Mackcanuck Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 (edited) Rick Dhaliwal @DhaliwalSports 14m14 minutes ago Corey Hirsch is on SN 650 on if he would start Demko on Thursday vs Coyotes : "I think the plan was to get Demko 7-10 days with Ian Clark and then give him a start, maybe on the weekend. I think it's time to move this Demko thread to the current roster thread. Edited January 7, 2019 by Mackcanuck 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerrDrFunk Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Making moves already! Also, I agree it's time for Demko to graduate to the current roster sub forum. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray_Cathode Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 On 12/17/2018 at 5:31 AM, UticaHockey said: I get a chuckle when I read comments that DiPietro is a better prospect than Demko. Everyone loves the shiny newer toy. I expected Thatcher to look rusty after missing two months with a concussion but he hasn't missed a beat. If anything he looks more technically sound and is staying up longer and not giving up the goals over his shoulder. I'm just grateful to have a couple of terrific prospects - if one pays off, that's great, if both pay off....! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 1 hour ago, HerrDrFunk said: Making moves already! Also, I agree it's time for Demko to graduate to the current roster sub forum. In fairness, that's against guys who've been shut out how many times in the past few weeks...? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre Mac Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 1 hour ago, HerrDrFunk said: Making moves already! Also, I agree it's time for Demko to graduate to the current roster sub forum. God who was that second shooter? Pretty inexcusable to miss that as a professional hockey player lol. Also cringed a bit when Thatchy got bumped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Kneel Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Trying to injure their rookie goalie? not a healthy looking drill, stretching both ways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
250Integra Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 27 minutes ago, Tre Mac said: God who was that second shooter? Pretty inexcusable to miss that as a professional hockey player lol. Also cringed a bit when Thatchy got bumped. Probably Schaller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jester13 Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 Demko got the Canucks media treatment today with a stupid question asking him details about what he's been working on from watching tapes. I love his response of disbelief that he was being asked to dig in the weeds, but m'gawd our media sucks. Anyone know what are other teams' media are like? Do they ask such ridiculous questions to their players such as we've seen ours do over the years? Anyways, I can't wait to see this guy settle into our lineup. The future is now, and it's getting more exciting with each week that passes. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boudrias Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 15 hours ago, Jester13 said: Demko got the Canucks media treatment today with a stupid question asking him details about what he's been working on from watching tapes. I love his response of disbelief that he was being asked to dig in the weeds, but m'gawd our media sucks. Anyone know what are other teams' media are like? Do they ask such ridiculous questions to their players such as we've seen ours do over the years? Anyways, I can't wait to see this guy settle into our lineup. The future is now, and it's getting more exciting with each week that passes. It makes you wonder how much hockey they ever played, if at all. How many serious hockey questions do you hear? When players are interviewed it is like they were at the dentist. Mostly bored and cannot wait to get done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Kneel Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 We need a page to vett all of these so called sports reporters. Go back to fashion news,or foreign relations, or marine biology or whatever degree got you the media job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kootenay Gold Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 18 minutes ago, Hairy Kneel said: We need a page to vett all of these so called sports reporters. Go back to fashion news,or foreign relations, or marine biology or whatever degree got you the media job. For some of them it looks like they got a masters in B.S. lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 (edited) On 1/7/2019 at 2:03 PM, Tre Mac said: God who was that second shooter? Pretty inexcusable to miss that as a professional hockey player lol. Also cringed a bit when Thatchy got bumped. You wanna ID the second shooter? I’d ask this guy: 19 hours ago, Jester13 said: Demko got the Canucks media treatment today with a stupid question asking him details about what he's been working on from watching tapes. I love his response of disbelief that he was being asked to dig in the weeds, but m'gawd our media sucks. Anyone know what are other teams' media are like? Do they ask such ridiculous questions to their players such as we've seen ours do over the years? Anyways, I can't wait to see this guy settle into our lineup. The future is now, and it's getting more exciting with each week that passes. I dunno, Jester. You mean this interview: Seems like Thatcher opens up the topic of how much video he’s been watching and the reporter is just asking a standard follow-up, which is basically their job. I mean, I’m as willing as anyone to jump on the media whenever they go out of bounds with one of our players, but this just seems like business as usual. Edited January 8, 2019 by SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken. Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Is Demko playing tonight ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rush17 Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 12 hours ago, Chicken. said: Is Demko playing tonight ?? Believe they said he could play on the 16th, 18th, or 20th. They want to give him lots of time with Ian Clark before he gets the ice. They want to hone in on a few things. