The Guru Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 Canuck Nation - Make no mistake, the Cancuks greatest need is to repair our defence. We have more size now and snarl, but what we truly lack is a slick skilled puck moving defencemen. The obvious move for the Canucks to make is to trade down 2/3 places, pick up a couple of picks, then select Olli Juolevi. This guy is the real deal, is a very gifted two way dman, who absolutely dominated at the World Juniors. Dubois has only played one season at center, so, I am a little wary of this guy. He does have good size and can skate, but, his natural position is winger, so, I say build the defence first. The other dman i got my eye on is Jacob Chychrun. Yes he has slid down the rankings, but, would this have happened if he didn't have a shoulder injury at the start of the year? His second half to the season was great. he has great size, plays physically, has elite skating skills and can probably be a third pairing dman next year. The Guru Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herberts Vasiljevs Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 Welcome to the forums! But sorry, we're likely taking a forward (hopefully Dubois). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwags Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 There's been a lot of click bait titles recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R3aL Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 2 minutes ago, The Guru said: Canuck Nation - Make no mistake, the Cancuks greatest need is to repair our defence. We have more size now and snarl, but what we truly lack is a slick skilled puck moving defencemen. The obvious move for the Canucks to make is to trade down 2/3 places, pick up a couple of picks, then select Olli Juolevi. This guy is the real deal, is a very gifted two way dman, who absolutely dominated at the World Juniors. Dubois has only played one season at center, so, I am a little wary of this guy. He does have good size and can skate, but, his natural position is winger, so, I say build the defence first. The other dman i got my eye on is Jacob Chychrun. Yes he has slid down the rankings, but, would this have happened if he didn't have a shoulder injury at the start of the year? His second half to the season was great. he has great size, plays physically, has elite skating skills and can probably be a third pairing dman next year. The Guru Stop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckster19 Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 Yawn, what are you? A Flames fan? And what's wrong with Dubois developing as a winger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocksterh8 Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 give him a break, he's new on here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejazz97 Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 Welcome back Desi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camel Toe Drag Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 Guru's should have better spelling. Yeah no, I dont see the Nucks trading their pick let alone not selecting MT or PLD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithers joe Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 benning has said they have 2 forwards and 1 d man as possibles picks at 5...we all know that benning will have every bit of info on these players and will pick the player he feels will be best player at 5.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Guru Posted May 28, 2016 Author Share Posted May 28, 2016 The reason that we don't pick a winger in this draft is that all astute hockey fans know, you build a team with centers and dmen first. If Dubois truly is an elite #1 center, then fine, but, as I said, playing only one year as a center so far in his career scares me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoolander Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 As confident as I am that we'll take Dubois/Tkatchuk, Benning can sometimes do the unexpected (as we learned this week) If we take Juolevi it would add a true top pairing defenceman assuming he pans out, and we could even ship Edler out for a young forward. No matter what Benning does, I think I'll be happy. Tanev-Juolevi Hutton-Gudbranson Subban-Tryamkin Stecher-Sautner (I think really highly of these two) Looks great to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stexx Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 16 minutes ago, The Guru said: The reason that we don't pick a winger in this draft is that all astute hockey fans know, you build a team with centers and dmen first. If Dubois truly is an elite #1 center, then fine, but, as I said, playing only one year as a center so far in his career scares me. it really shouldnt, the fact he played extremely well at centre with little understanding and exposure at the position shows how good he could be if he continues to develop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 44 minutes ago, thejazz97 said: Welcome back Desi Welcome back? Did Desi get Das boot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katobaron Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 What's with these sensationalist thread titles? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
higgyfan Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 12 minutes ago, The Guru said: Canuck Nation - Make no mistake, the Cancuks greatest need is to repair our defence. We have more size now and snarl, but what we truly lack is a slick skilled puck moving defencemen. The obvious move for the Canucks to make is to trade down 2/3 places, pick up a couple of picks, then select Olli Juolevi. This guy is the real deal, is a very gifted two way dman, who absolutely dominated at the World Juniors. Dubois has only played one season at center, so, I am a little wary of this guy. He does have good size and can skate, but, his natural position is winger, so, I say build the defence first. The other dman i got my eye on is Jacob Chychrun. Yes he has slid down the rankings, but, would this have happened if he didn't have a shoulder injury at the start of the year? His second half to the season was great. he has great size, plays physically, has elite skating skills and can probably be a third pairing dman next year. The Guru I agree that the team needs an offensive dman badly. I think that JB is desperately trying to find a way to garnish another 1st rounder; hopefully between 10-15 (perhaps by packaging a more valuable vet (Edler) in a trade). My preferance would be Chychrun because I think he has become extremely underrated in the past few months. He is so well rounded that I think he could be a fantastic dman in a few years. The team is also desperate to replace the Sedins in the upcoming year. If they pick Dubois, he will not join the team for a couple of years, so he will likely have plenty of time to develop his C skills. If not, he will be the high scoring LW that we also need. Of course, there is alway risk in picking up almost any player in the draft, so nobody other than the top 3 is a sure thing. Even those players aren't guaranteed to reach their maximum level of play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boddy604 Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 1 hour ago, The Guru said: Canuck Nation - Make no mistake, the Cancuks greatest need is to repair our defence. We have more size now and snarl, but what we truly lack is a slick skilled puck moving defencemen. The obvious move for the Canucks to make is to trade down 2/3 places, pick up a couple of picks, then select Olli Juolevi. This guy is the real deal, is a very gifted two way dman, who absolutely dominated at the World Juniors. Dubois has only played one season at center, so, I am a little wary of this guy. He does have good size and can skate, but, his natural position is winger, so, I say build the defence first. The other dman i got my eye on is Jacob Chychrun. Yes he has slid down the rankings, but, would this have happened if he didn't have a shoulder injury at the start of the year? His second half to the season was great. he has great size, plays physically, has elite skating skills and can probably be a third pairing dman next year. The Guru Juolevi isn't really a "slick, puck moving defenseman" though. He's more of a highly intelligent player. He doesn't drive offense, he's a pass first guy unless there's a clear opening. He's very good but I don't see him being anyone's solution to points from the back end. Way more of a Hamhuis type from what I've seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 2 minutes ago, Boddy604 said: Juolevi isn't really a "slick, puck moving defenseman" though. He's more of a highly intelligent player. He doesn't drive offense, he's a pass first guy unless there's a clear opening. He's very good but I don't see him being anyone's solution to points from the back end. Way more of a Hamhuis type from what I've seen. Yup, the slick guys in this draft are tiny - Girard and Cleague. There is the outlier in Bean though. He's tall, slick, but skinny. Do we trade down for him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpt Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 Unless we trade the pick we are taking Dubois or Tkachuk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BI3KSA- Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 Our biggest need is a replacement for the Sedins now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejazz97 Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 1 hour ago, Warhippy said: Welcome back? Did Desi get Das boot? Yes IIRC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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