Elias Pettersson Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 Klimovich will look great playing with Connor Bedard. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eeeeergh Posted January 24, 2023 Share Posted January 24, 2023 All things being equal.. Benning was actually a top tier scout. He pulled Klimovich out of nowhere 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ray_Cathode Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 23 hours ago, eeeeergh said: All things being equal.. Benning was actually a top tier scout. He pulled Klimovich out of nowhere Right… and two fifth overall picks ended up nowhere: Juolevi and Virtanen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconuts Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 3 hours ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: The raw skill is there, love to see it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elias Pettersson Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 (edited) 14 hours ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: That was almost the goal of the year. Klimovich looks like a bigger version of Pavel Bure. I think he has more raw talent than Podkolzin. He’s only 19 as well. I said a long time ago he is better than Dylan Guenther. I still stand by that comment. He’s a top 6 player in the NHL. If we can land one of the 3 centres in the draft this year we should be set for the next decade. Petey and Kuzy Bedard/Fantilli/Carlsson and Klimovich Edited January 25, 2023 by Elias Pettersson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasCanuck Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 11 hours ago, Ray_Cathode said: Right… and two fifth overall picks ended up nowhere: Juolevi and Virtanen. Juolevi due to 2 consecutive season ending surgeries, Virtanen, you can feel free to beat on Benning for that....although, he was also the choice of MANY people on this site! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
higgyfan Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 23 minutes ago, VegasCanuck said: Juolevi due to 2 consecutive season ending surgeries, Virtanen, you can feel free to beat on Benning for that....although, he was also the choice of MANY people on this site! Imo, Virtanen was an Aquaman pick. Hometown boy, power forward star and lots of golz leads to $ in the bank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elias Pettersson Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 Dan Milstein: "There is a plan with Danila. He will be an NHL player. He will be a star in the NHL. He will be in the NHL in 1-2 years"... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanP Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 2 hours ago, Elias Pettersson said: That was almost the goal of the year. Klimovich looks like a bigger version of Pavel Bure. I think he has more raw talent than Podkolzin. He’s only 19 as well. I said a long time ago he is better than Dylan Guenther. I still stand by that comment. He’s a top 6 player in the NHL. If we can land one of the 3 centres in the draft this year we should be set for the next decade. Petey and Kuzy Bedard/Fantilli/Carlsson and Klimovich Small correction - he turned 20 on January 9th. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasCanuck Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 3 hours ago, higgyfan said: Imo, Virtanen was an Aquaman pick. Hometown boy, power forward star and lots of golz leads to $ in the bank. I don't buy into the idea that Aqualini, a billionaire who controls a massive business empire, has the time to micromanage who the pick is. I think that Benning and Linden were hoping to find someone along the lines of Neely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray_Cathode Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 4 hours ago, VegasCanuck said: Juolevi due to 2 consecutive season ending surgeries, Virtanen, you can feel free to beat on Benning for that....although, he was also the choice of MANY people on this site! Do you remember the row Juolevi had with his hockey federation at the world junior? His biggest problems were in his head... just like Virtanen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucks Curse Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 2 hours ago, Elias Pettersson said: Dan Milstein: "There is a plan with Danila. He will be an NHL player. He will be a star in the NHL. He will be in the NHL in 1-2 years"... he certainly believes in his players, good for him. I find his tweets a little unprofessional actually but I am sure Kuz loves it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasCanuck Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 38 minutes ago, Ray_Cathode said: Do you remember the row Juolevi had with his hockey federation at the world junior? His biggest problems were in his head... just like Virtanen. It's possible there was some of that going on, but we'll never know for sure. What we do know is, he had constant injury problems after his draft class and never seemed to be able to put together more than a month without winding up back on IR. You can't develop and round out a game when constantly on IR. There's plenty of other stuff to get on Benning about, I give him a pass on this one. Clairvoyance isn't a required job description for GM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Attila Umbrus Posted January 25, 2023 Share Posted January 25, 2023 2 hours ago, RomanP said: Small correction - he turned 20 on January 9th. Do you still keep in touch with him Roman? He is having a great year. It's great to see his confidence growing so much. Totally different player than last year. I'm rooting for him hard! I think we all are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 6 hours ago, higgyfan said: Imo, Virtanen was an Aquaman pick. Hometown boy, power forward star and lots of golz leads to $ in the bank. Torts was an Aquaman coach Aqua just hasn't done much good when meddling too much with the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 3 hours ago, VegasCanuck said: I think that Benning and Linden were hoping to find someone along the lines of Neely Virtanen had all the physical tools and he'd be still in the NHL if it wasn't for the sexual allegation that was thrown away in court. I know he was trending down from his 20 goal season, but he would've had a spot on most teams as a guy that would sign for league minimum to play on the 3rd/4th line. So I totally get why they picked Virtanen. You have to remember that Canucks passing on a local BC player in the same mold (Milan Lucic) haunted us for a while. Anyways enough about Virt, back to Danila. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasCanuck Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 1 minute ago, VancouverHabitant said: Virtanen had all the physical tools and he'd be still in the NHL if it wasn't for the sexual allegation that was thrown away in court. I know he was trending down from his 20 goal season, but he would've had a spot on most teams as a guy that would sign for league minimum to play on the 3rd/4th line. So I totally get why they picked Virtanen. You have to remember that Canucks passing on a local BC player in the same mold (Milan Lucic) haunted us for a while. Anyways enough about Virt, back to Danila. I agree with you. Also, that draft class wasn't the strongest overall. Virtanen had speed and strength and a great shot, just couldn't put it together in the NHL. I don't think his hockey IQ was all that high which prevented him from working effectively in the bottom 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanP Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 1 hour ago, Attila Umbrus said: Do you still keep in touch with him Roman? He is having a great year. It's great to see his confidence growing so much. Totally different player than last year. I'm rooting for him hard! I think we all are. Yes, I do. He's doing great. I'm planning to head to Abby's game some time soon. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasCanuck Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 33 minutes ago, VegasCanuck said: I agree with you. Also, that draft class wasn't the strongest overall. Virtanen had speed and strength and a great shot, just couldn't put it together in the NHL. I don't think his hockey IQ was all that high which prevented him from working effectively in the bottom 6. Personally, I was hoping to get Michael Dal Colle, and he turned out even worse at #5, and I wouldn't say that Sam Bennett was a homerun at #4, and Haydn Fleury was a bit of a disaster at #7. It's weird, those 4 - 7 picks all would have gone a LOT later in a redraft. There were some successes in there, Toronto has done well with Nylander, Ehlers has done well for Winnipeg and all those teams that passed on David Pastrnak before Boston took him at 25, including Vancouver passing on him twice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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