nickels Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 For all you people who say tanking isn't the way to go... How would you like to have Connor McDavid or Austin Matthews to watch every nite ....avg'ing over 1.5 pts /gm ?? Leafs did everything humanly possible last year to finish dead last in the entire league.... Think they care now...?? they got Austin frikin Matthews to watch every nite ! What do we have to look fwd to ?? Bo Horvat becoming a great 2 way C Stecher /Juolevi and Hutton becoming impact d'Men... Our Calgary cast offs...Baer and Granlund become top 9 players ?? Next few years are going to be UGLY !! Can't succeed in todays NHL w/o Young Stars...and there's only 1 way to get them ! We've blown it in every conceivable manner... Watch how the fading Hawks turn their aging stars into draft picks as they fall out of the top echelon. .....sorry for venting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeanSeanBean Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 We finished 3rd to last and picked 5th. The jets finished 25th and picked 2nd. It's not a science and the oilers have shown that tanking is not the way to build a successful hockey team. Sure, they look alright now, but they looked terrible for a long time. Also writing Bo off has a 2C and referring to 2 of our more gifted offensive players as cast offs is just ignorant. I get your frustration, but lets be adults here. Benning came into a bad situation and is doing what he can. also, in b4 lock. Edit... Where's the lock. This thread has value equal to ops name... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuporbust Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 6 minutes ago, nickels said: For all you people who say tanking isn't the way to go... How would you like to have Connor McDavid or Austin Matthews to watch every nite ....avg'ing over 1.5 pts /gm ?? Leafs did everything humanly possible last year to finish dead last in the entire league.... Think they care now...?? they got Austin frikin Matthews to watch every nite ! What do we have to look fwd to ?? Bo Horvat becoming a great 2 way C Stecher /Juolevi and Hutton becoming impact d'Men... Our Calgary cast offs...Baer and Granlund become top 9 players ?? Next few years are going to be UGLY !! Can't succeed in todays NHL w/o Young Stars...and there's only 1 way to get them ! We've blown it in every conceivable manner... Watch how the fading Hawks turn their aging stars into draft picks as they fall out of the top echelon. We're F'ed .....sorry for venting. Baer and granlund are not top 9 players. Lol. U lost me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickels Posted October 27, 2016 Author Share Posted October 27, 2016 1 minute ago, cuporbust said: Baer and granlund are not top 9 players. Lol. U lost me ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 10 minutes ago, nickels said: For all you people who say tanking isn't the way to go... How would you like to have Connor McDavid or Austin Matthews to watch every nite ....avg'ing over 1.5 pts /gm ?? Leafs did everything humanly possible last year to finish dead last in the entire league.... Think they care now...?? they got Austin frikin Matthews to watch every nite ! What do we have to look fwd to ?? Bo Horvat becoming a great 2 way C Stecher /Juolevi and Hutton becoming impact d'Men... Our Calgary cast offs...Baer and Granlund become top 9 players ?? Next few years are going to be UGLY !! Can't succeed in todays NHL w/o Young Stars...and there's only 1 way to get them ! We've blown it in every conceivable manner... Watch how the fading Hawks turn their aging stars into draft picks as they fall out of the top echelon. We're F'ed .....sorry for venting. When you're feeling this way check out Boeser's stats: http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=172649 The kids on track for a 100 pt college season. Silky mitts baby And we have a D core - and future D - much further along than TO and EDM, and thats huge. And Bo's living up to his potential. Oh and Demko. We are actually just 1, maybe 2, more impact guys and this is a great young team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickels Posted October 27, 2016 Author Share Posted October 27, 2016 2 minutes ago, shayster007 said: We finished 3rd to last and picked 5th. The jets finished 25th and picked 2nd. It's not a science and the oilers have shown that tanking is not the way to build a successful hockey team. Sure, they look alright now, but they looked terrible for a long time. Also writing Bo off has a 2C and referring to 2 of our more gifted offensive players as cast offs is just ignorant. I get your frustration, but lets be adults here. Benning came into a bad situation and is doing what he can. also, in b4 lock. Name another team in the league where Baer and Granlund r top 6 guys ?? Edm ? Cgy? LA? ANA ? CHI ? STL? etc etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickels Posted October 27, 2016 Author Share Posted October 27, 2016 2 minutes ago, S'all Good Man said: When you're feeling this way check out Boeser's stats: http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=172649 The kids on track for a 100 pt college season. Silky mitts baby And we have a D core - and future D - much further along than TO and EDM, and thats huge. And Bo's living up to his potential. Oh and Demko. We are actually just 1, maybe 2, more impact guys and this is a great young team. Boeser and Demko.... would u trade Drouin for Boeser (I would in a min) Demko....there's a reason highly ranked goalies aren't drafted in the 1st 2 rounds. Hopefully pans out...because 1-0 will prob be our best chance at a W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickels Posted October 27, 2016 Author Share Posted October 27, 2016 6 minutes ago, S'all Good Man said: When you're feeling this way check out Boeser's stats: http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=172649 The kids on track for a 100 pt college season. Silky mitts baby And we have a D core - and future D - much further along than TO and EDM, and thats huge. And Bo's