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8 minutes ago, Heretic said:

Excuse my pessimism, but it doesn't really matter, whomever they pick will not help us make the playoffs next season.  

The Canucks are a mediocre team with a mediocre first round pick... 

this is an exceptionally extraordinary draft class. In an actual mediocre draft year this years pick at 11 would be closer to top 5. That said what 1st round draft pick ever tipped the scale into any team making the playoffs or not. That list  is probably pretty short. 

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6 minutes ago, MikeyD said:

I will give you that. Do you think that deserves top ten consideration though? Most guys in the top 10 I feel would do well against older talent. 

I have him in the 6-8 range, think he becomes a stud borderline 1st line center. 

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One last wishlist post. Dvorsky or Reinbacher would be the dream. Benson, Willander or Wood I'd be happy with. Anyone else I'll be a little underwhelmed by, but not particularly angry. Unless we pull a Boston and take a Senyshyn type reach with that 11th pick.

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48 minutes ago, NUCKER67 said:

Moore seemed underwhelming at the U18s. I recall a whole lot of Smith, Leonard and Perreault though. They say Moore could be the fastest skater in the draft, but Tyler Motte is really fast too. Do the Canucks want to draft a Motte-like player at #11?  Moore need to show more IMO. 

 

Canucks need a Future Star

Oddly enough, I had the same comparison. Personally I see his game right now to be near Motte level but a bit more unpolished. One thing Moore has is much better hands than Motte. Motte was a good finisher but he was never driving wide around guys or cutting through players.

 

With that said Moore sometimes does this too much and puts himself into dead ends. That's his biggest flaw. If he can learn to anticipate offense a bit more (his vision is good) and figures out how to process, he does that that future star calibur. His ceiling is Dylan Larkin.

 

It's just a matter of if he can process the game and that's where I think the Sedins will be perfect for him. 

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14 hours ago, TGokou said:

I respect Buttons opinion but also don't know how he is projecting Simashev. Is it based on video? Based on points? Even though the points don't really show much he showed a much improved statistical profile in the latter half of the year and from short snippets of video I see a confident prospect who can dangle around players with his skating and puck handling abilities. Yes his shot is weak but is easily something he can work on plus he has frame to add power. To be totally honest his combination of size and skating is such a unicorn I almost don't see any way he doesn't become minimum top three defenseman. His potential to be a solid d man with 30-40 points is enough to justify an 11th overall pick. If he ends up being a Chris Tanev type player I'd still argue it's worth 11th overall 

Would love to have a Tanev type with some snarl that is.. plus another 2" taller and 20 pounds heavier.. wait, that sounds too good... Ok so I'm dreaming but if anyone is close to that, it's Reinbacher with more speed than Tanev, snarl? Not sure about that one, but we need a bigger faster D who likes hitting and separating a forward from the puck and good gap control/position but I have this sinking feeling of knowing our luck.. :(

However! I'll have my fingers crossed, toes if I could!

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17 minutes ago, AlwaysACanuckFan said:

As we get closer to the draft, I feel we will select between Danielson, Willander or Simashev unless Benson or Reinbacher falls out of top 10.

Im happy w this scenario.  

 

 

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57 minutes ago, NUCKER67 said:

Moore seemed underwhelming at the U18s. I recall a whole lot of Smith, Leonard and Perreault though. They say Moore could be the fastest skater in the draft, but Tyler Motte is really fast too. Do the Canucks want to draft a Motte-like player at #11?  Moore need to show more IMO. 

 

Canucks need a Future Star

To be fair I haven’t watched a lot of Moore. I'm going mostly on scouting reports. Planning on that when I get home from the pool.

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17 minutes ago, chon derry said:

this is an exceptionally extraordinary draft class. In an actual mediocre draft year this years pick at 11 would be closer to top 5. That said what 1st round draft pick ever tipped the scale into any team making the playoffs or not. That list  is probably pretty short. 

That may be true but last I checked, every team has a 1st round pick, which means even more that we won't gain any ground on other teams from this draft.  

