hockeyguy1234 Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Do you guys realize we only have to finish in the top 3 in our division to guarantee a playoff spot? I'd say Anaheim and LA are better than us, but we can give Calgary and San Jose a run for 3rd. I won't even comment on Edmonton. They're moving in the right direction with Chiarelli but I won't believe it until I see it from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyrEnkidu Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 1.) Nashville 2.) Chicago 3.) St. Louis 4.) Anaheim 5.) Calgary 6.) Minnesota 7.) Edmonton 8.) Vancouver 9.) LA 10.) Colorado 11.) Winnipeg 12.) San Jose 13.) Dallas 14.) Arizona regards, G. EDIT: spelling. I think your most of you are high on BC bud ...the prediction above is much closer to what will be reality......they will not get a top 10 pick unless they trade for it...they are/will be middle of the pack ....not saying they are a playoff team but it wouldnt surprise me because they way things are shaping up this years version will be closer to an actual team then in many years, and it looks like they will have more heart, toughness and determination....add to that more character and they become a dangerous commodity come playoff time......happens all the time...an 8th place team going deep just because of the character and will of the team....<----this is my prediction top 20 draft pick and 2 rounds in the playoffs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TyrEnkidu Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 I think your most of you are high on BC bud ...the prediction above is much closer to what will be reality......they will not get a top 10 pick unless they trade for it...they are/will be middle of the pack ....not saying they are a playoff team but it wouldnt surprise me because they way things are shaping up this years version will be closer to an actual team then in many years, and it looks like they will have more heart, toughness and determination....add to that more character and they become a dangerous commodity come playoff time......happens all the time...an 8th place team going deep just because of the character and will of the team....<----this is my prediction top 20 draft pick and 2 rounds in the playoffs I dont see Edmonton in the top 10 at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyCuddles Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 I can't help but believe we'll be right in the thick of things come April. Our boys in Blue and Green clocking in at that 8 spot. If Horvat can up his game, and Virtanen can crack this roster and make some noise of course. Stars must align for us to have a legit shot of course. We need Sbisa to play up to his contract, we'll need Vey to become consistent, Sedins to hold the status quo, Miller to stay healthy, and Edler and Tanev to minute munch. If all those connect, I still believe in this team to make some noise. Our bottom 6 got a lot tougher with Prust, so we should be tougher to play against. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NucksFanInOz Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 This team will fight for a wild with a glut of teams like the Sharks, Stars, and Avs. I don't quite see the Oilers there, but they will steal games from us which will be the difference between 8th and 12th. Benning will start a fire sale if the team is out of a playoff spot by trade deadline, and it will only take 4 points to trigger it in a very tight west. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luongo_01 Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 VAN will place 5th in the division behind ANA, LA, and Alberta. Then they'll end up with a mediocre draft pick in typical Canucks fashion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Surfer Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Draft is over, and the free agency frenzy is nearly complete. As it stands now, where do you think teams will end up in the West? 1) Anaheim 2) Minnesota 3) Calgary 4) Nashville 5) Chicago 6) St. Louis 7) LA 8) Winnipeg -------------------- 9) Dallas 10) Colorado 11) Edmonton 12) San Jose 13) Vancouver 14) Arizona Top 7 pick for Vancouver? I like to be positive, but? Gunna cheer my arse off, but this is logically where it lands IMO. Anaheim Calgary LA Chicago Nashville Minnesota St Louis > wildcard Winnipeg > wildcard San Jose Edmonton (might be high, might need time but Sekara, Renihart & McDavid all coming to town, Nurse?) Dallas Are they any better defensively? Got some pop! Philly of the west! Vancouver Colorado (better in some ways, but lost ROR and Stastny in back to back years = time) Arizona edit : The team that can and should surprise, may easily move up is Winnipeg. But it depends if Morrisey, Ehlers or any other rookies make it. AND make an impact. Until they do, going to cede it this way. But frack, they could also do damage from that wildcard position. Big, physical, imposing and fast team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice orca Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Miller is one year older and slower, Markstrom is a complete unknown yet at the NHL level. We did nothing to address secondary scoring so i will go with the 13th hole for the Canucks. Gone are the days of banking points off the Coil and Phlembs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasCanuck Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Same thing last year, everyone thought the Canucks would miss...yet they didnt. Just saying This! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
