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[Gawdzukes]

On 7/8/2022 at 11:40 AM, JM_ said:

I have no doubt he had input. Big young kid, should be interesting to see how much influence Clarke can have over the next few years. 

Hey buddy. Is this our new backup/succession goalie we wanted?

[JM_]

10 minutes ago, Gawdzukes said:

Hey buddy. Is this our new backup/succession goalie we wanted?

probably more like insurance on Silovs or Mikey D not panning out. 

 

Looking back on the draft, I might have preferred to pick a goalie next draft with our extra 4th and rolled the dice on a RHD this time, but if Ian Clark liked this kid then thats fine. 

 

[-Vintage Canuck-]

Ian Clark on what the Canucks like about 2022 goaltending draft pick Ty Young:

 

Ian Clark has a bit of a reputation.

 

A reputation as not only one of the best goalie coaches in the world, but also one of the brightest minds in the sport of hockey when it comes to goaltending.

He’s written multiple books on the position and his work serves as a blueprint of sorts, especially overseas.

 

One thing Clark has become increasingly known for is his ability to identify young talent in the NHL Draft.

 

While he the Columbus Blue Jackets’ goaltending coach, Clark was instrumental in the club selecting Elvis Merzlikins and Daniil Tarasov, and in Vancouver, he was the mastermind behind the club’s selection of Arturs Silovs and last year, Aku Koskenvuo.

 

The latter two goaltenders are both late-round selections with incredible intangible assets that Clark and the Canucks are hoping can translate to on-ice success with some hard work and development.

 

Last year when CanucksArmy spoke with Clark, he explained what he saw in Koskenvuo and how he typically evaluates draft-eligible goaltenders.

 

“For me, I’m a big believer when it comes to scouting in evaluating the intangibles when it comes to goaltenders. Technique and structure and all those types of things are very tangible. Those are things we can kind of do with our eyes closed. They’re very tangible and very blueprint-y.

 

“I say this, and I probably shouldn’t, but I say that we can teach a goaltender technique in a weekend,” Clark said with a laugh. “So for me, those things really don’t register for me when I’m evaluating a goalie. What I’m really looking at is the intangible things that I know through my history in the game are much more difficult to teach through nurture.

 

“When I look at Aku, I look at a goaltender that may be a little bit raw, a little bit green with some of the structural stuff, you know, there’s some blemishes there that we can easily transform and reorganize in his game, but some of those other areas which are much harder, he has in spades.”

 

It was for similar reasoning that Clark was drawn to Prince George Cougars backup Ty Young in the 2022 NHL Draft.

 

“Again, another goaltender that has really strong underlying talent,” Clark told CanucksArmy during Canucks development camp at UBC. “And at the end of the day, from my perspective, I’d rather a less programmed goalie that we can still program and build the infrastructure around that underlying talent that they have.

 

“So Ty’s a goaltender who first of all is very young and already closing in on 6’3. So, a goaltender with great athleticism, a goaltender with great natural underlying talent, and a goaltender that’s obviously going to have some size because he’s still growing.”

 

At first, the pick gave some people pause as Young was somebody who flew under a lot of people’s radars. But the Canucks weren’t the only team interested in Young, who says he was a bit surprised to see his name next to the Canucks’ logo on draft day while he was out camping and golfing with friends and family.

 

“All I did was a questionnaire for them,” Young told CanucksArmy. “So when I saw my name on the TV by the Canucks, I was pretty excited because obviously my family’s from here. So it’s a dream come true, but I really wasn’t too sure it would be the Canucks who picked me, I thought it would be someone else.”

 

Young was open and honest when evaluating his game, and admitted that while his technique and movement may not be where he wants it to be just yet, he’s ready to let his work ethic get him there.

 

“That’s kind of I think one of the reasons why I was kind of getting looked at to get drafted and stuff was just because my coachability and work ethic to get better is pretty high. So my movement and technical stuff may not be the best right now, but I think my coachability is really good.”

 

We asked Clark specifically about that statement, and the Canucks’ goalie coach absolutely agreed.

 

“If you watch him play, he’s a fierce competitor,” said Clark of Young’s game. “We had an opportunity to see him play with the Calgary Canucks in the AJHL before he went on to Prince George.

 

“Really at the end of the day, it’s those things and again, it’s the intangibles — not that they’re intangibles necessarily, that’s probably an overused word — but it’s again, those underlying elements to what he brings to the table.

