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What Guaranteed Draft Position? With Simulators, Current #8
ABNucksfan replied to TheGuardian_'s topic in Canucks Talk
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What Guaranteed Draft Position? With Simulators, Current #8
ABNucksfan replied to TheGuardian_'s topic in Canucks Talk
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What Guaranteed Draft Position? With Simulators, Current #8
ABNucksfan replied to TheGuardian_'s topic in Canucks Talk
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How do i embed nhl.com videos?
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Haha ps: that's about 9,300 too many
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Is it that time of the month again already so soon?
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http://footballcoachessite.com/why-athletes-should-not-bench-press/ Gunna have to say your dead wrong on this one brosky... Anyone who is into fitness for "purpose" knows this... (just for the record I didn't say "Upper body strength doesn't mean anything" I said bench press... upper body strength means something just like reading comprehension.
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It wasn't 400 lbs... he's was not a friggen body builder... And i was just saying bench isn't a good factor for fitness, but bure was a very strong powerful player so agreeing with you... (just not the 400lbs part) It was 200lbs in training camp... when he was a teenager.., when he was older he could have very well benched 400
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Why waste so much time on here arguing silly things? Last time I checked Stecher was a prospect... Maybe, just maybe stechers play translates well to the NHL game. If this ends up being the case prospector JB struck gold. Anywho, instead of arguing foolish things try being a constructive contributor; that way I don't have to waste my time hitting the ignore button.
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I think you mean 200 pounds... bench press doesn't mean anything anyways. There are better ways to test strength. But yes look at Crosby 5'11 195 lbs. pretty much same as me but I may be 1/2" taller and he's most likely stronger than I am.
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Hey thanks for the input. don't be put off by a few bitter/negative Canuck fans. The majority of fans are great people with excellent hockey knowledge. And if the information you have is true look forward to stecher potentially being a Canuck as well!
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Right on! UND is not a development program to scoff at, Brock chose the school because of its track record, and to stay close to his family. But at the end of the day scholarships and the whole education argument are a moot point when it comes to highly skilled players. Lets say Brock decides to forgo signing with the Canucks but never ends up cracking an NHL roster? He does have his education, but only a 4 year degree, now he has to pay for a masters and or a doctorate if he's that committed to getting an education. Whereas if he signs with van and does crack the lineup for the majority of a season, which is looking very promising with Vancouver's current lineup, he is set for his future. Either he sticks with the NHL making at least the league minimum which is damn near a cool million a year. Or, he doesn't have a long prosperous fruitful career in the NHL but still makes enough money to pay for the education he wants, and then some. Either way it's Brock's life I'm sure he'll make the decision that is best for him. oh ya and Congrats Brock on an outstanding year and winning the NCAA title. Your a pleasure to watch and I look forward to seeing you in a Canucks uniform in the near future.
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A little sensitive are we Drew? go back and re-read your posts... If those posts didn't deserve a little ribbing then I guess natural selection doesn't exist. If your going to post something publicly then learn to expect all kinds of responses. Fwiw I enjoyed the read. The execution was just a little Bill and Ted.
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This thread has become a revolving door... all because of knee jerk reactions and a lack of patience.
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Nope I change my mind. Your on Meth. If anything it was an entertaining read while working the night shift.
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Drew (if that really is your name) either you you were drunk or high when you wrote this rant... I'm guessing high. racial profile much? You lost me at ovechkin. Canucks are doomed and Tryamkin is going to be a bust because there has never before been a non-English speaking player drafted by an NHL team let alone the Vancouver Canucks.
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Hehe. I kinda thought that was the case.
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I still don't understand where everyone is getting this idea that Shink is a better player/fit for this team than Granlund. lets break down the facts both Shinkaruk and Granlund had similar stats in the AHL. Shinkaruk is shorter and lighter than Granlund. Granlund has been touted by management and scouts to be the better two way forward. now let's compare NHL numbers. Shinks first 7 games in the NHL and Granlunds first 7 games in the NHL. Very similar except that Granlund shows he had the better plus minus for the first 7 games. Hunter is excited about his big Calgary debut and playing in the NHL for the first time. But one big hit by Shea Weber or a couple well placed slashes and he'll start to play like the player the Canucks management expect him to be. Granlund technically only played 12 seconds on his 7th game and played less minutes throughout his first few games. Didn't play on the flames top line and did not get any pp time. Calgary is using shink differently than they used Granlund.
