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  1. Remember Garland can absolutely crank it we have got to get him some better looks for that 95mph shot wonder if he can break 100 in a skills competition? Maybe good practice for when we get Bedard Michkov this year would be to try to better utilize a player like Garland.
  2. Will he attend the combine. Will he be measured?? A lot of these lil fellers seem to find a way to be absent that day.
  3. Insulation usually goes around?? It's also probably the best thing for our club. How long have you and I been wanting to add snarl. Maybe it forces our hand to get a few Reid Schafer, Will Cuylle types in the system.
  4. I think you certainly have to construct your roster appropriately as you would with Bedard.
  5. Great post. Couple things. Value maybe a 3rd and a contract. Like you say don't panic in the next 2 years we won't be winning anything so ride it out and hope for the best. He's a great guy and team mate the contract is terrible he isn't terrible he's a very talented player hopefully he finds more desire to play than he displays in da beauty league. Don't be silly take Michkov. Reinbacher is your guy but is he the guy???? Seems a bit shy size and skill for sure positional need absolutely but as we have seen with Brock is the will?? You can have all the talent in the world no gutz no glory. The NYI pick sure but ours Great nick name Bourke the swedish chef who brought us the Sedins.
  6. That was an absolutely comical shift. Thanks for sharing. Connor Garland eat your heart out. I was dizzy just watching.
  7. Chia says hi. The fact that those 2 combined to build one of if not the best team of the last decade plus boggles
  8. All great points. Here are some counter points. 7 in his last 10 games. No other prospect has scored at his rate in the KHL ever. Ovie scored at a 0.45 ppg rate over 53 games Michkov including the 3 pointless games with SKA and switching to Sochi as well as getting bounced around the VHL he's still put up 0.54 PPG over 24 games in the KHL and that number is rising. The VHL is no joke he put up 10 goals in 12 games. The last time Michkov and Bedard went head to head at the WJC-18 Michkov 7gp 12g 4a Bedard 7gp 7g 7a I want C's and D's too but to pass on Michkov yikes. We are talking about a generational talent.
  9. Didn't Luke just have a baby. Maybe he'd like the summer off?
  10. Kuzzmenko just came from Russia. We are growing a Russian nuc(leolus) in our system. With Pod, Kuzz, Mik, that D Kirill Kudryavstev*sp looks pretty good, Zlodyev, Klim (practically russian). If Michkov falls in our laps I think we gotta push the button.
  11. Fair enough! I don't think you can go wrong with any of them. As a Canucks fan I have. 1 Bedard 2 Michkov 3 Carlson 4 Fantilli 5 Benson 6 Smith 7 Ritchie 8 Leonard 9 Moore 10 Simashev 11 Reinbacher 12 Axel Pellikka 13 Stramel 14 Danielson 15 Whitelaw HM Barlow, But, Wood If we walk away with 2 of these 18 players in the 1st I will be happy. If I were a fan of a different team I might have a different order and some different names. Sale and Yager for instance are outstanding prospects Cristall is a wild card can he get some skating lessons and be the steal of the draft? The numbers he is putting up while being small and not the most fleet of foot shows the kind of IQ this kid has.
  12. I can see the geese migrating to Ottawa right now Honk Honk Honk!
  13. Wouldn't mind Minni picking ahead of us they are currently paying the price and are persevering.
  14. This is so true. It's been this way for years. Hockey s a rich kids sport if you want to make the next level.
  15. This is where I give Benson that "Heart" edge. I'm a draft for position ability and size advocate I want those big mean 200ft C and D with stat lines that don't pop as much as the other guys but IMO win games. Its a hard choice Smith is a great pick electrifying talent good frame and a bonafide C. Benson just gives that extra effort to dig deep that I haven't seen from Smith. I mean I'm a regular guy I have a FT 10-12hr a day job and kids I try to fit in watching these prospects games when I can as my chill time. Maybe Smith has that fire I just haven't seen it yet. Benson goes the extra mile in my viewings of him enough for me to move him ahead of other players ticking my default boxes. FWIW.
  16. Well this is hockey so their mostly all rich kids. But I totally agree with the essence of what you are saying. I really like Connor Garland in the sense that like Burr he will never be recognized for his accomplishments they will always be accompanied by a but. But IMO the bigger "but" is that he has kept his head down and worked his ass off regardless and is here in the show holding his own with the best in the world. 5'10 in skates passed over in the draft put up 2pg in the Q twice. top 30 in the NHL 5v5 in point producton last year with only a handfull of players putting their team on the PP more than CG. Transplant his heart into a player with more physical gifts and you have an elite player.
  17. You either have it or you don't. Admittedly I have been an ass for a few years when it comes to Brock. He has so much ability but just nothing when it comes to internal fire.
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