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  1. Cant say how Juolevi will turn out (obviously), I think what I find frustrating is that the calgary shames have had 2 #6 picks make immediate impacts (Tkachuk and Monahan) while the Canucks #5 Juolevi and #6 Virtanen look like they will be projects for a while. I mean here we are second guessing the #5 pick Benning made but the coilers and blue jackets also passed on Tkachuk...
  2. Lol. Come on. When Linden played there were 5 foot 8 goalies that could be scored on with wooden sticks that produced slap shots from the blue line. In today's NHL one could argue that a 50-55 pt player is a first line player. You cant compare players by contrasting stats from those two eras. im not saying Bo is better than Linden was, just saying its laughable to make the comparison based on stats. Also the fact that you state, in a different post, that Bo is just an average player should be end of the discussion. 21 years old with no first unit PP time and not as many favourable o zone starts like those cream puff young guns in Calgary get, and hes on pace for 50+ points on a bad team. All while playing with a fossil on one wing and a project on the other wing. Yeah, im sure there are 29 other teams that would love an average player like that. Now back to the Jake discussions....if you want average Jake is a guy that has shown us nothing that willl make us believe he will be above average.
  3. I think what he has improved on the most is his ability to battle on the boards and in the dirty areas. There was a stretch of 3-4 games where he looked like he reverted back to his old soft perimeter style and he got benched. I wonder if he had a nagging injury and just needed a maintenance day off.
  4. Baer could get 50 points this year if he keeps it up. Hes currently on pace for about 44 points. 50 points would be a nice ceiling to break. Top 3 canucks in terms of points per 60 minutes (As of December 17) 1. Burrows 2.16 2. Sven 2.15 3. Bo 2.13
  5. No doubt. what a gong show. I had to use the tunnel and it took forever to get home. That tunnel makes me furious. Built in the 50s, handling traffic 60+ years later. I wonder what the collective count of person hours wasted is every year while people wait to merge from 4 lanes into one. Going off on a tangent here, but the new tunnel replacement will be complete by 2022 they say. I hope 2 things 1) it doesnt have the same snow / ice issue as the alex fraser and 2) it doesnt amount to just moving the bottle neck to the oak street bridge.... I mean it will surely solve the flow of traffic problem where the tunnel is right now but the oak street bridge is only 2 lanes so wont cars be piling up there faster than before?
  6. I dont expect them to win the draft lottery, its the Canucks afterall and not only that Vegas is in this lottery too. That said, who is the best C besides Patrick? This organization needs an elite C. The rankings have Gabe Vilardi at #3. I dont know anything about him other than the stats. Anyone seen him play? Could he be > Horvat?
  7. Didnt Bo Horvat have 0 points in 5 AHL games, that was a stint that followed a mediocre WJC appearance. I remember lots of the locals were writing him off or lamenting about nichushkin...
  8. Hes also good at using his stick. He can probably swat pucks that are 8-10 feet away... Took this from this mornings province:
  9. Looks how easy he can rub out 200+ lb forwards...hes got all the tools to be a core player for this team. Great post first round pick by Jim Benning
  10. Leads the team in goals, doesnt get all of the favourable o zone starts and no first line unit PP time. How many of you would trade Horvat for Schneider now? Good Gillis Pick.
  11. Loui is not a sniper and probably not the best guy to be the primary chance generator on his line. If you look at a lot of his goals last year they are opportunistic, many are simply garbage collection in front of the net. He plays on a team that doesnt generate much, hence cant be opportunistic. Best guy to put him with IMHO is Bo. Bo drives to the net, generates his own chances...Loui just has to be parked nearby to collect the rebounds.
  12. I agree with you phil, and someone else posted some stats that show this (cant remember if it was DeNiro) This whole "softest player" is hogwash anyways. If you are putting up 30 goals then that trumps any so called softness. Calgary is building their offence around a 155lb hockey gnome and sean Monahan who is a limp bean, even at his height. Those guys seem to do fine.
  13. I think Burrows' money should be off the books by then too. Thats over 10 million combined.
  14. Miller's contract is up next year and that frees up 6 million alone.
  15. Exactly. By their logic the Canucks shouldnt sign anyone because they have an old first line. Detroit has been in the playoffs for decades because of their mix of young and old and nobody is slagging them for signing players. Those clowns are just Toronto/Alberta lovers. Seen it my whole life on all the Canadian national broadcasters.
  16. Not bad at all. Also, I think about Demko + Juolevi = a couple of prospects any team would love to build their back end around.
  17. Exactly - Yak has no hockey IQ and he will be buried further down in their lineup now. They would be lucky to get a second rounder for him.
  18. They should make your post a sticky here. its exactly why they need older skilled players on the team. No matter what stage they are in a rebuild.
  19. They are making the coilers out to be a powerhouse but in essence they swapped Hall for Lucic and added Larsson. The flames made their moves last year and broke the bank to build that defence - they didnt finish that much higher than vancouver. Adding Brouwer is a nice move but wont make them that much better. I see the Canucks easily keeping up with the AHLberta teams - yet the media makes it look like they are lost in the forest..
  20. The other thing I forgot to mention is that the addition of Sutter will make Horvat better. Now he can be sheltered and play against lesser opponents. I see 50+ points at least from Bo this year.
  21. Im going out on a limb here but this team doesnt look as bad as the TSN clowns make it out to be. They are basically adding Eriksson, Gudbranson and Sutter (who barely played last year). I find it hard to believe that these guys wont make a big difference.
  22. Its the national media...they either love Toronto or they are AHLberta lovers. Notice teams like Ottawa and Winnipeg dont even exist. Montreal is treated like a foreign country.
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