Sugar baby watermelon
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Nice good for Crouse, carved himself out a nice little niche for the Coyotes.
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Welcome back Tyler!! Love this signing, perfect 4th liner for us, throws big hits, 100% effort and great PK guy.
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1 hour ago, -Vintage Canuck- said:
That looks an awful lot like Joakim Ryan there lol
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The lion will hunt you down!!! Was surprised when the Canucks announced Pod, was thinking Caufield or Boldy but damn if he isn't another hit out the park!! Welcome to the Canucks Vasili, cannot wait to see what kind of damage you can do over in the KHL and soon enough over here with Bo or Petey!!
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10 hours ago, CanuckGAME said:
Brian Burke said this kid is NHL ready NOW. If Burkie says it I dont take those words lightly. Burke was gushing over this kid.
Burke was also quoted when Quinn was picked last year as saying, ''that's a small body there gentlemen'' hahaha
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3 minutes ago, Rob_Zepp said:
Wayne Simmonds, Blake Wheeler, Jamie Benn, Mark Stone, Tom Wilson, J.T. Miller and on and on. Jake is younger than any of these guys "break out". No, "most powers forwards" do not transition to the NHL very quickly. Part of the reason may come from being men among boys at junior level. Part of reason is they take longer to get pro speed.
There are exceptions but far more big bodied guys DON'T take to the forward game quickly than do. No matter how many times you say otherwise won't change the facts.Just looking at Tom Wilsons transition since he entered the NHL, in his age 22 year he had 7g/12a over a full season. He had already been in the league prior for 3 seasons w/similar results w/the exception of his 2nd year where he spent 2 games in the AHL and had an injury w/missed time. Jake is 22yrs old and had 15g/10a in 70 games played. Wilson started being more productive at age 23 two seasons ago with 14g/21a followed by 22g/18a this last season. Wilson has been in the league for 6 years now and no one is really questioning him on the ice except his dirty hits lol. I am hoping we hold onto Jake and he gets a 2 year show-me deal and see what kind of damage he can do in the next 2 years.
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3 minutes ago, Alflives said:
I agree. I think Jake is going to physically mature into a truck. He's a very big boy, so he's going to be an even bigger man.
I do want his cardio to be such that he can play top six minutes 5 on 5, and still have the energy for some PK and PP. that is hard for the heavier guys for sure.
I agree totally, don't want him to get this big this summer though, got to put in some hard work and keep flying around the ice out there
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1 hour ago, Alflives said:
Does Jake look a bit heavy again? He's a big guy, so as he matures he will get heavier no matter how fit.
As long as he can still skate like the wind, throw big checks, and shoot a few inches lower than the cross bar, I will be ok with it... next year hope to see 20 goal floor and 25 goal ceiling, if he can stay consistent
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1 minute ago, Alflives said:
When was this picture taken?
not sure, I just saw it pop up on twitter the other day and I surf twitter all the time for canucks related issues... (haven't seen it before what I meant to say)
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Went back about 3 pages to see if anyone had posted this or not and man is there a few heated debates going on about Shotgun here... Wonder what Jakes summer time training routine is this year?
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Mike is a brick wall for Ottawa... too bad the games are not on TV, be awesome to see some future Canuck goalie action
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2 minutes ago, aGENT said:
Schenn should not be in our starting 6 if everyone's healthy.
ok well then 7th, I would assume because he takes no shi_ from anyone and has that fear factor other players are afraid of
and your opinion?
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9 hours ago, aGENT said:
He's LH'd but plays right side. Pretty sure he's played right side almost exclusively in Russia.
Let's just say he comes over and plays RHD, who does he play with? Edler or Hutton.. I am assuming Green and Benning would want to keep Schenn chained to Hughes hip for the season for protection. You think that Hughes-Schenn can become the no.2 d pairing and a pair of Hutton/Juolevi-Tryamkin would work?
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Dipietro should be making more noise in this thread, man 12-0 going into the championships, as someone above said earlier, he is a brick wall when he has to be... Can't wait to see him go to Utica next year, kid is a keeper
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11 hours ago, Wilbur said:
Virtanen slides into 133rd in all-time Canuck scoring with his assist tonight.
132. Brad May LW 225 29 27 56 133. Jake Virtanen RW 195 29 27 56 134. Harold Druken C 118 27 29 56 135. Mike Corrigan RW 95 24 32 56 136. Anson Carter RW 81 33 22 55 Moving past the great Harold Druken!!
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I read somewhere back spasms, so he should be good to go tomorrow? Tomorrow can't come fast enough, looking forward to some big timely hits, takeaways, and new and improved skills learned in the off-season from Jake
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Going to be a fun ride watching this kid with his magic moves this year!!! Dangles galore!!!
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I think he should be used on the PP, most likely the 2nd unit due to his high entry zone %, but who knows what Green wants... giving him more minutes where he can use this to his advantage should also include 4 vs 4 and on the PK as well. If he did get more minutes on the PK, it would raise his defensive game which he has already improved last year, as it stands, it looks like he played 55 minutes on the PK last season so it is a pretty good start for him.
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Jake should be used on the PK this season, give him some more responsibilities. His speed and takeaway ability could cause fits for the opposition and add another dimension to his burgeoning game.
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Can't wait for pre-season to come soon enough
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3 hours ago, The_Rocket said:
If you look at the slow-mo package the Canucks released today showing some highlights from the weekend, you can see that when OJ passed the puck to EP on the powerplay he wasn’t looking at him at all. So deceptive, doesn’t telegraph anything. That’s what you want in a D-man: Sees a smart play, has the skill to execute it, doesn’t give the opposition a chance to counter it.
Exactly this, I noticed that watching the highlights, he drew the defender to the left, the defenders right, taking him away from a more open Elias who 1 timed it home. It was a no look pass that we will never see from Edler, who telegraphs which way he will pass with his body. Right now as it stands, Juolevi would be an upgrade in that regard alone as he can no look pass either way to elite shots or jump up in the play and try and create something.
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Would also be nice to see Jake up his hits to above 200 too, last year was around 150 or so, just straight up body hits and not head hunting
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21 minutes ago, Alflives said:
I think Jake was an emotionally you guy, and is only now actually “growing up” - so to speak. I see him getting 20 plus goals this season, and being a beast on the forecheck:)
#GoJakeGo!
18-25 goals if he learns how to convert on his power moves and doesn't keep shooting straight at the crest, makes his shots a little more deceptive a la Brock
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Dude is not afraid to go toe to toe with the big guns either, taking on Shea Weber, Carcillo, Thorburn etc., etc., win or lose...
[Signing] Canucks sign Justin Bailey
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Nice pickup, thought he definitely would have been resigned by Philly... good depth player