cyoung Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 50 minutes ago, spook007 said: Very..... God it much be hard to be a negative poster at the moment.... Hey man, don't ever doubt negative posters. When the Canucks went to the finals a few years back there were still plenty of them haha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Wonder__Bread Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 38 minutes ago, Bigturk8 said: When you listen to him describing his smarts and how he always comes out of the corners with the puck even though he's lighter than everyone else, I can't help but think of Datsyuk when he first came into the league. That was one of the comparisons I heard for EP and it's one of the ones I saw in him as well. I remember seeing how the majority of CDC didn't want to draft him at 5th overall, I'm just glad that everyone now sees what some of us saw in him and are getting excited about him. This is how Canucks fans should support their prospects! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 9 hours ago, Green Building said: Damn shame how Forsberg ended his career though so I'll also hope that Elias has better knees. IIRC, it was Forsberg's foot that caused him the most issues. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R3aL Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 27 minutes ago, Wonder__Bread said: When you listen to him describing his smarts and how he always comes out of the corners with the puck even though he's lighter than everyone else, I can't help but think of Datsyuk when he first came into the league. That was one of the comparisons I heard for EP and it's one of the ones I saw in him as well. I remember seeing how the majority of CDC didn't want to draft him at 5th overall, I'm just glad that everyone now sees what some of us saw in him and are getting excited about him. This is how Canucks fans should support their prospects! I will not lie, I really really liked Cody Glass. But I understood why they took EP and accepted the higher risk/higher reward player. They put a lot of resources into this selection including interviews and dinners even involved the sedins in the process. So it is hard not to appreciate the pick. And holy crap, he is looking on track to be the top forward from the draft... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucker 67 Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 I had my list who I wanted the Canucks to take with the #5 last draft, a lot of Canucks fans had their own lists. My list topped off with Vilardi (as I assumed Hischier, Patrick, Heiskanen and Makar would be gone), and then I wanted Glass. Then I thought about Liljegren and Mittelstadt, and then Necas. Pettersson was not on the radar for me, he appeared to be a long shot, compared to those other players higher in the rankings. When Benning announced the Canucks were taking Pettersson at #5, I felt this lump in my throat. "What the heck did he just do?! Now some other "lucky" team is going to get Vilardi". In hindsite, I realize that I need to just trust in who Benning drafts. He's the expert, I am not. And what a pick Pettersson is turning out to be! I'm thrilled these days with all of the picks, even Palmu at #181 (who is playing with Juolevi this year in Finland). What a great pick so late in the draft. I'm excited to see Pettersson, Dahlen, Lind, Juolevi, Demko and Gaudette on the team in the next couple of years. The skill the Canucks are going to possess will make for very exciting hockey. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudette Celly Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 2 hours ago, Boudrias said: I agree that Gaudette will likely go directly to a Canuck uniform. I usually like AHL time for every prospect even Boeser. My suspicion is that Gaudette is signed before the season ends and he gets some NHL games just as Boeser did. I doubt he will play in the AHL. Yup, he could have probably made the team this year, same as Brock could have last year before spending an extra year in college. But the usual suspects will likely advocate for him to go down to Utica anyway, no matter how NHL-ready he is. Elias could well make the team next season too, as JB said he already has NHL skill. He likely comes over regardless, so worst-case would play some in Utica to get used to the NA game, but probably won't be there long. Especially if Henrik retires, his skill will be needed and if he can handle the physicality he'll be in. I look at a guy like Ehlers, and he was a literal princess Bambi on ice, always falling down when guys just skated by him, but he's managing just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R3aL Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 1 minute ago, Hutton Wink said: Yup, he could have probably made the team this year, same as Brock could have last year before spending an extra year in college. But the usual suspects will likely advocate for him to go down to Utica anyway, no matter how NHL-ready he is. Elias could well make the team next season too, as JB said he already has NHL skill. He likely comes over regardless, so worst-case would play some in Utica to get used to the NA game, but probably won't be there long. Especially if Henrik retires, his skill will be needed and if he can handle the physicality he'll be in. I look at a guy like Ehlers, and he was a literal princess Bambi on ice, always falling down when guys just skated by him, but he's managing just fine. Ehlers has a different playing style to Pettersson. Also Pettersson hasn't played C in SHL yet. I dont think we should get ahead of ourselves, as I always refer back to Ryan Nugent Hopkins, I think he needed more time to let his body mature before making the jump. If Pettersson continues to beast, and puts on a little weight with the strength required that Management and our Coaching Staff feels hes ready to endure a full NHL season fantastic that would be great. But I am not expecting him to be in the Cancuks line up for another 1-2 years, more like 1 though. