Popular Post Rob_Zepp Posted January 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 20, 2020 Article from someone I know and trust. Have had the opportunity to watch the Comets recently and I cannot get over how good OJ has been let along Lind and Bailey. OJ has been DOMINANT in many games. Something like plus 10 or 12 over the past couple of weeks. Fully healthy for first time in two years and he is looking NHL ready and dangerous on every shift (in a good way, not in his own end). Enjoy the article. Canuck Prospect Update - 20 January 2020 Canucks prospects tracker: Juolevi levels up, Lind-Bailey Worldwide Mike Raptis Published:January 20, 2020 Updated:January 20, 2020 8:07 AM EST Filed Under: Toronto SUN Olli Juolevi (right) celebrates with his Utica teammates after Brogan Rafferty (left) scored a goal on Wednesday.www.uticacomets.com / Utica Comets It’s the latest edition of the weekly tracker, where we tally up the efforts of the Vancouver Canucks’ highest-profile prospects: OLLI JUOLEVI Olli moly — Juolevi’s finally finding his groove with the Utica Comets. 12 points in his last 11 games. A plus-12 over that stretch. And a peek at what the polarizing 2016 first-rounder can be as a professional. The 6-foot-2, 183-pound defenceman had another solid week with the streaking AHL club. In Wednesday’s 6-5 overtime win over Hartford — a game the Comets led 5-0 after the first period — Juolevi went a plus-two with an assist and a shot on net. The assist came on a beautiful goal by fellow D-man Brogan Rafferty, who took a quick Juolevi pass and did the rest, undressing a defender before deking out the Wolf Pack goalie. WASH THOSE FILTHY HANDS @brogan_rafferty!#HFDvsUTI Rafferty had a goal and three assists in the game, but has been sidelined with an injury since. Juolevi really stood out in Friday’s 6-3 win over the Cleveland Monsters, netting third-star honours with a goal, an assist and a plus-3 rating. The goal, his second of the season, was scored on the rush, with Juolevi joining the play and wiring a wrist shot past the goalie’s glove side. Execution is key on this three-on-two and @OlliJuolevi nets his second of the year!#HFDvsUTI Then in Saturday’s 6-2 win over the same Monsters, Juolevi had another strong game, assisting on another goal while going plus-two. The assist came on the power play, with Juolevi’s heavy wrist shot tipped into the net by Kole Lind. .@klind13 deflects a shot from @OlliJuolevi on the power play for his 12th goal of the year!#CLEvsUTI “Last night’s game and tonight’s I thought we were very efficient,” said head coach Trent Cull after the win. “We did the things we needed to do and I thought on the defensive side of the puck we did really good things as well.” Juolevi, a team-worst minus-12 a few short weeks ago, is now even overall and has two goals and 17 assists in 33 games this season. He’s also been a big part of the Comets’ current run of good play, with the North Division leaders winning three in a row and seven of their last ten games. Kole Lind (right) and Justin Bailey (centre) have been padding each other’s stats lately. Utica Comets / http://www.uticacomets.com KOLE LIND AND JUSTIN BAILEY It’s a bromance netting big results. Linemates Lind, 21, and Bailey, 24, are on a tear together with the Comets, with the latter scoring goals at a historical clip of late. Lind, a 2018 second-rounder, has six points in his last three games. Good stuff. But Bailey, a 2013 second round pick by the Buffalo Sabres, has three hat tricks in four games and is the first AHLer in nine years to do it in consecutive games. Justin Bailey of the @UticaComets has become the first AHL player in nearly nine years to record hat tricks in consecutive games (Mark Mancari, Jan. 22-23, 2011). Bailey has three hat tricks in his last four outings. 362 6:31 PM - Jan 17, 2020 Twitter Ads info and privacy 97 people are talking about this In Wednesday’s win, Lind, a right-shot winger, had an assist, a plus-one rating and a shot on net. Bailey had three goals — all in the first period. Justin Bailey has a hat trick in the first period! That's his second hat trick in three games. Assists go to Rafferty and Goldobin. Raff already has 2 points in this game while Goldy has 3. Then in Friday’s win, Lind had a goal and two assists while Bailey scored another three and added a helper. Lind made sure Bailey got the hat trick by dishing the puck over for a goal into an empty net. “Kole’s like my little brother and we’ve found a lot of chemistry,” Bailey said post game. “It’s been a special week for sure, but … you don’t score goals by yourself, especially in pro hockey.” “(Bailey) gets in on the forecheck and creates a lot of turnovers,” Lind said. “I think it helps our line in general, we have a lot of chemistry and we seem to find each other in the O-zone.” Justin Bailey and Kole Lind comment on tonight's win! These two are even chirping each other on social media. This could be the best thing since ‘Dragon’ and ‘Knight Hawk’ formed Prestige Worldwide in Step Brothers. Kole Lind and Justin