Brad Marchand Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 When i watched him like you I was pleasantlyy surprised, but, will he knock the top prospects out of the box I hope not....that wouldn't be good. But he is older/mature and as you say certainly didn't look out of place for his first games in the NHL. Gillis must be smiling Why not? If he makes the team over their best prospects, wouldn't that mean he's doing something right? The Canucks need as many good prospects as they can get their hands on. No point in discriminating. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedins 55 Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 We should re-hire Mike Gillis as our scout for college. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 We should re-hire Mike Gillis as our scout for collage. What, like this? No, but it'd depend on how much he was involved in bringing those players in. He might have just been the guy making the final decision on the scouts recommendation, or he could have been the driving force in them being brought in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down by the River Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Renaud Lavoie @renlavoietva 36mView translation Canucks signed Mike Zalewski. 2 years / $925 000.00 AAV (2 way) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avelanch Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Renaud Lavoie @renlavoietva 36mView translation Canucks signed Mike Zalewski. 2 years / $925 000.00 AAV (2 way) that was during the season. he has another year left on his contract then he's an RFA at bthe end of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jypark14 Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Canucks put him on the waivers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrChill Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Canucks put him on the waivers What when? Source? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Canucks put him on the waivers "The waivers" eh? I'll wait until I see a source for that claim. EDIT: in fact I won't wait for his source, since I did a quick Twitter search and the only thing I found was this: Comets Army @CometsArmy (7:42 AM - 1 Jul 2014) Mike Zalewski signed to a 2 year, 2 way contact by the Canucks, meaning he'll most likely be in Utica next year #CometsArmy He isn't even waiver eligible anyway, as he'd need to play for 2 more years or 78 more games to become waiver eligible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamJamIam Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 "The waivers" eh? I'll wait until I see a source for that claim. EDIT: in fact I won't wait for his source, since I did a quick Twitter search and the only thing I found was this: He isn't even waiver eligible anyway, as he'd need to play for 2 more years or 78 more games to become waiver eligible. Sounds like The Internship where Vince Vaughn's character keeps referring to being "online" as being "on the line" haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avelanch Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Sounds like The Internship where Vince Vaughn's character keeps referring to being "online" as being "on the line" haha it reminds me more of this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wshdrvvn Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 it reminds me more of this: the undrafted mike zalewski passed through waivers and will report to the Iraq pending a physical. luckily his college education included all kinds of maps and globes; sources say he's 90% sure where the middle east is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamJamIam Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 it reminds me more of this: Oh snap! I forgot about "the Iraq"! haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 PROSPECT PROFILE: #19 MICHAEL ZALEWSKI Zalewski spent last season playing at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Engineers of the NCAA's ECAC where he finished 2nd on the Engineers in assists and 4th in points and goals. He attended Winnipeg Jets training camp in the fall, and signed a contract with the Canucks on March 4th. Due largely to injuries, Zalewski actually made his NHL debut before his AHL one and, in a sample admittedly too small to make any sort of projection, performed very well. In two games against the Flames and Oilers, Zalewski played roughly 12 minutes per game, carried a 55.9% Corsi while starting just 33% of his shifts in the offensive zone, and added one assist. His NHL performance doesn't tell us much (there were multiple games last year where Tom Sestito led the Canucks in Corsi% after all), but it's still a thing that happened to Zalewski and it happened in the NHL, so it's worth mentioning. ... From SBNation: SBNation's college hockey blog also ranked Zalewski as the 32nd best prospect in the NCAA last year, 11 spots behind another Canucks prospect Ben Hutton, and immediately ahead of former Calgary Flames 1st round draft pick Mark Jankowski. RPI Engineers blog Without A Peer' had this to say about Zalewski, via Nucks Misconduct: Standing at 6'2, 205 lbs, Zalewski certainly possesses the physical tools to play a very meat-and-potatoes style of game. He's always carried relatively high PIMs totals, and while that's not necessarily a good thing, it may lend support to the argument that he has the disposition to play a grinding-type game too. Zalewski fancies himself as a power-forward type, and watching him skate alongside other Canucks prospects at development camp last month, his hockey skills appeared to be above average for the group. In short, while size is likely what got him noticed, it's far from the only thing he has going for him. ... At the end of the day, while I really like everything I've seen and read about Zalewski, the biggest threat to a decent prospect making the NHL is that there are a ton of decent hockey players around. Competition is going to be fierce for a player of his abilities since there are a ton of guys looking to make the jump to the next level, and Zalewski won't just have to be good, he'll have to be better than a lot of guys with better pedigrees who Vancouver has already invested more in to. And at 22 years old, this will have to happen relatively soon. If Zalewski is like most guys, and we don't have reason to believe he isn't, he'll reach his peak ability in the next 2-4 years. If he's not knocking on the NHL door by then, well, that won't be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off_The_Schneid! Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 I believe in the prospect scrimmages forum there was someone sitting beside Benning. He said that Benning was most impressed with zalewski and Shinkaruk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derp... Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Z-Lou! I really hope he turn into a solid bottom 6 guy. Only has 1 or two years to prove himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boudrias Posted August 13, 2014 Share Posted August 13, 2014 Impressed with his Canuck games last year. Big kid who goes to the net and wasn't caught out of position much. Definite potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amitriptyline Posted August 15, 2014 Share Posted August 15, 2014 I just checked out his highlights vid. He has a really good skill set. He scored some real beauties - a nice top shelf slapper, a slick wraparound goal, an awesome deke move in a SO and an OT game winner where he picked up the rebound and put it in. I wonder where he will fit in though. We have such a big surplus of players vying for spots. I'd like to see him get a spot though. He intrigues me. He's got some nice offensive talent that could really help the team. It would be interesting to see what he could do with a good play maker like Vey, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boudrias Posted August 16, 2014 Share Posted August 16, 2014 Zalewski is the type of kid that you know Benning and WD want to get a handle on. He has a nice combo of skills which if they like can make some of the vets tradeable. He appears to have 3rd line skills. You have to know that as the management group assesses their players that decisions will be made come March trade deadline. A deep draft in 2015 will trigger many deals IMO. Not only the draft but a increased CAP will encourage more deals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salmonberries Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 He was a standout in Penticton, I thought. Seems to be flying under the radar somewhat, but yeah, I can see him developing into a bottom six utility type of player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salmonberries Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Canucks put him on the waivers I think you're jivin'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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