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    [GDT/PGT] Nucks @ Flames / Flames @ Nucks

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    My thoughts being at the game last night.

     

    A lot of sloppy passes by the young guys. I saw a lot of just lobbing the puck to no one or way off target. The passes weren't crisp and often slow which made it very easy for Calgary to pick them off and go the other way. The Horvat Miller Goldy line was our best line by far. For most of the game the Canucks couldn't hem the Calgary in their end. I think Calgary scored early which allowed them all to relax and just be in the game while the Canucks were tense and nervous for the first 2 periods. I think had the Canucks scored on one of the penalties early in the game it would have been a far different game but that isn't what happened so it is speculation.

    DiPietro looked bad in my opinion, he would do the Luongo belly flop on the first shot and then it was mostly up to the defenders to block the shot or get to the puck first. 

    Tanev was super smooth. I saw many times were Calgary was about to be threat and Tanev would just calming break it up.

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    Jake Virtanen | #18 | RW

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    11 hours ago, -AJ- said:

    Jake returning to his hometown for the world-famous Abbotsford Airshow! This photo was taken from the Abbotsford Airshow's Facebook page:

    "Our Airshow President, Jim Reith, is joined by Canucks winger, Jake Virtanen. Thanks for spending the day with us yesterday, Jake! We hope you had a great time 2708.png"

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    Clearly Jake is trying to cover up how fat his shoulders have gotten over the summer, why else would you wear a sweater like that! ;P

     

    I really like Jake, I hope he comes in and continues what he did last year. Only a couple percentage increase in effectiveness and he is a good solid player.

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    Michael DiPietro | G

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    39 minutes ago, -Vintage Canuck- said:

     

    I am not too familiar with the OHL but that seems like a crazy stat. He’s playing very well! Good to see we have so much goalie talent in the cupboard.

    Olli Juolevi | #48 | D

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    MT is just another Kesler with an even worse attitude. I personally wouldn't want that on my team if I was a Canuck but I don't know what he is like in the locker room.

     

    Olli is young and injury plagued. The injuries have me worried a bit because it could be a serious set back, but surgeries and rehab have gotten so much better even over the last 5 years so I am sure his chances of him regaining pre-injury form is high. When he was drafted it was hoped he would be a 1/2 D but  quickly it became apparent that he probably wouldn't, I suspect he is going to be a really good 3/4 D which is still a position that needs filling on our team. We just need another 1/2 D to compliment Hughes.

    Quinn Hughes | #43 | D

    in Current Roster

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    2 hours ago, Maketherightmove said:

    The only difference there is Mike Green has/had a great shot. Quinn doesn't and likely won't ever have a good shot, as it has very little to do with weight and much more to do with fundamentals - just look at Elias for proof of that.

     

    Quinn will be a solid offensive defenseman that has elite puck-moving and skating skills - but I most of you guys in here seem to think he's a lock for a perennial Norris candidate-level player and I just don't think there's much evidence that he's got that ability/type of game. 

    There is nothing you can't improve. Just look at Jake Virtanen's hands this year. You put in deliberate practice every day and you will get results. No he won't be the best shot but it is naive to think he couldn't make it good.

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    Elias Pettersson | #40 | C

    in Current Roster

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    Google Translate
It's hard not to start with a quick summary of Elias Petterson's 17/18 season, where he stacked victories and records on each other.
Växjöforwarden eased 56 points in the basic series, and another 19 in the playoffs. He won both scoring and deleted Kent Nilsson's 42-year-old junior record. Add the prices for SHL most valuable players, this year's rookie and also the final play's most important, Stefan Liv Memorial Trophy.
In addition, JVM silver, series victory with Växjö in SHL and two gold - first SM gold with Växjö, since World Cup gold with Tre Kronor.
Now he has had a few months to sum up and melt all the impressions.

      

    "Much happened in a short period of time, it went very fast last season," says Elias Pettersson, and continues:
"Now I have had a nice summer, thinking about what I accomplished last season and summing up. Some of them are proud of me.
It was an incredible season in many ways.
- Absolutely ... Yes, I have to say that, even if I do not like talking about myself. It was a good season.

