JM_ Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 1 minute ago, theo5789 said: And they claim to be "Canuck fans". Plus if whichever player succeeds, it'll be because of some scout or anyone else they can give credit to instead. Judd 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post aGENT Posted August 23, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 23, 2021 3 hours ago, Jimmy McGill said: Judd I personally can't wait for OEL to prove all the doubters wrong so that we can properly thank Judd for leading the charge in acquiring him. 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHL97OneTimer Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 On 8/22/2021 at 11:51 AM, bbllpp said: The guys carried Arizona for years and can see how a change of scenery will make a huge difference I agree with others.....I'm guessing he's been giddy all summer to have a second career with Vancouver. He could play first line but he doesn't need to. That's what's super cool. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spotted owl Posted August 27, 2021 Share Posted August 27, 2021 OEL should bond well with the likes of Petterson and Hoglander. What's exciting about this new team is that it has the potential to be greater than the sum of it's parts. With the addition of character guys like Podz, Dickenson, and Garland, and the return of Sutter, this could be a championship team... with no more underperforming players like Virtanen and Erickson in the lineup, there should be big improvement in team moral and positivity... It's too bad that they let Tanev go, though... 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post D-Money Posted August 27, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted August 27, 2021 1 hour ago, Spotted owl said: OEL should bond well with the likes of Petterson and Hoglander. What's exciting about this new team is that it has the potential to be greater than the sum of it's parts. With the addition of character guys like Podz, Dickenson, and Garland, and the return of Sutter, this could be a championship team... with no more underperforming players like Virtanen and Erickson in the lineup, there should be big improvement in team moral and positivity... It's too bad that they let Tanev go, though... Re: bolded - Although I personally like most of the moves this offseason, isn't that potentially true of any team? As is the opposite? As for Tanev, he had a fantastic season last year, a big jump on previous ones. And it was the first season in his career where he didn't miss time to injury. But he's 31, 32 in December...I don't expect both those surprises to continue. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spotted owl Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 If OEL gets hurt, who will fill in for him on the top shut down line? Will Rathbone win the spot, or will Juolevi? Hughes Hamonic Rathbone Myers/ Poolman (My guess is it will be Rathbone due to his skating, but Juolevi could surprise this year...) Juolevi Poolman/ Myers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted August 30, 2021 Author Share Posted August 30, 2021 7 hours ago, Spotted owl said: If OEL gets hurt, who will fill in for him on the top shut down line? Will Rathbone win the spot, or will Juolevi? Hughes Hamonic Rathbone Myers/ Poolman (My guess is it will be Rathbone due to his skating, but Juolevi could surprise this year...) Juolevi Poolman/ Myers Honestly, I think OEL is probably the #4 guy when it comes to shutting down the opposition. I'd have Hamonic, Myers, and Poolman probably all above him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 1 hour ago, -AJ- said: Honestly, I think OEL is probably the #4 guy when it comes to shutting down the opposition. I'd have Hamonic, Myers, and Poolman probably all above him. Those three RSD guys will not be out together though. OEL will be the #1 LSD used fir shutdown minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Alflives said: Those three RSD guys will not be out together though. OEL will be the #1 LSD used fir shutdown minutes. Agreed. I'm actually interested to see how Hughes and Poolman look together (assuming we hopefully see them tried in preseason). He's a better skater than Hamonic, which could mesh well with Hughes, and that would allow us to play Hamonic alongside OEL. OEL, Hamonic Hughes, Poolman Juolevi, Myers Hunt, Schenn And if not, we can always fall back on Hughes-Hamonic as a pair. Edited August 30, 2021 by aGENT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 14 minutes ago, aGENT said: Agreed. I'm actually interested to see how Hughes and Poolman look together (assuming we hopefully see them tried in preseason). He's a better skater than Hamonic, which could mesh well with Hughes, and that would allow us to play Hamonic alongside OEL. OEL, Hamonic Hughes, Poolman Juolevi, Myers Hunt, Schenn And if not, we can always fall back on Hughes-Hamonic as a pair. I like these pairs the best if Poolman can provide what Tanev did for Hughes. Although I could see Green pairing Myers with OEL. And I wouldn’t count out Rathbone beating out Juolevi. OEL Myers Hughes Hamonic Rathbone/Juolevi Poolman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PunjabiCanucks Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 On 7/29/2021 at 8:18 AM, gurn said: I think the offense has been upgraded enough to run 2 almost equal power plays. PP 1 Petey Boeser Horvat and Poldkozin (Front of the net) Hughes PP 2 Hoglander at the net, left side Garland on the right Miller on the middle OEL and Myers/ Pearson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted August 