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  1. Honestly, I didn't have a big issue with Virtanen sitting for the (vast) majority of the 3rd either. It was still a close game, the Kings got off to a decent start to the period, and there were 3 straight penalties from the Canucks. It's just that if you were to ask me if it was a period where he didn't deserve to get a single shift till it was 3-0 in the final minute... I don't know. Regardless, there's no denying he played well in his first game, which was certainly encouraging. I didn't think he looked nervous at all.
  2. Congrats to Jake Virtanen on playing the first 2 periods of his NHL career.
  3. From the highlight video, I don't see a ton of "high-end" offensive skills (silky mitts, slick passing, wicked shot, etc.) but he is still solid with the puck and is a great skater, as advertised. I agree with Derp... about him being a potential Hansen 2.0. Hansen at his best is an outstanding player and an elite 3rd line winger. Not the best skill-wise but is tenacious, quick, and able to contribute offensively thanks to solid hockey sense. This was a great value pick in the second-to-last round and I'm pleasantly surprised they went to Europe with this one. Whenever you can get a teenage player who plays regularly in a European pro league... that's a good thing. Also, with an August 28th birthday, he's one of the youngest prospects in the entire draft. What he has accomplished is very, very impressive. Not many kids are able to do what he has done at this young an age.
  4. "Rebuild on the fly." = "Rebuild."

    1. smithers joe

      smithers joe

      benning is doing it his way...

  5. Before people jump all over JB for not going back to SJ for their 2nd, remember that the Sharks traded their 2016-2nd to trade up to draft Jeremy Roy this past draft. Also, if I were Bieksa and I found out that the Ducks were interested, I would waive to go there over SJ.

  6. You're welcome, thanks for checking it out. Yeah, it's pretty crazy... But at the same time, I think we all saw this coming the day Sportsnet got the rights to the draft. Say what you want about the TSN personalities but they are far, far better than anyone on SNET. Production-wise, analysis-wise, story-telling with regards to kids' backgrounds, etc. Millard - I don't necessarily "dislike" him but he was having trouble speaking during the draft -- a bit of an issue for a broadcaster. His speech just didn't flow naturally. Just listen to him try to tell the back-story for Brock Boeser. Cosentino - His main job is to be a subpar junior hockey colour commentator. He's not garbage but I don't think he's good. He does less analyzing during his games and more talking about how great a kid is, as well as other things not entirely relevant to the plays during the game. I'd say he's the "most qualified" to talk about the draft prospects because he actually watches a handful of these kids... but that doesn't mean much considering his team. Cox - Here's the thing about Cox. I thought his rankings were actually pretty decent -- and maybe that's just the result of having super low expectations going in. People have opinions on the guy's opinions but at least it gave the impression that he had done his homework. That being said, he's not a scout or a talent-evaluator with any sort of legitimate credibility so, like Cosentino, nothing he says sounds super-informed. Cox does a lot of hockey-related stuff but he is still a multi-sports writer. I don't mean to discriminate, but I think we'd all prefer to hear from someone who is invested into hockey 110% -- McKenzie, Button, and McGuire are all HOCKEY people. Johnson - I think he's a subpar-to-okay colour guy but, man, he was out of place during the broadcast. It was clear as day that he didn't know much about the prospects. He never sounded really sure of himself when giving the scouting report or projections for the players. Say what you will about Craig Button, at least the guy talks with a ton of passion and conviction. From a general broadcast point of view, I thought their cameras were sometimes really, really bad. The Jake DeBrusk one in particular was absolutely dreadful. They had a bright light shining straight into the camera and they stayed on that shot for a relatively lengthy amount of time.
  7. By the way, here is the NBC version of his draft video for those who haven't seen it. I captured the video as I watched it on the NHL's video player so the quality isn't great. I'd recommend checking this one out if you haven't already because it is 1,000,000,000,000,000 times better than the one from Sportsnet. That... was an awful broadcast. The video is set to "Unlisted" because I'm not sure how NBC will react to their video being up on YouTube publicly. Bell, Rogers, and the WHL have been okay with my videos so far, allowing them to stay up. Just going to play it safe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HXJBMK1Ou8
  8. Talk about not taking advantage of the standards OTT set yesterday.

