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9 hours ago, theminister said:
8 hours ago, Alflives said:

He would really excel with a very talented puck mover for a partner.  I think he would do really well with Weber.  Weber plays soft, and Padan would certainly make him feel safer out there.  Then, in time, Padan can do the same for Suban

 

I have to admit of not being a big fan of Weber,. Having said that.. I am a firm believer in chemistry, and would like to see the pairings rotate to create some symmetry. Edler was thourghly overworked against L.A.  last game..  I dont know his TOI but would guess to say he was playing closer to 30mins than 20 before they started to up Pedan and Biegga's mins towards the end of the 3rd.

... Really wish Edler would get back to his more physical self.. playing fewer mins than what he is covering for,. He gets sloppy when he is tired.

im hearing good things about Suban,  but he may be best used getting good mins in Utica..  The same goes for David Sheilds, 4 points in 5 games in Utica, a recent pick up playing on a PTO... think he's listed at 6'3" 215.    Remember these bigger boys need that extra time to get those large frames fully developed. I hope to see D.Sheilds make a play for a spot in Vancouver next season,. Im sure he will benefit from a Summer taking his training to a top level.

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9 hours ago, SilentSam said:

I have to admit of not being a big fan of Weber,. Having said that.. I am a firm believer in chemistry, and would like to see the pairings rotate to create some symmetry. Edler was thourghly overworked against L.A.  last game..  I dont know his TOI but would guess to say he was playing closer to 30mins than 20 before they started to up Pedan and Biegga's mins towards the end of the 3rd.

... Really wish Edler would get back to his more physical self.. playing fewer mins than what he is covering for,. He gets sloppy when he is tired.

im hearing good things about Suban,  but he may be best used getting good mins in Utica..  The same goes for David Sheilds, 4 points in 5 games in Utica, a recent pick up playing on a PTO... think he's listed at 6'3" 215.    Remember these bigger boys need that extra time to get those large frames fully developed. I hope to see D.Sheilds make a play for a spot in Vancouver next season,. Im sure he will benefit from a Summer taking his training to a top level.

Wow!  Thanks for the information.  I like your insight, especially on allowing the bigger bodied guys to mature physically.  Smart. 

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33 minutes ago, theminister said:

Facepuncher.

He is so fast he will skate around full speed punching every player on the opposite team and then take the puck and put it top cheddar from his own goal line with his massive slapshot before the first guy he punched hits the ice.

 

 

Pretty awesome for the guy though. 

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On 12/30/2015 at 2:06 PM, Fred65 said:

LOL

 

But  think what i said was confirmed in the WD interview. He said at training camp he simply didn't rate Pedan as an option. But is surprised at how much better he's become. Greene should take a bow and JB should send him a thank you card, He's clearly taken big strides since Spetember and good for him, Green and the Canucks. He's no longer the guy that Garth Snow basically gave away. Every ones a winner except Snow :)

Now that Pedan has won both the fastest skater and hardest shot competitions at the Canucks Superskills event the trade to pick up Pedan is looking even better.

I just hope the Canucks tell him NOT to get in fights. This kind of prospect is gold but, after getting a bad concussion last year and the last thing we need is to get his career cut short by another concussion. He is much more valuable making big hits and clearing the crease (and carrying the puck, and shooting) than he is fighting.

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3 hours ago, JamesB said:

Now that Pedan has won both the fastest skater and hardest shot competitions at the Canucks Superskills event the trade to pick up Pedan is looking even better.

I just hope the Canucks tell him NOT to get in fights. This kind of prospect is gold but, after getting a bad concussion last year and the last thing we need is to get his career cut short by another concussion. He is much more valuable making big hits and clearing the crease (and carrying the puck, and shooting) than he is fighting.

I've said before that his mates should step in and keep it so he rarely fights.  Who, on this team will do that though?  I see Biega, and the fourth liners.:( 

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14 hours ago, JamesB said:

Now that Pedan has won both the fastest skater and hardest shot competitions at the Canucks Superskills event the trade to pick up Pedan is looking even better.

I just hope the Canucks tell him NOT to get in fights. This kind of prospect is gold but, after getting a bad concussion last year and the last thing we need is to get his career cut short by another concussion. He is much more valuable making big hits and clearing the crease (and carrying the puck, and shooting) than he is fighting.

