Makaramel MacKhiato

Ugh... First Brock, then Pettersson, then Juolevi. Run and hide Demko, the injury bug is comin.

Even with Juolevi not in the league, the #5 selection is still justified. When we drafted him, the kid was a winner. He won the memorial cup and won the world junior championship. I always ready people talking about how you need a #1 d-man to win these days. In his draft year, Juolevi was that #1 d-man for his teams. Here's to hoping he can be a winner with us.

These show more his hands then his shot. The 2nd one is more of a shot, but again, it's fairly slow. I'll show you what I mean: His goal here: It's deadly, but I feel he holds it for a second too long.

Wonder what you all think about the speed of his shot? When given time, he can absolutely snipe the puck, but will his shot be as affective in the NHL, when that slight bit of time that he holds it for can get the opposing teams defense and goalie back in the play? Even in the France game, you can see the goalie is back in position before the shot is released, fortunately Elias still snipes it, but a situation like that will go the goalie's way more often then not in the NHL. Pettersson's shot is hard and accurate, but it's anything but quick. Not bashing the guy, just wondering if anyone else is concerned, or if it's just me?

Would you give a 2nd round pick to Seattle to have them take Eriksson?

Kids a beast. We'll see if he plays next year, he'll definitely get a really solid look. I think it'd be good if he played with Henrik and Daniel. I could see them signing up for 1 more season in a 3rd line role to mentor Pettersson and Dahlen before the Swede torch is passed.

After seeing the earlier replies of wanting guys like Konecny, Roy, Juulsen, Kylington and Merkley ahead of Boeser makes me sure glad that Benning is our GM.

Boeser makes the Canucks exciting again. Goes to show you don't need vets to win. HATTY!

With a name like DiPietro, you can't go wrong!

Kelowna mainly produces D-men, but has produced some incredible forwards too (Benn). Looked to be rated as a late 1st rounder. Solid pick. Our RW prospects are looking good.

Hope once the Sedin's leave, Canucks become a faster, more exciting team to watch.

Jersey retired is a stretch. He was a great player, but had a bad reputation. Had a few big moments, but that doesn't allow him to be in the same ring as Linden or Smyll.

It's about time we got a kid that's hungry to shoot. Averaging 3 shots a game, exactly what we need from the blue line.

I was hoping we would get Tkachuk, but we gotta live with what we have. The top 4 picks were all above the rest, and I read numerous times that around 5-12 would all be similar type players. No matter who we got at #5 would've given us this feeling

Never calling you stupid, just thought that the point (from my understanding) was stupid. It's true, Chychrun and Tkachuk both made it, but that's because there was a hole in the lineup. Calgary needed the winger, just as Arizona needed the defenceman. Those 2 players were able to fill those roles. Canucks already are clogged on the blueline, but in a couple of years, we won't be. In my opinion, the high HQ defender has more value, but takes more time to develop and they can end up surpassing those taken above them. (ex. Larsson, Keith, Weber, Subban, Karlsson)

This is stupid. Olli is already averaging more points per game already then last year. You can't say that because he 'had a good team in front of him' is the reason he did well, that's absolutely ridiculous. Teams start by having a good defence who can make the first pass to get the offence started. You could argue the same thing about Doughty, Keith, or Letang. Claiming they're only good and they've only won the cup or a gold medal because they had the best players in front of them. Does Letang playing behind Crosby make him an average defender? Or having stars like Kane and Toews mean that Keith is just an average defenceman that only has a ring because of the forwards he played with? Absolutely not. Defencemen are just as, if not more, important to a team's success as the forwards. Your argument makes every defenceman that ever played on a winning team irrelevant. London is 12-3-3 this year (8-1-1 over the last 10), give me a break. Sidenote: Olli has played a handful of games less then other defenceman, currently sits top 20 in Points Per Game. Not bad for a guy who thinks defence first.

unfortunately yes. Good thing I have 3.

Eriksson will get a goal next game. Willing to bet my left nut on it.

All this Bert talk and the guy didn't hit 50 points in his career until his fifth NHL season (when he was 24), he didn't hit his massive 97 point season until 3 years after that. We are expecting Jake to post numbers like that in 3-4 years, when realistically, if it were to happen, it would probably take around 7-8. Not saying he couldn't do it earlier, just saying were putting way too much pressure on the kid. Yes Bert had "soft hands" but that developed over time. Before his 50 point seasons his point totals were: 39, 23, 33, and 16. With taking into consideration amount of games played, in Bertuzzi's 3rd season with the Islanders he had 18 points in 52 games at 22 years of age. Last year Jake had 13 points in 55 games at 19 years of age. I feel like there's no use in losing hope already, because the path he is on is quite normal for a power forward his age. Other examples of Powerforwards starting slow: Milan Lucic: took 4 seasons to hit 50+ points (at the age of 23), the season before that he had 20 points in 50 games. Wayne Simmonds: 23 points in 82GP his first season, took 6 seasons (age 25) to hit 50+ points David Backes: 23 points in 49 games in his first season (3 years after being drafted), took 3 seasons (age 25) to hit 50+ points Scott Hartnell: 16 points in 75GP his first season (similar age to Jake, worse PPG average), took 8 season to hit 50+ points (age 27). Andrew Ladd: 21 points in 65 games in points in his 2nd season (age 21), it took him 6 season (age 26) to hit 50+ points. I would say that Jake (at this point) seems most similar to Ladd or Hartnell in production, and they were picked at similar spots (Hartnell at 6th, Ladd at 4th). Be patient with the kid, and we'll be fine. Don't call him a bust yet, because realistically he may be average until around 24 years old.

Best Goalie prospect? I'll take it.

At least it we didn't give up a 3 goal lead in a game 7! SUCK ON THAT LEAFS!

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