Ghostsof1915 Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 Isn't getting points in Utica an improvement? Give the kid time. Hopefully ice time + Green = Growth and Improvement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd. Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 (edited) Virtanen's assist last night: I think he's playing on the first line alongside Valk and Archibald. Valk's impressive, I must say. Edited November 20, 2016 by Odd. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 6 minutes ago, Odd. said: Virtanen's assist last night: I think he's playing on the first line alongside Valk and Archibald. Valk's impressive, I must say. Valk is on an AHL contract, so the Canucks need to sign him. He's got something like 9 points in 3 games. JV creates huge space for Valk. JV is so big and fast he pushes the d back on the rush, and occupies two and three guys in the o zone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Warhippy Posted November 20, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted November 20, 2016 On 11/18/2016 at 5:13 PM, The 5th Line said: He hasn't scored a goal yet in 15 games but yeah he's waayyyy to good for that league. Took Eriksson like 10 games for a goal. Parise only has 2. Numerous other struggling "stars" That is a bit misleading really from a 20 year old with 4th line minutes who has sat for half of those 15 games no? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crabcakes Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 20 minutes ago, Alflives said: Valk is on an AHL contract, so the Canucks need to sign him. He's got something like 9 points in 3 games. JV creates huge space for Valk. JV is so big and fast he pushes the d back on the rush, and occupies two and three guys in the o zone. Valk is one of those Medicine Hat Tiger boys. He scored 46 and 47 goals in his final 2 seasons there but remained undrafted. He is small. The 23 year old is 5'9" 170 but played well enough at the Canucks training camp in 2014 to earn a 1 year minor league contract. To date he has played mostly in Kalamazoo. Last year he was a point a game player in the ECHL netting 16-17-33 in 30 games. This year he leads the Comets in goals with 7-5-12 in 14 games. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd. Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 5 minutes ago, Crabcakes said: Valk is one of those Medicine Hat Tiger boys. He scored 46 and 47 goals in his final 2 seasons there but remained undrafted. He is small. The 23 year old is 5'9" 170 but played well enough at the Canucks training camp in 2014 to earn a 1 year minor league contract. To date he has played mostly in Kalamazoo. Last year he was a point a game player in the ECHL netting 16-17-33 in 30 games. This year he leads the Comets in goals with 7-5-12 in 14 games. He's only 22 or 23 I believe. Can see him getting a contract if he continues his play throughout the whole season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 5 minutes ago, Crabcakes said: Valk is one of those Medicine Hat Tiger boys. He scored 46 and 47 goals in his final 2 seasons there but remained undrafted. He is small. The 23 year old is 5'9" 170 but played well enough at the Canucks training camp in 2014 to earn a 1 year minor league contract. To date he has played mostly in Kalamazoo. Last year he was a point a game player in the ECHL netting 16-17-33 in 30 games. This year he leads the Comets in goals with 7-5-12 in 14 games. We have room on the Canucks for a small playmaker. Right now he looks good with JV, so maybe both should just stay in Utica? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crabcakes Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 (edited) 4 hours ago, Alflives said: We have room on the Canucks for a small playmaker. Right now he looks good with JV, so maybe both should just stay in Utica? Ya, he's a shorter version of Mich Marner. If you're that small, your skills have to be exceptional. Merely good, and he stays in the AHL. /s Besides, the Canucks are short on size up front. Horvat would be the only one over 200 lbs who gets more than 4th line minutes. This is why there was the internal debate (we assume) on whether to keep Virtanen up or do what was right and send him down to develop. Edited November 20, 2016 by Crabcakes 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoBoGo53 Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 1 hour ago, Crabcakes said: Ya, he's a shorter version of Mich Marner. If you're that small, your skills have to be exceptional. Merely good, and he stays in the AHL. Besides, the Canucks are short on size up front. Horvat would be the only one over 200 lbs who gets more than 4th line minutes. This is why there was the internal debate (we assume) on whether to keep Virtanen up or do what was right and send him down to develop. Sorry I don't think he is really close to Marner. Marner is a first overall talent and looks like the next Kane/Giroux. Valk is much more of an uncertainty and doesn't really have the high end skills Marner has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentSam Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 3 hours ago, Alflives said: We have room on the Canucks for a small playmaker. Right now he looks good with JV, so maybe both should just stay in Utica? ... don't forget we have Rodin , alf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crabcakes Posted November 20, 2016 Share Posted November 20, 2016 2 hours ago, GoBoGo53 said: Sorry I don't think he is really close to Marner. Marner is a first overall talent and looks like the next Kane/Giroux. Valk is much more of an uncertainty and doesn't really have the high end skills Marner has. Sorry, should have put a little /s at the end for sarcasm alert. I'll fix that now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Alflives Posted November 20, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted November 20, 2016 38 minutes ago, SilentSam said: ... don't forget we have Rodin , alf Rather we had "RODAN" 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Virtanen had a nice assist on Valk's goal. Good to see him looking to make plays instead of being the solo hero. Check 0:24 of the video for his assist. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mackcanuck Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 (edited) Edited November 22, 2016 by Mackcanuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Monahan Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 20 minutes ago, Mackcanuck said: ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuktravella Posted November 23, 2016 Share Posted November 23, 2016 nice apple jake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drakrami Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 2 assists in 17 AHL games.... Why is everyone so high on this kid again....? Nylander 32pts in 37 AHL game, first year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 20 minutes ago, Drakrami said: 2 assists in 17 AHL games.... Why is everyone so high on this kid again....? Nylander 32pts in 37 AHL game, first year. You know who else was a ppg player at a young age in the A? Linden friggin Vey. Patience. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 24 minutes ago, Alflives said: You know who else was a ppg player at a young age in the A? Linden friggin Vey. Patience. Didnt Bo Horvat have 0 points in 5 AHL games, that was a stint that followed a mediocre WJC appearance. I remember lots of the locals were writing him off or lamenting about nichushkin... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJDDawg Posted November 24, 2016 Share Posted November 24, 2016 Last night (or maybe the game before) he had ZERO goals, ZERO assists, ZERO shots. Yikes. One point (an assist) in his first five games played with ZERO penalty minutes. Miserable stats for a power-forward. He's either very disciplined or very disinterested. I have a feeling we may not see him again this year, which isn't a bad thing. Regular Season Season Team GP G A PTS +/- SH PIM SOG SOA SOGW SO% 2016-17 Regular Season Utica Comets 5 0 1 1 1 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 2015-16 Regular Season Utica Comets 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 Total 7 0 1 1 1 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 Playoffs Season Team GP G A PTS +/- SH PIM SOG SOA SOGW SO% 2015 Calder Cup Playoffs Utica Comets 10 0 1 1 2 11 6 0 0 0 0.0 Total 10 0 1 1 2 11 6 0 0 0 0.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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