 

“The incredible compete, the ability to find creative solutions in difficult moments because he never quits on a puck. His work habits, the way he goes about his business off the ice are all important commodities that we look for in these players.”

 

Young is a project goaltender with a long road ahead of him, but is eager to continue applying the concepts he learned at development camp from Clark and try to take that next step.

 

“I’ve heard a lot about his past and stuff,” added Young when asked about Clark. “He’s worked with some of the best goalies of all time so he definitely knows what he’s talking about.

 

“It’s kind of a crazy experience working with him because he’s so knowledgeable. It’s really awesome.

 

“I’m really excited to start the journey.”

 

https://canucksarmy.com/2022/07/25/ian-clark-canucks-2022-goaltending-draft-ty-young/

[Fred65]

What happened to Matthew Thiessen ?

[CR7]

21 hours ago, Fred65 said:

What happened to Matthew Thiessen ?

Still Canucks Property until Aug. 2023. He's playing back up at the University of Maine, numbers unspectacular (20/21 8 games, 4.23 GAA. .878 SV%, 21/22 12 game .888 SV%, 3.11 GAA. Only 1 win in 2 seasons), but so is his team. To really progress he needs to seize the starters job this year, or we may just let him walk next August 

[204CanucksFan]

23 hours ago, Fred65 said:

What happened to Matthew Thiessen ?

He spent the last 3 years playing for one of the worst teams in NCAA Hockey at the University of Maine. See post, from above, quoted below by CR7 lol

 

1 hour ago, CR7 said:

Still Canucks Property until Aug. 2023. He's playing back up at the University of Maine, numbers unspectacular (20/21 8 games, 4.23 GAA. .878 SV%, 21/22 12 game .888 SV%, 3.11 GAA. Only 1 win in 2 seasons), but so is his team. To really progress he needs to seize the starters job this year, or we may just let him walk next August 

As a little extra note, I believe he has transferred to a top hockey school at University of Minnesota-Duluth, where he is expected to compete for the starters job in his senior season. I don't expect him to be offered a contract after this season though.

 

It so nice having Ian Clark back on this teams coaching staff. Thiessen was the last goalie drafted before Clark came back and he was a swing as 7th rounder but has hasn't been good at all whereas now with Clark identifying the proper talent we end up with late round goalie picks that look really good in Silovs, Koskenvuo and now Young.

[-Vintage Canuck-]

 

Goalie selected in 2022 NHL Draft, worked with Sedin brothers, Ian Clark at development camp:

 

VANCOUVER -- Ty Young may have grown up in Calgary, Alberta, but thanks to a summer spent with his grandparents on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, his favorite team was the Vancouver Canucks, making his selection by them in the fifth round (No. 144) of the 2022 NHL Draft all the more special.

 

The 17-year-old goalie still has the jerseys of his favorite Canucks growing up: Daniel Sedin and Roberto Luongo. So, it was a little surreal for him to be on the ice with Daniel Sedin, his twin brother Henrik and Ian Clark, the goaltending coach who worked with Luongo for four seasons from 2006-10, at Canucks development camp last month.

 

"It doesn't feel real," Young said. "I feel like I'm living in a dream. It's a crazy feeling to be able to just look across the ice and there they are, or when they sat and had dinner with us. It's not like they're like so far away anymore on the TV screen. You're actually talking to them."

 

The Sedin brothers provided the star power -- and the obvious temptation to ask for an autograph -- but it was Clark who gave the biggest ego boost to the 6-foot-3 goalie, who did not attend the draft in Montreal because he was worried that he wouldn't be selected despite rising from No. 21 on NHL Central Scouting's midseason ranking of North American goalies to No. 6 when the final rankings were released.

 

Clark said the Canucks ranked Young atop their list of available goalies, with the one caveat being that they look more for raw skill and other physical, competitive and coachable attributes. Translation: There's still work to do on his game.

 

"He's one of the rare Canadian wild horses," Clark said. "I've used that term before referring to Eastern European goalies that have underlying talent, but aren't yet over-programed structurally, and I think he falls into that category.

 

"He has a lot of those underlying elements we believe are the crown jewels of [that] position and now that he's in our stable we have an opportunity to really get to work on some of those other more tangible elements."

