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2 years at 1.75 each or 4 years at 2.25 each 1st deal breakdown: 1.5 2 2nd deal breakdown: 1.5 2 2.5 3
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Insane that he didn't. Lead dmen in goals while being a beast defensively along with finishing fourth in fan voting.
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4 of the top 10 scorers in the OHL playoffs are Canucks...might as well add a 5th!
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We probably would have waited till the 3rd round to take Mallet, but since we had no 3rd or 4th round pick they decided to take a chance on him for some stupid reason. For a player with no offensive success in prior years and then score 34 as an overager in the QMJHL is not a compelling reason to pick him. At least Dane Fox was a ppg player for 3 seasons before his breakout and at that point scored a mind blowing 64 games. I would have been happier with taking a flyer on Dane Fox in the 2nd round vs a player like Mallet (lucky enough we got him for free). There were a lot of better picks available. Komaschuk, Severson, Shore, and Bozon were much more obvious picks at the time. None have had success in pro but they are all 2 years younger and have shown promise in their respective leagues.
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I had him on the radar for 3rd or 4th round, hilarious that another person brought up the same player! Funny thing is he has probably gone from a fourth round pick to a late second - early third given his recent performance.
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Kassian has two less ESP than Kesler in four less games played. Kassian has two more ESP than Hodgson this season. This is with 3rd line minutes alongside two players who can't score (Richardson & Booth). Powerplays can really inflate a player's point totals.
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I remember hating our group of forward prospects. No size or grit whatsoever. Skilled guys but Hodgson was the only blue chip talent. 1. Hodgson 2. Schroeder 3. Grabner 4. White 5. Rodin VS 1. Bo Horvat 2. Nicklas Jensen 3. Brendan Gaunce 4. Hunter Shinkaruk 5. Alexandre Grenier 6. Dane Fox 7. Cole Cassels Good mix of size, grit and skill!
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Ehlers, Virtanen, Perlini, or Ritchie are all good picks for different reasons and hopefully one falls to us (I would be happy with any). I think Virtanen, followed by Perlini, are the safer picks. Ehlers and Ritchie are gambles that could pay off immensely. I think there is a big drop to guys like McCann or Barbashev. The thing that worries me about Ehlers is the fact he plays with Drouin, which could heavily inflate his stats. Goldobin on the other hand is putting up huge numbers on a bad team. 94 points in 67 games, while the 2nd and 3rd highest scoring forwards have 66 and 38 points. While he is an extremely talented player I don't see us picking a small russian.
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If we won those games against PHX and DAL after the Heritage Classic we would be very much in the race with 77 points, 3 points ahead of PHX and 5 points ahead of DAL (albeit with a bunch of games in hand). Losing those two games pretty much sealed our fate. The team is playing better now but better won't cut it. I would rather us drop to 23rd and pick 7th overall vs picking 11th or 12th.
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It would be cool to see us grab Richie first round (huge tough power forward in the Horton/Burns mould) and his linemate Eric Cornel in the second round (6'2 playmaker, near ppg). Third round I would role the dice on Nikita Tyramkin out of the KHL. 6'7, 228 lbs, decent skater. Passed up on two drafts but it is hard to pass up a dman his size who can skate and has a mean streak. Would also like to see us take a flyer on Hunter Smith, maybe 4th round? Late bloomer, teammate of Cole Cassels. 6'7, 210 lbs and is an absolute beast when it comes to dropping the gloves. 40 points in in 64 games this season with only 1 OHL point prior, he could be on the upswing.
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Sestito absolutely destroys Archie in the fighting department btw... Archie is a big body who plays a hard game and has some skill. He might have trouble carving out a role but he is a serviceable 4th liner.
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I know! The player I am really hoping we get is Nick Ritchie. 6'3, 235lbs. Scored 20 goals his last 20 games and apparently he absolutely manhandles guys in fights.
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This draft doesn't have the super big name top picks and is not particularly deep. However, there are a good number of quality players in the 1-8 range that have size and skill. I am guessing the Canucks will end up with the 6th overall pick. Hopefully one of Dal Colle, Draisaitl, or Fleury fall to us.
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He was quite highly touted early on, probably projected 2nd or 3rd round pick but during his draft year he was injured and was the last ranked player on the final report. Good to see that he has found his game and recovered well from injuries!
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2013-14 Prospect Points Tracker
canucklehead44 replied to stonecoldstevebernier's topic in Prospects / Farm Team
You have to give it to GMMG, he has done a great job turning around our prospect pool. We went from 4 CHL prospects to 9 in one year. Not including Tanev, Schroeder and Kassian (playing in the AHL because of the lockout), the only players to get at all excited about were: Gaunce Corrado Lack Jensen This year we have: Cassels Gaunce Fox Jensen Shinkaruk Subban Kenins Hutton Grenier Archibald Lain Eriksson Most players were newly acquired, some players have had much better seasons (Archibald, Grenier, Hutton). There is no player of note playing worse than last season. -
Put Hansen on two lines by accident. Schroeder in, Richardson moved to the right side. Burrows is the least productive forward in the entire NHL with 300+ minutes played, despite having the team's highest percentage of offensive zone starts and have productive line mates. In fact, Burrows has contributed to a measly 13% of his line's offence. Also, some crude win loss numbers. The team is somewhere around 18-14 without Burrows in the lineup at 10-22 with. Only based these lines off of stats, not my actual opinion btw. Higgins Sedin Kassian Archibald Matthias Hansen Dalpe Kesler Sestito Booth Schroeder Richardson
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Lol whoops.
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Base lines off of offensive productivity (5 on 5 points per 60 minutes). Higgins Sedin Kassian Archibald Matthias Hansen Dalpe Kesler Sestito Booth Schroeder Richardson
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Last year Matthias was Florida's most productive goal scorer. If given the opportunity he could help us in that department.
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MA Fleury sucked when Pittsburgh was a bad team and managed to turn it around. I still have high hopes for Markstrom, I think we will have many more years of goalie controversies.
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Kesler for Schenn, Morin/Hagg, and a 1st would be ok. I prefer it more than Sutter, Despres, and a 1st from Pittsburgh by a long shot. That would give us a good 2nd line player for next season who is 7 years younger than Kesler and on a cheaper salary. Hagg/Morin are good defensive prospects. The Philly pick would also be about 10 spots higher which makes a big difference in the first round. I don't mind Despres but Sutter isn't exactly young at 25 and his offensive game has declined. Not much upside in that trade, Schenn has infinitely more.
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Sutter 3 years ago would have been a great piece. Now he is 25, which I find is the age where you get a good idea of what a player will become. In this case a really good third line centre. Despres is a decent piece but again he doesn't look like a lock for becoming a top 4 dman. Late first round pick is not very enticing and has far less value than a mid first round pick. I think if the deal was Sutter & Despres it would take 3 first round picks, not 1.
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Is Luongo sitting out again because he's in play?
canucklehead44 replied to VegasCanuck's topic in Canucks Talk
When Lack started the first two games I figured it may be to showcase him, but the Heritage Classic should be Lu. Unless starting Lack is showcasing him to an even larger audience?