30, 2021 Author Share Posted August 30, 2021 6 hours ago, Alflives said: Those three RSD guys will not be out together though. OEL will be the #1 LSD used fir shutdown minutes. Suppose you're right. I never really think about who plays which side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kloubek Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 16 hours ago, Spotted owl said: If OEL gets hurt, who will fill in for him on the top shut down line? Will Rathbone win the spot, or will Juolevi? Hughes Hamonic Rathbone Myers/ Poolman (My guess is it will be Rathbone due to his skating, but Juolevi could surprise this year...) Juolevi Poolman/ Myers Well, I guess it depends on how it all plays out. OEL tends to be fairly resilient, but if we do need to cover for him I don't see Rathbone getting in unless Juolevi isn't really working out, just due to waiver issues. If that IS the case, then we can leave Rathbone up and then trade OJ once OEL comes back. More likely though, we could bring up any of Hunt, Bowey or Brisebois. All should be at least somewhat adequate for a short-term solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred65 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 23 hours ago, kloubek said: Well, I guess it depends on how it all plays out. OEL tends to be fairly resilient, but if we do need to cover for him I don't see Rathbone getting in unless Juolevi isn't really working out, just due to waiver issues. If that IS the case, then we can leave Rathbone up and then trade OJ once OEL comes back. More likely though, we could bring up any of Hunt, Bowey or Brisebois. All should be at least somewhat adequate for a short-term solution. Rathbone is here to stay, it might give OJ a chnace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kloubek Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 2 hours ago, Fred65 said: Rathbone is here to stay, it might give OJ a chnace Not really sure what to make of this post. With Hughes and OEL on the left side, that only leaves one more spot available. If Rathbone is "here to stay" (and therefore taking up the last spot), how does that give OJ a chance? I suppose an alternative would be to move Hughes to the right side (he does shoot left after all), but now we would have a glut of quality RD's, and the Poolman sits out which I highly doubt is something management will want to see. Don't get me wrong - I believe Rathbone is going to be a regular NHL player... perhaps even a pretty darn good one. But given his waiver status, if he's going to be inserted into the opening lineup, you can rest assured Juolevi will be traded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spotted owl Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 If OEL gets hurt, and is out for a lengthy period of time, they may go with the something like this: Poolman Hamonic (top shut down pair) Hughes Schenn Rathbone/Juolevi Myers. But it would be nice to see one of Juolevi or Rathbone step up and fill that spot as a shut down guy this year... Let's see what these two young guys got... Hunt is likely not the answer as a shut down guy. Maybe Brisbois or someone like Burroughs or Keeper will need to step up if Juolevi and Rathbone are not ready... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred65 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 4 minutes ago, kloubek said: Not really sure what to make of this post. With Hughes and OEL on the left side, that only leaves one more spot available. If Rathbone is "here to stay" (and therefore taking up the last spot), how does that give OJ a chance? I suppose an alternative would be to move Hughes to the right side (he does shoot left after all), but now we would have a glut of quality RD's, and the Poolman sits out which I highly doubt is something management will want to see. Don't get me wrong - I believe Rathbone is going to be a regular NHL player... perhaps even a pretty darn good one. But given his waiver status, if he's going to be inserted into the opening lineup, you can rest assured Juolevi will be traded. I don't like Juolevis chnace Rathbone is ahead of OJ .... IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 2 minutes ago, Fred65 said: I don't like Juolevis chnace Rathbone is ahead of OJ .... IMO Bone has elite upside, but he’s going to need to run a PP, and play big minutes to get to that level. Likely, he’s getting those important development minutes in Abbotsford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred65 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Alflives said: Bone has elite upside, but he’s going to need to run a PP, and play big minutes to get to that level. Likely, he’s getting those important development minutes in Abbotsford. I'd think the PP time goes to Hughes and OEL with Boeser on the other point. I'm sure Rathbone will be used in the practice. You ice the team most likely to win with and JR is ahead of OJ. I have no idea what they're going to do with OJ. Frankly OJ, JV and McC don't look good on JB scouting CV Edited August 31, 2021 by Fred65 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spotted owl Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 This Canucks need Juolevi to step us this year and be a strong defensive player. We need a strong, defensive player right now on the left side. If Juolevi comes into camp faster and stronger, he will get the spot. Rathbone is incredibly good and ready to go, but we already have Hughes and OEL. Rathbone could marinate in AHL and fill in if Hughes gets hurt. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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