*Buzzsaw* Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Bit of a question mark over Jake Virtanen's head with the shoulder injury he is recovering from. Supposed to be 4-6 months. Watching the coverage of the preliminary medical examinations, was impressed with Sam Bennett's comments. Shows a quiet intelligence and an understanding of the areas he needs to improve. Far as I am concerned, this guy is the real deal. It's almost impossible he will still be around from the 6th pick, but if he is, the Canucks should not hesitate. Sam Reinhart also shows good maturity and I have no doubt he will be ready for the NHL very soon. Again, unless we trade up, unlikely to be around... but a definite keeper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeak Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Virtanen will be there at 6th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamHomer Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Hope he'll be there after the 6th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Marchand Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Would be great if he goes before #6. That means the Canucks can draft one of Reinhart, Ekblad (unlikely), Bennett, Draisaitl or Dal Colle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derp... Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Is this news? Did people not know this? Can this go in a different thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRAY Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Bit of a question mark over Jake Virtanen's head with the shoulder injury he is recovering from. Supposed to be 4-6 months. Watching the coverage of the preliminary medical examinations, was impressed with Sam Bennett's comments. Shows a quiet intelligence and an understanding of the areas he needs to improve. Far as I am concerned, this guy is the real deal. It's almost impossible he will still be around from the 6th pick, but if he is, the Canucks should not hesitate. Sam Reinhart also shows good maturity and I have no doubt he will be ready for the NHL very soon. Again, unless we trade up, unlikely to be around... but a definite keeper. Where are you watching the Draft Combine coverage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Grimes Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 I get the feeling he's going to drop like a rock - the Canucks should attempt to pick up a later First Rounder if the situation comes up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anti-Bettman Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Watching the coverage of the preliminary medical examinations, was impressed with Sam Bennett's comments. Where are you watching?? I've been trying to find coverage of the combine for the life of me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apple Juice Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 I'm guessing with this shoulder surgery, Virtanen's gonna drop to the late first round or early second round.. Watch either Chicago, LA, Anaheim, or San Jose pick him up. No doubt he'll be picked by a Western Conference team and for some reason, I have a strong feeling the Ducks will take a chance at him and draft him in the first round. (of course, using their own pick and not Ottawa's 10th overall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane Churla Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Sam Bennett is going to be the best forward drafted this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 If he fell to the second round to us that would be awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UFCanuck Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Sam Reinhart is going to max out as a 2c #cdc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Uh, we know? Jake Virtanen out 4 to 6 month Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SabreFan1 Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Sam Bennett is going to be the best forward drafted this year. He couldn't even do one pull-up at the combine. He better get some working out done in the off-season. Bennett was disappointed he was unable to do a pull-up, one of three new tests at the Scouting Combine this year, but shrugged it off when questioned during his post-fitness media scrum. "My upper body isn't really my strong suit," Bennett said. "I was disappointed in myself; I always want to do the best I can in every test but I guess ultimately games aren't won or lost if you can do a pull-up in the gym. So I'm not too worried about it." http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=721356&navid=nhl:topheads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry Goose Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 He couldn't even do one pull-up at the combine. He better get some working out done in the off-season. http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=721356&navid=nhl:topheads that's pathetic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glory_Days Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 He couldn't even do one pull-up at the combine. He better get some working out done in the off-season. http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=721356&navid=nhl:topheads All that really shows is he just needs to mature a bit more, and work on his upper body strength. Adding upper body strength is easy, just likely means he's not ready to jump right into the NHL. Lot of worse things that prospects, could, potentially need to work on. Hockey IQ Poor Skating Poor Vision Work Effort Stonehands Basketcase ie; Kirill Kabanov Russian Factor. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Tamland Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Not sure how many of you are over 6 feet and 200 lbs and played, but if you are and you played with an edge, your shoulders were hammered year after year. I had shoulder surgery, once healed, good as new. I am not worried about ritchie or Virtanen and shoulder injuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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