Alflives Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 1 minute ago, Tre Mac said: This team literally needs a franchise goalie, a top D pairing and atleast 2 lines of forwards. What coach is going to succeed in the NHL with literally 2 AHL lines and 1 AHL d pairing? If Babcock is supposedly the best coach in the NHL how come he finished last with an equally crappy team last year? Coaching is not the problem unless you are on tanknation, then I would say coaching is a problem. The onus falls on management if they're are truly running the show with total autonomy. They are failing to ice a NHL calibre lineup day in and day out. He finished last because the Leafs management was trying to finish last. His mandate is to play the prospects, and encourage development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocksterh8 Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 A first line, A second line, Defence and a goalie. Anything else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crabcakes Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Nothing new here. They need to replace the Sedins. They're heading for a top 5 draft pick next year so there's a start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaner Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 The Canucks need for sure, a 1LW, 1C, 2LW, 2RW, 1D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Two ELITE forwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd. Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 See some of you are suggesting to trade for 27-28 year old wingers. Problem with that is we would need to give up significantly for that to happen. We aren't in that position to be doing that. So far, Benning has done a great job on our depth at defence and goaltending. Right now, we need to focus on drafting offensive, gamebreaking players. Our forward group isnt that good. Horvat and Boeser are our only top forwards. Since Patrick is most likely to be taken by the time we draft, we need to draft Nico Hischier. Anybody from the Mooseheads we need to draft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReggieBush Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 What we need is Patience. I trust Benning's drafting ability. Elite Players can be found throughout the daft, you find them every year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timberz21 Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 An elite #1 defenseman. Looks at the Stanley Cup winner since 2000 NJ : Niedermayer, Stevens DET : Lidstrom, Chelios, Rafalski COL : Blake, Bourque ANA : Neidermayer, Pronger TB : Boyle (weakest of them all) PIT : Letang CHI : Seabrook, Keith BOS : Chara LA : Doughty The only exception was Carolina in 2006. Defense by comittee can only take you so far. Even if you have good depth evenly distributed between your top 6, once one of the link goes down, every one else has to step up and that's when the vulnerability of not having a true #1 who can take 25-30min a game for an extended period begins to show. That's what happen in 2011 when we lost Hamhuis, everyone else had to give it a little extra and were exposed. Juolevi is the closest thing to a #1 we have, but he still has ways to go to rise to that level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 A 1c. 1 #1 RD and LD. A 1st line RW and LW. A cap management expert. Someone n league head office like the Leafs have. Quality media. Decent dj for the arena Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boudrias Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Goaltending: Check D-Core: Check Forwards: Brutal. The only young top 6 forward is Horvat. Utica has nothing. Hopefully Boeser. So any suggestion that this team needs 2 top end prospects is BS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NexusRift Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 IMHO................. Goaltender: We're fine Defense : Definite need for elite D. Oli Juolevi could be such. Stetcher and Hutton are good, but not elite. Luc Bourdon{RIP} would've but alas........ Forward : A game breaker. At this point, Bo Horvat is looking like that guy. I know Brock Boeser is a possibility and Jake Virtanen as well, but not yet. This thread topic been a topic brought up on an annual basis for god knows how long. Probably since the '99 acquisitions of the twins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Timothy Liljgren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Kane Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 1 hour ago, Kokanee king said: we need, to trade edler for a scorer. someone like Wayne Simmonds or malkin. i think malkins price will be too high Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
combover Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 1 owner that's lets the professionals do there job 2 a gm that is capable of REBUILDING by acquiring and picks and prospects and stocking the farm.ie not benning 3 a NHL coach that believes in development and playing to your strengths so that rules out willie. 4 three top three forwards SKILL/scoring 5 hard hitting checking 3rd 4th line that know there role. second line Horvat boesser and virtanen. the d looks okay some size and some mobility goaltending should be solid as well. so yeah seven years from now we should be a playoff team. 1 more year of worlds worst gm, the coach is pretty much done, and ownership will soon be sick of watching the game alone in the massive area. The new gm will have his hand full with the garbage contracts and ntcs handed out by benning and the total lack of skill that's been brought in by him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dumb Nuck Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Q: what pieces are we actually missing? A: all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimitedEdition Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 I think your prospect rankings are a little optimistic. I don't know about Boeser and Horvat being classified as elite, or guys like Gaudette, Lockwood and Zhukenov being classified as top 6. Here's to hoping though. Regardless, I think the Canucks are missing three pieces: 1. A legitimate, elite, 1st line scoring winger. A guy that can put the puck in the net. A player like Tarasenko, Kane, Benn, Voracek, etc. We need a Markus Naslund. 2. A top 4 defenceman that is big, mean, can skate and make a first pass. This is what Gudbranson was supposed to be. He hasn't lived up to this so far, and he still could. If he does, we have our man. 3. A third line player with versatility that is mean, hits, and plays with an edge. And no, this is not Derek Dorsett. A player like Andrew Shaw, Cal Clutterbuck, or Alex Burrows in his prime when he was pissing guys off. This would give us a new legitimate 1st line with Bo centering it. The Sedins as a 2nd line. Some combo of the current bottom 6 collection of players we have on the 3rd line (Granlund, Sutter, Baertschi, etc.) and a fast and mean 4th line. If our young D can make the next step next year, with Stecher as our PP quarterback, I think the Canucks would be exciting and a fun team to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianRugby Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 What are we missing? Something resembling a #1 Defenseman. About 10 forwards other than Horvat & Hansen. Way more than 2 draft picks in first 4 rounds, like we did last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeeBee51 Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 We don't know what pieces are missing till we get them. Is it Patrick, Liljegren, or maybe next years Rasmus Dahlin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB5 Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 This team is missing patient fans meaning that we need to allow the youth to mature instead of expecting instant results from 18 and 19 year olds who aren't named McDavid, Crosby.... In saying this, maybe it is missing patient owners as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Money Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 At least 3 first line players, and some friggin depth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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