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Merci

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  1. Not even cloae to pyatt and bernier is an insult. Bernier the gentle giant would t hit a fly. Ritchies main down aide is too many penalities
  2. Because Boston rules, and it influences a Ritchie pick
  3. He's not the most ready but he's already better than Sestito or Hansen I don't think a 4th year in the OHL against 16 year olds will do him any good. Let him get 9 minutes a game with a team that starts rolling 4 lines.
  4. Randomly checked 5 of those players and none of them even played in the OHL or WHL
  5. Nah his style is a total hybrid of Nash and Getzlaf He can already make Sedin like saucer passes in full stride, thanks for coming out though
  6. Yea you're right Gibson is definitely the new Patrick Roy.
  7. What would be the point to post 4/5 other players that fizzled out? He has their points, end of story this thread is to discuss his style not affirm he's guaranteed to be like them.
  8. Yea I mention this about 5 times in the post thanks for title reading though I don't even know what to say. A leading OHL scorer and captain of a guy who turned a 3-0 series can't be fat
  9. Kassian and ritchie are both much faster than most players. U didnt even read the artucle for the scout to affirm his quick first 3 strides. No ehlers for you ahahhah
  10. what'd the habs do. The guy is on the bench, theo nly thing that should be coming out is words. what if it was gatorade and ur face was now sticky
  11. Hey Absent plz find me 5 more players at 230lbs with similar Juniour numbers ill be right here. Ehlers played with Drouin man, get over him. He'll play RW with Jordan Staal and get 30 goals, then the Hurricans will miss the playoffs as they had no defense, and the Canucks will be watching a line of Ritchie Horvat and Kassian absolutely destroy the competition with superior play in every facet
  12. I think more like Booth and Hansen, Richardson seems to be money with Kassian Heyy the Ritchie Ritch Kassian line
  13. If that's only a fine then every bench in the league should all aim there bottles at once and really squirt someone in the eye.
  14. To Van Getzlaf Perry Gibson To Ana Lack
  15. Just chcked his numbers after he was drafted and he couldn't have been on a worse Buffalo team They were literally worse than KHLers Every player is a gamble and with the new management we have in place there's no wrong way to devleop Ritchie into a superstar
  16. Thanks for the bump, I enjoy large players and large threads.
  17. DISCLAIMER: Point totals don't mean everything and there have been dozens of duds over the years, they can be misleading and should be taken with a grain of salt. However when taken in conjuncture with style of play and professional scouting they paint a fairly solid picture. I make this thread since every other 6-10 draft pick seems to get one on Canucks Talk, so here's Nick Ritchie's gonna copy paste from what I think is the best evaluation of him. I bolded some parts of it if your life is too busy/you're watching Ehlers videos to read the whole thing Analysis http://lastwordonsports.com/2014/04/07/nhl-draft-profile-6-nick-ritchie/ Point Totals Ritchie: 1st year OHL : 62 GP 16g 23a 39 pnts 2nd year OHL: 41 GP 18g 17a 35 pnts 3rd year OHL: 61 GP 39g 35a 74 pnts Getzlaf: 1st year WHL: 63 GP 9g 9a 18pnts 2nd year WHL: 70 GP 29g 39a 68pnts 3rd year WHL: 51 GP 29g 47a 75 pnts 4th year WHL: 51 GP 29g 25a 54pnts Lucic: 1st year BCHL: 50 GP 9g 14 a 23pnts 1st year WHL: 62GP 9g 10a 19pnts 2nd year WHL: 70GP 30g 38a 68pnts Nash: 1st year OHL: 58 GP 31g 35a 66pnts 2nd year OHL: 54GP 32g 40a 72pnts Just because Ritchie scored similar numbers to these guys doesn't mean its a guarantee they will translate at all to the NHL, but it is another positive sign he has very comparable numbers to some of the elite players in the league. Videos 13/14 OHL highlights Game 7 OT playoff winner vs Sam Bennett http://youtu.be/5fNrfBg8s5U Perspective: The Canucks will have drafted two players that scored game 7 OT winners with the selection of Bo Horvat last year X Factor So what makes Ritchie different that any of the many big players that scored in junior but ended up career 4th liners or AHLers? Well the first thing is Ritchie doesn't rely on his size to be effective it's just part of his game. His speed and shot are highly ranked and so is his IQ, his discipline and consistency are where he needs the most work. Ritchie as mentioned has an older Brother in the Stars' organization and has apparently used him as a resource for guidance to make the pro leap into the NHL. Now ask yourself how many other 235 lb players with Ritchie's skill set could ask a family member about the keys to being a pro NHLer. Not many, it's a special gift to have someone going through exactly what you're about to go through and Nick Ritchie's consistency problems and disciplinary penalties are about as weak as issues in a prospect as possible. We should be very afraid of Burke drafting this guy over us. Here's the interview he did
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