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Caught my plaid jacket in my mitre saw once. Not a pretty sight. Still wear it out at the cabin tho. That's how you tell the diff between the hipsters and the real men. The type of lotion they use on their hands and the condition of their plaid jacket.
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Hardest laugh of the day right there
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From Botchford, if this doesn't make you smile then i don't know what will! http://www.theprovince.com/sports/canucks+ducks+horvat+tryamkin+with+tour+force+performances/11824846/story.html "...So did every hit Tyramkin executed. The big Russian put on a physical tour de force, crumpling Brandon Pirri with a bodycheck and then swatting 240-pound Chris Stewart, who was looking to avenge that hit, like he was a fruit fly. Later he shoved Ryan Kesler off the puck, and to the ice like he was pushing a five-pound rock out of a five-storey window. The Canucks have longed for a physical defenceman who could change the game with a hit. Kesler literally stopped playing on that shift after tumbling to the ice. Maybe they have finally found one."
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IF Horvat continues to improve every year, Tryamkin continues to impress, Virtanen, McCann, Hutton, Pedan, Etem, Tanev, and Bartschi play to their potential, and Boeser and Demko make the club and play the way they are projected, keep a few of the good consistent steady vets, and add a couple of better than good UFA/RFA players and this team actually looks pretty good.
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http://www.hockeysfuture.com/articles/136351/vancouver-canucks-future-stars-playing-ncaa/ Beock Boeser prospect of the month. Some big predictions for the young lad. Projected to to be a top 6 player with the club. Let's hope so and within the next few years. The future is looking up! “Vancouver Canucks have future stars playing in NCAA …Brock Boeser has been a huge bright spot for the Canucks organization. Heading to UND for 2015-16, few expected Boeser to catch fire like he did and lead the team in scoring as a freshman. Playing on a top line with Drake Caggiula and Nick Schmaltz, Boeser has learned the intricacies of the college game from his veteran linemates. The chemistry between the three is evident and the scoresheet has their names all over it on most nights. Not only did Boeser manage to lead his team in scoring but he has helped get the Fighting Hawks into the Frozen Four Tournament with a legitimate shot at a national title. Boeser received several honors from the NCHC including being named a First-Team All-Conference and to the NCHC All-Rookie Team. Breaking scoring records in NCHC play and earning honors for his efforts, even he didn’t expect the kind of success that he achieved in 2015-16. Winning a national title would be the perfect end to a nearly perfect season for Boeser. As far as the future for Boeser, the Canucks will likely allow him another year in college before he turns pro and begins his career as a Vancouver Canuck. When that day comes the organization will have a legitimate top-six scoring winger in Brock Boeser… Prospect of the Month As noted above, Brock Boeser has been simply phenomenal so far in his college career and it appears that the sky is the limit for the young forward. Boeser’s stock has definitely risen over the course of the 2015-16 season and Canucks fans are eagerly anticipating the day when Boeser joins the big club. It seems incredible that North Dakota, for all the program’s success, has not won a national title since 2000. Boeser could further solidify a place in school history by helping to add to the team’s hardware.”
