kenhodgejr Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 (edited) 13 minutes ago, J.R. said: Tend to agree and wings are getting awfully crowded with Boeser, Baer, Granlund, Dahlen Virtanen, Eriksson etc all vying for top 9 spots the next couple years. Never mind any surprises. And the one thing that group lacks is more clear cut top 3/1st line guys. I vote we sell Baer and some of our surplus on D in a package for a top 3 forward. Domi, Landeskog or otherwise. Goldobin? I agree that Bear is the odd one out. Granlund and Horvat are special players that must be protected. Would be nice to replace bear with a younger more versatile prospect like left handed centre Henrik Borgstrom from Florida. Maybe an Edler + Baertchi package to Florida. Edited March 17, 2017 by kenhodgejr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiggs50 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 So Button just said he has Cale Makar as his top rated dman. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 2 minutes ago, Jiggs50 said: So Button just said he has Cale Makar as his top rated dman. Thoughts? Not out of the question. 2 hours ago, J.R. said: I'd put Mittel ahead of Villardi personally and Makar may just give Lilj a run for his money as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithers joe Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 benning said they will look to draft a true offensive d-man or a 1st or 2nd line center. patrick, hichier and vilardi could be called benning's list. of the remaining center's available, who can be put in that category? mittlestadt, rasmussen, kostin or glass? offensive d-men ...vallimaki or tolvanen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedintwinpowersactivate Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 On 3/10/2017 at 3:03 AM, Alflives said: Has there been a top pick who became a good player drafted straight from high School? I do like this kid too, but have concerns about his competition. Was P. Kane drafted out of high School? Blake Wheeler was drafted out of high school in 2004 at 5th overall pick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilduce39 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 5 hours ago, Eastcoast meets Westcoast said: Tanev is a great asset for the team, whether we trade him for a great return (it would have to be) or keep him for a number of years. He is such a smart player, he should be able to have a long career. Honestly Edler is the guy to move IMO. He has been very inconsistent, has some bad injury history and is making more than any other d man. He is on the decline. My vote (like I have one) is to keep Sbisa over Edler at the expansion draft. Sbisa will never equal Edler in his prime, but is on pace to eclipse him at present. Added to that, Sbisa has shown steady improvement, costs less, plays right and left and has a lot more years to give. If JB can move Edler, great, if not expose him. If Tanev gets traded, it needs to be for a huge return. My two cents. EW I wonder if Benning can negotiate a "trade" in which we leave Edler exposed and then get something else in return? McFee said he's open for business in regards to picking unprotected players from team A and trading them to team B. Maybe Benning can swing something along those lines if he's going to expose Edler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N4ZZY Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 i really can't see us performing well next season. and the number one dman supposedly is to be rasmus dahlin. if we want an elite pp dman, let's tank for him next year. this season, there's a surplus it seems of centres especially in the top ten. i like, other than the obvious top two, middlestadt. seems to have sick hands, decent size, and has a high hockey iq. could be the number one centre we're looking for to replace hank eventually. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedintwinpowersactivate Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Patrick Nico MIDDLESTADT! Liljegren Vilardi Makar Tippett Necas Glass Rasmussen My top ten 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKnight Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 1 hour ago, Jiggs50 said: So Button just said he has Cale Makar as his top rated dman. Thoughts? i tend to agree. Watched Liljegren game film about 4 times and hes not extremely dynamic. Good at moving the puck, not overly physical. Good positioning. Makar has that it factor for me. Hes a bit irratic sometimes. But, hes a extremely dynamic in the offensive zone. Not afraid to mix it up and hes a gamer. Wants to win, at least thats what you see. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Drogo Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 1 hour ago, N4ZZY said: i really can't see us performing well next season. and the number one dman supposedly is to be rasmus dahlin. if we want an elite pp dman, let's tank for him next year. this season, there's a surplus it seems of centres especially in the top ten. i like, other than the obvious top two, middlestadt. seems to have sick hands, decent size, and has a high hockey iq. could be the number one centre we're looking for to replace hank eventually. Couldn't agree more. If we got lucky and landed one of Patrick, Hischier or Middlestadt this year, and then Dahlin next year, then we could very well have ourselves a legit top centre and number one d-man moving forward. That could set our franchise up for success for the next decade or so. If only the hockey gods would be so kind lol 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camel Toe Drag Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 4 minutes ago, Canuck Drogo said: Couldn't agree more. If we got lucky and landed one of Patrick, Hischier or Middlestadt this year, and then Dahlin next year, then we could very well have ourselves a legit top centre and number one d-man moving forward. That could set our franchise up for success for the next decade or so. If only the hockey gods would be so kind lol Nice first post. