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  1. Carolina would be a good fit. Only six dmen signed, with one as an RFA. Only two of them are over a one million dollar cap hit.
  2. 22 years younger in total! Average of 2.75 for our top 8. Also a whopping 20 inches taller. The average height of our defense grew by 2 and a half inches ... insane!
  3. Hamhuis -> Gudbranson Bartkowski -> Tryamkin Weber -> Larsen Biega -> Pedan Biega first callup (clears waivers).
  4. I see him as a Bryan Allen type, maybe a bit better. #4 in his prime, but mostly a good #5. Big, tough, stay at home defender with maybe 30 point upside (Allen had 25 one season).
  5. I was in San Jose last week, only got a chance to watch part of game 1 but a very ugly start. The Cavs are dominant. With Valanciunas I think things would be closer, but losing him and having Scola completely useless really hurts. I would really love to see at least a win at home, but can't see Raptors pulling out an upset in this series.
  6. I think Pedan needs to learn how to play a simple game first. I watched four Utica - Marlies games in person this season and one of the things I noticed about Pedan is he tries to play like Ed Jovanovski but should try and be more like Bryan Allen. He has good speed and hits hard, but he is not particularly good at carrying the puck up the ice. He often tries to go on rushes and ends up losing the puck. Subban on the other hand is also very fast but extremely agile and carries the puck on a string. He can pull off a number of end to end rushes without really the risk of jeopardizing the play through a bad turnover.
  7. We sure could. 13th winger / 9th dman. Between injuries & physical match-ups he could still find his way into 70 games if he stays healthy.
  8. I understand what you are saying. I just don't see the Canucks putting Pedan on waivers. He wouldn't clear. Pedan is too good of a prospect to lose. And he did played well in the AHL this year, but he is sort of teetering on ready/not ready. Willie Desjardins commented that there is a role open for next year for a player who can play forward and defense. I took it as him justifying giving Pedan a roster spot even if other guys maybe deserve it more. At the very least he gives us size and a lot of physicality. He can skate well, and wire the puck at over 100mph so he is far more talented than a traditional goon. If his decision making is still lacking he will be used as an extra forward to give the coaches time to iron out his defensive game.
  9. There is a solid chance we walk away with either Laine or Tkachuk in this draft. Laine/Tkachuk - Horvat - Boeser would be a pretty sick line.
  10. I don't think he will quite be Parise level. Parise is 10th in goals over the past 10 years, and that is with missing almost an entire season while also playing on low scoring Devils & Wild teams. I think Brock Nelson is a good comparison. And not just because they are named Brock. 25-30 goals is very good these days. I could see Boeser consistently finishing top 3 in scoring for the Canucks once he has established himself in the league.
  11. A rookie coming back from a lengthy injury to put up those kind of numbers is impressive. McEneny is too good for the ECHL, curious to see how he does a level up. Utica has a lot of non prospects on the blueline: Fedun, Landry, Ehrhardt, Negrin, Shields. Would love to see McEneny and Cederholm in the mix next year, and hopefully we will have enough depth to fill the lower spots with prospects vs try out signings and randoms.
  12. I am so excited about Pedan and Tryamkin. Pedan has all of the physical tools - toughness, size, speed, and a hard shot. Imagine if Bieksa was 6'5 220lbs - this could be Pedan one day. He is very prone to mistakes though. So he will either get it coached out of him and play a safe, physical stay at home game or a high risk / high reward style. Hard to say at this stage. Tryamkin on the other hand is has huge potential as a stay at home D, but he still brings some offense to the table with his skating, decent shot, and ability to play in front of the net on the power play. I don't think he has the same level of snarl as Pedan, but he brings much needed size and toughness to the blueline.
  13. haha I remember when we had tiny top prospects, they sucked
  14. The Jensen / Etem trade is an example of one that you want to see as a win-win. Rangers play in a different conference, and it would feel good knowing the Canucks didn't pick a bust, and even though they traded him also got a quality player back in return. Etem plays a lot of even strength minutes, 4th on the team behind the Sedins & Hansen. Only 40 seconds less per game than team leader Daniel Sedin. 1.6 hits per game. Nothing spectacular but an NHL player at least with good upside. Not a lot of 29th overall picks are any good. Steve Downie, who is a 28 year old who was sent down to the AHL from the Coyotes sits 7th all time in scoring for a 29th pick. Sure there is Green & Kronwall, but they don't come around too often.
  15. Vey is alright as a spare part. I really disliked him last year but this year he is putting up a solid PPG, and has played on all lines on both Centre and Wing. If he was this good last year, and carried over that same level of improvement between seasons he would be a 2nd line centre. At 1 million dollars he could still have potential at his age to bring his game up another level, good value. Rodin is more the type of player who would float around the middle six LW spots. Maybe a Chris Higgins type if his defensive game is up to snuff (not the Chris Higgins of this year haha).
  16. I guess you can give Benning some credit for the Boeser pick, as there were a few other guys he could have taken there. Demko was kind of a no brainer, any of us could have scouted the top ranked goalie in the second round. Given the "fan" draft, we would have gone with Konecny first, then the second choice was Juulsen. Both Boeser and Konecny look good. Juulsen's numbers have dropped like a rock. It is pointless comparing prospects until their 1st or 2nd year of pro, especially when they play in different leagues. Good example is Gaunce and Samuelsson. Samuelsson looked like he would have been the no-brainer pick until this year. Now Gaunce is blowing him out of the water.
