flickyoursedin Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 On 12/1/2022 at 8:06 PM, hammertime said: I think JB's best draft was the Virtanen one. If we gloss over the Virtanen being a total POS part.. This is why interviews are so important. The mindset was at least correct take the guy with the rarest tools size speed combo. But they also took Mcann, Demko, Tryamkin, Forsling. If Virtanen had grown from a boy into a man, Tryamkins wife been a pot head, and not mortgaged Forsling + Mcann for the present mayyyyyybe we are a much better team today and JB still has a jerb. Had we not lost to the big bad bruins in the finals JB wouldn’t have felt like we needed to replicate the big bodied style. Maybe then he would have drafted for skill instead of size in the top 10 and taken Nylander or Ehlers. Then that draft could have been really awesome for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JustABandwagoner Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 TEAM TANK!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconuts Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 So who's currently projecting to go 9-15? I'm curious as to which future prospect I should be looking at.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammertime Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 On 12/3/2022 at 11:22 AM, flickyoursedin said: Had we not lost to the big bad bruins in the finals JB wouldn’t have felt like we needed to replicate the big bodied style. Maybe then he would have drafted for skill instead of size in the top 10 and taken Nylander or Ehlers. Then that draft could have been really awesome for us. Na I mean we searched so many years for that top line PWF to ride shotty with the Sedins? How many players 215-230lbs who play heavy can keep up with Mcdavid in a sprint. Guys like that are unicorns. Virtanen busted thats the human element. You don't just stop going to that well though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustABandwagoner Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 15 minutes ago, Coconuts said: So who's currently projecting to go 9-15? I'm curious as to which future prospect I should be looking at.. Sigh canucks are a disappointment :(. Can never tank properly.... But again its still early. We can still win 1 or 2 games for every 10 games and end up with a top 5 pick maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconuts Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 16 minutes ago, Tank4Bedard said: Sigh canucks are a disappointment :(. Can never tank properly.... But again its still early. We can still win 1 or 2 games for every 10 games and end up with a top 5 pick maybe? A Horvat trade would do wonders for a top 1-8 pick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 Demko gone Trade Horvat for picks this year, or suggest top prospects over picks this year + picks next year Trade Kuzmenko for picks this year/next year or a couple decent prospects Trade Garland for prospects Draft lottery top 7 hopeful!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Junkyard Dog Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 Richmond native Lukas Dragicevic, a 6'2'' RD is scoring at a bonkers pace in the WHL. Has 35 points(8 goals 27 assists) in 25 games. Currently ranked as late 1st/early 2nd. Can't find too many scouting reports on this kid. Can anyone give me a good rundown? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R3aL Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 2 hours ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: Is that good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R3aL Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 1 hour ago, Junkyard Dog said: Richmond native Lukas Dragicevic, a 6'2'' RD is scoring at a bonkers pace in the WHL. Has 35 points(8 goals 27 assists) in 25 games. Currently ranked as late 1st/early 2nd. Can't find too many scouting reports on this kid. Can anyone give me a good rundown? He’s looking like a draft riser to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R3aL Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 5 hours ago, Coconuts said: A Horvat trade would do wonders for a top 1-8 pick You would think. I feel like we need to get a top tier pick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flickyoursedin Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 3 hours ago, Junkyard Dog said: Richmond native Lukas Dragicevic, a 6'2'' RD is scoring at a bonkers pace in the WHL. Has 35 points(8 goals 27 assists) in 25 games. Currently ranked as late 1st/early 2nd. Can't find too many scouting reports on this kid. Can anyone give me a good rundown? Leading his team in points! Very impressive! Being that size and a RHD if his production continues I can see him going top 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighOnHockey Posted December 5, 2022 Author Share Posted December 5, 2022 2 hours ago, Junkyard Dog said: Richmond native Lukas Dragicevic, a 6'2'' RD is scoring at a bonkers pace in the WHL. Has 35 points(8 goals 27 assists) in 25 games. Currently ranked as late 1st/early 2nd. Can't find too many scouting reports on this kid. Can anyone give me a good rundown? Great puck-moving and offensive defenseman. Major work in progress in his own zone. Not as dynamic or evasive as a guy like Korchinski last year, but he's a smooth skater who likes to carry the puck out of the defensive zone. Brilliant playmaker inside the offensive zone and on the powerplay. Maybe not at his best walking the offensive blueline. More the type to use a lot of movement, quick passes and misdirection. Doesn't mind jumping into the cycle and playing deep in the offensive zone. Despite the defensive issues I expect he'll be one of the first two or three defensemen off the board. I don't see his upside as a superstar in the NHL though. More a top 4, maybe top 3 offensive-minded defenseman and powerplay specialist. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sativika Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 Is this draft touted to be one of the stronger drafts of recent years? Say like the 2005 draft? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Drunken Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 (edited) On 12/1/2022 at 8:06 PM, hammertime said: I think JB's best draft was the Virtanen one. If we gloss over the Virtanen being a total POS part.. This is why interviews are so important. The mindset was at least correct take the guy with the rarest tools size speed combo. But they also took Mcann, Demko, Tryamkin, Forsling. If Virtanen had grown from a boy into a man, Tryamkins wife been a pot head, and not mortgaged Forsling + Mcann for the present mayyyyyybe we are a much better team today and JB still has a jerb. Now if only he didn't trade Mcann and Forsling before they had a fighting chance at developing properly..... Edited December 7, 2022 by Harold Drunken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 7 hours ago, Sativika said: Is this draft touted to be one of the stronger drafts of recent years? Say like the 2005 draft? the top 5 is looking like a potential historic draft group with almost every player being a potential #1 overall pick in a mid to strong draft class 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighOnHockey Posted December 8, 2022 Author Share Posted December 8, 2022 On 12/7/2022 at 8:20 AM, Sativika said: Is this draft touted to be one of the stronger drafts of recent years? Say like the 2005 draft? 2005? Lol wut? I'm assuming you mean either 2003 or 2015 - the two strongest drafts in recent decades. It reminds me much more of 2015 than 2003, with the two at the top considered generational talents or close (didn't quite turn out for Eichel but the potential was there), and then two more considered surefire superstars in Marner and Strome (against, didn't quite turn out for Strome). Here we have Bedard and Michkov at the top (although Michkov is a wildcard due to the Russian factor), and then Fantilli and Carlsson. I wouldn't put it on the same level as '03 or '05 though just due to the quality of defence prospects. At forward and particularly at center it looks like it could match any draft you could name - with an almost absurd abundance of bluechip elite or even franchise centers in Bedard, Fantill, Carlsson, Smith, Dvorsky, Ritchie, Yaeger, Benson - but the defense looks well below average. The various experts and rankings can't seem to agree on which defencemen, if any, should be worth considering a top 10 or 15 amongst that group of elite forwards. That said, there are plenty of good defence prospects to be had, I'm just not convinced it has that kind of crop of bluechip elite defence prospects that would put this draft in the conversation with 2003 or 2015. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred65 Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 (edited) I'm not sure where to post this Why Canucks should sign NCAA defenceman Jake Livingstone in free agency | Offside (dailyhive.com) NHL College Free Agents: Jake Livingstone Leads List Of Top Available UFAs - FloHockey Edited December 9, 2022 by Fred65 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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