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3 hours ago, canuktravella said:

or we can play virtanen on left wing like his did in junior 

 

 miller petey podzolkin

virtanen bo boeser

hoglander gaudette toffoli is a ultra talented top 9 

 

macewen             lind         we def need to daft a good shutdown center but carson focht  could be our 4th line center in future plus hes got offensive talents 

Yes please. 

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On 8/19/2020 at 10:51 AM, komodo0921 said:

I'm excited to see this kid live.

I just hope he lives up to the hype.

Very soon, our right side is going to be over filled and decisions will have to be made.

There is no hype. 
 

when you watch the way VP plays, it’s playoff hockey. that’s the type of player he is, and the way he has been groomed defensively is also outstanding. 
 

hes going to be an important player for us. 
 

 

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Pod sounds like the Russian version of Horvat. Made for playoffs. From what I hear Pod has swagger to his game though. Horvat is more of a cool cat. Calm cool and collected. Like the Sedins. Very excited to see where this team is with Pod replacing Eriksson on Horvat's wing. That sounds like nightmare fuel for the opponents.

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11 hours ago, SilentSam said:

From video I’ve seen of Podolzkin over the past and present (exhibition). .  he engages like Stan Smyl used to,  always pressure , very little gap, likes to finish his check.. fearless.   ...  and I know it’s going out on a limb, but there is an element of Bures game and how his play used to funnel toward the net consistently,. No time wasted on perimeter play , it’s pucks to the net and get the rebound.

300ft player, he is back and up again and back again.. tenacious.

Pretty sure when he gets here he sticks.. there will be room, or room made.

Shouldn't have a hard time making room. Lots of options

 

-Toffoli resigning... seems unlikely

-Sutter, Pearson (and Baertschi) in their UFA seasons. Trade or walk in UFA. Maybe resign Pearson

-Ferland likely has to go on LTIR. He's risking his entire future to keep on playing

-Eriksson retires... praying, yet know he likely wont. Maybe waived or seattle expansion.

 

We could have a very good young team in 2 years, with Horvat, Pettersson and Hughes leading the young core.

 

Hogz-Pettersson-Podz

Miller-Horvat-Boeser

Roussel-Gaudette-Virtanen

Motte-Beagle-MacEwen

 

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2 hours ago, RetroCanuck said:

Shouldn't have a hard time making room. Lots of options

 

-Toffoli resigning... seems unlikely

-Sutter, Pearson (and Baertschi) in their UFA seasons. Trade or walk in UFA. Maybe resign Pearson

-Ferland likely has to go on LTIR. He's risking his entire future to keep on playing

-Eriksson retires... praying, yet know he likely wont. Maybe waived or seattle expansion.

 

We could have a very good young team in 2 years, with Horvat, Pettersson and Hughes leading the young core.

 

Hogz-Pettersson-Podz

Miller-Horvat-Boeser

Roussel-Gaudette-Virtanen

Motte-Beagle-MacEwen

 

You better hope the Canucks win the Stanley cup, cause that’s the only scenario where LE will retire. 

 

 

 

 

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On 8/21/2020 at 10:40 AM, canuktravella said:

or we can play virtanen on left wing like his did in junior 

 

 miller petey podzolkin

virtanen bo boeser

hoglander gaudette toffoli is a ultra talented top 9 

 

macewen             lind         we def need to daft a good shutdown center but carson focht  could be our 4th line center in future plus hes got offensive talents 

I always felt watching Virtanen’s junior highlights back then he looked more dangerous coming down the left wing. Being right handed it gives him more net to shoot at. Also getting tee’d up for one timers. I’m surprised it hasn’t even been looked at to this day as he’s never really taken off on the right wing.

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53 minutes ago, flickyoursedin said:

I always felt watching Virtanen’s junior highlights back then he looked more dangerous coming down the left wing. Being right handed it gives him more net to shoot at. Also getting tee’d up for one timers. I’m surprised it hasn’t even been looked at to this day as he’s never really taken off on the right wing.

with all these players our top nine loojs insane. and jake on left  would be fine 

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1 hour ago, flickyoursedin said:

I always felt watching Virtanen’s junior highlights back then he looked more dangerous coming down the left wing. Being right handed it gives him more net to shoot at. Also getting tee’d up for one timers. I’m surprised it hasn’t even been looked at to this day as he’s never really taken off on the right wing.

He is more dangerous on the left wing. I expect the reason we don't see him playing that wing may be that he is not good enough at making and receiving passes on his backhand.

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1 hour ago, WeneedLumme said:

He is more dangerous on the left wing. I expect the reason we don't see him playing that wing may be that he is not good enough at making and receiving passes on his backhand.

He has played there occasionally, and often crosses over within a shift to take advantage of the better shot angle. A modern pro goes where he has room on the attack unless he has @ specific assignment.

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18 hours ago, flickyoursedin said:

I always felt watching Virtanen’s junior highlights back then he looked more dangerous coming down the left wing. Being right handed it gives him more net to shoot at. Also getting tee’d up for one timers. I’m surprised it hasn’t even been looked at to this day as he’s never really taken off on the right wing.

Jake rarely if ever played LW in junior. He was RW but as noted, frequently took advantage of the neutral zone crossover, when available, for the shot advantage reasons you noted.

 

I assume he remains RW due to it being the safer, more comfortable position for him in his own end and for giving/receiving passes as Ray noted.

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