  17. Gaunce and Henrik Samuelsson are two players I compare closely. http://thepipelineshow.blogspot.ca/2012/06/iss-final-rankings-for-2012-draft.html A lot of fans liked the idea of drafting Samuelsson, and ISS had him ranked around where we were picking. Gaunce ended up dropping to our spot, but I think there is a good chance Samuelsson would have been our pick if Gaunce wasn't on the table. After their draft year, Gaunce has 60 points in junior compared to Samuelsson's 80. The following year the gap was even bigger. As rookies in the AHL, Samuelsson finished well ahead of Gaunce with 40 points in 68 games earning a 3 game call up. This year however the tables have turned. Gaunce is having a very strong sophomore campaign, whereas Samuelsson has struggled immensely. Gaunce is looking like a strong pick. Sure Pearson has had some success, but a lot of busts after or guys not doing much in the AHL afterGaunce: Dansk, Moroz, Collberg, Aberg, Kerdiles, Sutter etc.
  18. I'd rather move Vrbata at the deadline for a 3rd and bring Higgins up than keep Vrbata. Maybe the AHL will help Higgins get his game together. He had 36 points and +8 with pretty much zero powerplay time last year. Hard to imagine he has really fallen as hard as his numbers indicate this season.
  19. TRYAMKIN, NIKITA YEKATERINBURG RUSSIA D 6' 7.0" 228 This is at the draft. Listed 6'6 220 on hockeydb (probably earlier, as he was in the KHL before getting drafted). Now listed as 257 lbs on the KHL site. Beast. Whatever happened to Zherdev?? I noticed him on Paigin's team. Over the last four years just 17 goals in 138 KHL games. Recently turned 31 so he isn't that old.
  20. At the draft I pointed out that Gaudette and Neill look like re-incarnations of Matson and Polasek based on their league, point totals, age, size, draft position etc. Taylor Matson (draft year) USHL - 55 GP 13G 24A 37 PTS Taylor Matson (draft year +1) WCHA - 13 GP 1G 0A 1 PTS Adam Gaudette (draft year) USHL - 50 GP 13G 17A 30 PTS Adam Gaudette (draft year +1) H-East - 24 GP 5G 11A 16 PTS Insane seeing the difference. In Taylor Matson's fourth season, and what you could call his "breakout': 43 GP 8G 15A 23 PTS Now Matson isn't even that bad of a pro player. In his actual rookie year an injury de-railed him the entire season. In Minnesota's system he scored 42 in 39 in the ECHL, 5 in 32 in the AHL. He now plays in the SHL and has 16 points in 35 games - 2nd line numbers in a good league. Patrick White, our favourite first round bust - WCHA 46 GP 6G 4A 10 PTS Compared to other forwards going from USHL to UNIV from that draft: Colin Greenway - #50 overall - H-East - 23 GP 2G 11A 13 PTS Erik Foley - #78 overall - H-East - 21GP 3G 6A 9 PTS Brent Gates - #80 overall - Big-10 - 22 GP 3G 2A 5 PTS Brendan Warren - #81 overall - Big-10 - 21 GP 5G 9A 14 PTS Tim Novak - #85 overall - Big-10 - 22 GP 2G 14A 16 PTS Christian Wolanin - #107 overall - NCHC - 19 GP 3G 6A 9 PTS Troy Terry - #148 overall - NCHC - 23 GP 5G 4A 9 Pts So far, Gaudette is tied first in both goals and points for players drafted between him and the mid-second round. Looks like an awesome pick by GMJB, especially considering Gaudette's USHL stats were a lot softer than most of these guys listed.
  21. If we had an insanely good D-core he would be a number 3. Keith - Seabrook or Weber - Josi for example. Tanev is a REALLY good #2 in my opinion. With more offense he could be a #1. http://www.nucksmisconduct.com/2015/5/25/8657959/canucks-player-autopsy-chris-tanev http://thehockeywriters.com/is-chris-tanev-the-leagues-most-underrated-defenseman/ Tanev and Edler are both good #2 dmen. As such, they are doing a pretty awesome job holding up the fort. When you have Yannik freakin Weber in the top four there are problems. That said, despite an already weak dcore decimated by injury PLUS our checking centre being injured most of the season, our BACKUP goalie has a 2.40 GAA and .922 save pct. While I give Marky credit o that as well, can't ignore that defense plays a huge part in a goalie's numbers. Edler and Tanev play huge minutes, and have kept us in it this season.
  22. I think Hutton definitely has top pairing potential, but more of a 1B guy tops. 40 points, solid defensively, but not elite. A poor man's version of Doughty / Suter. Not the dominant physical ability of Weber / Chara / Seabrook or the elite offensive potential of Karlsson / Keith / Subban.
  23. Vancouver is more "on the map" now after the olympics than it was during the Grizzlies era. Vancouver had a bit of a weird stigma back then, although I would trade 90s Vancouver for post-olympics Vancouver in a heartbeat. For a professional athlete (young and likely does a lot of outdoor activities) making a cool million it is a great city. For a chubby culture-vulture who hates rain I maybe didn't get enough out of the city to justify the high cost and limited job opportunities. Definitely things I love about it, but I wouldn't say Vancouver is for everyone. In the case of Boeser, I think he would love it. It is a bit ignorant to say Canada is the best country, and Vancouver is the best city. Anybody born and bred in Vancouver has that mentality cause of those livability rankings that fail to take cost of living and taxes into account. Vancouver is great for 1) people who love physical outdoor activities 2) rich people 3) people who hate cities but have to live in a city. Good chance a guy like Boeser is all three.
  24. I am so far from writing Zhukenov off, but at the same time his numbers are nothing to get excited about. Timashov is the high-risk Russian (well he is Ukranian) player I was hoping for with that pick. 51 points in 28 games in the Q. I was anticipating an 80 point season for Zhuke.
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