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Canuck Drogo Posted March 17, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted March 17, 2017 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Camel Toe Drag said: Nice first post. Thank you. I've been regularily reading these forums for nearly a decade now, enjoying the opinions and input from fellow fans, and finally decided to jump into the fray. I just can't seem to have proper hockey convos with any of my friends and my wife gets a little tired of my Canuck talk sometimes (she's a trooper though lol). Edited March 17, 2017 by Canuck Drogo 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camel Toe Drag Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 8 minutes ago, Canuck Drogo said: Thank you. I've been regularily reading these forums for nearly a decade now, enjoying the opinions and input from fellow fans, and finally decided to jump into the fray. I just can't seem to have proper hockey convos with any of my friends and my wife gets a little tired of my Canuck talk sometimes (she's a trooper though lol). Definitely the place to have an account then! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flickyoursedin Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 2 hours ago, Jiggs50 said: So Button just said he has Cale Makar as his top rated dman. Thoughts? Makar to me looks like a Roman Josi. I'm not surprised Button would say that as I've noticed that the gap between Liljigren and Makar should be and is really close, but at the end of the day I'd still give the edge to Liljigren. I'd take both over Valardi just my preference. I also do like both guys more than Juolevi sadly. Patrick, Hischier, Liljigren, Pettersson (really high on this kid), Mittelstadt and Makar are my top 6. Makar and Mittelstadt are interchangeable but my top 4 is set right now. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numb3r 16 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 4 hours ago, ForsbergTheGreat said: I just see Stecher being our Barrie type D that can be the PP QB, or even hutton being our Ehrhoff. Enough to be our PP QB so that's why I don't see it as a really team need. Liljegren is the only player that we can say is a chance of being better than Stech and Hutton, but the question becomes how much? Is he a karlson or a Fowler, because if he's a Fowler, is it worth selecting a top pick on a slight improvement over what our own players will become Hutton, Jake + a pick would be close. But again I just see them going the other way with a Duchene for (Slavin, Murray, Chabot) and keeping Landeskog. Long term I do to, but Vilardi is a safe pick, and canucks don't like taking risk players. The first pick Jimbo made was a risky pick in virtanen tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudette Celly Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 5 hours ago, ForsbergTheGreat said: Hutton, Jake + a pick would be close. But again I just see them going the other way with a Duchene for (Slavin, Murray, Chabot) and keeping Landeskog. Yeah, unless Benning and crew are absolutely convinced that Jake will at best top out as a 3rd liner, there is no way you trade him right now. Not only the risk of his upside in that he alone could end up better than who you trade him for, but the fact that his value at present is likely the lowest since he was drafted. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phat Fingers Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 7 hours ago, Boudrias said: I admit that I flip flop between moving Tanev or Edler. I agree with you that Edler is the best move but it comes down to what you can get back. My flip flop has always been that Tanev brings more back and the limitations of how you move Edler. I see Edler being effective at reduced TOI until the younger d-men can bump him out. With the improved play of Sbisa-Hutton-Tryamkin on the LD I might lean towards moving Edler now. I am sure that next fall the usual banter over playoffs will begin. Odds are another year of development as the Twins play their swan song. Horvat will assume the leadership and hopefully Eriksson resumes his career norm performance. Once the Vegas draft is done Benning might have a surprise deal. Right there with you. A case can be made for both to be kept or moved, it all depends on the return. If one d man can't be moved prior to the expansion draft, I would expose Edler for the reasons already stated. EW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AV's Coin Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 1 hour ago, numb3r 16 said: The first pick Jimbo made was a risky pick in virtanen tho I was thinking it was the safe pick compared to some euro's like Nylander and Ehlers. The thinking may have been that if Virtanen does not make it as a first/second line forward for sure he can make it as a third/fourth liner given his size and speed. Whereas if Ehlers and Nylanders skill does not translate to the NHl what do you have? Given that at the time we had very few prospects I think they needed a sure fire NHL player. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashian Kassian Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 I like Villardi, Mittelstadt & Pettersson. Makar & Liljegren both have high upside but have some risk to them. Depending on how high our pick is I'm not sure if I would take them over a center. Though things can still change. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudette Celly Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Button today suggesting that Makar will be top-5 in his next list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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