filthycanuck Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 On 4/1/2021 at 9:20 PM, nergish said: You can't even write a script for a better career trajectory. I remember reading about this San Diego kid who was a top goaltender in his draft class. A couple weeks later, we nabbed him in the second round. Kid has a marvelous career at Boston College, comes to Utica and becomes arguably their best player in short-order. Learns the ropes under Marky, has that spectacular playoff performance. Takes a couple weeks to adjust to his new role as starter on a weak defensive team, gets locked into a groove and shuts it down. A few short months later, he gets a contract that sets him up in a big way without hurting the team. Now we've got our starting guy locked up for our competitive window. I love this kid. This is what they call "development". You can piss all over Green, Benning, and co. but they got this one right from day 1. Flawless execution. But really, it's all Thatcher. He's that good. Too think, Calgary needed a franchise goalie and had a shot at getting him in 2014! Demko was far and away the top goalie prospect that draft, analysts thought he would be going in the 20's and we got him in the 2nd round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred65 Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 (edited) 10 hours ago, filthycanuck said: Too think, Calgary needed a franchise goalie and had a shot at getting him in 2014! Demko was far and away the top goalie prospect that draft, analysts thought he would be going in the 20's and we got him in the 2nd round. Calgary drafted ahead of Vcr in 2014 and in the second round chose Mason McDonald at 34 O/A. Vr took Demko at 36 ie Calgary could have had Demko but decided McDonald was the better bet Mason McDonald Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com Edited April 5, 2021 by Fred65 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mordekai Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 23 hours ago, Fred65 said: Calgary drafted ahead of Vcr in 2014 and in the second round chose Mason McDonald at 34 O/A. Vr took Demko at 36 ie Calgary could have had Demko but decided McDonald was the better bet Mason McDonald Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com You are not acknowledging the fact that canucks had a hand in demko’s development Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred65 Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 1 hour ago, mordekai said: You are not acknowledging the fact that canucks had a hand in demko’s development They did well in developing Demko, it took quite a while but in the end they got the player they had envisaged Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanfor42 Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 Bubble Demko. Such a perfect nickname and sets the table for the future. Every time the Canucks get in the playoffs in the next 10 years its gonna be OMG if bubble Denko shows up look out we could go far. Teams are going to be afraid of it lol. So great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odjick the Warrior Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 Thatcher Demko's nickname should be Inception Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Canucks-12 Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 6 hours ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: Incredible high quality saves by Demko last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bigbadcanucks Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 You gotta listen to InGoal podcast Episode 135 podcast - starts at 38:25...man, is Thatcher ever articulate. Provides a ton of insight. You won't be disappointed. https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/ingoal-radio-podcast/id1447428030 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hogs & Podz Posted September 11, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 11, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, bigbadcanucks said: You gotta listen to InGoal podcast Episode 135 podcast - starts at 38:25...man, is Thatcher ever articulate. Provides a ton of insight. You won't be disappointed. https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/ingoal-radio-podcast/id1447428030 Thanks BigBad! Best indepth interview I've every heard in relation to goaltending. Demko is the man! He has a great work ethic, loves to be challenged by Clark, loves to learn new technics, always looking to increase his mobility. Has a psychology major so takes pride in his mental game. Awesome disposition. He's got it all. I say he'll be top 3 by year end. In the running for the vezina. Edited September 11, 2021 by Hogs & Podz 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N4ZZY Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 On 7/13/2021 at 4:10 PM, Canucks-12 said: Incredible high quality saves by Demko last season. He was always being groomed to be the number one. Last season he finally arrived. He's taking another step this season with a better team in front of him. I wouldn't be surprised if he's top 10 for most of the season, top 5 by the end of the year. The young man is that good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post -Vintage Canuck- Posted September 13, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted September 13, 2021 Canucks goalie Thatcher Demko eager to take next step this season: VANCOUVER — It may have been a throwaway season, but there was never garbage time last