Nucker 67 Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 How come when I do a Google search for "Canucks" all this Kracken s**t comes up? It's Draft Day! or should we be saying Trade Day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaninMex Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 3 minutes ago, 73 Percent said: You trust JB to trade hughes OJ or rathbone? Not at the moment but I do trust that Edler will be allowed to walk without him begging. Or, as may have happened, lowball a contract offer and say take it or leave it which has lead him to explore the open market Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73 Percent Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 1 minute ago, FaninMex said: Not at the moment but I do trust that Edler will be allowed to walk without him begging. Or, as may have happened, lowball a contract offer and say take it or leave it which has lead him to explore the open market I'm not going to spend more time on this. I doubt we draft him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaninMex Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 6 minutes ago, 73 Percent said: I'm not going to spend more time on this. I doubt we draft him. If it makes you feel better, I hope we trade the pick. LOL. Try not to get too tilted today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73 Percent Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 8 minutes ago, FaninMex said: If it makes you feel better, I hope we trade the pick. LOL. Try not to get too tilted today. Anyone in particular you want to trade the pick for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucker 67 Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Got a feeling Jim makes the pick later today and doesn't trade it. Sounds like there's a lot of interest for Schmidt. I suspect he'll be traded so Benning can get some cheap fill-ins for the season. I'm expecting the same type of season, although a hopefully healthy Pettersson. Jim says he would be aggressive, but I'm losing faith in that statement. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaninMex Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 4 minutes ago, 73 Percent said: Anyone in particular you want to trade the pick for? No one in particular. I want the team to progress and be where they were in the bubble. I do not like the idea of waiting for next year to make improvements. I would like it to be an established D man that will help for the next few years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 31 minutes ago, Alflives said: Great players can play their off side, and excellent. The great Russian teams of the 70’s didn’t have any right shot players, except their goalies. The Habs that won five Cups in the 70’s were led by all left shot D. I think we want the best players, regardless of which way they shoot. Back then, all Russians shot lefty. I remember reading they were all taught that way. To this day left handed shots in the NHL are far higher than left handed people in society. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down by the River Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 12 minutes ago, bishopshodan said: Back then, all Russians shot lefty. I remember reading they were all taught that way. To this day left handed shots in the NHL are far higher than left handed people in society. It can also be a product of starting them at a young age. When you're like three years old and right-hand dominant, your left hand is basically useless. So when little kids run around with a small hockey stick, they grip the top with their right hand so they can have some control over the stick, sealing their fate as a left-handed shot. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 (edited) 16 minutes ago, bishopshodan said: Back then, all Russians shot lefty. I remember reading they were all taught that way. To this day left handed shots in the NHL are far higher than left handed people in society. It’s kind of a strange thing, that so many NHL guys shoot left. If Edvinson or Hughes is there at nine Benning has to take the guy, regardless of their shooting left. I don’t think either will be though. More likely for Clarke, who doesn’t skate as well as those two, to fall to us. (Funny that all field hockey players are forced to shoot right.) Edited July 23, 2021 by Alflives 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Just now, Down by the River said: It can also be a product of starting them at a young age. When you're like three years old and right-hand dominant, your left hand is basically useless. So when little kids run around with a small hockey stick, they grip the top with their right hand so they can have some control over the stick, sealing their fate as a left-handed shot. Sure, howeve, I remember reading that Russians believed that the game was best played that way and would teach it as such. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xur Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 (edited) Xur's top picks (For the nucks only) 1 - Luke Hughes 2 - Owen Powers 3 - Matty Berniers 4 - Brandt Clark 5 - William Eklund 6 - Simon Edvinson 7 - David Guenther 8 - Kent Johnson 9 - Fabian Lysell 10 - Mason Mctavish Honorable mentions - Walstadt, Lucius, Svechkov, Sillinger, Cossa. Honestly, I am happy if one of those 15 are canucks tonight. Those guys will all be stars. Edited July 23, 2021 by Xur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJockitch Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 10 minutes ago, Alflives said: It’s kind of a strange thing, that so many NHL guys shoot left. If Edvinson or Hughes is there at nine Benning has to take the guy, regardless of their shooting left. I don’t think either will be though. More likely for Clarke, who doesn’t skate as well as those two, to fall to us. (Funny that all field hockey players are forced to shoot right.) What I have seen about Clarke is not that he needs work on his skating it is that he has an odd knock kneed stride that puts a lot of pressure on his knees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appleboy Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 TSN 650 just used the analogy of trading high picks or paying too much for UFA's like using a pay day loan to survive. Very good analogy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 4 minutes ago, DrJockitch said: What I have seen about Clarke is not that he needs work on his skating it is that he has an odd knock kneed stride that puts a lot of pressure on his knees. Heard some kind of draft guy on 650 this morning talking about how Clarke grew quite a bit over the last few years. Guy said Clarke has skinny legs, and needs to get caught up with his growth. If he falls to us, I’d be ecstatic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73 Percent Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 39 minutes ago, FaninMex said: No one in particular. I want the team to progress and be where they were in the bubble. I do not like the idea of waiting for next year to make improvements. I would like it to be an established D man that will help for the next few years. I get that. Hopefully last year was a fluke and not the bubble. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucker 67 Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 My Realistic Maybe Possibly Hope: 1. Clarke 2. McTavish 3. Hughes Who I think VAN gets 1. Sillinger 2. Edvinsson 3. Lysell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaninMex Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 4 minutes ago, 73 Percent said: I get that. Hopefully last year was a fluke and not the bubble. I think last year was a fluke but we will see soon. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Blankenship Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 27 minutes ago, Down by the River said: It can also be a product of starting them at a young age. When you're like three years old and right-hand dominant, your left hand is basically useless. So when little kids run around with a small hockey stick, they grip the top with their right hand so they can have some control over the stick, sealing their fate as a left-handed shot. Makes sense. It’s weird, I shoot left, golf right, and switch hit in baseball, although my dad drilled that into me from an early age. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Blankenship Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Anyone know if there’s a place that I can stream the draft? I’m on the island and have no cable available to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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