Bailey banter Bailey is with his third pro franchise, having skated with the Sabres (52 GP, 5G, 3A) and the Philadelphia Flyers (11 GP, 0G, 1A). He’s been good at the AHL level, but not this good. His 22 goals are third best in the league and he has 35 points in 41 games. Lind, meanwhile, joins three other Comets (Reid Boucher, Nikolay Goldobin, Rafferty) in the top-10 in AHL points with 37 in 42 games (12 goals, 25 assists). CARSON FOCHT Ready, aim, fire. The Hitmen centre shot seven pucks at the Swift Current net on Wednesday, scoring two, in a 4-3 shootout win for Calgary. Focht, a 2019 fifth-round pick, was named the game’s first star. One goal came on a tic-tac-toe play, with the 6-foot-1, 181-pounder finding a soft spot in the high slot and ripping a wrister through the Broncos goaltender. /Cam Robinson/@Hockey_Robinson Carson Focht with 2 goals and 7 shots on goal tonight. He's up to 34 points (21+13) in 37 WHL games. #Canucks In Friday’s 3-1 loss at the Brandon Wheat Kings, Focht had an assist and three shots on goal. But he finished the weekend in style, scoring a goal and assisting on another in a 3-2 win in Winnipeg on Sunday. Carson Focht with his 22nd of the season on the power play. Jett Woo with the helper. Focht is up to 37 points in 40 WHL games on the season. #Canucks Meanwhile, teammate and fellow Canucks prospect Jett Woo had another good week as the team’s top defenceman, putting five shots on net in Wednesday’s win while notching an assist in Friday’s loss. Woo, a 2018 second-rounder, also assisted on Focht’s goal in Sunday’s win. Focht leads the team in goals with 22 and has 37 points in 40 games this season. Woo, a right-shot defenceman, has six goals, 21 assists and a plus-six rating in 43 games. Nikita Tryamkin checks Ryan Johansen of the Nashville Predators through the bench door in February 2017. John Russell / PNG NIKITA TRYAMKIN Big player. Even bigger minutes. Tryamkin continued to get loads of ice time this past week, logging a team-leading 21:58 in two straight games for Avtomobilist of the KHL. He also scored his second of the season while he was at it. The goal, scored in a 3-1 loss to Severstal on Tuesday, came on a clapper from the point, with the 6-foot-8, 254-pound defenceman blowing it by the goalie after a faceoff win. Tryamkin, 25, had four shots on net and an even rating in the game. (Skip to 2:45 for the goal) In Thursday’s 4-2 win against Salavat Yulaev, he had three shots, two penalty minutes and a plus-one rating. The left-shot D-man, whose KHL contract expires at the end of the season, has two goals, nine assists and a plus-seven rating in 44 games. JACK RATHBONE Every rose has its thorn. The Crimson defenceman had a great game in No. 18 Harvard’s 3-1 win over St. Lawrence on Friday, but had to leave at the start of the third period with what’s being called an upper-body injury. Rathbone, quarterbacking the third-ranked power play in the NCAA, had two PP assists and four shots on goal while impacting the game with his slick skating, soft hands and good stick-work. #Canucks Jack Rathbone recorded 2A on Jan 17th. Good stick in NZ at 0:12. First on pucks down low. SOG blocked at 0:44. Great pass to Drury who redirects Rathbone's shot at 1:05. Nice outlet pass at 1:20. SOG at 1:38- save. Slapshot at 1:55 -saved. Hard 1-T shot at 2:08. P(1/3) #Canucks Rathbone walks into a pass at 0:28, he employs a fake to open a lane free from bodies - loves this move. Pass turns into a TO at 1:05->chance. Skates hard to catch up to breakaway at 1:27- stops it. SOG down low at 1:43. Tees up a Walsh blast at 2:04- 2nd Assist P(2/3 The 2017 fourth-rounder didn’t skate in Saturday’s 5-3 loss to No. 7 Clarkson, but he was on the lineup sheet, so whatever ailment he has probably isn’t too severe. Rathbone, 20, has four goals, 12 assists and an even rating in 16 games this sophomore season. Russia’s Vasili Podkolzin, left, fails to score past Canada’s goaltender Joel Hofer, right, during the U20 Ice Hockey Worlds gold medal match between Canada and Russia. AP Photo/Petr David Josek / PNG VASILI PODKOLZIN Let’s hope he can get a little help from his friends. Podkolzin, 18, still doesn’t have any points in KHL play this season, but the St. Petersburg forward is now getting a regular shift on a unit that features World Junior linemates Kirill Marchenko and Ivan Morozov. The young fourth-line combo came close to producing a goal in Tuesday’s 3-0 win against Dinamo Riga, with Podkolzin being sent in on a partial breakaway. The 2019 first-rounder was unable to manoeuvre the puck past a sprawling goaltender before getting dumped into the net from behind. Vasili Podkolzin was SOOO close to getting his first KHL goal! He beats out an icing and drives hard to the net. You love to see it.