Popular Post aGENT Posted June 27, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted June 27, 2017 22 minutes ago, PhillipBlunt said: Canucks fans are patient? *patients 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rollieo Del Fuego Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 12 minutes ago, J.R. said: *patients .....that's what I was thinking....just waited for someone to say it better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rollieo Del Fuego Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Dahlen and Pettersson will be replacing the Sedins....maybe as early as 2018/19....I will make a call for 2019/20 though, I say they are the top line ( with Brock or Jake or between Horvat ) by then. It should only take one more year to gain 10-15 Lbs. for both of them....from there all they need is a bit more jump in their feet and some work on their shot's. They already have the skills and most of the skating ability. A year together in the SHL could see them develop similar chemistry to what the Sedins have and they are already better skater's and more dynamic players. If the Sedins don't have a bounce back year and end up with 3rd line minutes for the last half of the year....they will retire after this year. The only way the Sedins can reasonably bounce back is with Goldy or Brock coming up HUGE as well as the whole D. improving substantially ( I know injuries were huge last year but....Larsen....really? ) The call with or without the Sedins being there is : 2019/2020 Canucks: Dahlen / Pettersson / Boeser or Goldy Baer / Horvat / Rodin or Goldy ( if Goldy can't cut the first 2 lines he is down the road with Eriksson ) Granny / Gaudette / Jake or Rodin Gaunce / Sutter / MacEwen or Jake Molino Juolevi / Stecher Hutton / Gudbranson Holm / Tanev McEneny / Tryamkin (wishful thinking) ....now if that happened a year earlier we would really have something cookin'.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
250Integra Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 36 minutes ago, The 5th Line said: Player comparison: Ryan Johansen? That's a little strange seeing as how Johansen is about 50 pounds heavier I think Button was convinced that we were taking Glass instead and still used the comparison video for Petterson.. What does weight have to do with skill and playing style similarity? People need to give up this weight thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldoescobar Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 (edited) Because he is playing in Sweden next year and there is probably at least one player selected in the draft behind him that will play a few shifts or more in NHL next year, can we label him a bust yet? I mean thats how it worked for OJ. Edited June 27, 2017 by Ronaldoescobar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamonds Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 1 hour ago, Ronaldoescobar said: Because he is playing in Sweden next year and there is probably at least one player selected in the draft behind him that will play a few shifts or more in NHL next year, can we label him a bust yet? I mean thats how it worked for OJ. I'm still holding onto hope that us fans are more patient this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laheys Liquor Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 not sure if this has been posted already, but his 2015-2016 highlights are awesome.. some of his passing is absolutely insane. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camel Toe Drag Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 6 hours ago, The 5th Line said: You don't think a player who weighs 220 pounds has a different playing style than a player who weighs 185? The 2 don't correlate at all. Look at Derek Dorsett and look at Joe Thornton. You can't always assume the heavier player is the heavy hitting, gritty play while the smaller guys aren't. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Wonder__Bread Posted June 28, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted June 28, 2017 27 minutes ago, The 5th Line said: I'm comparing a skilled player to another skilled player. Thornton is a large bodied playmaker who can protect the puck better than anyone, are there any 180 pound playmakers who play like Joe? From the footage you have seen of Elias, do you think he plays like Ryan Johansen? You basically described Henrik Sedin. Stylistic comparisons have nothing to do with weight though. I personally wouldn't have compared Pettersson to Johansen, but that's not because of their weight but because they have different play styles. They're both playmakers but the comparison ends there. Pettersson is a Backstrom/Datsyuk hybrid if anything but he's so hard to figure out a stylistic comparison for because he plays like Elias Pettersson and no one else. That was part of the reason I think he might turn out to be a pretty special player. Great players have no comparison and I find it very hard to find one for Pettersson. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camel Toe Drag Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 47 minutes ago, The 5th Line said: I'm comparing a skilled player to another skilled player. Thornton is a large bodied playmaker who can protect the puck better than anyone, are there any 180 pound playmakers who play like Joe? From the footage you have seen of Elias, do you think he plays like Ryan Johansen? Tyler Johnson, Backstrom, Krejci, St.Louis to name a few... I haven't seen Pettersson shoot the puck enough to give him that comparison. He seems more like a disher. I see him as a guy who knows how plays will unfold and choose the best option always. He's going to make his wingers score a lot of goals basically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkyard Dog Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 20 hours ago, MrCanuck94 said: "Dahlen says VAN fans need to be patient" Listen to the man. He probably went on CDC. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
48MPHSlapShot Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 1 hour ago, Wonder__Bread said: You basically described Henrik Sedin. This got a chuckle out of me, considering it's pretty damn accurate 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny in Vancouver Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 4 hours ago, Laheys Liquor said: not sure if this has been posted already, but his 2015-2016 highlights are awesome.. some of his passing is absolutely insane. Those are great highlights, but the competition seems quite weak. Is that really a good league? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
48MPHSlapShot Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 1 minute ago, vinny_in_vancouver said: Those are great highlights, but the competition seems quite weak. Is that really a good league? Based on what little I know, it's a harder league to score in than the CHL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny in Vancouver Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 (edited) 4 minutes ago, 48MPHSlapShot said: Based on what little I know, it's a harder league to score in than the CHL. Maybe it's just the defenders in some of the highlights then that needs quite a bit of work? Some of them are neither physical nor fast and there are times when he's completely left open or the positioning's quite poor. Reminds me of Makar's competition. Edited June 28, 2017 by vinny_in_vancouver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
48MPHSlapShot Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 Just now, vinny_in_vancouver said: Maybe it's just the defenders in some of the highlights then that needs quite a bit of work? Some of them are neither physical nor fast and there are times when he's completely left open. Reminds me of Makar's competition. Just for a little perspective, the top scorer in that league (Victor Ejdsell) had 57 points in 50 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Zepp Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 5 minutes ago, vinny_in_vancouver said: Maybe it's just the defenders in some of the highlights then that needs quite a bit of work? Some of them are neither physical nor fast and there are times when he's completely left open or the positioning's quite poor. Reminds me of Makar's competition. Larger ice surface can make it seem that way. I have watched this league live many times and it is good hockey - top CHL team would perhaps make playoffs but most likely not. The scoring is not very high and the pace is frenetic - not much trapping or other defensive zone strategies but for some reason, even when shot totals are high, scores are not that high. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dura_mater Posted June 28, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted June 28, 2017 On 24/06/2017 at 9:55 AM, Borvat said: Pretty slight and seems timid. Not sure how he will stand up to the NHL playoffs when the going gets rough. And he is known as a perimeter player. Does this sound good? Do you have a source for this because I've heard the exact opposite. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BananaMash Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 1 hour ago, dura_mater said: Do you have a source for this because I've heard the exact opposite. one of the dinguses on the sportsnet panel said it after we picked him lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedinyoureyesontheprize Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 1 minute ago, BananaMash said: one of the dinguses on the sportsnet panel said it after we picked him lol I noticed that as well. The dingus said he was "bit of a perimeter player" if I remember correctly. He's elusive though and has the ability to lose coverage with his hands and feet. Nothing to be worried about kids got lots of room to develop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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