2021 NHL Entry Draft

[BPA]

Pick the BPA ( me...). 

 

If some kids are equal, then by position. 

 

I have the feeling Canucks chose OJ over Tkachuk cuz we desperately needed D prospects.  And JV cuz he's a local boy over Nylander/Ehlers.

[Bertuzzipunch]

16 minutes ago, Smashian Kassian said:

 

Why not consider it?

 

If you could get a good younger player that makes us significantly better right away, thats also under team control and can grow with this group? 

 

Suppose it depends how high the pick is, but this draft doesn't seem to have the same high end talent of other years. 

Well of course id listen i suppose. Lol

[nergish]

1 hour ago, HockeyHarry said:

Quinn/Rath- Clarke would be great in college but not so much in the NHL....thats just my opinion.

 

I think Canucks should take a rightside D in a later round. In the First Round Canucks need a top 6 scoring forward.

I understand this sentiment, but Clarke is not in the conversation for 1st OA just because he’s really good in the offensive zone and it’s a “weak draft”. He’s 6’1-6’2 and plays very solid defence. He’s got some mass to put on yet, but he’ll likely play at the exact same height/weight as Chris Tanev (obviously very different styles).
 

We can’t have two rovers with zero defensive instincts, but that’s not Clarke. He is the whole package, and could be our 1D if he continues to grow physically and is groomed properly. Quinn is a special talent, and if Owen Power was a right shot, perhaps that would be wiser to take the monster defender.

But Clarke’s ceiling is simply best in class.
 

I would be thrilled to see the Canucks lead the charge on the new age NHL model of extremely mobile defence where everybody can skate, make quick passes, and think the game at a high level. Hughes, Rathbone, Schmidt, Clarke, Woo, etc.
 

A bit more size would be nice, but Clarke is not a small Dman, and he is strong in his own zone.

 

 

Edit. If Scott Morrow is there in the 3rd round (not likely), I would absolutely take a shot at him. Very limited body of work, and playing high school hockey... but his highlights look like Cale Makar's did in high school.

Edited May 12, 2021 by nergish

[BCNate]

1 hour ago, Canuck Surfer said:

Sure we do.

 

Edler is 36, Schmidt by memory 30. Juolevi still somewhat a wild card.  

 

If Owen Power is available when we are drafting it ain;t even a thought... 

To each their own I guess.  I look at it as Hughes, Rathbone, Juolevi, Schmidt.  Sure there is always better, but I'd say that RD and 2 top 6 forwards are a bigger need.  I think the ultimate goal is to have 9 top 6 forwards----2 scoring lines, 1 shutdown line that can put in points.  

[Nucker 67]

1 hour ago, BPA said:

I have the feeling Canucks chose OJ over Tkachuk cuz we desperately needed D prospects.  And JV cuz he's a local boy over Nylander/Ehlers.

I think Benning drafted Virtanen because, at the time, the Canucks sorely lacked a fast, physical power forward type of player. With the Canucks already having Jake developing, maybe they didn't feel drafting another s***head would be wise? Juolevi was also very good with FIN in the WJC. They needed good D prospects badly.

 

In hindsight,  maybe instead of Virtanen and Juolevi they should've drafted Nylander and McAvoy.  Imagine that today. Benning would be a fricken genius lol  

[Canuck Surfer]

1 hour ago, BCNate said:

To each their own I guess.  I look at it as Hughes, Rathbone, Juolevi, Schmidt.  Sure there is always better, but I'd say that RD and 2 top 6 forwards are a bigger need.  I think the ultimate goal is to have 9 top 6 forwards----2 scoring lines, 1 shutdown line that can put in points.  

What we want is the most dymamic impactful player. In a target date range 2023 to 2029.  Schmidt will at best be on decline at that stage. Neither Juolevi nor Rathbone has ''made it'' yet.  Even if they do, and I suspect they will!  

 

In the top 10, which is where we will draft, likely 6th or 7th? There should be one or three athletes that not only have top skill? Also athleticism or power, agility that should be a constant mismatch, cannot be contained or kept up with.  Not just the honed skills a Rathbone seems to have.

 

I wanted a D 2knd round 2019?  But was thrilled when one of the drafts best athletes Hoglander was available. I conceded immediately he had to be picked. And look; he pushes bigger guys off pucks, peels away free to cause damage when he wins battles. Because those same guys are already out of puff, cannot keep up with his always revving motor. 

 

In the top 10 we should get Boeser's shot with Hoggie's raw athletecism; think no one can skate with Quinn Hughes...

 

I dont care if that is in a left D!  

[Herberts Vasiljevs]

Clarke reminds me a lot of Zubov.

[Junkyard Dog]

2 hours ago, NUCKER67 said:

I think Benning drafted Virtanen because, at the time, the Canucks sorely lacked a fast, physical power forward type of player. With the Canucks already having Jake developing, maybe they didn't feel drafting another s***head would be wise? Juolevi was also very good with FIN in the WJC. They needed good D prospects badly.