#Canucks #Swagzilla Sorry about the quality of the video. These KHL streams suck. Podkolzin logged 11:20 of ice time, but life is good not being the thirteenth forward, a distinction which went to poor Vasily Glotov, who skated barely over six minutes. Podkolzin played a strong game, drawing attention from the in-game announcers while being featured in a broadcast interview between periods. The play by play guys are talking about Podkolzin a lot in this period too. I have no idea what the hell they are saying but they have been mentioning him a lot. Vasili Podkolzin was the intermission interview as well. Maybe we will get to see more of him this game. The skilled and strong 6-foot-1, 192-pound right winger also played well in Thursday’s 4-1 win over Jokerit, getting two shots on goal and two hits in 11:25. Podkolzin has no points and a minus-two rating in 17 KHL games this season. He also has three goals, five assists and a plus-3 rating in 16 VHL games. TYLER MADDEN Madden played in just one NCAA game this past week, a 3-2 overtime loss to Connecticut. The 2018 third-rounder was effective for No. 12 Northeastern, putting six shots on net while going a plus-1. He was also 11-for-24 from the faceoff dot. With 16 goals and 15 assists in 22 games, the sophomore is having a super season and currently sits third in the Hobey Baker race, which fans can vote on at hobeybaker.com/vote. Hobey Baker voting is open. Let’s go get Tyler Madden the trophy!#Canucks #CanucksTwitter @GoNUmhockeyhttps://www.hobeybaker.com/vote?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf … NILS HOGLANDER Not a great week for Hoglander, who went a minus-3 with no points in Rogle BK’s 7-4 loss to Lulea on Thursday in Swedish Hockey League action. He was better in Saturday’s 5-2 win versus Orebro, buzzing around offensively with three shots on goal and one hit in 13:04. A good energetic O-zone shift for #21 Nil Hoglander early in the third period. His best of the game. Rogle scored to make it 4-0 on the shift after this one. Hogz on the bench by then. Hoglander also got crunched from behind and slammed to the ice at one point, drawing a minor penalty. Nils Hoglander gets cuts crunched into the boards and draws a minor penalty. The 19-year-old winger has six goals and five assists in 23 games this season. He’s also a minus-5. 5 5 8 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasCanuck Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Saw this as well, really good update! We have a LOT of prospects to be excited about. Lots of guys who will be stepping in and taking over minutes. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brownky Posted January 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 20, 2020 OJ gets/got a hard rap on here for not being the next Coffey at 19 years old. I never got it. Almost none of the "great" defencemen of/from the past decade or so were even 'good' until 22/23. It's so exceedingly rare to see a Quinn Hughes. I'd rather have guys brew at their own pace away from the Vancouver fishbowl, let them get 'the game' and let them grow up as professionals and men rather than rush them in. Giving them a game or two as injury needs say and then sending them back down is solid. The different pace of the game between the NHL and the AHL - see it, live it, then adapt and improve. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
180sret Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Thanks for posting! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Where's Wellwood Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 What's happening with Lockwood these days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Rob_Zepp Posted January 20, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 20, 2020 15 minutes ago, brownky said: OJ gets/got a hard rap on here for not being the next Coffey at 19 years old. I never got it. Almost none of the "great" defencemen of/from the past decade or so were even 'good' until 22/23. It's so exceedingly rare to see a Quinn Hughes. I'd rather have guys brew at their own pace away from the Vancouver fishbowl, let them get 'the game' and let them grow up as professionals and men rather than rush them in. Giving them a game or two as injury needs say and then sending them back down is solid. The different pace of the game between the NHL and the AHL - see it, live it, then adapt and improve. Soooo many people forget that OJ and EP40 are essentially the same age (both born same year) - and one of the two has had horrible luck with injuries but now finally healthy is playing like a men among boys in AHL and people act surprised? 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chicken. Posted January 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 20, 2020 Welcome back Rob, nice to see your content and perspective. Cheers 1 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlastPast Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 That last name....you better make sure you spell correctly. Definitely don't want to leave it to auto-correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerrDrFunk Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 @Rob_Zepp Oh, $&!#. You're not dead!? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred65 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Here's another prospects up date https://thehockeywriters.com/canucks-top-ten-prospects-midseason-2019-20/ 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithers joe Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 glad to hear from you again rob. missed you here. good updates. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudette Celly Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Rob_Zepp said: Soooo many people forget that OJ and EP40 are essentially the same age (both born same year) - and one of the two has had horrible luck with injuries but now finally healthy is playing like a men among boys in AHL and people act surprised? Also considering how few games he's played the past couple years and its effect on his development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Surfer Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Rob_Zepp said: Soooo many people forget that OJ and EP40 are essentially the same age (both born same year) - and one of the two has had horrible luck with injuries but now finally healthy is playing like a men among boys in AHL and people act surprised? Nice to see you back. I thought you got suspended, its been so long since I have noticed a post? All 3 of your NHL teams going well right now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Warhippy Posted January 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 20, 2020 Canucks Prospect Update: In Benning We Trust. Period 5 3 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucker 67 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 The Canucks have quite a few really good propsects. I was initially bummed out when Benning traded that 1st for Miller, but now that I've had some time to assess that trade, I have no issue with that deal at all. There is no guarantee a 1st round pick will make the NHL and have a good career. There's even less chance that 1st turns into a Miller. The only way this is a loss for the Canucks, is if TB wins a lottery pick with our 1st. Are the Hockey Gods really that cruel to the Canucks? The 1st may not even be needed. With the likes of Lind, MacEwen, Juolevi, Rafferty and Tryamkin developing and possibly coming in soon, and then behind them having Hoglander, Podkolzin, Madden, Focht, Rathbone, Utunen and Woo. The Canucks are set up for years. I also believe Benning can find gems in rounds 2-7, so I'm not concerned. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyCuddles Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 I think it's fair to say most, or at least some, of us knew Olli had the talent. It was always a matter of getting, and staying, healthy. If not for injury woes I really do believe he could have played last season. Nice to see he is getting there though. Keep up the hard work Olli. We need our few D prospects to reach as close to their potential as possible. Lind is also a pleasant surprise, although I did not jump off ship after he and a few others struggled in their rookie year in the AHL. Lol. Lots of our good prospects were turned on by some in the fanbase cause of struggles that didn't effect our A prospects. Good to see patience is starting to pay off with their play. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Warhippy Posted January 20, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 20, 2020 Just like to point out. Even HF Boards right now is struggling damned hard to crap on anything banning has done recently and are walking back a ton of statements made about prospects. Watching them squirm is amusing 2 2 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.I.A.H.N Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 2 hours ago, Rob_Zepp said: Soooo many people forget that OJ and EP40 are essentially the same age (both born same year) - and one of the two has had horrible luck with injuries but now finally healthy is playing like a men among boys in AHL and people act surprised? Ecstatic you back buddy! Love your comments! Don't always agree, but always respect, them! Stay awhile! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaudette Celly Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 43 minutes ago, Warhippy said: Just like to point out. Even HF Boards right now is struggling damned hard to crap on anything banning has done recently and are walking back a ton of statements made about prospects. Watching them squirm is amusing I think Rick Dhaliwal has picked up their slack. From Saturday afternoon: Quote Canucks are in cap hell... The team is in cap hell... They're in cap hell... Lost count of how many times he said it, and it rubbed off on his co-host who started parroting as well. Would have thought HF'd be all over that canard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob_Zepp Posted January 21, 2020 Author Share Posted January 21, 2020 5 hours ago, HerrDrFunk said: @Rob_Zepp Oh, $&!#. You're not dead!? Don't think so. May need a second opinion. Will get back to you when I do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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