Canucks fell from 18th Overall Pick in 2015 Draft to 23rd Overall by Defeating Edmonton in Final Regular Season Game

[Canucks]

Remember this game?

The Canucks came from behind and defeated the Oilers in OT in a meaningless final game of the regular season.

If the Canucks had lost that game in regulation, they would have drafted 18th in the first round of the 2015 NHL Draft (on the basis of finishing 13th overall in the NHL standings).

However, since the Canucks won that game, they improved to 8th overall in the NHL standings and fell to the 23rd pick in the Draft.

Also, keep in mind that unless the Flames deafeat Anaheim in Round 2, they will pick AHEAD of the Canucks in the 2015 Draft.

[Gstank29]

Before posting a thread ask yourself

"does this really deserve a thread"

[Crackers]

Whatever. We weren't thinking about draft placement at that time, we were thinking about getting home ice advantage against as many potential playoff opponents as possible, and maintaining momentum for the playoffs. I'm still happy we won that game.

[24K PureCool]

Good to know.

Just shows how tight the league is today. Can't change much about the past now. I hope JB trades down to pick 24. That pick has did wonders for us lately.

P.S. Inb4lock

[Dragonfruits]

guess what if the scouts did their job this year the difference between 19th and 23rd for the Canucks will be nothing

you seriously think you will get players to lose a game on purpose to improve draft position from 23rd to 19th this will never happen

[hockeyfan-observer]

Even the 23rd pick should be ok - there has been some excellent recent players drafted very late or not at all like Corey Perry or Jamie Benn. Our GM needs to evaluate carefully the team's needs and player's ability to handle the competitive playoff pressures as we witnessed this week and today.

[Hobbes!!!]

I don't know how much this really will matter in the end.

18 year olds are kind of a crap shoot mid-first round anyway. Lots of higher picks amount to nothing while lower ones turn out well. I think it has so much to do with development within the system anyway.

18 vs 23:

2003: Eric Fehr vs Kesler.

2004: Kyle Chipchura vs Andrej Meszaros

Etc

[Derp...]

The thing your forgettting is that we traded 3 picks this year, and I'd rather have those teams "Calgary", Anahiem, and TBay pick later in those rounds then us pick 4 spots earlier in the first.

[hsedin33]

Guh, we need to stop trading our picks.

[Baer.]

who cares

[Gross-Misconduct]

Wow. You people have WAAAAY to much time on your hands

[ey40]

Ok, what else we need to blame for this first-round defeat?

[Bruce Boudreau]

Doesn't matter as long as Canucks land a potential elite d-man. Jeremy Roy.

[tyhee]

Whatever. We weren't thinking about draft placement at that time, we were thinking about getting home ice advantage against as many potential playoff opponents as possible, and maintaining momentum for the playoffs. I'm still happy we won that game.

Not to justify this silly thread, but in fact the home ice advantage had been decided before the Edmonton game started when Calgary lost to Winnipeg in an afternoon game earlier that day.

[-AJ-]

Tis fine. I'd rather lay it all out than suck a loss for a higher pick.

[goblix]

C'est la vie.

Canucks should just be focus'd on winning games and fans should be cheering for the Canucks to win games. We'll leave the tanking for the Edmonton's and the Buffalo's of the league.

If Benning see's a player he wants he'll move around to get to the spot where he can take that player.

[CANUCK-EXPRESS]

Who cares? Draft the highest rated player..

[Bo.Horvat53]

Yeah, buffalo's tanking was really well done right? The Oilers boards are that way.

[Drakrami]

who cares... we play to win, not play to draft.

[Tiger-Hearted]

Jared McCann and Hunter Shinkaruk were both drafted 24th overall.

The Canucks will be fine. Especially with Benning at the helm