richado Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Somewhere, Shawn Matthias is weeping. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EverBlue Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Yannick Weber and Nick Bonino are next! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
higgyfan Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Interesting article about the Calder Race and Brock's rookie success. https://thehockeywriters.com/canucks-brock-boeser-scoring-impact/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 While meeting fans at a recent Canucks Season Ticket Member event, Brock Boeser had a close call with a tiny fan and her scissors. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 1 hour ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: While meeting fans at a recent Canucks Season Ticket Member event, Brock Boeser had a close call with a tiny fan and her scissors. what a class act this guy is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post higgyfan Posted December 17, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted December 17, 2017 47 minutes ago, Jimmy McGill said: Brock will be a wealthy man one day, but he'll do it his own way. Kid's got good looks, great personality, tons of character and a boat load of class. 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N4ZZY Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 12 hours ago, higgyfan said: Brock will be a wealthy man one day, but he'll do it his own way. Kid's got good looks, great personality, tons of character and a boat load of class. Him and Bo are the faces of this franchise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TGT68 Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 looking at his draft class and points so far. He is already 10th in scoring. He could eventually end up third in his draft year behind McJesus and Eichel, that assumes he can stay ahead of Barzal and eventually catch Marner and Aho. But the 23rd pick ending up top 10 or 5 or 3 in his draft year would be pretty amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caknuckle Puck Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 1 hour ago, TGT68 said: looking at his draft class and points so far. He is already 10th in scoring. He could eventually end up third in his draft year behind McJesus and Eichel, that assumes he can stay ahead of Barzal and eventually catch Marner and Aho. But the 23rd pick ending up top 10 or 5 or 3 in his draft year would be pretty amazing. its already amazing, embrace it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2011 Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 On 2017-12-16 at 2:13 PM, higgyfan said: Interesting article about the Calder Race and Brock's rookie success. https://thehockeywriters.com/canucks-brock-boeser-scoring-impact/ Thanks for sharing, that was a great read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuzy Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 This Bork Besnar guy is pretty amazing, hey?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil_314 Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Quote CANUCKS’ COMEBACK SEASON SUFFERS ANOTHER BLOW WITH BOESER INJURY By: Ken CampbellDec 18, 2017 Brock BoeserImage by: Jeff Vinnick/NHLI via Getty Images SHARE The Canucks lost their best player and the league's top rookie when Brock Boeser was felled by a blocked shot, and the injury has all but ended Vancouver's hopes of a playoff push. The Vancouver Canucks started this season as a fascinating little yarn, an overachieving team with a new coach who had the temerity to force the torch to be passed from the team’s franchise players to a group of youngsters. And for a while they were winning games. But in reality, we probably all knew it was going to come to an end sooner or later. READ ALSO :Russian ban could spell doom for Canada at 2018 Olympics Instead what has happened is that end has been thrust upon the Canucks, not giving them a real chance to see how good they actually could be this season. Would the Canucks have made the playoffs even if they had been 100 percent healthy? Probably not – although they went into their game Sunday night just four points out of a playoff spot after a much-needed overtime win over the San Jose Sharks last Friday night – but it would have been fun to find out. But now, whatever hopes the Canucks had of making the playoffs in 2017-18 almost certainly circled down the drain last night when Calder Trophy frontrunner Brock Boeser dragged himself off the ice after being hit in the foot with a Mark Giordano shot. It didn’t look good. Not at all. And now, neither do the Canucks’ prospects of having their first rookie of the year since Pavel Bure 26 years ago. Boeser’s agent Ben Hankinson said Monday afternoon that his client was in a fair bit of pain and was scheduled to have an MRI done on his foot today. And of course, the injury came on a blocked shot and don’t get me started on that. Brock Boeser should never, ever be blocking shots. It’s one of the most overrated facets of the game and, if the example Boeser provided on the Giordano shot, one of the most poorly taught. As Howie Meeker would say, “Stop it right there!” Watch the precise moment Giordano unleashes his snapshot. Boeser, who is playing the point on the power play and is skating backward to protect the zone, pulls a 'flamingo' and