Cucumber Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Tuch he is the James Neal Vrana is interesting to No dman please go 7 forwards and in 2-3years draft dman or trade for one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 Wasn't Mantha drafted by Detroit last year or am I crazy? Different Mantha, Defenseman Mantha not big ol forward Mantha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueberries Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 McKeown would be great. Huge upside and if he can work at getting better offensively(he's already pretty good), he'll be a force. Great skater, good in his own zone, good offensively, puck mover. Perfect fit. Think Hamhuis type but less physical with more upside in offense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 Tuch he is the James Neal Vrana is interesting to No dman please go 7 forwards and in 2-3years draft dman or trade for one We will be lucky to get Tuch Honka or Virtanen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 I just noticed Jakub Vrana is ranked 23rd...but has no points in 14 games and is generally offensively disappointing. Not sure why they're so hot on him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 Honourable Mentions (In Alphabetical Order) Warren Foegele Profile 2013-14 Statistics 2013-14 Team: St. Andrew's College League: High School Position: Centre Height: 6'1" DOB: Apr. 1, 1996 Weight: 183 lbs. Team GP G A PTS +/- St. Andrew's 26 29 27 56 - {C}{C} Aaron Haydon Profile 2013-14 Statistics 2013-14 Team: Niagara League: OHL Position: Defence Height: 6'3" DOB: Feb. 2, 1996 Weight: 190 lbs. Team GP G A PTS +/- Niagara 42 3 9 12 -27 Aaron Irving Profile 2013-14 Statistics 2013-14 Team: Edmonton League: WHL Position: Defence Height: 6'1" DOB: Mar. 3, 1996 Weight: 190 lbs. Team GP G A PTS +/- Edmonton 43 8 20 28 +19 {C}{C} Kaapo Kahkonen Profile 2013-14 Statistics 2013-14 Team: Blues U20 League: FIN Position: Goaltender Height: 6'1" DOB: Aug. 16, 1996 Weight: 192 lbs. Team GP RECORD GAA PCT SO Blues 27 - - .911 - {C}{C} Vaclav Karabacek Profile 2013-14 Statistics 2013-14 Team: Gatineau League: QMJHL Position: Right Wing Height: 5'11" DOB: May 2, 1996 Weight: 185 lbs. Team GP G A PTS +/- Gatineau 43 16 16 32 +5 Mason McDonald Profile 2013-14 Statistics 2013-14 Team: Charlottetown League: QMJHL Position: Goaltender Height: 6'3" DOB: Apr. 23, 1996 Weight: 181 lbs. Team GP RECORD GAA PCT SO C'town/Acadie-Bath. 17 5-9-0-1 3.27 .897 0 Matthew Mistele Profile 2013-14 Statistics 2013-14 Team: Plymouth League: OHL Position: Left Wing Height: 6'2" DOB: Oct. 17, 1995 Weight: 190 lbs. Team GP G A PTS +/- Plymouth 34 10 9 19 -4 {C}{C} Ivan Nalimov Profile 2013-14 Statistics 2013-14 Team: SKA St. Petersburg League: MHL Position: Goaltender Height: 6'4" DOB: Aug. 12, 1996 Weight: 196 lbs. Team GP RECORD GAA PCT SO St. Petersburg 12 5-7 2.76 .894 0 {C}{C} Ben Thomas Profile 2013-14 Statistics 2013-14 Team: Calgary League: WHL Position: Defence Height: 6'2" DOB: May 28, 1996 Weight: 194 lbs. Team GP G A PTS +/- Calgary 46 4 15 19 +14 Jake Walman Profile 2013-14 Statistics 2013-14 Team: Toronto Jr. Canadiens League: OJHL Position: Defence Height: 6'1" DOB: Feb. 20, 1996 Weight: 174 lbs. Team GP G A PTS +/- Toronto (OJHL) 32 5 19 24 - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derp... Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 I hope we don't take Honka, he's not much butter than the other D in this draft, but he's a whole lot smaller. Virtanen and Ehlers are my favourite Forwards that could be in our range, Mckeown would be the smart choice if we took a Dman. Quennville or Cornel in the second would be nice. Blake Clarke would be a good third round pickup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashian Kassian Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 I hope we don't take Honka, he's not much butter than the other D in this draft, but he's a whole lot smaller. Virtanen and Ehlers are my favourite Forwards that could be in our range, Mckeown would be the smart choice if we took a Dman. Quennville or Cornel in the second would be nice. Blake Clarke would be a good third round pickup. I agree on Honka, he's a good player but I think his teammate Brycen Martin might be a good player in the 2nd round to take then go for a forward with our 1st. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOHORVAT53 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Finally they've got the top 8 right.. Ekblad, Reinahrt, Bennett, Dal Cole, Draisatl, Fleury, Ritchie, Perlini Coming from someone with over 1000 channels and watches over one game a day.. 1st pick: Anthony DeAngelo over CDC's very popular Honka. He'd be a top 10 pick in any other draft. Best offensive teenage dman ive seen since Medicine Hat's Tommy Vanelli, who came over to the W this season to show what GM's passed on in the first round. As for Deangelo, remember the feeling you get when Jovo takes the puck from behind the net and starts to fly up the ice? If DeAngelo isnt available, I'd take whichever one of these 5 fwds are still available: Jake Virtanen, Nikolaj Ehlers, Sonny Milano, Nikita Scherbak, Adrian Kempe Virtanen is a great