      

    With a little perspective, what is the brightest light?
"Biggest was to win two gold, both World Cup and SM. I have never won anything big and winning two big things in the same season is fantastic, says Pettersson, and quickly comes to mind that he was about to forget one thing:
- And that Timrå got up, of course. I would like to say that there were three things.
When Three Crowns secured the World Cup Gold, Elias Pettersson was following the drama from the side.
After a slight introduction to the tournament, he made his best match to Switzerland in the group game so far. However, in connection with a free-kick, where Pettersson was just going to put the puck, he fell badly into the goalkeeper.
"I agree with you that I was on time then. The tournament started a bit slowly, then it went better and better for each match and against Switzerland I felt very spicy. Created the scenes and of course ..., then that damage came where I broke my thumb. Yes, what can one say? We won gold, and that was the most important thing, but I would rather have been with and still playing. At the same time: damage comes and it was just like the situation.
How tough was it to follow the end of the page?
- No, it's the way it was. For my part, I thought it was obvious to stay with the team and it was as good as possible that we managed to win gold. It was fun. BUT: it would of course have been more fun to be on the ice than outside.
After the unfortunate collision with the target arches in the Royal Aren, it has been more or less completely silent around Elias Pettersson. At least in Swedish media. A conscious decision of the 20-year-old who in the summer nobbed all the interviews.
"All journalists in Sweden had my number so it was nice to change. It would have been a lot so it was nice to just be able to relax; think about last season and next season as well as fog on summer training.
You put up on many interviews last season, is something you regret in retrospect?
- Absolutely not. I have no problem with it, but in the summer I want to take a break and just be able to relax.

      

    Now it has been three months since the World Cup final in Copenhagen. After five weeks of gypsum plaster followed another three weeks of rehab. Now Elias Pettersson assures that the broken thumb is completely restored.
On Friday, in the small NickBack Arena in Valbo, he made one of the few appearances in Sweden. He was part of Peter Forsberg's star team, Icebreakers, who met Nicklas Bäckströms mother club Valbo.
"The money goes well, and fun to be able to," Pettersson said after the star team cleaned by Valbo with 11-5 and the chain with the brothers Pettersson and Jonathan Dahlén had a big show.

      

    In addition to Forsberg, Bäckström, Dahlén and Elias Pettersson, Emil was also involved in the team. One of the few opportunities through the career that the two Ånge brothers had the opportunity to play together.
- Great to play with the brother. It feels like it only happens when such matches match when it is not in full seriousness that we play with each other. But it's always fun to play together.
Emil and Elias have never really played in the same team, either at the junior or senior level.
"It has always been a year, both in Timrå and Växjö. But we are both young and the career is still long so hopefully we'll play with each other sometime in the future, "said Elias.
Already on Monday, Elias Pettersson flies to Vancouver where the first camps begin. The final goal is to take a seat in NHL and in the coming years play an important role in the Vancouver Canucks.
"Yes, hopefully I'll stay in Vancouver and take a seat in NHL.
What if it does not happen?
"If I do not, it's not the whole world, there are many players who started in AHL and then have a good NHL career.
The plan is AHL if it does not become NHL games?
"I want NHL as fast as possible, but when it is, I can not answer. I can only go there and do my best and let's see what's happening, "concludes Elias Pettersson.

     

    Not the clearest, but pretty damn good for just plugging it into google.

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    Adam Gaudette | #96 | C

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    2 minutes ago, Alflives said:

    Okay everyone.  The joke is over.  It’s dead.  It’s his BROTHER! 

    Wow we got a player that can also transform into his own brother. That's next level $&!#. There is nothing this kid can't do!

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    Bo Horvat | #53 | C

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    12 hours ago, Rob_Zepp said:

    Just because it is August:

     

     

    This has me so excited for next year, that line of Bo Brock and Sven was doing so well before the injury bug. If that line stayed healthy Bo could have had 60 pts in my opinion.

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