year for Thatcher Demko. As the Vancouver Canucks closed their most disappointing season this century with a meaningless stretch of games in May — future National Hockey League historians will be intrigued that the team’s dismal regular season ended AFTER the Stanley Cup playoffs began — Demko was still trying to prove himself. Hollowed by his bout with COVID-19 in April, the Canucks’ new starting goalie was still playing like it meant something, which it did. After losing his first four starts after the coronavirus crushed the Canucks, Demko somehow found the mental and physical strength to finish the season with a six-game stretch that exemplified his breakthrough as Jacob Markstrom’s replacement. Playing behind what turned out to be the worst team in the Canadian division, Demko stopped 93.1 per cent of shots and won four times. His save counts in those wins: 42, 40, 32 and 40. “People talk about Thatcher’s March and how well he played,” Canucks goaltending coach Ian Clark told Sportsnet last week. “But what he did at the end of the season, after what he’d been through and what the team went through, was even more impressive to me. He stole games.” Just imagine if he were healthy. “I think the pandemic put perspective on a lot of different things,” Demko said Friday when asked about his recovery from COVID. “I didn't really follow the typical COVID ... how COVID usually works. I was okay for about a week or 10 days (after testing positive), and then around like Day 11 or 12, it hit me really hard. And that was kind of the time when they were pushing us back on the ice. I was like: 'Hey, like this is kind of just getting to me now.' “Everyone kind of dealt with it a little bit differently. It was definitely hard that last stretch of games, really challenging. There was probably not a guy in the room that was feeling 100 per cent through the last game of the year. But those are the things I'm talking where you play through stuff. There's a bunch of speed bumps and you've got to try and figure out how to manoeuvre through them. Mentally, you can kind of take lessons from it. “I think the intangible things that you can pull from those situations are more important than maybe the entire season itself. Obviously, we want to be a playoff team every year and that ended up not being the case last year. But I feel like there were so many things that I could pull from that to help as an individual and the group. Guys were saying around the end of the year, if you can get through last season, you can pretty much get through anything.” *I understand that I may withdraw my consent at any time. After boosting his save percentage to .915 last season from the .905 of his rookie campaign in 2019-20, Demko is so eager for this season that he has been in Vancouver for nearly a month to get some extra prep work in with Clark. “Pitchers, quarterbacks and goalies,” Clark said, naming highly technical positions that require extra preparation. Demko looked in mid-season form last week during practices Canucks players staged at the University of B.C. Those sessions move inside Rogers Arena this week, ahead of training camp Sept. 23-25 in Abbotsford. The fully-vaccinated 25-year-old from San Diego said he felt he took a significant step last season but, as bad as things went for the team, “it’s hard to look at last year in an overly positive light.” “I feel like there's a ton more room for me to grow,” Demko said. “I think I can get a little bit better, a little more consistent start to finish. That just comes with experience. This year I just want to take another step as far as maybe my presence in the locker room and becoming a little bit more of a leader maybe and just solidifying my role on the team and making sure I'm there every single night. “I think there's no reason we shouldn't make the playoffs this year. That's our goal every year, but I think this year especially, as a group we kind of have it in our minds that we want to prove to people that last year was (a) one-off and we still are that team that was in the playoff bubble (the previous season) and surprised some people. "That's what everyone's goal is. Top to bottom, everyone wants to get back in the playoffs and do some damage. I think last year was a little bit of a wake-up call for the whole group (that) just because you did it one year, doesn't mean it's going to happen every year. Coming in this year, we're going to be ready to go.” https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/canucks-goalie-thatcher-demko-eager-take-next-step-season/ 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustard Tiger Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 I know it was right in range with other good young goalies with X amount of experience, But still this 5x5 will end up being one of the most unreal deals. Potential vasi caliber for half the price? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Western Red Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 On 4/9/2021 at 10:11 PM, fanfor42 said: Bubble Demko. Such a perfect nickname and sets the table for the future. Every time the Canucks get in the playoffs in the next 10 years its gonna be OMG if bubble Denko shows up look out we could go far. Teams are going to be afraid of it lol. So great. He doesn't like that phrasing. To him it's just Demko. Me as well. It's so tempting for an announcer to use that phrasing. I like its allure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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