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  1. He does seem to have the maturity and drive to do it at a young age. Between him and Juolevi, training camp should be fun to follow next season. That is assuming he signs this offseason.
  2. I'm not against him playing in the AHL for a season (or more if he needs it); However, I think if he earns a spot on the big team, then he should be given that shot. Players develop differently from one another and some are ready for the show sooner. I'm not saying that Brock is, but if he proves he is in training camp and pre-season, if he shows his commitment in the offseason by working out hard and showing up prepared, If he deserves to be there, then he should be given his chance. If there is any question of how prepared he is, then send him to the A until we're certain.
  3. I'm pretty happy with his offensive game. He has a notably higher ppg than last season and he's doing it without Marner or Tkachuk. The Knights offense is still good, but not as good as last year, so he's stepped up in a big way this season.
  4. I've always had a thing for Aubrey Plaza
  5. https://www.nhl.com/canucks/news/dorsett-surgery/c-284402348 Derek Dorsett to Undergo Surgery by Canucks Media Relations @Canucks / Vancouver Canucks 10:37 AM Share Vancouver, BC - Vancouver Canucks General Manager, Jim Benning announced today that forward, Derek Dorsett, will undergo cervical fusion surgery to repair disc degeneration in his neck. Dorsett is expected to make a full recovery and return to play. The surgery will be performed by Dr. Robert Watkins of the Marina Del Rey Hospital spine clinic in Los Angeles, California. Due to the nature of the procedure a definitive timeline will not be confirmed. "The decision to perform surgery was made after a thorough review of our options, including non-surgical treatment and rehabilitation," said Benning. "Derek, our Canucks medical team and Dr. Watkins believe that surgery offers the best outcome both for his career and long-term health. Derek is an important member of our team and we are optimistic for a full recovery."
  6. Fair enough. Good chat. Hoping Brisebois has a good showing. Would love to see a maple leaf on him.
  7. Considering that Etem's contract is up at the end of the year and for this season, he would likely displace a career AHLer as opposed to a prospect. That last sentence is irrelevant.
  8. "sometimes a chapter comes to an end" That's a huge cop out. Etem would have been great depth and a nice piece to make Utica more competitive. I'm not saying I expected a future for him in Vancouver, specifically because he wouldn't have been playing in Vancouver.
  9. From a Sportsnet fantasy hockey article. HOT – Bo Horvat – C – Canucks – 2 goals, 6 points in last 4 gamesHorvat has been a bright spot for the Canucks in the midst of a down season. He is up to 15 points in 22 games thus far, which signals a potential breakout. We should be concerned that Horvat still isn’t playing the biggest role, seeing only 1:47 per game on the second power play unit, and also that he has overachieved with a 20.6% shooting percentage thus far. That said, Horvat has always been a good shooter, carrying a 12.8% career average. He also scored 27 points in the final 41 games last season, which is a 54-point pace. Nothing about what he has accomplished is completely out of the ordinary. http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/nhl-fantasy-hotnot-bo-horvat-looks-like-real-deal/
  10. Etem was then put on waivers by the Ducks and not claimed. If we claimed him, we could have sent him directly to Utica.
  11. Brisebois on the team Canada WJC selection roster. http://www.hockeycanada.ca/en-ca/Team-Canada/Men/Junior/2016-17/Selection-Camp/Stats/team-rosters?teamid=128
  12. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but from what I can tell, your CPU was pretty OP in it's time. Right now, it's probably mid range, and would still be pretty effective for gaming. I think it's fair to assume that your ram is DDR3, in which case, 16gb should be fine. It looks to me like your GPU is the weak link. Keep in mind that if you replace your CPU, you'll probably need to get a new Mobo as the sockets have changed. Most new Mobo's are DDR4, so you would likely have to get new ram as well. I'm an enthusiast and by no means an expert though, so I would get a second opinion.
  13. That was filmed in Vancouver, so we all have to buy it. That's how science works.
  14. I'd prefer if Jake wasn't the kind of guy to do that. That's Marchand type antics. I like his hard nosed play, but I think this crosses a line.
  15. If Rodin shows well this season, I could see us attempting to trade Hansen at the trade deadline. He's got good value for cup contenders and if we're not planning on protecting him, he will be gone next season one way or the other. Might as well lose him in the way that gets us something back.
  16. If the Sedins are there, gotta think Eriksson is as well. the guy's signed on for 6 years. I think his career here will outlast theirs.
  17. Hypothetically, if (god forbid) there are injuries to our d-corps during the pre-season, would you be interested in seeing him for 9 games, or would you prefer to get him down to London and in the swing of things right away?
  18. Fair enough. My point is, I think that Nzan was trying to say the same thing, just worded differently. Like I said, the sentiment was the same, we're just getting hung up on the definition of the word "Flush". In the end, it seems that the agreed upon scenario is if we had a very strong defensive prospect pool and a very weak forward prospect pool, then Tkachuk might have been a more desirable pick. Regardless, that was not the case and I'm pretty excited to have Olli aboard.
  19. Then I don't understand the purpose of the following quote from your previous post as it directly contradicts what you've just said. "The only way we should've taken Tkachuk is if we were flush with high-end D prospects and severely lacking in wingers or if Tkachuk was clearly the better player, none of which is the case." I've bolded the "or" because it means that those are two separate scenarios in which we should have taken Tkachuk. The first of those scenarios being, "flush with high-end D prospects and severely lacking in wingers", is the same thing as "no legitimate forward prospects and had our current d-core with two legitimate d prospects". It's worded a little different but it's the same sentiment.