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Back to Boeser. Excellent article about Boeser, the frozen four and some ofbennings thoughts. Benning will be watching the tourney in Tampa. http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/canucks-top-prospect-brock-boeser-shining-north-dakota/ CANUCKS TOP PROSPECT BROCK BOESER SHINING WITH NORTH DAKOTA Next week, Vancouver Canucks top prospect Brock Boeser and his University of North Dakota teammates will fly to Tampa Bay for the Frozen Four tournament. They’ll be looking to take home the school’s first national championship in 16 years. If their dominant performance this past weekend against the Michigan Wolverines is any indication, they’ll enter the Frozen Four as prohibitive favourites. Michigan was the best offensive team in the country, boasting a roster peppered with top NHL prospects such as TJ Compher, Zach Werenski and Kyle Connor. Against North Dakota though, the Wolverines were outmatched – outshot three-to-one in the opening 20 minutes and nearly two-to-one overall. To hear Boeser tell it, that game was North Dakota’s best 60 minutes this season. Considering UND has won more games than any other school in the NCAA, that’s saying something. North Dakota’s stellar performance certainly caught the attention of Canucks GM Jim Benning. “That North Dakota team, that first period, they were fast,” recapped Benning in a conversation with Sportsnet this week. “They seemed like they were all over the place.” Though the school’s eighth national championship has proven elusive, North Dakota has been a mainstay at the Frozen Four for much of the past decade. Under former head coach Dave Hakstol, the school qualified for the Frozen Four seven times in 10 years. Along the way North Dakota churned out a dizzying number of NHL stars, including Jonathan Toews, Zach Parise, Travis Zajac, Brock Nelson and T.J. Oshie. North Dakota is now seen, basically, as the New York Yankees of college hockey. The school is widely considered to provide players with as close to a professional hockey environment as anything you’ll find in college hockey. “I think the biggest thing is that (North Dakota head coach) Brady Berry has coached and played in the NHL, Matt Shaw – our other assistant coach – has coached in the NHL, so we’re really just trying to mimic the things we learned playing and coaching at the highest level – the professionalism it takes on a day-to-day basis,” explained assistant coach Dane Jackson, who started his NHL career with the Canucks organization in the mid-90s. The trappings of the professional environment and the expectations that come with it aren’t lost on North Dakota’s players. “Playing here at North Dakota, not too many people really understand it out west, but the Ralph Engelstad Arena is one of the most beautiful rinks in North America,” said UND defender Troy Stecher. “When you play there you have the intimidation factor of all those fans behind you.” Added Boeser: “The facilities, our locker room, our workout area – it’s all just that pro-type style here. It’s a great place to be. “We have this level of excellence that we try to pursue. It’s an honour to be part of this tradition and we expect that excellence. It’s not pressure, it’s just a thing you want to do and that you have to do when you’re here.” Though North Dakota’s depth powered them past Michigan, their dynamic first forward line will be crucial if they’re to emerge as national champions. It’s a trio that includes Boeser, who plays right wing along with Chicago Blackhawks first-round draft pick Nick Schmaltz and senior Drake Caggiula – who is likely to draw significant interest as an unrestricted free agent once North Dakota’s season is over. “They all have really good vision and playmaking ability,” Jackson said of the ‘CBS line’. “They don’t play a ton of one-on-one hockey. They use each other well, they’re selfless, they share the puck extremely well and they all bring something a little bit different. Count Benning among the many people in hockey who have been enormously impressed by what Boeser, Schmaltz and Caggiula have accomplished together. “(Boeser) went in there as a freshman and you don’t know how these guys are going to adapt to the college game and the speed and the strength of the players, but the coaching staff did an excellent job with him this year,” Benning said. “They played him with Cagguila and Schmaltz and they meshed as a line,” he continued. “They really compliment each other and they’re a fun line to watch play because they seem to be buzzing around all over the place and they get a lot of chances in the offensive zone. I think everything meshed for him perfect this year and I think that’s why we’re seeing him playing well, scoring and being a big part of a good team.” Boeser, meanwhile, insists that playing with Caggiula and Schmaltz has helped him understand that he has to make plays more quickly at the NCAA level than he had to in the USHL. “They took me under their wing once we started playing together,” Boeser said. “We have great chemistry and feed off one another. It’s worked from the start. We never try and do things by ourselves, we talk on the bench and work together and try to have some success.” The CBS line has had more than ‘some success’. Boeser will finish his freshman season among the top-five in the nation in goal scoring and total points. Playing with excellent players has helped him, but he appears to be the straw that’s stirred the drink. “Boeser is one of those rare individual talents that he can generate scoring chances with whomever he’s playing with.” Benning said. “From the top of the circles down, his speed when combined with his instincts and the release on his shot is what makes him a good player.” Like Boeser, Benning is set to fly to Tampa Bay next week to take in the Frozen Four. It’ll be his first opportunity to watch North Dakota play in-person this season. Told about Detroit Tigers analyst Chris D. Long’s statistical model, which projects Boston College and North Dakota to meet in the final next weekend, Benning sounded giddy. “Well that would be perfect for us,” he exclaimed, “because we’d have Brock Boeser on one side and (Boston College goaltender) Thatcher Demko on the other!” It’s not the Stanley Cup playoffs, but the NCAA Frozen Four could well provide Canucks fans – not to mention Canucks executives – their best chance to enjoy some meaningful April hockey this year.
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Anyone know if the frozen four games are televised up in good ol Canada. Wouldn't mind catching a game or two.