  9. Boeser finished his USHL season on a 6 game point streak where he had... 5 goals and 7 assists, for 12 points. 3 of the 5 goals came in a hat trick performance in a game against Sioux City. He had two 3-point games, 2-point games, and 1-point game. He also had 24 shots on goal in those 6 games which, at an average of 4 shots per game, is the same as his average on the season with 241 shots in the 57 games.
  10. That's pretty high praise from someone who writes at CanucksArmy. I'm starting to like this pick more and more.
  11. Ah, thanks for that. I knew a "Schmaltz" was going to be a teammate. Didn't know exactly who that was going to be.
  12. Boeser wasn't the "best" player available, in my opinion, but he is still a great pick. My gut reaction was admittedly a little disappointment since I had hoped we'd go for Kylington or a CHL kid but at 23 he is a solid selection. Pure goal scorer. Led his team in scoring as a USHL rookie and had 20 more goals than the next highest goal scorer on the team. Checking the team stats, there are 2 other players (Novak, draft-eligible, and Sheehy) at around a PPG but there's a relatively big drop-off in production after that. Those two teammates also missed 14 and 17 games respectively. He's committed to the Univ. of North Dakota next season and I have high hopes for him there. IIRC, Jordan Schmaltz (defenceman, 2012 first rounder to the Blues) will be there too. UoND wasn't a great team offensively this past year so he should get a lot of opportunity to become "the guy" for them. Considering it could have been a LOT worse (Carlo, Bittner), I'd say that we did well with the 23rd pick. Not great, could have been better, but you'll get no real complaints about this pick from me.
  13. Happy for Timonen.

    1. Tortorella's Rant

      Tortorella's Rant

      I guess. Dude piggybacked the whole way..

    2. Winter Soldier

      Winter Soldier

      You can't argue that he hasn't paid his dues.

  14. Watch the Coyotes leave, only to have the relocated team end up with the No.1 overall pick next year and select Arizona-native Auston Matthews.

    1. Edlerberry

      Edlerberry

      auston... coyotes... i don't get it

  15. I had a pretty vivid dream/nightmare last night that we took Jordan Greenway with our 23rd overall pick.

    1. Gstank29

      Gstank29

      NO please don't touch Bittner or Greenway

    2. Canucks1219

      Canucks1219

      The first thing I remember about the dream was realizing that I had missed the draft (somehow) and went to Wiki/HockeyDB to see who we picked... only to see Jordan Greenway next to us. I was like "Oh, f--- no..." but then I also saw that we had somehow acquired the 28th pick... The name there was a player that doesn't even exist.

  16. I think this is the first time ever that both teams I rooted for in the CF made the SCF.

    1. c00kies

      c00kies

      Yeah I got the Final I wanted lol.

  17. Here are his shifts from Game 7 vs. OKC. It seemed like he was getting more icetime but the video is still only 7 minutes long. He didn't play the final 10 minutes-ish of the game once again. I don't have any plans to do any of his games in the WCF since it costs a lot to watch each game (about $12). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-S-C9l5UwKQ
  18. Here are some post-game Travis Green quotes regarding Virtanen that should be of interest to everyone:
  19. Here are Virtanen's shifts from his pro debut against Oklahoma City. Barring a missed shift somewhere, he had roughly 6.5-7 minutes of icetime and didn't play a single second of the final 12.5 minutes of the game. He had a couple solid hits, a few shots on goal, and got into it with a Barons player, as you'd expect. Given his role as a 4th liner and his very limited minutes, I thought he did quite well. We never got to see him really fly and display his speed, which was unfortunate. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3szMgTwAZHQ Side note: I'm usually on the side of Travis Green but I thought that Virtanen deserved to play at least another shift in those final 12.5 minutes. I know they were down by two, and later by one, but he wasn't a liability out there and the fact of the matter is that no one else up to that 2-1 goal was getting it done either. I know it's his professional debut but you are looking for goals and he is an offensively inclined player.
  20. I'm happy about Cassels' performance. I'm almost as happy that Sportsnet doesn't get to ride the McDavid train into Quebec for the Mem. Cup.

    1. S N Y P E R S 7
    2. Canucks1219

      Canucks1219

      Get your people to update Cole Cassels' page. He's still stuck at 16 games and 19 points in the playoffs.

  21. Rockets just swept one of the best teams in the CHL. Oh my... They've got to be the favourites in the Memorial Cup, regardless of who comes out of the OHL and QMJHL. EDIT: Quebec is hosting which means that their opponent in the QMJHL finals (Rimouski) automatically gets in... that's how it works, right?
  22. All I have to say is... Go Tampa Bay!

    1. Ghostsof1915
    2. desiboynux4lifee*******

      desiboynux4lifee*******

      will be shut down easily lol

    3. BanTSN

      BanTSN

      Guess so. TB!

  23. TB and WSH are both 0-2 since I sent out my last status expressing my happiness with them being one win away from advancing. It's my fault.

    1. Piggy Bank

      Piggy Bank

      You suck. I want the conf. finals to be:

      Calgary Chicago

      Tampa Bay Washington

      then

      Tampa V Calgary

      and Tampa sweeps....

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