{nhl} Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 We will still be better than the oilers. That team is still a skeleton of prospects that have been taught how to lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Surfer Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 1.) Nashville 2.) Chicago 3.) St. Louis 4.) Anaheim 5.) Calgary 6.) Minnesota 7.) Edmonton 8.) Vancouver 9.) LA 10.) Colorado 11.) Winnipeg 12.) San Jose 13.) Dallas 14.) Arizona regards, G. EDIT: spelling. Prust helps our 4th line. I don't buy that we are better anywhere else. Is our 2knd line going to be Baertschi - Bonino - Vrbata? Not better this year anyway. Maybe when more of Virtanen, Boeser, McCann etc start arriving (in force > ie when they are impacting). I hate to admit would like to see Vrbata moved for futures. We'll see how it goes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Surfer Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Same thing last year, everyone thought the Canucks would miss...yet they didnt. Just saying Last year we added Vrbata, had a new coach, expected (and received) reinvigoration from the Twins. Barring the unknown; Baertschi & any improvement from Horvat is what we have to hang our improvement hat on. Bartkowski may be good value, but is not going to be any game breaker for us. Our D is faster, but smaller and less physical in a BIG and getting bigger. To that end Vey is getting a promotion at the expense of the ultr competitive Richardson. Prust will add some feist. Is he better than Mathias (who he really replaces)? I am not a member of tank nation. But unlike last year, we did not make any moves to step up our competitiveness. If not making tangeable moves to stay competitive in an improving conference; I don't see the logic in keeping Miller over lack, Prust over Kass. Last year I dismissed tank nation because it was justified. This year we are just stuck flapping our wings in the middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AV's Coin Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 teams that improved in our division L.A + Lucic Anahiem + Bieksa (already a favorite to win it all) Edmonton ( no question about this. Added Connor McDavid, goaltending and defence. Calgary, Hamilton + Frolik, (although not much of a threat still better then VAncouver so to be honest, even divisional standings its like that top makes it in, second one might be a wild card if we finish ahead of the Central wild cards. canucks come in 11th or 12 this year. Is Anaheim better with Bieksa over Beauchemin. They have put similar numbers up over the last 4 years. Similar age. Beauch has better plus/minus (better team though) and is a little bigger. I dont know - maybe a wash? They lost Beleskey. I cant think who else they added? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanTSN Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Why are people thinking the team will do worse when the lineup is better? They'll be in the playoff hunt for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honky Cat Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 We will still be better than the oilers. That team is still a skeleton of prospects that have been taught how to lose. Im not so sure about that ..the Oilers have probably bungled their way into being a powerhouse in the next year or so...I think we will be lucky to get a split in the series with them this upcoming season..The days of getting freebie points against the Oilers are over for the foreseeable future ..IMO . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derp... Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 1)ANA 2)NSH 3)CGY 4)STL 5)LA 6)CHI 7)WPG 8)COL 9)MIN 10)EDM 11)DAL 12)SJS 13)VAN 14)ARI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiveEmTheCan Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 1 Anaheim 2 Nashville 3 Chicago 4 Calgary 5 St Louis 6 Edmonton 7 LA 8 Vancouver 9 Minnesota 10 Winnipeg 11 San Jose 12 Colorado 13 Dallas 14 Arizona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedman Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 1. Anaheim 2. Chicago 3. Calgary 4. St. Louis 5. Minnesota 6. Nashville 7. LA 8. Colorado 9. Winnipeg 10. San Jose 11. Dallas 12. Vancouver 13. Edmonton 14. Phoenix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALGARY! Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Everyone who's picking Vancouver to be near the bottom needs to give that some more thought. In reality who was lost? Lack/Bieksa and Kassian, as well as Richardson and Mathias, none of these players, nor the sum of their combined efforts were the reason the Canucks had a 101 point season last year. The reality is the Canucks under the Sedins/Edler/ and Miller, along with some youth and depth will still be competitively fighting out for a spot anywhere from 5-10 in the conference. Sure they might wind up missing the playoffs, but they are not gonna be a total tank show as most here seem to think. I predict they'll be in the hunt basically down to the last week or two, and it wouldn't at all surprise to me see them make the playoffs again. Like I said anything between 5/6-10 in the west is where I expect the Canucks, unless Miller goes down for a long time with an injury and Markstrom can't step up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiveEmTheCan Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Everyone who's picking Vancouver to be near the bottom needs to give that some more thought. In reality who was lost? Lack/Bieksa and Kassian, as well as Richardson and Mathias, none of these players, nor the sum of their combined efforts were the reason the Canucks had a 101 point season last year. The reality is the Canucks under the Sedins/Edler/ and Miller, along with some youth and depth will still be competitively fighting out for a spot anywhere from 5-10 in the conference. Sure they might wind up missing the playoffs, but they are not gonna be a total tank show as most here seem to think. I predict they'll be in the hunt basically down to the last week or two, and it wouldn't at all surprise to me see them make the playoffs again. Like I said anything between 5/6-10 in the west is where I expect the Canucks, unless Miller goes down for a long time with an injury and Markstrom can't step up. Totally agree. The Sedins alone will ensure we are competitive night in and night out. If Baertschi can supplant Higgins on the 2LW, the second will be in better shape as well. Horvat has another summer under his belt, and if he can get himself off the fourth line, he is a definite upgrade on the Veys, Matthiases, Richardsons of the world. People may be forgetting that our D was already TERRIBLE last year and we still managed to make the playoffs. Our D may be worse this year, but only slightly so. I'm strongly in the camp of team tank, but this iteration of the Canucks is probably still good for 7-8th next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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