Canucks Prophet Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 55 minutes ago, Boudrias said: Where is Van's big C coming from in the future? Horvat has size but is he a 1C, to early to tell. The way Gaunce is being developed in Utica is encouraging as he will have a balanced approach which should make his transition to the NHL easier. I envisioned Gaunce pushing for 3C at some point. Draft priorities for Van is a 1D and 1C. With movement of vets there is a chance that Benning will have 2 first round picks. I predict Bo's ultimate spot will be franchise 2nd line center, assistant captain. If he can do the same things Kesler did during his time, that will help the team's future a lot. Sooner or later the Canucks will be drafting very high, so hopefully there's great superstar centers and defencemen in those drafts. Guys like Gaunce will be important depth players. Overall, I'm pretty optimistic about this franchise post-Sedin era. Fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaSwede Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 1 hour ago, Canucks Prophet said: I predict Bo's ultimate spot will be franchise 2nd line center, assistant captain. If he can do the same things Kesler did during his time, that will help the team's future a lot. Sooner or later the Canucks will be drafting very high, so hopefully there's great superstar centers and defencemen in those drafts. Guys like Gaunce will be important depth players. Overall, I'm pretty optimistic about this franchise post-Sedin era. Fingers crossed. I think that the projection of the future for this team is exactly that, drafting very high for the next few years if Benning is successful in this re-build. I am already looking forward to the 2017 draft where I am guessing the Canucks will be picking in the top 5. Nolan Patrick is a very enticing center prospect that would be a franchise player. Timothy Liljegren looks like one of the most exciting prospects coming out of Sweden since the golden age of Forsberg and that lot. He's crazy good and a future #1 d-man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86Viking Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 2 hours ago, Gooseberries said: Yeah. I'd be all for acquiring him. Very good depth defensman. Not just a family move but a good hockey deal. Could be our next Biega. ya and if its a 2way signing could he start in utica without waivers to start year? be a depth add, as Pedan is with the big club in some capacity next fall unless we trade him or risk the waiver wire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73 Percent Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 19 minutes ago, Yotes said: ya and if its a 2way signing could he start in utica without waivers to start year? be a depth add, as Pedan is with the big club in some capacity next fall unless we trade him or risk the waiver wire 2 way contracts have nothing to do with waivers. It's all about age and games played. That being said I'm not sure of Cameron Gaunces waiver eligibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME Posted February 7, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2016 (edited) For a good laugh, people who actually understand how Gaunce plays the game should have a read through recent pages of the HF Boards Comets thread: http://hfboards.hockeysfuture.com/showthread.php?t=2016243&page=11 Start near the bottom of the page I linked above (see comments by "clintoncomets" user and the discussion that follows over 2-3 pages). Basically you have a bunch of fans (even some Utica STHs) who call Gaunce names and say that he's just lazy and a terrible player. All this is happening on a game night when he scores twice for Utica, including the OT winner. And it just goes on and on. Mostly the usual complaints about how "Gaunce doesn't do anything out there" and "why doesn't he hit more" and "he doesn't look interested" basically ignorant fans wondering why isn't he skating around and chasing the puck like an idiot. All this while the kid is playing a solid, smart, positional game and ends up being in "the right place at the right time" (I made a long post on this aspect of Gaunce's play a while back) and basically winning the game for his team. Pages like the ones linked are the reason why I always take game reports and fan comments with a huge grain of salt, firstly as a matter of course, but especially so when it comes to Gaunce. Some people just don't "get" how he plays the game. This has never been so evident as in that HFBoards thread, where people who claim to watch Gaunce regularly have the audacity to suggest he's "not even a good ECHL level player" (even though he's basically the Comets 2nd best scorer this year while also being a very solid two-way player for that team). Just shocking stuff. Well, not really, given some of the things I've read over the years (unfortunately). Some people just overvalue "energy" players who try to hit everything and usually get more boards than body on their checks. They like to see guys with great motors but little hockey sense who keep chasing the puck because they can't read where it's going. Or guys who have a forecheck setting that is stuck in the "on" switch and will chase pucks down low even when opponents have clean possession and an easy breakout path (usually resulting in an odd man rush the other way). Those types of fans will never "get" how Gaunce plays the game. And as much as I respect and appreciate most Utica fans (many of whom are extremely smart and informed hockey people), there just seems to be a fair number of "those types" watching Comets games this year and they have been very vocal in their disdain for Gaunce's play. Edited February 7, 2016 by SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME Typos 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudette Celly Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 10 hours ago, Warhippy said: It's fun going back to the middle of this thread and seeing everyone the usual suspects wanting to trade Gaunce and calling him a bust. Fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudette Celly Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Is there