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Vinny in Vancouver

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  1. I was able to get 30 lbs of good mass as well in 1 year, but I lost a lot of explosiveness. So that's the risk. Some people are already complaining that Pettersson needs to be more explosive...
  2. Welcome, Elias Pettersson! I'm ok with this pick - the kid has a very high IQ and has one of the best motors in the draft. Lots of room to get stronger and improve skating. 

  3. Skating's not good enough even after a lot of improvement this year.
  4. Clearly the Canucks brass loves going to Sweden. Do we now have the most Swedish players in the NHL? Oh well, if all goes well, we'll get another one next year - Rasmus Dahlin!
  5. So if someone takes steroids, how long before it can no longer get detected? I kid! (sort of)
  6. I think NYR would also ask for our 33 OA. I think if Glass (and Makar) are both no longer available at 5, Benning does this and hopes that Pettersson is available at 7.
  7. Take the following with a grain of salt. Here's what I've heard from the other teams' forums and from some articles and a bit of speculation on my part on the Las Vegas side: NJ - between Nico and Nolan, they slightly prefer Nico, but some rumours about a Makar interest so they may trade down Philly - would be happy to take either Nico or Patrick Dallas - ok to draft either Heiskanen or Makar and hoping to trade down and get more assets but afraid to risk that both may be gone Colorado - targeting a 17 year old (Vilardi or Heiskanen?) Vancouver - Glass is probably the target at this spot but if trade down, then Pettersson; Makar and Vilardi may be wild cards Las Vegas - want to make a splash and move up to either 1 or 2 by packaging one of their other 1st round picks but probably only way is if NJ really wants Makar and NJ thinks Makar is still available at 6
  8. For next year's draft lottery, I think our luck would change if we send Jacob Tremblay.
  9. The only reason I have Glass over Makar at #5 is that as other posters have posted, next year, there are at least 2 other D-men that are arguably offensively better than Makar right now: Rasmus Dahlin and Ryan Merkley.
  10. Fwiw, the Avalanche's Director of Amateur Scouting apparently has been mentioning that the person they are targeting is 17 years old. The only 2 guys among the top prospects that are still 17 are Vilardi and Heiskanen. So unless the player they want goes to Dallas (or whoever trades for the pick - Las Vegas?), Cody should be available.
  11. If I were just to base it on comments in CDC, I would say that: Most (if not all) happy: Hischier, Patrick, Glass, Vilardi Majority are happy: Pettersson, Heiskanen, Mittelstadt Majority are ok: Makar, Liljegren, Necas Riot time: everybody else Does that about sound right?
  12. Awesome! Not only do we get Nolan Patrick, but we'll get really good choices at #33.
  13. Here's hoping that his peak's not the WHL because he'll probably hit 100 next season.
  14. I'll be very happy with either Glass or Vilardi. I think both of them are low-risk, high-reward. But Jim "I'm no Pinocchio" Benning's comments the other day make me think he's not high on Vilardi. And his comments today about Cody Glass makes me wonder if he prefers Pettersson, who may have a higher ceiling but is, imho, also higher risk. This draft is actually turning out to have quite a bit of potentially high-reward centers.
  15. We'll agree to disagree on that one - I thought he was OHL material but not NHL material as he would struggle even being a 2C.
  16. If you think he's "smallish", then I guess so are Liljegren and Heiskanen: Makar's 5' 11.25", 187.44 lbs. Liljegren is 5'11.5", 188 lbs. Heiskanen is 6'0", 172.16 lbs. (NOTE: Heiskanen was measured at 6'2" but that was with shoes as they made a mistake in the morning measurements so later on, they said to remove at least 2") Also, Makar was easily one of the most athletic in the Combine based on his results. Liljegren was pretty athletic too.
  17. Didn't Cody Hodgson score 92 points playing for Brampton Battalion? I believe the OHL is considered a tougher league than the WHL.
  18. This is what one report said of Casey (notice the part about "as other prospects"): "Some scouts were disappointed Mittelstadt chose to use his draft year to finish his high-school career as opposed to playing in the USHL on a full-time basis. And Mittelstadt was unimpressive in the strength testing at the NHL combine, where he failed to do even one pull-up, completed just one bench press and recorded the worst VO2 max (aerobic capacity measurement) score of any prospect. At a shade under 6 feet tall but one pound shy of 200, fitness and conditioning do not appear, at this time, to be his forte. "It's a testament to his skill, talent and potential he's still a top-five or top-six prospect," one scout said. "You can focus on what he isn't able to do because he hasn't trained as much [as other prospects] or you can easily imagine how much better he will be once he embraces strength and conditioning." I definitely like his skill level and speed. And kudos for him for being strong (stubborn?) enough to make his own decisions, but there seems to be concerns as to why he didn't want it bad enough to compete with the other prospects. He seems to be the kind of guy that says, "if I think it's good enough, then it's good enough."
  19. That's what I think so as well. Jimbo's trying to target Hischier but probably won't get enough assets to get to number 1. His next guy is Glass but isn't willing to move up to 3 because he thinks one of: Pettersson, Makar, and Liljegren (yes, I think Liljegren is very much in the mix despite the lack of interview) is not a bad consolation prize. Vilardi's out due to lack of speed (but we may end up someday regretting missing out on his strength and spider sense). Mittelstadt could have been a factor but I think there are concerns with compete level.
  20. I don't know about you, but I was pretty ecstatic Jim Benning didn't say, "the wild card in this year's draft is very tall centers who happen to be local boys"...
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