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  1. now that would be a tough line to play against. Accoridng to hockeycanada you can watch the games in lake placid here: http://usahockey.fas...y.com/login.php it is 7.99/game by the looks of it. http://www.hockeycan.../Junior/2013-14 got info from here. edit: schedule http://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/Team-Canada/Men/Junior/2013-14/Summer-Camp/Schedule-Results
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    Brendan Gaunce | C/LW

    if gaunce/horvat arent ready could always play burrows as your checking centre that line would be very hard to play against. sedins-kass booth-schroeds-kes higgy-burr-hansen very solid top9 with great versatility.
  3. if you look at horvat's season breakdown you start to see a progression in his offensive game he started off very slow and was still ranked 15th by CSS in the midterm rankings (which says a lot). http://www.ontariohockeyleague.com/roster/gameByGame/id/8790/ls_season/46
  4. good thing with horvat is he has versatility, he can play a 3rd line role and he move over to the wing same with gaunce. The canucks have great options at centre going forward.
  5. i would seriously doubt that, the horvats come from a small town of 1000 people. They run a small farm and even invited people from vancouver to their draft afterparty if they wanted to come. It seems to me that they are good wholesome down to earth people who are thrilled to see their son live his dream.
  6. i would love to see torts in a media relations position. would be utterly hilarious to see gallagher and company get ripped on a daily basis. But as a coach people must be delusional to think he would be a good fit here.
  7. eakins seems like the right mold that gillis is looking for. The marlies finished 3rd in AHL scoring and had the same GP/G avg in the playoffs. They also were sound defensively finishing tied for 7th in GA. He seems to be able to teach younger players the question is can he relate and take control of a veteran team?
  8. sucks that he is having shoulder surgery hopefully he is back for training camp at 100%.
  9. i figured it was a joke but i wouldnt want the cdctards to get the wrong idea!
  10. cant get compensation for executives/coaches anymore.
  11. yeah okay, get to game 7 of the SCF and then fire the coach are you insane?
  12. im guessing that with the bruins game today the regular season is extended 1 day and therefore teams must have capspace until monday morning in order to recall players from the AHL.
  13. really makes you wonder if they made some mistakes with their coaching staff. This team hit so well last year under the old hitting coach. So many guys seem to be struggling to put bat to ball this year.
  14. im not sure who played centre at the WJHC. I think Wilson might have played wing and they had schroeds in the middle. http://www.usahockeymagazine.com/article/2009-02/fine-line-world-junior-championship old article from back then, still amazing the points that line put up. favourite quote from that article: “Schroeds is going to go in the top-5 in the draft, so I’ll be the odd man out at No. 7,” joked Wilson, a 2008 draft pick of the Nashville Predators.
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    Brendan Gaunce | C/LW

    leaving the goalie out to dry is quite common in junior hockey, that is why there was only 3 goalies this year under 2.5GAA all year. Average goaltending in the OHL is around 3GAA. Save %'s are quite good but there is so many quality scoring chances. cant find any footage of gaunce's hit on scheifele anyone got video?
  16. how many times does it need to be said that when he played with hodgson as his centre he looked fine. Of course when he played with some ahl reject that had a career average of 20points a year he looked miserable. Look at the moose centres from 2010. Hodgson was hurt and schroeder playing wing that left the following players. alex bolduc marco rosa (played on 1st line schroeder didnt) joel perrault (spent most of the year with vancouver) prab rai stefan schneider mario bliznak If my memory serves when hodgson got hurt he played with bliznak for 10games or so then they moved him back to centre. Hardly a fair trial on the wing.
  17. another 2point game tonight, could easily have had 3 or 4, mrazek robbed him a few times.
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    Brendan Gaunce | C/LW

    o_O what delusional fan thought hodgson had elite skating ability? (hope it wasnt me!) Hodgson like gaunce has good topspeed but its the acceleration from a stop that is the issue.
  19. really wish sportsnet would hire a proper soccer broadcaster. Craig Macewan is just awful, Paul Dolan is a great guy and i think does a good colour job. really sick of hearing kobaYASHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
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    Brendan Gaunce | C/LW

    love how he tries to make a good thing (a league award) sound like a negative, just cant please some people.
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    Brendan Gaunce | C/LW

    i have often wondered if his skating looked suspect because he plays on olympic ice. When i saw him practice in the summer with the canucks i didnt think he looked slow. Although he didnt seem to have that quick explosive stride. kind of skated like hodgson to be honest.
  22. threw up a little watching the tampa game before the canucks game. When Boucher said "i dont put young players in a position they arent comfortable with, if your a scorer you play with scorers if your a checker you check" <- paraphrased. too bad vigneault doesnt feel the same way! schroeds had a good game though.
  23. i think his playstyle is like savard, doesnt mean he is going to score 80+points like savard, but he plays a similar game which is why comparisons are made. When people say "he looks like lidstrom" doesnt mean that player is a top3 all time defenseman and going to be one of the best all time. Just means he plays a similar sort of game but probably not up to that level.
  24. i am so impressed by his faceoff ability and defensive play, the canucks could be pretty darn deep when kes/booth come back. I hate how they are using him on the 2nd PP unit, i think its a horrible scheme and hope they change it once they get some PP practice time.
  25. i thought jordan had his best offensive game today, made some nice plays, struggled on the faceoffs today vs a great veteran centre group from san jose.
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