Neither of these accomplishments by Pedan in the Canucks skills competition will surprise any of us here in Utica who have watched him for the past year. He is still a little rough around the edges but when he fully develops and combines his natural skills, long reach and instincts his NHL ceiling is through the roof. The one thing that will determine if he reaches his enormous potential is concussions. He needs to limit his fighting to where it is absolutely necessary to protect a teammate. No more staged fights and no more accepting a challenge from some knucklehead with half the skills he has.

I don't think the average CDC poster realizes what they have here in Andrey Pedan.

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2 hours ago, UticaHockey said:

Neither of these accomplishments by Pedan in the Canucks skills competition will surprise any of us here in Utica who have watched him for the past year. He is still a little rough around the edges but when he fully develops and combines his natural skills, long reach and instincts his NHL ceiling is through the roof. The one thing that will determine if he reaches his enormous potential is concussions. He needs to limit his fighting to where it is absolutely necessary to protect a teammate. No more staged fights and no more accepting a challenge from some knucklehead with half the skills he has.

I don't think the average CDC poster realizes what they have here in Andrey Pedan.

I've really enjoyed the input Utica fans have on this board.  Back in the dark ages of the Chicago Wolves, we really had no idea what was going on with the prospects.

Thx so much for updating us and providing a more detailed picture.

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4 hours ago, UticaHockey said:

Neither of these accomplishments by Pedan in the Canucks skills competition will surprise any of us here in Utica who have watched him for the past year. He is still a little rough around the edges but when he fully develops and combines his natural skills, long reach and instincts his NHL ceiling is through the roof. The one thing that will determine if he reaches his enormous potential is concussions. He needs to limit his fighting to where it is absolutely necessary to protect a teammate. No more staged fights and no more accepting a challenge from some knucklehead with half the skills he has.

I don't think the average CDC poster realizes what they have here in Andrey Pedan.

I would like to echo the thanks of other posters to UticaHockey.for very helpful and interesting updates on the Comets. hobart16 and one or two others also provide helpful comments which I (and many others) appreciate.

As for Pedan, UticaHockey expresses the point I made about fighting better than I did. If a fight comes up in the heat of the action to protect a teammate, ok. But Utica is right about staged fights. One thing good players have to learn to turn down challenges from goons. If a good player fights a goon, the goon has already won, regardless of the outcome of the fight. I just hope that message gets through to Pedan.

I don't want to exaggerate and I am not saying Pedan is going to be Shea Weber, but he does have the raw material for than kind of development. We have all been saying the the Canucks' biggest need is a genuine #1 Norris candidate type D. They are almost impossible to trade for and impossible pick up as UFAs, and drafting them is tricky unless you have the #1 pick when an obvious stud D comes along (like Ekblad).

Pedan has a chance of being that guy, although it is still early. If Baertschi also continues to develop, then Bennings trades of picks for prospects (Pedan for a third, Baertschi for a second, Vey for a second), will be looking very good. Out of two second and a third you might expect one solid NHL player. Two would be excellent and three is like finding a gold mine.

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2 hours ago, Fred65 said:

Wow wow lets not get to carried away, Norris trophy, Shane Weber....lets just stick to reality and hope he can do enough to garner a regular roster spot right now

I agree. But this is the right time to have on optimistic fantasy. Like I said in my post, I not saying he will be Shea Weber, just that he has the basic tools. And that in itself is rare enough. When was the last time we could say that about a Canuck prospect?

Big, fast, tough, great shot, can carry the puck, highly teachable. That is a good start and puts him a long way ahead of Tryamkin and any other Canuck D prospect. WIth Hutton also doing well, and Tanev still young, the Canucks  might have the core of a really good D in 2 or 3  years, especially if Sbisa continues to improve and Edler stays with the team.  If the Canucks draft another good D prospect this year things could look good.

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3 hours ago, Derp... said:

Don't forget Garrison has a rocket as well. When he was a Canuck we loved that side of his game, but accuracy was an issue. Everyone here should have seen the mighty ducks

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Vcr had a kid named Jocelyn Guevremont who had an absolute rocket....no one would stand in front of the net because you never new where it would go :-) One of the fastest straight line skaters the Canucks had a couple of years back was Donald Brashear. We can't make 2+2 =5 He's a lot better than he was 4 months ago and lets hope by the end of the season just practising at NHL skill/speed levels he's grown further....but we don't know. I liked the fight with Nolan because frankly he didn't just swing away wildly he he chose and measrued each punch and was feeding Nolan at the end....the kid can deffinitley scrap and lets hope he grows enough to fill a regular roster spot in the future.

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