power forward who wont WOW u with his numbers, but the kids got a brain and has been expected to go high for many years. Ehlers is extremely gifted and many ppl see him going higher than his rankings. Milano i admit I havent seen much of but from what i have, I've liked what Ive seen. He is very involved in the game and very poised. Always seems to be in the right position and makes the right play (like a Tanev at forward). Scherbak and Kempe should be top 10 picks IMO so if they fall to us, I think those guys are a must (even over DeAngelo). Kempe is my top rated european when it comes to all-around game (cuz Nylander is more offensively gifted). After passing on Nichushkin, Scherbak would be exciting. He's my favorite player in this draft 2nd pick: -the american goalie that goes to Boston College. Thacher something. They say he is going to be the next Cory Schneider. Never seen him play so this pick is just going by what I've heard -Brendan Lemiuex is a heart and soul prospect i love. Hope we can get him and he can be a playoff performer for us like Claude Lemieux was -Conner Chatham from Plymouth. First Tom Wilson, then Ryan Hartmann and now Chatham. 3rd pick to 7th pick: -6'6 Hunter Smith. He's a monster on Cassels wing (do you guys know if he was passed on in 2013 draft?) -Aaron Irving. This guy is getting better very very quickly -Ben Thomas is a solid steady dman as well (Bryan Allen) -typical gmmg Corrado/Subban/Cederholm type dman he always finds -Gradins swedish pick -A goalie FOR SURE. I think theres a few future NHL calibre G's thatll be available in the late rounds. Nedeljkovic will be gone in first 60. 92% save percentage on a weak team. We can use Gradins pick on a goalie, Jonas Johansson. He and Kaapo Kahkonen are future stars. Husso, Nalimov, Lotz, Devin Williams. All guys worth taking a chance on in the late rounds. -Why not try a highly skilled Russian that drops because of KHL factor. Almost every teams got one, and it seems as if more are staying in North America. -Jaeden Descheneau. 5'9 but man is he a special player. Will he fall late like Gallagher did? As for players that are often mentioned on here, but I think we should stay away from: -No to Ho-Sang.. I think he is this years Angelo Esposito -No to Vanier... yes he is big but he will not be anything more than a Yann Sauve. I think he is dominating the weak QMJHL cuz of his size. Put him in the big leagues and he wont be able to keep up with pace. -No to Christian Dvorak.. I looove London players, but Dvorak hasnt shown that he'll be more then a player who will always be battling from a spot in the lineup -No to Kapanen.. itll be tough to reach the level of defensive play his pops did.. as for offense, the unpopular and "selfish" Nylander I say will be twice the player Kapanen will be.. Maybe not as reliable, but their on-ice production wont even be close. Calder Trophy nominee -No to Spencer Watson.. I just don't see it.. sure he can put the puck in the net (Michael Grabner), but I've gotta see what he does next year when Kingston will have a memorial cup contending team. As of right now I don't think I'd even take him with our 2nd pick! -No to Julius Honka. not good enough defensively to make up for his small frame. He also plays, and looks very small on the ice (Blum or MA Bergeron). looked good in the WJC but i think a better pick would be Roland Mckeown. People see him strictly a future number one offensive stud with questions on the back end (Tobias Enstrom). Truthfully, i see him more of a 2nd pairing guy who can do the job defensively (plus minus is +25 on an average team), and chips in offensively with 25-35 points (Andrej Sekera, ME Vlasic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashian Kassian Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 -Jaeden Descheneau. 5'9 but man is he a special player. Will he fall late like Gallagher did? As for players that are often mentioned on here, but I think we should stay away from: -No to Ho-Sang.. I think he is this years Angelo Esposito -No to Vanier... yes he is big but he will not be anything more than a Yann Sauve. I think he is dominating the weak QMJHL cuz of his size. Put him in the big leagues and he wont be able to keep up with pace. -No to Christian Dvorak.. I looove London players, but Dvorak hasnt shown that he'll be more then a player who will always be battling from a spot in the lineup -No to Kapanen.. itll be tough to reach the level of defensive play his pops did.. as for offense, the unpopular and "selfish" Nylander I say will be twice the player Kapanen will be.. Maybe not as reliable, but their on-ice production wont even be close. Calder Trophy nominee -No to Spencer Watson.. I just don't see it.. sure he can put the puck in the net (Michael Grabner), but I've gotta see what he does next year when Kingston will have a memorial cup contending team. As of right now I don't think I'd even take him with our 2nd pick! -No to Julius Honka. not good enough defensively to make up for his small frame. He also plays, and looks very small on the ice (Blum or MA Bergeron). looked good in the WJC but i think a better pick would be Roland Mckeown. People see him strictly