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  1. Kane's unbelievable skill is why he is so good. You're truncating your independent variable in your argument when you make claims like that.
  2. Yeah I agree with drafting a forward at 24. Nikita Scherbak might be worth a gamble. He played for one of the worst teams in the CHL. Led them in points by a wide margin and in Plus/Minus. 6'2" prospect that could really fill out.
  3. I'd rather Travis Sanheim if we were going to select a D at 24th.
  4. I wouldn't think so. Fabbri may drop to 24th, but I doubt it.
  5. There is no way Tuch is available at 24. He'll likely be a top 15 pick.
  6. Ekblad has had a better OHL career than Doughty. I think he will turn out to be the draft's best player. However I think for the Canucks organizational needs Reinhart would be a better fit. Lets trade Kesler and the 6th and get this done.
  7. Tanev didn't get drafted in the top 10. In fact he didn't get drafted at all. He also isn't what one would consider a "skilled player" in the offensive use of the term.
  8. Ya Karlsson is the only one I can come up with too who succeeded in a similar situation. But the hundreds that don't is why I would stay away from drafting a player like that in the top 10.
  9. Sure Ehlers had 30 more points. But 70% he was playing against the second best forward line and the second best defensive pairing. According to your statement that he spent 70% of his time without Drouin who would have obviously had to face the other teams top players. Ritchie on the other hand had to play against the other teams top forwards and dmen game in and out. Sure Ehlers has more skill than Ritchie at the junior level and if the Canucks were a junior team I would pick Ehlers. But the fact is the Canucks play in the NHL which demands different attributes to succeed. If Ehlers weight (162) is accurate as reported by the combine he will not be able to implement his skill at the NHL level without at least 20 pounds of muscle. Assuming his height is 5'11 and his weight is 162 he would likely be considered an ectomorph body type good luck trying to put 20 pounds of muscle on in 5 years while playing hockey. What it boils down to is that you don't draft players on what they have done you draft them based on what they could do at the NHL level.
  10. I have been very critical of Nylander. And I still don't want to draft him. That being said, he was very impressive today and I am sure if helped his draft value.
  11. Nylander did very well in the testing today. Hopefully one of the top 5 take him . Perlini had a strong showing too. Tuch finished strong for a big guy on the Bench Press. If we get the 10th pick I would love to take one of those guys.
  12. Top 10 results for each test (use the drop bar): https://link.nhl.com/centralscouting/public/;jsessionid=1wa9ldgzshkqb14i9fd1rs1tee
  13. Just because there isn't a consensus first overall pick doesn't mean that the top and talent is weak and that they couldn't be franchise players. I know PPG isn't everything but lets compare Reinhart versus the past 6 first overall picks in their draft years. Reinhart 1.75 Mackinnon 1.70 Yakupov 1.64 RNH 1.54 Hall 1.86 Tavares 1.86 Stamkos 1.72 And lets not forget that Reinhart's defensive abilities are suppose to be better than all those others picks were when they came into the NHL.
  14. It shows immaturity to me. His team was eliminated from the playoffs two full months ago. That is two full months to train he obviously didn't have very good guidance. The combine tests were well know to anyone who bothered investigating them.
  15. If that list is up to date Ehlers is going to drop like a rock. 162 pounds? One can only assume he has been stuffing his face to put on weight. He was likely playing at least 5 pounds lighter than his current weight. I find it next to impossible to believe he actually weighs 162.
  16. Ya, some teams will say "look how good he is with a weak upper body wait until he builds more muscle" others might say "he isn't strong enough for the NHL".
  17. Apparently Bennett couldn't do a single pull-up that is pretty funny.
  18. Merci do you expect Ritchie to be in the top 3 in the strength tests? Considering his size?
  19. Q&A with Virtanen http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/hockey/vancouver-canucks/Potential+Canucks+first+round+draft+pick/9893705/story.html
  20. At 18 I was 6'2" 200 pounds and probably a little pudgy. I couldn't imagine a guy having 25 more pounds of muscle at that age. The combine results will show everything. Lets hope he is not at the bottom of the cardio test and that he is in the top 5 of the strength tests.
  21. I would agree, but Benning spent a lot of time in the NE division. A division notorious for trading players among themselves. I think he will approach the issue very differently than Gillis did.
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