 

Last season, Young started with Calgary -- aptly named the Canucks -- in the Alberta Junior Hockey League, going 4-10-3 with a .918 save percentage and one shutout. He finished the season with Prince George of the Western Hockey League and was 6-9-3 with a .899 save percentage in 23 regular-season games.

 

As he continues his development, Young is embracing what he has already learned from Clark, who along with Luongo has worked with two-time Vezina Trophy winner Sergei Bobrovsky, then with the Columbus Blue Jackets (2011-19), and both current Calgary Flames goalie Jacob Markstrom in 2019-20 and Thatcher Demko in Vancouver.

 

"When I first got here, he brought up my ego a little but once we got on the ice it kind of went back down," said Young, who studied footage of Demko last season to try and incorporate some of his technique. "He's a crazy good goalie coach and he's got an awesome pedigree, so I'm just trying to take everything in and hopefully I can become a better goalie."

 

https://www.nhl.com/news/vancouver-canucks-prospect-ty-young-drafted-by-favorite-team/c-335147254

[Ilya Mikheyev]

it's interesting that he was born a year later than the #1 ranked NA goalie, who just happens to play on the same team as him, and had slightly worse stats than Young. Really like what Clark said about his competitiveness. Would like to see him give Brennan a run for his money this year in Prince George.

[Goal:thecup]

3 hours ago, Ilya Mikheyev said:

it's interesting that he was born a year later than the #1 ranked NA goalie, who just happens to play on the same team as him, and had slightly worse stats than Young. Really like what Clark said about his competitiveness. Would like to see him give Brennan a run for his money this year in Prince George.

I was hoping we would draft the 'other guy' who was ranked so high and played for PG and thought at first we had chosen him.

Jersey took Brennan in the 4th, ahead of us; it will be interesting to see which has the best career.

[Ilya Mikheyev]

6 hours ago, Goal:thecup said:

I was hoping we would draft the 'other guy' who was ranked so high and played for PG and thought at first we had chosen him.

Jersey took Brennan in the 4th, ahead of us; it will be interesting to see which has the best career.

Yea fair - I was kind of hoping Mason Beaupit would fall to the Canucks, but I now that I know more about Young, I think he might be just as good of a pick.

[-Vintage Canuck-]

 

[wildcam]

On 8/3/2022 at 8:00 PM, Ilya Mikheyev said:

it's interesting that he was born a year later than the #1 ranked NA goalie, who just happens to play on the same team as him, and had slightly worse stats than Young. Really like what Clark said about his competitiveness. Would like to see him give Brennan a run for his money this year in Prince George.

I sure hope Young gets his fair amount of starts with Brennan there with 68 game. I hope Young gets at least 25-30 or even takes over #1 goalie position..

[Gawdzukes]

On 8/3/2022 at 9:00 PM, Ilya Mikheyev said:

it's interesting that he was born a year later than the #1 ranked NA goalie, who just happens to play on the same team as him, and had slightly worse stats than Young. Really like what Clark said about his competitiveness. Would like to see him give Brennan a run for his money this year in Prince George.

 

2 hours ago, wildcam said:

I sure hope Young gets his fair amount of starts with Brennan there with 68 game. I hope Young gets at least 25-30 or even takes over #1 goalie position..

He got 23 games last year. He should get his fair share of opportunity. To be honest it looks like a good natured competition for both players. Good environment.

[Ilya Mikheyev]

11 hours ago, wildcam said:

I sure hope Young gets his fair amount of starts with Brennan there with 68 game. I hope Young gets at least 25-30 or even takes over #1 goalie position..

 

8 hours ago, Gawdzukes said:

 

He got 23 games last year. He should get his fair share of opportunity. To be honest it looks like a good natured competition for both players. Good environment.

now that he's been whispered to by Ian Clark he'll be number 1 by November

[-Vintage Canuck-]

 

[wildcam]

22 hours ago, -Vintage Canuck- said:

 

Very strong game Ty Young 37 shots..Hope he has a fantastic year, just 18 now..

[Goal:thecup]

22 hours ago, -Vintage Canuck- said:

 

That rink is empty!

C'mon PG, support your team.

[-Vintage Canuck-]

 

[dpn1]

Does Ty have a shot at the WJC?

[Fred65]

Ty Young Hones His Craft In the Prince George Cougars' Net - The Hockey News