the old Montreal plan. So for those of you on Mike Gillis' back about some choices he's made that haven't turned out look up and see the direction this club is taking. Sure the fans can be unrealistically optimist at the beginning of the season but this coming year and looking over the last few years one can see direction that has traction towards a positive out come. I went to the Calgary forum this morning and pointed out, respectfully I might add, the upward direction Colorodo, Edmonton, and Vancouver were moving with more or less the same phylosophy. The same can not be said for Calgary. So for those of you that like lots of dumb trades and signings head on over to the Falmes forums. It's a foggy place like the Canuck lands of old. Lots of false hope. There are still people that think Sutter knows what he's doing. Go check it out, it's hallerious. A little off topic but fun. I will say this about the Calgary forum. There are people there that express themselves very well and there are some great reads. Be respectful no matter how some of those people react. You have to treat the down and out like Jesus did, with love. Ahhhh maybe not.

Lets hope not. Nasland was nothing more than a stat guy that choked when the big games came. He was soft. Overrated by Canucks fans. I'm so glad that era is over. I liked him but he wasn't the leadership Canucks should have had. Bad choice for "C". Lets hope Rodin has a nasty side to him.

He can play where ever, he's still too small. Notice hos this was a Cody Hodgson thread. No one's even talking about this guy any more. I think it's because he started thinking for himself and acting like a baby. Now he's on the out side looking in while these other keener prospects wiggle their way in. Schroeder needs to gain some weight. Grabner has beefed up over the last two years. Hansen like you say, gives me this weird feeling. A feeling of the guy that can't nor will ever finish.

Good post. I worry that Hodgeson has put pressure on him self more than any one. I think it was a mistake last training camp to head off on his own. Schroeder seems far more mature already. He is thriving in Manitoba and it would be great to see him push for a job in training camp this fall.

You should try Wine Gums.

I think one of the reasons he slipped down so far is other teams had other needs. From what I've been reading the Canucks got a steel.

Scorching you comes easy.

You're right, I'm scorching you, dumb topic.