a clip of his tying goal out there? Haven't seen it yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Surfer Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 On 7/02/2016 at 1:27 PM, TheRussianRocket. said: cheeky Awesome! Thanks for posting that Rocket. What a play, although I'm sure some would be very unhappy with both the goalie and the opposing C on that play. LOL, Gaunce put that centre together before the play even started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73 Percent Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 17 minutes ago, Canuck Surfer said: Awesome! Thanks for posting that Rocket. What a play, although I'm sure some would be very unhappy with both the goalie and the opposing C on that play. LOL, Gaunce put that centre together before the play even started. Way to go gunch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyhee Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 20 hours ago, Gooseberries said: 2 way contracts have nothing to do with waivers. It's all about age and games played. That being said I'm not sure of Cameron Gaunces waiver eligibility. 23 hours ago, Gooseberries said: Cameron Gaunce can't be assigned to the minors without clearing waivers. He was waived by the Stars in September, 2014 and by the Panthers in September, 2015. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobart16 Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 16 hours ago, Hutton Wink said: Is there a clip of his tying goal out there? Haven't seen it yet... This was the best I could do. http://www.stjohnsicecaps.com/article/recap-icecaps-stunned-by-comets-in-ot/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwags Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Anyone else think he'll make the team next season? It certainly looks like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 21 minutes ago, Qwags said: Anyone else think he'll make the team next season? It certainly looks like it. Which team do you mean by "the"? I really think Gaunce is going at this TDL in a package with Hamuis to increase the asset value coming back. Which ever team he goes to he will start right away. So he will be making "the" team on March first. IMHAO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 2 minutes ago, chilliwiggins said: I agree with you that gaunce is going in a package. zero opportunity in this organization for him, as he looked to have earned some early season games with his preseason play but didn't get it. I don't get Gaunce not being up here either. I wonder about Shinkaruk's future here too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerbera Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Showed both Gaunce's goals. Great individual effort on both the tying and OT goals. Loved his tying goal especially.. nice feed from Shinkaruk as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckledraggin Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 On 2/7/2016 at 3:17 PM, SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME said: For a good laugh, people who actually understand how Gaunce plays the game should have a read through recent pages of the HF Boards Comets thread: http://hfboards.hockeysfuture.com/showthread.php?t=2016243&page=11 That's really just 1 person that seems to have a bug up his butt about Gaunce. GoComets also seems to think that Gaunce is soft. Coach Green however, has Gaunce playing on the 1st Line and PP1 and PK1. I think I'll take the actions of the coach as evidence that he's playing the right way. Plus the majority are coming to Gaunce's defense in that thread and having watched those games myself, I have no idea what he's talking about. I really hate that HF board and rarely go there unless its to look at rumors from around the league and hear what fans from other teams are b!tching about lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Boudrias Posted February 9, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted February 9, 2016 22 hours ago, Alflives said: I don't get Gaunce not being up here either. I wonder about Shinkaruk's future here too. A 2nd season in the AHL does not close the book on either Shink or Gaunce coming up to the Canucks. IMO it makes their transition to the NHL more of a certainty. For either to be part of a trade suggests the return would be transformational for the Canucks. I suggest the odds are against such a deal. Looking forward to both playing in Van next year. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 20 hours ago, Boudrias said: A 2nd season in the AHL does not close the book on either Shink or Gaunce coming up to the Canucks. IMO it makes their transition to the NHL more of a certainty. For either to be part of a trade suggests the return would be transformational for the Canucks. I suggest the odds are against such a deal. Looking forward to both playing in Van next year. Agreed. Bunch of Nancy panty-wetters in here 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 21 hours ago, Boudrias said: A 2nd season in the AHL does not close the book on either Shink or Gaunce coming up to the Canucks. IMO it makes their transition to the NHL more of a certainty. For either to be part of a trade suggests the return would be transformational for the Canucks. I suggest the odds are against such a deal. Looking forward to both playing in Van next year. I meant now, not next season. They are both playing really well, yet they aren't getting opportunity - even with guys out due to injury - to come up. Why are they not up here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73 Percent Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 24 minutes ago, Alflives said: I meant now, not next season. They are both playing really well, yet they aren't getting opportunity - even with guys out due to injury - to come up. Why are they not up here? Have you ever thought that they may not be ready to handle the best players in the world yet? Or that the 2015 calder cup finalists might actually be a better place for them right now than the bottom feeding canucks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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