living up to his potential. Oh and Demko. We are actually just 1, maybe 2, more impact guys and this is a great young team. BTW our GM drafting guru picked Jake Virtanen 6th overall with his 1st selection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 4 minutes ago, nickels said: Boeser and Demko.... would u trade Drouin for Boeser (I would in a min) Demko....there's a reason highly ranked goalies aren't drafted in the 1st 2 rounds. Hopefully pans out...because 1-0 will prob be our best chance at a W No way would I trade Brock. He's beating Toews records. Toews. The kid is doing elite stuff. Sure goalies are drafted later... but ours is the best one college produced since Schneids. And don't discount our D, its going to be one of the best. I know how hard it is to see whats going on right now. Willie's treatment of our young guys drives me nuts. But Benning has set the team up very very well. The best teams in the league have 3 "elite" guys. We're going to have that too, you just need to wait 2 years, and all are in our system already but 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickels Posted October 27, 2016 Author Share Posted October 27, 2016 9 minutes ago, S'all Good Man said: When you're feeling this way check out Boeser's stats: http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=172649 The kids on track for a 100 pt college season. Silky mitts baby And we have a D core - and future D - much further along than TO and EDM, and thats huge. And Bo's living up to his potential. Oh and Demko. We are actually just 1, maybe 2, more impact guys and this is a great young team. Did you watch Boeser play in the world Jrs last yr ? Started on top line w/Matthews, by end of tourney was 11-12 th fwd.... Just like Jake was w/team Canada Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 2 minutes ago, nickels said: BTW our GM drafting guru picked Jake Virtanen 6th overall with his 1st selection. Yes, he picked a future power forward. I have no problem with that. If Jake is developed correctly he's a 2nd line RW power forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 1 minute ago, nickels said: Did you watch Boeser play in the world Jrs last yr ? Started on top line w/Matthews, by end of tourney was 11-12 th fwd.... Just like Jake was w/team Canada Try a little hard to see the 1/2 full part - its there if you want to see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuporbust Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 8 minutes ago, S'all Good Man said: When you're feeling this way check out Boeser's stats: http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=172649 The kids on track for a 100 pt college season. Silky mitts baby And we have a D core - and future D - much further along than TO and EDM, and thats huge. And Bo's living up to his potential. Oh and Demko. We are actually just 1, maybe 2, more impact guys and this is a great young team. Hutton , tanev , edler , stecher, larrsen , tryamkin Of that list , we only spent 2 third round picks , and 2 fifth round picks. Two we got for free. Thats what makes me smile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickels Posted October 27, 2016 Author Share Posted October 27, 2016 1 minute ago, S'all Good Man said: No way would I trade Brock. He's beating Toews records. Toews. The kid is doing elite stuff. Sure goalies are drafted later... but ours is the best one college produced since Schneids. And don't discount our D, its going to be one of the best. I know how hard it is to see whats going on right now. Willie's treatment of our young guys drives me nuts. But Benning has set the team up very very well. The best teams in the league have 3 "elite" guys. We're going to have that too, you just need to wait 2 years, and all are in our system already but 1. Benning drafted Jake Virtanen over W Nylander...everyone in here said it was a mistake. Just like they did when he signed Dorsett and Sbisa to their stupid contracts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'NucK™ Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Just now, nickels said: Did you watch Boeser play in the world Jrs last yr ? Started on top line w/Matthews, by end of tourney was 11-12 th fwd.... Just like Jake was w/team Canada man.. if you choose to hone in on every negative thing that ever happened to a Canucks player.. yeah youre gonna end up with some hella pessimistic opinions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickels Posted October 27, 2016 Author Share Posted October 27, 2016 Just now, cuporbust said: Hutton , tanev , edler , stecher, larrsen , tryamkin Of that list , we only spent 2 third round picks , and 2 fifth round picks. Two we got for free. Thats what makes me smile Don't see point ? That's a Championship D core ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beeekz37 Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 I get you are mad, but grin and bare it. We are going to be much better than you think over the next couple years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickels Posted October 27, 2016 Author Share Posted October 27, 2016 3 minutes ago, S'all Good Man said: Yes, he picked a future power forward. I have no problem with that. If Jake is developed correctly he's a 2nd line RW power forward. If developed properly our 6th overall pick may become a top 6 player... whoopee !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 3 minutes ago, nickels said: Benning drafted Jake Virtanen over W Nylander...everyone in here said it was a mistake. Just like they did when he signed Dorsett and Sbisa to their stupid contracts I wouldn't take Nylander over Jake. He's soft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickels Posted October 27, 2016 Author Share Posted October 27, 2016 Just now, Beeekz37 said: I get you are mad, but grin and bare it. We are going to be much better than you think over the next couple years. This is the best we'll be for a while. Wait till Sedin r gone... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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