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  1. This is the Jake i have wanted to see for awhile now. You can see the weight of high expectations on the Canucks just lifted off his shoulders and just go out and have fun. I imagine the Canuck's brain trust will keep a close eye on this as well, it will be interesting to see what they do with him after the WJC's. Do they send him to juniors to get 20+ minutes per game or back to the Canuck's at 10 per game? Should be lot's of discussion pro or con on this over the next 2 weeks.
  2. I know hind sight is hind sight but Larkin could have easily gone in the top 5, lots of GM's and scouting combines got schooled on that pick. Detroit are masters at finding those kind of picks.
  3. I don't think you can send McCann to Utica, it's juniors or the Canucks. WJC's is only other place he could go.
  4. Just imagine the melt down in here if Virtanen gets cut.
  5. We are not going to compete for anything in the next 5 years anyway vets or not. Might as well get rid of the ones that are just lawn ornaments.
  6. With the way our vet's have been playing recently you want him to pick up pointers from them?
  7. Horvat had a much better overall game when he was drafted. He was known for his 200 ft game in junior, J ake not so much. You can see the same thing with McCann as with Bo that 200 ft game he was playing in junior. Hits are good but I want more out of him and it is going to take time and he seems to be flat lining right now. I hope they send him to the WJC because I think the experience will rejuvenate him. I laugh at people saying it wont do him any good going back to play against kids in this tourney. Look at some of the top rated talent on other teams there.
  8. Well he got the goal late or not, even the best scorers in the league have those types of ugly ones.
  9. It was a greasy hardworking goal right in the goalies kitchen. Those are the hardest kind to score. I guess a deflection from a guy playing in front of the net on a pp must be a fluke to you as well. Coaches love those type of goals, it shows commitment and grit.
  10. It's Dallas they like their jugs down yonder, some have finger holes to get them to the mouth.
  11. He is still young and sillicone looks real real good to him...wish i was young again. Go Jake.
  12. There it lot's of guys in the league that can beat d-men wide, it's not as rare as you think it is. He also is playing against 2nd and 3rd pair d-men. Bure played in an era of clutch and grab and a red line splitting the neutral zone. Bure could beat a defender from the blue line in with 3 steps, now that is rare.
  13. You know that saying about throwing stones at glass houses? Christ every time Gaunce is mentioned lately you just have to crap on him.
  14. He has had 1 fight and wasn't very good at it his hitting and physical play has tailed off the last bunch of games, You want him to use his speed and drive to the net and use his shot instead of fighting, I don't think he has the mental makeup to be a fighter. You really want him to go up against guys like Peluso or Reaves or other plugs like that, he would be destroyed.
  15. Well you are going to see Ehlers and Virtanen on the ice tonight.
  16. Board got me only place I can post is here, wtf.

  17. I guess you must not like Patrick Kane. Btw Nylander or Ehlers are not soft on the puck, they go after it all the time. Maybe you should actually watch them before constantly running crap at them. I like Virtanen as a pick but at number 6 the jury is still out for me and I hope he proves me wrong. I will give him 3-4 years to see how he develops and matures because he has a good tool box to be a fine power forward.
  18. Has the NHL said anything about this incident yet?
  19. This post shows you just don't know what you are talking about. Vey is not in the same universe as Nylander and the Baer Ehlers comparison is backwards as well. If you have even watched Ehlers he is nothing like Baer, much faster and more explosive with a wicked shot and forechecks hard as well. Be satisfied we have a very good kid in Virtanen and leave the trolling alone..nobody is buying it anymore.
  20. Price or King Henrik or Schneids are weirdo's? you can't just put all Goalies in the weirdo basket.
  21. Have fun one of the best and oldest rivalries in pro football, Packers vs Bears it don't get any better than that.
  22. Did you even watch him last night? went to the paint knocked a d-man down and got a greasy goal. All you do is complain about him, he played a very effective smart physical game last night. He was aggressive on the fore check all night long and didn't seem out of place on the 3rd line at all.
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