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R3aL Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 32 minutes ago, aGENT said: IIRC, it was Forsberg's foot that caused him the most issues. Yea I never understood his foot problem though.. wasnt it just he had a weird foot that didnt fit skates properly? It was just such a weird issue to have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Pettersson and Växjö back in SHL action today as they take on Rögle. http://www.shl.se/gamecenter/qTJ-3n2F39j88/statistics/7126 Puck drop in about half an hour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucker 67 Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 5 minutes ago, SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME said: Pettersson and Växjö back in SHL action today as they take on Rögle. http://www.shl.se/gamecenter/qTJ-3n2F39j88/statistics/7126 Puck drop in about half an hour. Let's go Pettersson! Pile up those stats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camel Toe Drag Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 6 minutes ago, SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME said: Pettersson and Växjö back in SHL action today as they take on Rögle. http://www.shl.se/gamecenter/qTJ-3n2F39j88/statistics/7126 Puck drop in about half an hour. Wooooo. Let's go EP40. Nothing better than a Lakers game on a snowy Friday morning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post aGENT Posted November 3, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted November 3, 2017 (edited) 15 minutes ago, R3aL said: Yea I never understood his foot problem though.. wasnt it just he had a weird foot that didnt fit skates properly? It was just such a weird issue to have http://www.denverpost.com/2014/11/16/part-ii-peter-forsbergs-passionate-play-came-at-a-cost/ Quote “He was the best position player I ever played with,” said Lemieux. “His skill level was unbelievable, off the charts. But he also had the heart of a champion. Whatever it took to win, Peter would do it. That’s what made him great.” There was a price to pay for that passion. While most skill players let others fight battles on their behalf, Forsberg came back at opponents himself if he took a questionable hit. That created plenty of bumps and bruises, but the injury that really did him in was his bad right foot. Forsberg went to drastic lengths to try to get his foot surgically repaired to play in the final years of his career. “One time (with Philadelphia, in 2006), we cut the whole heel bone and moved the whole heel bone; didn’t work. Cut it off again and moved it back,” Forsberg recalled. “It was 2½ months for every one of them. They just sawed it off. It hurt.” Ankle bones too big The problems with Forsberg’s right foot started to become chronic in the summer of 2001, after the Avs had won their second Stanley Cup. He had missed the final two rounds of the playoffs because of a ruptured spleen. He was born with ankle bones larger than the usual person — basically they were too wide to fit comfortably into a skate — and he developed inflamed fluid-filled bursa sacs over time from the grinding of the bones against the skate. He underwent surgery in the offseason to drain fluid in order to be ready for training camp in his native Sweden that fall, but after trying to skate during the first day of camp, he was in more pain than ever. He decided to take a leave of absence to have his foot treated. He returned to the Avs in January, but after being examined, team doctors found a problem with his left foot. He had surgery for that, and it appeared his season was over. But in one of the most remarkable comebacks in hockey history, Forsberg returned for the 2002 playoffs and led all NHL players in scoring (27 points in 20 games), despite having virtually no practice time. Quote Playing in extreme pain The Avs were knocked out of the 2003 playoffs by Minnesota, a series during which Forsberg said he was in extreme pain with the right ankle. He would never play more than 60 games in any one season after that and later developed chronic groin problems partially caused by the foot problem. Quote Forsberg’s father, Kent, said it was hard watching his son struggle in pain. “There were some nights in that last couple years when it was just me and him in the hockey arena in (Ornskoldsvik, Sweden), with him trying to skate and get the ankle better. At one point, his mom (Gudrun) just couldn’t take it anymore and said, ‘Peter, stop, it’s not worth it anymore, you don’t have anything to prove.’ But the final decision was always up to Peter.” Forsberg finally agreed it wasn’t worth it anymore, and he walked away after an aborted two-game comeback with the Avs. Guy was a warrior. Edited November 3, 2017 by aGENT 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudette Celly Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 4 minutes ago, aGENT said: http://www.denverpost.com/2014/11/16/part-ii-peter-forsbergs-passionate-play-came-at-a-cost/ Guy was a warrior. Woulda thunk you could drop someone $10-20K to get custom skates made... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 5 minutes ago, NUCKER67 said: Let's go Pettersson! Pile up those stats! 3 minutes ago, Camel Toe Drag said: Wooooo. Let's go EP40. Nothing better than a Lakers game on a snowy Friday morning! Game might actually be starting in a little over an hour (instead of what I posted earlier). Now that I think about it, the Europeans end their daylight savings a week before us. So the current time difference is only 8 hours (instead of 9) and a 19:00 start in Sweden would be 11am today in Vancouver. Unless I'm doing the math wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Just now, Hutton Wink said: Woulda thunk you could drop someone $10-20K to get custom skates made... You'd think but who knows. Maybe he tried that but it was too little, too late? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Building Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 1 hour ago, aGENT said: IIRC, it was Forsberg's foot that caused him the most issues. Oops, thanks. The rest is true though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LowerMainLander18 Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 35 minutes ago, Hutton Wink said: Woulda thunk you could drop someone $10-20K to get custom skates made... i think its gotta do with comfort issue. Sure it causes pain but if u had worn it for decades, itd be hard to change. Heck, I still wear shoulders that i wore since bantam coz 1. its comfortable and 2. i feel like i play better. And I am nowhere close to being knowledgeable in hockey as Forsberg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kungfudru Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 Does anyone have a live stream to this game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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