lifts his right foot at the last second. Had he simply stood his ground and kept both his skates on the ice, the shot almost certainly would have harmlessly hit him in the shin pad. Because of the culture of hockey that celebrates under-protected players getting in the way of shots that goalies have a better-than-90-percent chance of stopping, though, it was either tentatively stand in the way of the shot or risk being branded a soft player. Stupid shot-blocking culture. The shame in all of this is that Boeser was not only the Canucks’ best rookie, he was their best player. For example, of the 17 goals Boeser has scored this season – a mark that leads all first-year players by five – 11 of them have either pulled the Canucks into a tier or put them ahead in a game. Consider that there are only four players in the NHL – Sean Monahan of the Calgary Flames with 13 and Anders Lee of the New York Islanders and Nikita Kucherov of the Tampa Bay Lighting with 12 – who have more goals in those situations (shootout goals not included). Four of those goals have put the Canucks in the lead to stay. So if Boeser is out long-term, the race for the Calder Trophy would be once again be wide open. After starting the season on fire, Clayton Keller of the Arizona Coyotes has cooled off considerably, while Mathew Barzal of the Islanders, Alex DeBrincat of the Chicago Blackhawks and Yanni Gourde and Mikhail Sergachev of the Lightning are beginning to make things very interesting. Kind of makes you think the Canucks are cursed this season, starting with Derek Dorsett being forced to retire in a season when he was on pace to put up career numbers. And with Bo Horvat, Brandon Sutter and Sven Baertschi – who coincidentally had his jaw broken by a Giordano clearing attempt – preceding Boeser on the Canucks’ injury list, well, that’s simply too much for any team’s depth to endure, let alone one that’s as depleted as the Canucks. So in a season when Canuck fans could have at least clung to the fact that they had the Calder Trophy winner, now they have a whole lot of nothing. Unless, of course, you take the macabre view that losing all those guys long-term will drive the Canucks lower in the standings and give them a better standing for the draft lottery. And that may be all she wrote... Boeser felled by a Giordano slapshot last game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 5 hours ago, Phil_314 said: And that may be all she wrote... Boeser felled by a Giordano slapshot last game F*ck Giordano. I want Edler to shoot at his shin pad next time we play them. One time where Edler will be applauded for getting his shot blocked would be when he shoots at Giordano's leg. $hit I'm so angry with Boeser's injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentSam Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 5 hours ago, khay said: F*ck Giordano. I want Edler to shoot at his shin pad next time we play them. One time where Edler will be applauded for getting his shot blocked would be when he shoots at Giordano's leg. $hit I'm so angry with Boeser's injury. Edler shoots?? If he does, he must not do it very often. I just see his give aways which usually put a team mate in an awkward position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 10 minutes ago, SilentSam said: Edler shoots?? If he does, he must not do it very often. I just see his give aways which usually put a team mate in an awkward position. What?? Edler has PhD in getting his shots blocked. Whenever he shoots, it bounces off of the blocker, which kills offensive momentum and at times leading to a breakaway chance. Not sure if he does it very often but he sure likes to hone his skills by shooting at opposition's legs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boudrias Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 2 hours ago, khay said: What?? Edler has PhD in getting his shots blocked. Whenever he shoots, it bounces off of the blocker, which kills offensive momentum and at times leading to a breakaway chance. Not sure if he does it very often but he sure likes to hone his skills by shooting at opposition's legs. Remember Sami Salo's shot. Players scattered when they saw him go into his swing. I honestly thought he pulled back on his shot because he was afraid of hurting someone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilentSam Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 1 hour ago, Boudrias said: Remember Sami Salo's shot. Players scattered when they saw him go into his swing. I honestly thought he pulled back on his shot because he was afraid of hurting someone. Boud's. I saw this on twitter,. I believe it's recent ??!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Brock gutted it out into 173rd in all time Canuck scoring. Stats don't compare to who's around him right now. Onward and upward! 172. Mark Kirton C 119 23 14 37 173. Brock Boeser RW 41 22 15 37 174. Ron Delorme C 210 17 20 37 175. Brian Noonan RW 98 14 23 37 176. Marek Malik D 147 10 27 37 177. Brad Gassoff LW 122 19 17 36 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHL rocks Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 I'm predicting Boeser wins the Rocket Richard for most goals at end of this season. He'll be top 3 for sure but I really think he's gonna win it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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