 

In hindsight,  maybe instead of Virtanen and Juolevi they should've drafted Nylander and McAvoy.  Imagine that today. Benning would be a fricken genius lol  

Had we drafted them back then we probably wouldn’t have Petey/Hughes/Hog/Pod now. 
 

The butterfly effect trumps any argument. 

[PositionOfPower]

20 hours ago, Junkyard Dog said:

We could definitely use another speedy dynamic offensive forward, particularly a RH/RW one. The only one we really have who’s an elite talent is Petey. 
 

We don’t need a top 6 C with Petey/Horvat down the middle. The only one I would consider drafting would be Beniers if we are not high enough for the D I’d pick over him. 
 

If Powers/Hughes/Clarke are gone my next best are Beniers/Edvinsson/Eklund/Johnson/Guenther

 

Right now my priority in the first round would be D then RW unless someone falls. 

If Brandt is gone would want Johnson or Eklund. Both dynamic elusive skilled forwards Johnson is a wizard with the puck and has been compared to Petey/Kane. Eklund is elusive dynamic and can put the puck in the back of the net. The rest through my eye test are meh. Even with Brandt available I would gamble on these two tbh.

[DeNiro]

What if this ends up being one of those drafts where D men are taken 1-4.

 

Power

Clarke

Hughes 

Edvinsson

 

If we end up in that 5th spot we could end up snagging the best forward available.

 

That being said I hope we get a D man. 

[Isam]

On 5/11/2021 at 4:40 AM, Canuck Surfer said:

l like Beniers; kid can fly. He plays hard!  

 

I have not seen him finish. Does he have the upside for top 4? Honest question...  

Beniers is a culture changer first and foremost. He is a 60 plus point forward with the ability to alterbhis game in the playoffs.

[Bertuzzipunch]

41 minutes ago, DeNiro said:

What if this ends up being one of those drafts where D men are taken 1-4.

 

Power

Clarke

Hughes 

Edvinsson

 

If we end up in that 5th spot we could end up snagging the best forward available.

 

That being said I hope we get a D man. 

Whew now u got me wanting beniers lol

[nergish]

6 minutes ago, Bertuzzipunch said:

Whew now u got me wanting beniers lol

I’d be okay with that.

 

You have by far the worst username on the board btw

[Herberts Vasiljevs]

Ottawa winning tonight really increases our odds of having a chance at drafting Clarke. If Ottawa were to pick before us, I'm pretty sure Clarke would be off the board.

[Bertuzzipunch]

45 minutes ago, nergish said:

I’d be okay with that.

 

You have by far the worst username on the board btw

Its actually pretty clever

[GB5]

9 hours ago, BPA said:

Pick the BPA ( me...). 

 

If some kids are equal, then by position. 

 

I have the feeling Canucks chose OJ over Tkachuk cuz we desperately needed D prospects.  And JV cuz he's a local boy over Nylander/Ehlers.

I read that Linden and Tkachuk senior have had a long simmering feud dating back to the players association. 

 

Don't ask for a source though..... maybe write it off as speculation

[nergish]

20 minutes ago, Bertuzzipunch said:

Its actually pretty clever

Lol yeah it is...

But it's one of the darkest moments in franchise history.

 

I'm not gonna call myself "LidstromFromCentre" or "Burrows-Biter" or "Malhotra'sEyeSocket" or "BrashearLaysUnconscious"

 

 

How bout them prospects this year though!

[Bertuzzipunch]

25 minutes ago, nergish said:

Lol yeah it is...

But it's one of the darkest moments in franchise history.

 

I'm not gonna call myself "LidstromFromCentre" or "Burrows-Biter" or "Malhotra'sEyeSocket" or "BrashearLaysUnconscious"

 

 

How bout them prospects this year though!

Dont read much into it unless u have to lol its part of canuck history good or bad 

[Guest]

Hate to say it but LA will get smoked by Colorado again.  Our team is over their covid funk and I can see them winning 2 out of their 5 games remaining.  That would make us leapfrog both LA and San Jose unfortunately.  

 

That would give us the 9th overall pick.  

 

9th overall guys, stop daydreaming of getting the 5th overall, it ain't happening and I do hope that I'm wrong. 

[Herberts Vasiljevs]

6 hours ago, VancouverHabitant said:

Hate to say it but LA will get smoked by Colorado again.  Our team is over their covid funk and I can see them winning 2 out of their 5 games remaining.  That would make us leapfrog both LA and San Jose unfortunately.  

 

That would give us the 9th overall pick.  

 

9th overall guys, stop daydreaming of getting the 5th overall, it ain't happening and I do hope that I'm wrong. 

In all likelihood you're probably right.