Ghostsof1915 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 We will draft 4th or worse. Canuck luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckylager Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 From what I've learned of this year's draft class - #1oa Nolan Patrick, wouldn't crack the top ten if compared to last year's class. And then, there's a supposed large drop off in talent after Patrick. Sounds pretty sucky, too bad we didn't have more firsts and/or seconds last season. This year's draft sounds like the sales on Dec.27 - "we've got one awesome special held over from yesterday, but the rest of this junk is pretty much free. You might find some gems hiding in the returns bin" So where do we draft if we finish 30th? 4th. The 4th OA will have 3rd line depth or bottom pairing potential.... Oh joy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strombone Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 2 hours ago, S'all Good Man said: Nope. They get 3rd spot in the lotto. If luck goes their way they can get 1st OA. Enjoy: http://www.tankathon.com/nhl 2nd try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Me_ Posted December 20, 2016 Author Share Posted December 20, 2016 1 hour ago, luckylager said: From what I've learned of this year's draft class - #1oa Nolan Patrick, wouldn't crack the top ten if compared to last year's class. And then, there's a supposed large drop off in talent after Patrick. Sounds pretty sucky, too bad we didn't have more firsts and/or seconds last season. This year's draft sounds like the sales on Dec.27 - "we've got one awesome special held over from yesterday, but the rest of this junk is pretty much free. You might find some gems hiding in the returns bin" So where do we draft if we finish 30th? 4th. The 4th OA will have 3rd line depth or bottom pairing potential.... Oh joy! Anything after McDavid looks like a garage sale. Unfortunately, the Canucks will have to have a great team to surpass Edmonton. I'm looking forward to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckylager Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 15 minutes ago, Me_ said: Anything after McDavid looks like a garage sale. Unfortunately, the Canucks will have to have a great team to surpass Edmonton. I'm looking forward to that. Me_ too. Hopefully we're not in the early stages of an Edmonton or Toronto-esque "sucking for a decade" rebuild. However, we have some promising young Dmen and hopefully a goalie, which both of those organizations are still sorting out. Getting lucky (ie- not getting screwed) in the draft for the next couple of years would do wonders for our very weak prospect pool of skilled forwards. We can say we have 1 right now, because Virtanen is in Utica. JB might disagree, but we have nothing for skill forwards and I would love to be wrong about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HC20.0 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 7 hours ago, apollo said: Canucks will draft 30th overall. Beat it! That'd make us the runners up to the cup winner this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfstonker Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 8 hours ago, luckylager said: From what I've learned of this year's draft class - #1oa Nolan Patrick, wouldn't crack the top ten if compared to last year's class. And then, there's a supposed large drop off in talent after Patrick. Sounds pretty sucky, too bad we didn't have more firsts and/or seconds last season. This year's draft sounds like the sales on Dec.27 - "we've got one awesome special held over from yesterday, but the rest of this junk is pretty much free. You might find some gems hiding in the returns bin" So where do we draft if we finish 30th? 4th. The 4th OA will have 3rd line depth or bottom pairing potential.... Oh joy! Yes but we forget JB seems to have an eye for uncovering gems. I trust his judgement and I don't believe there is a scarcity of talent, it may be that it is just slow to develop. The top 10's of the past have been full of players who were highly regarded by the xxxxxx and ultimately failed to deliver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfstonker Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 6 hours ago, Me_ said: Anything after McDavid looks like a garage sale. Unfortunately, the Canucks will have to have a great team to surpass Edmonton. I'm looking forward to that. Tampa, a team we rocked recently, had little bother with the Oilers the other night but unfortunately lost in a shoot out. McDavid was kept pretty quiet by Hedman and Co. Great D (and great net minder) cancels out great O most times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaBamba Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 There isn't a huge gap between 1-10 so I don't really care about this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsMillerTime Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 The top 5 in the draft doesn't look bad. I wouldn't mind getting guys like Patrick, Hishier, Liligren and whoever is after them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 11 hours ago, Strombone said: 2nd try. I got Tampa and Florida getting #1 in my 2 tries. The lotto is a cruel b!tch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyoung Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 On 20/12/2016 at 5:38 AM, LaBamba said: There isn't a huge gap between 1-10 so I don't really care about this thread. Agreed. 1-10 all about the same depending on what your team is needing. With that being said.... Hischier would be a nice addition haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Surfer Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 On 12/20/2016 at 11:28 AM, Nuxfanabroad said: Sussed you dude, gotta' be Sam-I-am Eternal hard-sell, of 'dem green eggs & ham Well I won't, on a boat & I can't with a goat! Call the mods, cos' I'm sure it's just spam! :^) Not with a goat? I been bad? I been good... Been to Dallas Texas! Hollywood... I'm not askin for much. Lord take me downtown... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownUndaCanuck Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Colorado are bombing hard for the 1st overall pick, will probably trade away Duchene or their captain at the deadline to make them even worse and bank another first round pick. I think Arizona might get a bit better but with Edler and Tanev back the Canucks are going to push hard to get out of a top-5 draft pick unfortunately and not make the playoffs anyway. At the end of the day, we have to try and draft in the top-4. Patrick is overated IMO but Liljegren may be a future Karlsson, Vilardi looks decent but my pick for this Canucks team would be Hirschier. Talented playmaker with good defence and may have Swiss chemistry with Baertschi to boot. He's the exact center we need and we can turn him into a star. As a 17 year old he's already leading the QMJHL in points per game amongst 20 year olds, or close to anyway. Hopefully Patrick goes 1st with all the hype, Liljegren will most likely go 2nd (or the two could swap), and fingers crossed Los Vegas don't take Hirschier. After those 3 it's anyone's guess, hopefully Vilardi's size makes him a more tempting pick to other teams but we already have our solid physical two way center, now we need skill and offence and that comes from Hirschier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudette Celly Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 On 2016-12-19 at 6:05 PM, S'all Good Man said: Nope. They get 3rd spot in the lotto. If luck goes their way they can get 1st OA. Enjoy: http://www.tankathon.com/nhl I approve this simulator. First try: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JM_ Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 6 minutes ago, Hutton Wink said: I approve this simulator. First try: 9th... 9th.... 10th... 1st!!! Do you think Bettman will run it 4 times so we can win? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudette Celly Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Maybe we finally get thrown a bone? I like that draft order, decent indicator of worthiness aside from maybe the Sabres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73 Percent Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 15 minutes ago, Hutton Wink said: I approve this simulator. First try: Not a chance in hell Vegas drops 3 spots lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudette Celly Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 4 minutes ago, Gooseberries said: Not a chance in hell Vegas drops 3 spots lol. They'll get theirs, at the next generational talent draft year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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