a future number one offensive stud with questions on the back end (Tobias Enstrom). Truthfully, i see him more of a 2nd pairing guy who can do the job defensively (plus minus is +25 on an average team), and chips in offensively with 25-35 points (Andrej Sekera, ME Vlasic) I agree on Honka & Descheneau, I remember seeing Descheneau in the playoffs I think last year or the year before & he totally reminded me of Gallagher, Gallagher 2.0. Really good player. I'm not sold on Honka either. But I worry about DeAngelo defensively aswell, seems like Ryan Murphy to me, alot of skill for sure, but not sure about his defenisve game. I disagree on Kapanen, he won't be available at our pick but he looks great, better offensively than his dad, not as good defensively, but they are different players. Also disagree on Watson, personally I'm not a big fan of him, there are a number of players I would prefer but he can score & we could use that. But if it takes our first rounder to get him, as it stands now there are other options I would prefer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R3aL Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Finally they've got the top 8 right.. Ekblad, Reinahrt, Bennett, Dal Cole, Draisatl, Fleury, Ritchie, Perlini Coming from someone with over 1000 channels and watches over one game a day.. 1st pick: Anthony DeAngelo over CDC's very popular Honka. He'd be a top 10 pick in any other draft. Best offensive teenage dman ive seen since Medicine Hat's Tommy Vanelli, who came over to the W this season to show what GM's passed on in the first round. As for Deangelo, remember the feeling you get when Jovo takes the puck from behind the net and starts to fly up the ice? If DeAngelo isnt available, I'd take whichever one of these 5 fwds are still available: Jake Virtanen, Nikolaj Ehlers, Sonny Milano, Nikita Scherbak, Adrian Kempe Virtanen is a great power forward who wont WOW u with his numbers, but the kids got a brain and has been expected to go high for many years. Ehlers is extremely gifted and many ppl see him going higher than his rankings. Milano i admit I havent seen much of but from what i have, I've liked what Ive seen. He is very involved in the game and very poised. Always seems to be in the right position and makes the right play (like a Tanev at forward). Scherbak and Kempe should be top 10 picks IMO so if they fall to us, I think those guys are a must (even over DeAngelo). Kempe is my top rated european when it comes to all-around game (cuz Nylander is more offensively gifted). After passing on Nichushkin, Scherbak would be exciting. He's my favorite player in this draft 2nd pick: -the american goalie that goes to Boston College. Thacher something. They say he is going to be the next Cory Schneider. Never seen him play so this pick is just going by what I've heard -Brendan Lemiuex is a heart and soul prospect i love. Hope we can get him and he can be a playoff performer for us like Claude Lemieux was -Conner Chatham from Plymouth. First Tom Wilson, then Ryan Hartmann and now Chatham. 3rd pick to 7th pick: -6'6 Hunter Smith. He's a monster on Cassels wing (do you guys know if he was passed on in 2013 draft?) -Aaron Irving. This guy is getting better very very quickly -Ben Thomas is a solid steady dman as well (Bryan Allen) -typical gmmg Corrado/Subban/Cederholm type dman he always finds -Gradins swedish pick -A goalie FOR SURE. I think theres a few future NHL calibre G's thatll be available in the late rounds. Nedeljkovic will be gone in first 60. 92% save percentage on a weak team. We can use Gradins pick on a goalie, Jonas Johansson. He and Kaapo Kahkonen are future stars. Husso, Nalimov, Lotz, Devin Williams. All guys worth taking a chance on in the late rounds. -Why not try a highly skilled Russian that drops because of KHL factor. Almost every teams got one, and it seems as if more are staying in North America. -Jaeden Descheneau. 5'9 but man is he a special player. Will he fall late like Gallagher did? As for players that are often mentioned on here, but I think we should stay away from: -No to Ho-Sang.. I think he is this years Angelo Esposito -No to Vanier... yes he is big but he will not be anything more than a Yann Sauve. I think he is dominating the weak QMJHL cuz of his size. Put him in the big leagues and he wont be able to keep up with pace. -No to Christian Dvorak.. I looove London players, but Dvorak hasnt shown that he'll be more then a player who will always be battling from a spot in the lineup -No to Kapanen.. itll be tough to reach the level of defensive play his pops did.. as for offense, the unpopular and "selfish" Nylander I say will be twice the player Kapanen will be.. Maybe not as reliable, but their on-ice production wont even be close. Calder Trophy nominee -No to Spencer Watson.. I just don't see it.. sure he can put the puck in the net (Michael Grabner), but I've gotta see what he does next year when Kingston will have a memorial cup contending team. As of right now I don't think I'd even take him with our 2nd pick! -No to Julius Honka. not good enough defensively to make up for his small frame. He also plays, and looks very small on the ice (Blum or MA