  20. That's pretty much the exact hypothetical situation that Nzan was describing. " But if we had no legitimate forward prospects and had our current d-core with two legitimate d prospects also on their way...in that case I'd probably have rather added a forward. " You guys seem to be agreeing without realizing it.
  21. I'm guessing the plan is to sign a temporary backup to Markstrom for the next couple seasons? I've been wondering how that's going to play out considering Demko's lack of professional experience when Millers contract is up.
  22. CANUCKS ARMY PROSPECT PROFILE: #1 BROCK BOESER Jeremy Davis September 01 2016 08:00AM After a month of digging through the Canucks prospect pile, we find NCAA sniper Brock Boeser at the top of the heap. The 19-year old is heading into his sophomore season at the University of North Dakota, and will have a tough time topping his freshman year: a season in which he lead his team in goals and points, approached school records, and played a key role in UND’s national championship. Somehow though, it’s hard to doubt that he’ll find a way to improve on that. Brock Boeser clocks in at #1: the top prospect in the 2016-17 Vancouver Canucks’ system. We like Brock Boeser a whole lot here at Canucks Army, and I in particular am a big booster of the Minnesota sniper. Drafted 23rd overall at the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, Boeser was a bit of an unknown at the time - with so many CA-approved names still on the board, we kind of forgot about Boeser, who was still a very reasonable choice at 23 in any case. Now a year later, one could certainly argue that he could have gone in the top ten. By the time Boeser got through his first interview at the draft, Canucks fans had a much clearer picture of what they had acquired. A tragic tale of overcoming loss interspersed with highlight packs of Boeser picking corners from 40 feet out painted a picture of a player mature beyond his years and admirable for both his internal and external characteristics. He drove that point home again after the NCAA championship when he took Baylee Bjorge, a North Dakota student with Down Syndrome, to her high school prom , prompting a discussion of whether he was destined to be captain of the Canucks someday (which is all well and good, but caman, Bo is the captain in waiting, we know this - Boeser gets an ‘A’ for sure). By the time we’d looked deeper into Boeser’s numbers, we knew that we were dealing with a gifted goal scorer. TSN’s Craig Button stated at the draft that, in his opinion, Boeser had the best shot of any player in the last couple of drafts. And so we waited with bated to see how well his talents would translate to the tougher competition in the NCAA. As it turned out, we didn’t have to wait long, as Boeser scored 17 and a half minutes into his first exhibition game with the University of North Dakota. Four games into the regular season, he potted a hat-trick, never going more than three games without scoring a goal for the whole season, celebrating four separate multi-goal nights. As time went on, Boeser’s production went from merely impressive to record setting. When I made him the Canucks Prospect First Star in January of this year, Boeser was in the midst of chasing UND freshman goal milestones held by Jonathan Toews (22), T.J. Oshie (24), and Zach Parise (26) - he surpassed all three by the end of the season. He was named the NCHC conference rookie of the week during January, and January’s co-rookie of the month. By the time the season was winding down, Boeser had gone from a notable rookie to one of the NCAA’s most dangerous offensive threats. He finished the season fourth in goals among all college players, third in total points, second in points among freshmen, and first in goals and points on his team. Not only did he pile up the points, but he routinely looked phenomenal doing it. Scoring at such a high rate at such a young age at the collegiate level, Boeser doesn’t have many statistical comparables. In fact, just four players were above the similarity threshold according to the latest version of pGPS*, although it’s hard to complain too much about the names that came out. Jonathan Toews and Thomas Vanek headline the group, while Colin Wilson is also on the list. Former Penguin Matt Murley rounds out the list as the only player among the group to play less than the 200-game threshold (He suited up for 62 NHL games), given Boeser a pGPS percentage of 75.0%. His time at the World Junior tournament netted him a much lower 21.3 percent, as the three points he tallied in seven games are quite pedestrian. Next year he’s likely to get a better opportunity to show off as he’s going to be somewhat of a veteran presence on Team U.S.A. *A recent development in the pGPS involved the re-scaling of a large portion of ages of players, particularly in professional leagues and those that had a greater variety of ages. The goal was to tighten up the age range among matches, which seems to have been accomplished in all relevant leagues. As such, you may notice drastic differences between these current numbers are ones that have been reported previously. SEASON TEAM LEAGUE GP G A P pGPS % pGPS p82 pGPS R 2014-15 Waterloo USHL 57 35 23 58 25.0 55.0 16.77 2015-16 North Dakota NCAA 42 27 33 60 75.0 70.0 64.04 2015-16 U.S.A. U20 WJC U20 7 1 2 3 21.3 44.6 11.58 Boeser’s trajectory will take him back to the Univeristy of North Dakota next season for a sophomore NCAA campaign in what will almost certainly be his final college year. It’s likely that he’s already developed enough to take a crack at the NHL roster, but there’s nothing to lose and plenty to gain by heading back to school for another year. There have been plenty of debates since his draft about when he’ll sign with the Canucks, but I’d wager that it’ll be somewhere within the confines of the 2016-17 NHL season. Depending on the levels of success of Vancouver, Utica and UND, it’s possible that he could sign a contract, or a PTO, and turn pro for a couple of games at the end of the season. Of course, he could be too busy leading North Dakota to another championship at that point, so we’ll have to wait and see. Until then, we’ll be on the lookout for gifs and clips of Boeser tearing apart the NCAA - this time with BCHL prospect Tyson Jost as sit pivot. I had Boeser in the top spot of my personal list because of his innate ability to create offense all on his own, and while preventing goals is absolutely important, scoring goals is really the name of the game - plus, he makes it look so pretty. http://canucksarmy.com/2016/9/1/canucks-army-prospect-profile-1-brock-boeser
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