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  1. Benning wants big fast pfw's to play a north south game controlling the boards, this is what he is trying to do with Kassian and will want Virtanen to do as well. Concussion city is waiting in the center ice in the neutral zone in the NHL, turnover city is waiting there as well.
  2. A few people have mentioned Brandon Saad in this thread and I see this as a very real comparison with Virtanen. Saad took 2-3 years to start to put it together and now everybody is drooling over him in the hockey world. Virtanen is as fast if not faster and is much more physical than Saad. Ehlers and Nylander are prime talents but your butt hurt is clouding your judgement vs Virtanen who had off season surjury in his draft+1 year. You say Benning made a mistake and he knows it is laughable and just down right trolling.
  3. Maybe you should wait until these kids are playing in the NHL before you make judgements. He was one of the youngest in his draft class and could very well go back to junior and put up the same numbers or even better ones than Ehlers did this year. In fact that would be a better assessment to how he does agains't Ehlers at the same age. I wonder how Ehlers or Nylander would perform after shoulder surgery and losing the off season training and the start of the regular season.
  4. Yeah the shoulda picked the russian was getting unbearable around here.
  5. I think he will get his 9 game deal with the Canucks, but that depends on how he trains over the summer.
  6. Sometimes the Purist's take all the fun out of life. Maybe you should join the Seven and burn a symbol on your forehead.
  7. Yeah dont know what people are bitching about i would like to see both on the same line together, Virtanen-Horvat-Kassian in preseaso next year.
  8. The NHL is and has been chock full of players with attitude, Lindros, Clarkie, Nolan, Richard, Kesler, Seguin, and the list goes on and on and on.
  9. Well i would like to see it as a trial. This line kind of reminds me of what could become our version of Anaheim's 2nd line. Kassian has had very limited time with Horvat but he seemed to play very well with him when he did.
  10. Virtanen-Horvat-Kassian is what i want to see for a trial in the preseason, 2 playmakers with heavy down low cycle to set up Virtanen's shot.
  11. The concern is a tad premature, Virtanen has all the ingredients to be a top 6 RW speed, shot, physicality, NHL ready body. Btw weren't you one of the guys who had doubt's about Horvat being NHL ready and should have been sent back to junior? Maybe everybody should wait for next years training camp and preseason to get a better read on Virtanen, i think he is going to surpise a few people.
  12. Lol this thread is starting to sound like the Horvat thread last year after the Memorial cup and WJC. Whaa guy cant score,whaa whats wrong with him, whaa should have picked somebody else..friggin laughable.
  13. Bonino faces the toughest matchups on the team, Hodgson is very weak in the d-zone. Bonino is also a great pk'er Hodgson is not or ever will be. We have Horvat, McCann and Cassels as the future centers and all of them posess a more complete game than Hodgson as well as being tougher and thrive in the dirty areas something that Hodgson is allergic to.
  14. Haha Bartch made that goalie look like wet rag.
  15. Lol that Hauf guy just exploded off Jake into the bench, nasty just nasty.
  16. Isn't he the director of scouting for TSN? They introduce him as that everytime he is on, gloating and all..lol.
  17. No just tossing things around if we did luck into a 1st overall.
  18. I wouldn't be so sad if we landed Austin Mattews in 2016, kid is a stud. 17 yrs old 6ft 197 was arguably the best player on the US next to Larson in the WJC. Bobby Mac was drooling over this kid.
  19. Relax have a Pilsner and a ham sandwich..just a shot across yer bow from Manitoba.
  20. Saskatchewan hillbilly, we used to kick the crap out of them for something to do when we were bored. Made sure they went back with only 3 teeth to fit in with the rest of their family.
  21. Lol Nylander dominating the WJC, couldn't get his team into the medals. Most analysts were talking more about Forsling than Nylander. One thing that stood out for me about Nylander was every time he was bumped or hit he coughed up the puck and looked at the reff trying to do a sell job. This is a 19 yr old tourney and tourney and the 19 yr old guys were the best players watch what happens next year when Jake has matured.
  22. It's a junior tounament, lots of kids look world class out there but lots of them don't look so good once they get into the NHL. Maybe you should wait 3-4 years before creating a manifesto like the one you just posted.
  23. Carter has a world class shot from far out, Jake's shot looks similar.
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