Bergeron). looked good in the WJC but i think a better pick would be Roland Mckeown. People see him strictly a future number one offensive stud with questions on the back end (Tobias Enstrom). Truthfully, i see him more of a 2nd pairing guy who can do the job defensively (plus minus is +25 on an average team), and chips in offensively with 25-35 points (Andrej Sekera, ME Vlasic) I don't know much about Ehlers to be honest but your other picks are top picks in my eyes as well: Virtanen, Milano, Scherbak all three guys if love to have in that order but Tuch would be a great addition same as Larkin I think. I think Milano and Scherbak will both be electrifying players in the NHL eventually. I see Virtanen as a 30/30 guy on avg who impacts the game physically and with his pace good two way winger. I think Tuch and Larkin could do the same. I think Scherbak will be the most successfull Of the top 3 Russians this draft barbashev and goldobin. I agree 100% on ho sang and think that's a good comparison Honka think ur a little harsh on, although I'm not up for taking the risk on him, would prefer a winger from the assortment of great ones to choose from That d man Angelo, I know zero about, If he's as great as u say he could be our BPA when our turn to pick comes. Kemp has fallen hard on rankings and it might be due to low offensive numbers playin with men ? My only guess but I think Detroit takes him before us anyways. Either way I think it's obvious this draft class is a lot wider than projected and it's already exciting to think of all these dynamic players we could add. Would love for us to add some picks. And we better not lose that second ! 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missioncanucksfan Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Jake Virtanen RW shoots right 6'1" 210lbs wheels of fire and not even 18 yet...loves to score goals Shinkaruk-Horvat-Virtanen nuff said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 John Quenneville has some interesting numbers being ranked #39 in McKenzie's rankings. 45 points in 46 games right now, wouldn't mind trying to trade a 2nd for this guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickVega Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Whoever is available with the quickest shot release. Virtanen? Or a PMD. But there is not many high ranked defenders this year so I imagine there is more chance of a good winger slipping down. I would love to see an honest to goodness shoot first player on the team. Kesler does good work because he worked his way there through repetitions. I want someone who does it instinctually, the kind of blink and you missed it shooters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOHORVAT53 Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Whoever is available with the quickest shot release. Virtanen? Or a PMD. But there is not many high ranked defenders this year so I imagine there is more chance of a good winger slipping down. I would love to see an honest to goodness shoot first player on the team. Kesler does good work because he worked his way there through repetitions. I want someone who does it instinctually, the kind of blink and you missed it shooters. Hunter Shinkaruk... you guys think gillis had Mantha lined up before Detroit snatched him up, and Shinkaruk was plan B? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missioncanucksfan Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Best believe Virtanen will be snapped up by 10th pick..... which means we have to be crafty to get a pick that high Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beastmode33 Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 I would take, in this order, if available at our position in the draft: Reinhart - Smartest player in the draft by far, he will probably get a bit bigger too Ekblad - Future Top 2 defenceman who will probably step into the nhl his first year Bennet - Two way forward with scoring potential Virtanen - Speed with hands Goldobin - Sick playmaking ability, best of the picks that are most likely to be available at our position. Might be a bit higher by the time the draft rolls around if he keeps his scoring pace up. Tuch - Could turn into something pretty special De Angelo - Offense, pure offense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucklax Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Though I'm sure he'll be interviewed by every team, Alex Tuch talked to the canucks recently. Would love to see him done the jersey on draft day http://blog.syracuse.com/sports/2014/01/baldwinsvilles_alex_tuch_heade.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 We need to draft a RW, we only have Jensen and Grenier as our right wingers in the system. 1. Virtanen 2. Kapanen 3. Tuch (although I think he is overrated playing in the USHL). Our defense is fine. Our NHL defensemens won't be and shouldn't be going away anytime soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supensunny Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 I think our first move should be a GM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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