Brock Boeser | #6 | RW

[JamesB]

26 minutes ago, TheRussianRocket. said:

 

The above quote comes from an article in the Vancouver Sun by Iain MacIntyre. Another quote (from the UND coach)  is the following:

 

“We have very good players,” Berry said. “Brock’s an excellent player, but he was surrounded with very good players. He scored with those players on his line – Nick Schmaltz and Drake Caggiula. But there was a stretch in (January) where both Schmaltz and Caggiula were out with injuries. And we went to Western Michigan, which is a very tough place to play. We won both games (2-0 and 2-1) and I think Brock scored three of the four goals and was in on the other. And he did it without his top linemates. He just kept playing the same way.”

 

I love this quote as it indicates Boeser is not dependent on his linemates. He looks like the real deal.

 

[Odd.]

If Boeser wants Caggiula to come to Vancouver, you already know this kid ain't going to try and pull off a Vesey 2.0. 

 

After his sophomore, expect Boeser to be with us.

Edited May 5, 2016 by Odd.

[Gaudette Celly]

1 hour ago, DeNiro said:

Awesome. Hopefully Stecher has had a talk with him too.

Schmaltz may be trying to pull the other way too, but the biggest factor for him may be the opportunity -- would think there's more here in the midst of a rebuild than Chicago who are at their peak and just tweaking their roster.  If he comes in, then we really do need to draft a Tkachuk or Dubois, and sign an Okposo.  We would then be set up pretty nicely for forwards, especially in a year or so once they and Boeser make the lineup.

[Wilbur]

1 hour ago, tas said:

weird that boeser would try to convince caggiula to sign in van when brock himself is more than likely to sign elsewhere as a ufa in 3 years.

 

i don't buy it.

Boeser just doesn't want Caggiula to eat up cap space on the team that he really intends to sign with.

 

Dang, where is a smiley wearing a tinfoil hat when you need one.

[The Great 8]

29 minutes ago, Wilbur said:

Boeser just doesn't want Caggiula to eat up cap space on the team that he really intends to sign with.

 

Dang, where is a smiley wearing a tinfoil hat when you need one.

#1 rule, don't waste time with trolls..

[Odd.]

1 minute ago, The Great 8 said:

#1 rule, don't waste time with trolls..

or feed em cookies.

[Gstank29]

2 minutes ago, Odd. said:

or feed em cookies.

or cat treats

[The Great 8]

1 minute ago, Odd. said:

or feed em cookies.

True, on a different note though I like how he's convincing guys to come to van city! He's definetly a good character. Hopefully in a couple years we will have his play making centre.

[ReggieBush]

2 hours ago, tas said:

weird that boeser would try to convince caggiula to sign in van when brock himself is more than likely to sign elsewhere as a ufa in 3 years.

 

i don't buy it.

Haha what a goof, get a life bud

[Diamonds]

I'm pretty sure that @tas was being sarcastic and taking a shot at all of the people who have been freaking out about NCAA players recently...

 

Nice to see that Boeser is pushing for his teammates to sign here. He seems very invested in the Canucks. 

[JamesB]

1 hour ago, Hutton Wink said:

Schmaltz may be trying to pull the other way too, but the biggest factor for him may be the opportunity -- would think there's more here in the midst of a rebuild than Chicago who are at their peak and just tweaking their roster.  If he comes in, then we really do need to draft a Tkachuk or Dubois, and sign an Okposo.  We would then be set up pretty nicely for forwards, especially in a year or so once they and Boeser make the lineup.

I agree that Vancouver offers more opportunity than Chicago for Caggiula to make the NHL line-up in the near future.

 

If Vancouver does draft Tkachuk or Dubois (as we all agree is likely) and signs a good top 6 forward as a UFA (as is also likely), we will have pretty good depth at the forward position, with Horvat, Sutter, Baertschi, McCann and Virtanen as the emerging young core along with maybe one or two of the guys competing for other spots (Etem, Rodin, Granlund, Gaunce etc.) We still need a  franchise-type forward of course, and Caggiula won't fill that role, but maybe Tkachuk or Dubois has that potential. 

[tas]

yes, i was being sarcastic. 

[Odd.]

3 hours ago, tas said:

yes, i was being sarcastic. 

hard to understand sarcasm sometimes over the internet. ;p

[hockeyville88]

 

Brock Boeser piled up 60 points as a UND freshman, won a national championship and now he's going to prom with the Homecoming Queen.

Boeser will walk with senior Baylee Bjorge for Grand March during Grand Forks Central's prom on Saturday night.

 

Bjorge, born with Down syndrome, is a fixture at sporting events and is popular among the student body. They voted her Homecoming Queen last year.

Bjorge created a Twitter account and asked Boeser if he would go to prom with her. But Bjorge's mother, Katie Marcotte, shut down her social media accounts, unaware that she had asked Boeser to prom.

"I don't like her on them," Marcotte said.

Boeser tried to respond, but couldn't, because the account had been shut down. He tracked down a mutual friend to get a phone number for Marcotte. He texted Marcotte on Tuesday night, asking if he could still take Baylee to prom.

Marcotte didn't know much about Boeser, though. She asked her oldest son, Boe, one of the top scorers on the Central boys hockey team: "Who is this kid?"

"He said, 'Are you serious? He's one of the best hockey players in the country. That's amazing,'" Marcotte said.

Bjorge hadn't planned on going to prom, but quickly found a dress Tuesday while she was on vacation with her family in Florida. She's returning Friday from the vacation.

Boeser, a first-round draft pick of the Vancouver Canucks, is Baylee's favorite player.

"I'm excited," Baylee said. "It's amazing."

Marcotte said: "I just couldn't believe how he went way out of his way to track us down."

Baylee, 20, was technically a senior last year at Central, but can still go to the school for two more years. UND forward Colten St. Clair attended her graduation party last year, bringing her a hockey stick and an autographed jersey.

"These boys have really taken care of her," Marcotte said.

[Chronopolis]

http://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/und-hockey/4025571-und-hockey-brock-boeser-take-grand-forks-student-down-syndrome-prom

 

Looks like Brock is both a great player and a great human being.  

 

 

Edited May 5, 2016 by Chronopolis

[thejazz97]

Was just gonna post that haha

 

He's a great guy.

[73 Percent]

The impressive part is that he went out of his way to make this happen. 

 

JB and his character guys. Good on brock man. Glad to have him part of this organization. 

[MJDDawg]

That's an awesome feel good story.

[Tiger-Hearted]

I see a lot of 'Sedin class' in this young man. With the Canucks For Kids Fund and the Canucks Autism Network, Brock is going to be a great hit here in Vancouver - both on and off the ice. 

 

 

 

[24K PureCool]

Guess JB cashed all of our luck on Boeser last year. No wonder we did not win the draft lottery.