I know, time will tell...

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12 minutes ago, Bure_Pavel said:

I have him in the 6-8 range, think he becomes a stud borderline 1st line center. 

You see him as probably the majority of others see him. I personally have him projected to end up a third line guy and a 50 point season being a very big ask of him. I think he has the talent to be that guy (borderline 1st) but I think every star would have to align and he'd have to have some great coaches with lots of patience and a lot of opportunity. We shall see! So many variables anyhow. For all we know he could get derailed by injuries. 

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4 minutes ago, Heretic said:

That may be true but last I checked, every team has a 1st round pick, which means even more that we won't gain any ground on other teams from this draft.  

I know, time will tell...

Only 23 teams have first round picks this year so far.

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35 minutes ago, Filthymitts32 said:

Excuse my negligence but I was very dissatisfied with picking 11 and didn't pay any attention to the prospects this year. Now that the day has come, it's sucked me back in... So who are they taking? The team has holes everywhere and can improve in alot of areas, but speed and physicality with skill mixed in has got be at the top of the list. Dman or centre, I'm not picky, both need to improve drastically. 

Who are we picking? ::D great question.

Think there are at least 7-8 players being being suggested... 

D anyone from Reinbacher (probably not available), ASP, Willander, Simashev

Forwads: Benson, Wood, Danielsen, Barlow, Dvorsky, Moore... + at least a few more.

 

Really hard to predict, where we go this year... so many possibilities 

 

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My nerves are starting to ramp up :lol: Getting edgy and anxious, been waiting a year for this one pick (like most of us). 

 

I'm a little afraid Allvin is going to trade the #11 for D help now, like the #11 for Dumba (aaahhh! I would be so mad). Or maybe he's forced to trade down (and draft a lesser player) in order to move Garland, for example.

 

My high hopes are Reinbacher, Simashev, Benson and Dvorsky

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24 minutes ago, Filthymitts32 said:

Excuse my negligence but I was very dissatisfied with picking 11 and didn't pay any attention to the prospects this year. Now that the day has come, it's sucked me back in... So who are they taking? The team has holes everywhere and can improve in alot of areas, but speed and physicality with skill mixed in has got be at the top of the list. Dman or centre, I'm not picky, both need to improve drastically. 

I don't usually delve too deep into the draft and its prospects, but this year was different because of the exceptional forward talent at the top of the draft.  Yes, unfortunately we couldn't pick higher, but as the top forwards get snatched up, it leaves us with some interesing options on defense and center.

 

The names floating around 11th are Oliver Moore and Nate Danielson, although they do have the potential to be taken in the top 10.

 

Defensemen David Reinbacher and Axel Sandin-Pellikka had been top 10 options earlier in the year, but the recent play of Tom Willander and Dmitry Simashev have catapulted them into the conversation as potential Top 10 talent, creating more uncertainty in that 8 to 15 range.

 

There is a chance some high end forwards like Matvei Michkov or Zach Benson might fall to us, in which case I don't think we can pass on.

 

Any one of these players will address some of the issues with this team.  Just don't expect that player to be the solution to all of it.

 

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1 minute ago, DeltaSwede said:

Final mock:

1. Bedard

2. Michkov

3. Carlson

4. Fantilli

5. Smith

6. Benson

7. Dvorsky

8. Reinbacher

9. Barlow

10. Leonard

11. 

I'd prefer a RD at #11, but ok if we wind up with a good Center. We need at both of those positions. 

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5 minutes ago, NUCKER67 said:

My nerves are starting to ramp up :lol: Getting edgy and anxious, been waiting a year for this one pick (like most of us). 

 

I'm a little afraid Allvin is going to trade the #11 for D help now, like the #11 for Dumba (aaahhh! I would be so mad). Or maybe he's forced to trade down (and draft a lesser player) in order to move Garland, for example.

 

My high hopes are Reinbacher, Simashev, Benson and Dvorsky

Dumba is a UFA this off season

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