dukeofcanuck Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Good move by him, Canucks will be a tire fire for another couple years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 It will be good to tune into those NCAA games (for Rathbone too), just like we did for Brock and Gaudette. This is a wise move for the kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanGnome Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Getting my popcorn ready for Pratt's Rants, lmfao. Dude's gonna have a jammer live on the radio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Western Red Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Well, I'm relieved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 1 minute ago, VanGnome said: Getting my popcorn ready for Pratt's Rants, lmfao. Dude's gonna have a jammer live on the radio. Not to mention Botchnerd, wasnt he pushing for Hughes in the lineup this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanGnome Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 1 minute ago, Darius said: Not to mention Botchnerd, wasnt he pushing for Hughes in the lineup this year. Yeah he gets a bit excitable too on the Pat Cast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 NCAA. Non-profit organization, that pays no taxes, and made over $1 billion in revenue in 2017. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanGnome Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 1 minute ago, Ghostsof1915 said: NCAA. Non-profit organization, that pays no taxes, and made over $1 billion in revenue in 2017. Off the backs of stellar collegiate athletes, while restricting their ability to earn income from their efforts. Sounds as corrupt as FIFA. The NCAA will say "their education is their reward" which honestly doesn't mean much outside of personal accomplishment and acquisition of general knowledge to athletes who are destined to turn pro and earn huge salaries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Just now, VanGnome said: Off the backs of stellar collegiate athletes, while restricting their ability to earn income from their efforts. Sounds as corrupt as FIFA. Well University Education is one hell of a good freebee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 13 minutes ago, vinny_in_vancouver said: Putting on my conspiracy hat: Tank Nation: "Quinn playing this year would have cost us his brother. Lose for Hughes part two." "Hughes would have consumed a spot for a defensemen that we could showcase for a trade." Linden conspiracists, "AQ wanted Hughes to play for the Canucks this year. In fact, the Canucks were already promoting Hughes in various promos to sell season tickets. Linden couldn't deliver." Juolevi doubters: "Hughes beating him for a spot would have irreparably damaged his development." Canucks' Chicken Little fans: "He will finish his college eligibility and not sign with the Canucks." Fans of other teams: "Bust!" Putting on my "put yourself in his shoes" shoes: "I'm sure it was a tough choice. Pros: (1) good way for him to spend more time with his family - especially his two brothers. (2) He gets a chance to win more of the college life and to win a NCAA championship. (3) gives his body more time to prepare for the rigours of the NHL as NCAA hockey focuses a lot more on building one's body than other leagues." Exactly. Look what going back to College for one year did for Boeser and Gaudette. Boeser won a National Championship and Gaudette won the Hobey Baker. We haven’t seen Gaudette translate his NCAA success to the NHL yet but I’m sure he’ll find his stride this year in Utica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewbieCanuckFan Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 1 minute ago, VanGnome said: Off the backs of stellar collegiate athletes, while restricting their ability to earn income from their efforts. Sounds as corrupt as FIFA. The IOC is up there is skulduggery as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanGnome Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Just now, Ghostsof1915 said: Well University Education is one hell of a good freebee. Edited my post prior to your quote. Outside of personal accomplishment and general acquisition of knowledge, the educations they get pale in comparison to the many very good pro athletes to come out of the NCAA, especially in Football and in a lot of cases Baseball as well in addition to Hockey. Granted the overwhelming majority do not go on to play professionally or in any regard in such a way as to make significant impact and become stars. The educations however serve those who cannot/do not in becoming fairly successful "normal folk". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanGnome Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 3 minutes ago, Pears said: Exactly. Look what going back to College for one year did for Boeser and Gaudette. Boeser won a National Championship and Gaudette won the Hobey Baker. We haven’t seen Gaudette translate his NCAA success to the NHL yet but I’m sure he’ll find his stride this year in Utica. lol, he's played 5 games. This season is where we will see if he's translated to the NHL or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd. Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Damn, it's amazing how we're still going to have the same d-core as last season :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Just now, VanGnome said: Edited my post prior to your quote. Outside of personal accomplishment and general acquisition of knowledge, the educations they get pale in comparison to the many very good pro athletes to come out of the NCAA, especially in Football and in a lot of cases Baseball as well in addition to Hockey. Granted the overwhelming majority do not go on to play professionally or in any regard in such a way as to make significant impact and become stars. The educations however serve those who cannot/do not in becoming fairly successful "normal folk". I totally get what you are saying, but yes the big picture is like "yikes". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thad Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Another year to try and pull some value out of the young left side log jam is going to be huge imo. You hear reports of a determined Hutton gunning for his job back and bringing in Hughes now would kill that. We really need to see how the Ben vs Derek vs Olli situation shakes out this year. We’ve spent a couple years building this depth and can’t throw it all away just to open our present on december 1st. Quinn is our crown jewel but there’s still 35 to 40 mins of hockey to be played every night without him on the ice. We’ve got to make sure when that next pairing comes over the boards, they can keep up the pressure Hughes just put on the other team. One more year to find out what we’ve really got and one more year to get our boy REALLY ready to the ground running, then it’s time for the Hughes show... hopefully by some miracle the double Hughes show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuporbust Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 That's a good call. Didnt feel right about him rushing in this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownky Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Best move possible for both. I'd rather let him stew and develop in the 'college minors' - it's hardly a cake walk for talent in that group either. His body isn't getting destroyed by fully built up 24-30 year olds on every play, causing injuries to continue popping up throughout his career. And he can work on more facets of his game to boot. The NHL is a different beast, so I see zero harm in letting a guy like this fill out and grow mentally too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanucksJay Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 58 minutes ago, Baer. said: Dahlin? I think petterson will win over dahlin. If they did a redraft, petterson would prob go second after Nico in his draft year. Add to that another year of development where he owned everything he touched. Dahlin, we won't know how he'd do in a redraft until we see him play this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny in Vancouver Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 With one less fellow rookie teammate, this may translate to a few more votes for Elias Pettersson in his bid against Dahlin and Svechnikov for the Calder. I suppose there's still Juolevi... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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