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckledraggin Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 https://www.nhl.com/canucks/schedule/2019-01-01/PT My scenario is: JAN 13th vs. FLA 20th vs. DET FEB 4th PHI 14th LA 23rd NYI 28th ARI MAR 7th EDM 18th CHI 24th CBJ 29th LA APRIL TBD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post xereau Posted January 15, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted January 15, 2019 Canucks prospect Demko could be assistant Clark’s masterpiece Calgary Flames' Spencer Foo (15) scores against Vancouver Canucks goalie Thatcher Demko, right, as Jalen Chatfield (63) defends during the first period of a pre-season NHL hockey game in Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday September 19, 2018. (Darryl Dyck/CP) Clark is the Vancouver Canucks’ goaltending professor. He was the goalie coach who helped Roberto Luongo elevate his game when he came to Vancouver, then built Sergei Bobrovsky into a Vezina Trophy-winner when Clark went to Columbus. In his first National Hockey League season back on the Canucks’ staff, Clark is helping starter Jacob Markstrom play the best goal of his life. But his masterpiece could one day be Thatcher Demko, the tremendous goaltending prospect from the minors who, since his call-up to the NHL on Jan. 4, has been taking a heavy course load at Clarkie U. The 23-year-old from San Diego is six-foot-four. That’s not what Ian Clark sees. “I always measure goaltenders from an anatomical-athletic perspective on length,” Clark told Sportsnet before Demko and the Canucks got a rest day on Monday. “Length is the key thing, not so much size. You can have a six-foot-four goaltender who lacks athleticism and he can’t lengthen himself (to make saves). But if you watch Andrei Vasilevskiy play (for Tampa), you’re amazed when you watch his length. And then he combines that with good structure and intelligent play. So he’s making simple saves simply and then out of nowhere, his leg comes out and that’s the length that he has. “In Thatcher’s case, for me the question is: Anatomically, working with that athletic ability, does he have length? He’s a long goalie and that is something that’s very promising.” Length is what allows goalies to extend, to reach or even contort to get to pucks. Height is little good if the goalie is not athletic enough or in the proper position to enable length. When Markstrom appeared beaten on a rebound on Sunday but instead thrust his left arm out and back to snare Florida Panther Nick Bjugstad’s point-blank shot during the Canucks’ 5-1 win, that was length. But even length doesn’t matter if the goalkeeper lacks the mental pace to read and anticipate puck movement at the NHL level. “If we’re chasing the game all the time, we’re too physical and will always have a tough time making those reads,” Clark said. “With all the offensive activity in the National Hockey League today – lower save percentage, more goals, more creativity, active D – the ability to have our eyes working for us is essential.” And that is why Canuck practices, seemingly endless for Demko at the moment since there’s no indication when head coach Travis Green will actually start him in a game, are vitally important to the 2014 second-round pick as he transitions to the NHL. Vancouver traded backup Anders Nilsson two weeks ago not so Demko could come up from the Utica Comets and try to lead the Canucks, but so he could train with Clark and work on the foundation the team hopes will eventually make him a No. 1 goalie in the NHL. “It’s a big adjustment,” Demko said. “The guys are moving quicker, shots are coming quicker and plays develop quicker as well. You definitely have to read the game quicker. “I just want to become acclimated as quickly as I can. It will come in time and with playing games and all that good stuff. But these practices are huge for me, just to see the shots and the pace and how strong guys are in front of me. So just keep getting acclimated and build confidence and get comfortable as the season goes along.” Demko first worked with Clark at training camp in September. When he suffered a concussion and was returned to Utica to start a third season in the American Hockey League, Demko travelled with what Clark described as a “laundry list” of things he needed to improve. That could be humbling, even a little insulting, to a player who had a brilliant college career at Boston College and was an AHL star last season when Demko posted a .922 save rate with the Comets. But Demko accepted Clark’s recommendations. “I haven’t been with Thatcher a lot, obviously,” Clark said. “What I can tell you is he spent his time down in Utica very well. He left with sort of a laundry list of things to think about and begin to develop, and I can tell you he has checked off a number of those things, which is great for the franchise. “Yeah, there’s some things Thatcher needs to develop. But my point is, he took it upon himself to use that time (in Utica) productively. He took things upon himself, which is the sign of a mature goaltender.” Demko said: “One thing Clarkie is really good at is putting everything into terms. The way he looks at the game is a little different, but in a good way. When the communication is there and everyone is on the same page, the player is going to have a better chance to develop successfully. When you can narrow it down to maybe five things that you can work on instead of trying to look at the big picture … that can be overwhelming sometimes. That list that Clarkie gave me I thought was pretty helpful.” Clark said he tells his goalies that they’re in charge of their development, and he is just there to assist. “I’m more of a compass than a GPS system for them,” he said. He’ll point them the right way, but the player has to get to the final destination on his own. Demko desperately wants to get there. He badly wants to play, too, but knows a game or two in January isn’t his destination. “This is what I’ve been working for,” he said. “I’ve got no right to come up and start demanding stuff. I’m just working hard every day and when they decide to give me a chance to play, I’ll be ready and be excited.” 3 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHL rocks Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 This thread should be moved to current roster. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 12 hours ago, WHL rocks said: This thread should be moved to current roster. Done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Glug Datt Posted January 15, 2019 Share Posted January 15, 2019 41 minutes ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: not sure I grasp the reasoning there.. be interesting to hear Zepp's thoughts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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