Kootenay Gold Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Who cares! He is no longer a Canuck and that is a good thing IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73 Percent Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 1 hour ago, 73 Percent said: he's changed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boudrias Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 23 hours ago, Kootenay Gold said: Who cares! He is no longer a Canuck and that is a good thing IMO. Your sounding bitter Koot. Shotgun realizes he can take a extra half second to get his shot off and is cashing in. I can still root for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeBrew Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 On 9/27/2021 at 5:30 AM, Law of Goalies said: New life for JV I see he's gone with the scum-stache look. Suiting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kootenay Gold Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 1 hour ago, Boudrias said: Your sounding bitter Koot. Shotgun realizes he can take a extra half second to get his shot off and is cashing in. I can still root for him. Not so much bitter as extremely disappointed in him. He was given every chance to succeed and blew it. Other young players would give their eye teeth for the chance to play in the NHL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boudrias Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 2 hours ago, Kootenay Gold said: Not so much bitter as extremely disappointed in him. He was given every chance to succeed and blew it. Other young players would give their eye teeth for the chance to play in the NHL. I won't disagree with you. Jake had all the tools except for what counts between the ears. If he burns the KHL up it is more a commentary about the quality of play there than anything else. I don't think we should forget that Jake came into the NHL way to early by all appearances. That is on the Canucks as much as on Jake. Desperate team looking for a savior in a 19 year old. We can watch McCann tonight who got the same treatment. Not good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kootenay Gold Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 18 minutes ago, Boudrias said: I won't disagree with you. Jake had all the tools except for what counts between the ears. If he burns the KHL up it is more a commentary about the quality of play there than anything else. I don't think we should forget that Jake came into the NHL way to early by all appearances. That is on the Canucks as much as on Jake. Desperate team looking for a savior in a 19 year old. We can watch McCann tonight who got the same treatment. Not good. I was not a fan of the Canucks rushing both players into the NHL when clearly neither were really ready to make that jump. Both should have started in the AHL. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeBrew Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 43 minutes ago, Boudrias said: I won't disagree with you. Jake had all the tools except for what counts between the ears. If he burns the KHL up it is more a commentary about the quality of play there than anything else. I don't think we should forget that Jake came into the NHL way to early by all appearances. That is on the Canucks as much as on Jake. Desperate team looking for a savior in a 19 year old. We can watch McCann tonight who got the same treatment. Not good. Yup. Just look at the players that couldn't crack the Vancouver lineup to go on to have some success in the KHL: Nikolay Goldobin, Linden Vey and Phillip Larsen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
250Integra Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 Podz getting comfortable out there 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zazzini Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 On 10/5/2021 at 5:39 PM, HomeBrew said: Yup. Just look at the players that couldn't crack the Vancouver lineup to go on to have some success in the KHL: Nikolay Goldobin, Linden Vey and Phillip Larsen. As you know, there is more involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Law of Goalies Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 On 10/6/2021 at 8:14 AM, Kootenay Gold said: I was not a fan of the Canucks rushing both players into the NHL when clearly neither were really ready to make that jump. Both should have started in the AHL. But they couldn't as it was either junior or NHL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kootenay Gold Posted October 7, 2021 Share Posted October 7, 2021 6 hours ago, Law of Goalies said: But they couldn't as it was either junior or NHL. That's true and that is an unfortunate reality of how the leagues have set up the transfer rules. It is because of this that they wound up in the NHL instead of the AHL were they probably should have played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Law of Goalies Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 12 hours ago, Kootenay Gold said: That's true and that is an unfortunate reality of how the leagues have set up the transfer rules. It is because of this that they wound up in the NHL instead of the AHL were they probably should have played. Completely agree. They should have played in the AHL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toyotasfan Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 3 goals in 8 games , lighting up the KHL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanucksCountry Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 On 10/14/2021 at 8:50 PM, Toyotasfan said: 3 goals in 8 games , lighting up the KHL Lol a -1 still, Somethings never change Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Googlie Posted October 19, 2021 Share Posted October 19, 2021 (edited) Broke out of his mini slump with an assist last game. Not in the KHL's top 50 in scoring, but 3 ex- Canucks are ... Spooner, Leipsic and Graovac (3 Canadians are in the top 4 ... Audette, Maillet and Knight) Oh, and Curtis Valk, a Utica signing for 3 seasons, sits 14th in KHL scoring with 18 points after 28 games Edited October 19, 2021 by Googlie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxVerstappen33 Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 (edited) On 9/27/2021 at 5:30 AM, Law of Goalies said: New life for JV We draft the "safe" good ol Canadian kid. And here we are 7 years after draft day watching him play hockey in Russia. Glad we picked Podkolzin just to shake things up. Character was supposed to be these good boy Canadians strong suit. How did our scouts blow this so bad ? Edited November 4, 2021 by MaxVerstappen33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Law of Goalies Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 3 hours ago, MaxVerstappen33 said: We draft the "safe" good ol Canadian kid. And here we are 7 years after draft day watching him play hockey in Russia. Glad we picked Podkolzin just to shake things up. Character was supposed to be these good boy Canadians strong suit. How did our scouts blow this so bad ? I think it was mostly we wanted a big power forward and I'm sure Benning wanted a local kid to bring in the fans and have someone to root for. I honestly blame him, the coach and the development team on what happened to him. If things all went differently, maybe we could have had a better Jake. I mean I remember when he first came to camp overweight, there was a report that stated that he said the coaches told him to add on some weight (of course with the lack of guidance, he went fat instead of muscle). And also, I'm sure he would have done better in juniors and asked to "work on certain aspects of his game" instead of rushing to the NHL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxVerstappen33 Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 I think Jakes agent sent him to Russia to cool down for a bit. He will probably come back to play a Zack Kassian or Steve Bernier role. His ceiling is higher than either one. How is it possible that thug kassian didn't get caught up in this but Jake did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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