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  1. I know it's early but I don't really see Jake becoming a first liner. I think he'll become a solid 2nd liner who puts up 50-60 points in his prime. Maybe a 70 point season with the right linemates. He doesn't have the quick hands, creativity or offensive iq to put up elite numbers imo. But I do think he will be a much better playoff performer than Ehlers or Nylander so I'm happy with the pick. Also I'd say he's on the team next year unless he has a bad camp, which I do not see happening. Look at how he's already manhandling men in the AHL. After an offseason of training and maturing he's going to be a wrecking ball next season.
  2. Goal! https://streamable.com/c3ly
  3. Yup, I rememer when he got drafted thinking he was going to be owning us for years. Glad he's on our side now. Actually a lot of people say his play style is similar to Hossa.
  4. Great save https://streamable.com/faz4
  5. I just can't wait to see how much faster and stronger he gets after an off season to train and mature. I find it funny people think he will be back in jr. Guys are going to be getting ragdolled by him in pre-season. His offense will come just like Horvat, he's already pretty good defensively like TOML said and has the speed to strip anyone from the puck on the backcheck.
  6. He should be on the team next year and be loaned for the WJ's.
  7. Does anyone know if there's been any players that have came into the league with average hands and developed them to an almost elite level? I feel like that's something that's mostly learned at a young age. It would be awesome if Virtanen can improve his hands and creativity with the puck. By hands I mean dangles, and 1 on 1 play. Then again if Virtanen had the hands of Ehlers or Nylander he would probably be pretty close to a generational player. Something like Ovi
  8. Virt takes out 3 guys from the play and Gaunce almost scores https://streamable.com/ztef
  9. Reverse hit once again https://streamable.com/zepf
  10. Apparently Virtanen's cycle game has improved a lot already and one of his hits took 1 of their d-men out of the game already. That is why he will be in the NHL next year, he's not going to learn anything in jr, especially on the Hitmen.
  11. I'm gonna be pissed if we draft Harkins, most of our prospects are already 2 way centers

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    2. Erik Karlsson

      Erik Karlsson

      Yeah, I'm hoping for Kylington, Zboril, Svechnikov, J Roy, or any other top prospect that falls to us

    3. smithers joe

      smithers joe

      i'm hoping for chabot or merkley...or zboril

    4. Nas19

      Nas19

      I'm not that high on Harkins. Watched him a bunch this year and IMO he is definitely not what we need. Really hope we draft Kylington.

  12. Downunda already said he doesn't watch any games, he lives in Australia, I'm not sure why anyone takes his posts seriously.
  13. Good post, agreed. It's going to be interesting how much faster and stronger he gets after this off season of training with the Canucks. (He also missed his last off season because of his injury and surgery) No way he goes back to jr. I called this with Horvat last year too.
  14. If he gets his accuracy back during the off season, he's on the team for sure next season. The canucks will have him working with their skills coach and that's going to help him a lot. I just don't see him returning to jr after his time in the Calder cup, that would just be a step back. Having him in the lineup is also going to take a lot of pressure off Kassian having to be the physical force every night. Kassian's back can't handle doing that every game and it will also allow him to focus on his offense. Kassian may be inconsistent, but it would be dumb to move him imo. Having him and Jake in the lineup at the same time is going to cause a lot of headaches for the opposition.
  15. Apparently Baertschi is just dominating, just hasn't scored yet

    1. Brad Marchand

      Brad Marchand

      Still averaging fewer than two points per game, so BUST.

    2. BI3KSA-

      BI3KSA-

      Trade him back to Cowtown for Mason Raymond imo

  16. Just dummying guys https://streamable.com/3p6e
  17. Insane save by Markstrom https://streamable.com/09yi and another one!!! https://streamable.com/ncj7
  18. And Kesler scores....

  19. Another hit http://gfycat.com/CanineNippyIrrawaddydolphin And another https://streamable.com/wcg6
  20. Virtanen hit https://streamable.com/2y17
  21. Anyone have highlights or gifs?
  22. He's killing it tonight. Deke https://streamable.com/ke4l Almost fights https://streamable.com/0b4i Almost scores https://streamable.com/qgow Sick pass https://streamable.com/l1qk
  23. Said since day 1 he'll be on the team next year, just like I said before the season started with Horvat. These guys are built for the NHL.
  24. Interesting fact : In 2009, PK signed his entry-level contract on May 14 (just two weeks prior to the deadline). ,Was this done on purpose?

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