Harold Drunken Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 (edited) 1 minute ago, DeNiro said: Podz has played over 100 NHL games now so I wouldn’t consider him a prospect anymore. Again a lot of good support players and bottom 6/depth D players not a whole lot that screams impact player. He's 21 and has played majority in the AHL this year and hasn't carved out a full time role...that's a prospect in my eyes anyway. Edited March 10, 2023 by Harold Drunken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 35 minutes ago, AlwaysACanuckFan said: Big question, who's next? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysACanuckFan Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 14 minutes ago, DeNiro said: No need to compare to Bure. Kuz is his own player and came into the league 6 years older than Bure with close to 350 professional games under his belt. Fun energetic player to watch but Bure was electrifying. One of the most exciting players to ever play the game. I wonder how much banana Bure ate, if that's the key to it all then give the whole team a banana 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysACanuckFan Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Just now, PhillipBlunt said: When you say big I think of Tryamkin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Just now, AlwaysACanuckFan said: When you say big I think of Tryamkin I thought that was what you were alluding to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuxfanabroad Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 41 minutes ago, NUCKER67 said: Remember when VAN had no Russians? Trying to find a friend for Podkolzin Only took 30 yrs, but finally following Scotty Bowman's approach! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 30 minutes ago, Sharpshooter said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Harold Drunken said: He's 21 and has played majority in the AHL this year and hasn't carved out a full time role...that's a prospect in my eyes anyway. 31 games in the NHL and 28 in the AHL this season. Regardless that’s one player that has top 6 potential. I’ve seen people dress up our prospect pool before. Right now it’s still pretty poor. That’s the issue with losing so many 1st and 2nd round picks. It’s so much harder to build up high end depth. We desperately need depth at the Center position and on D and it would be nice to have another top goalie prospect coming up behind Silovs. Hopefully they can solve that in the upcoming draft. Edited March 10, 2023 by DeNiro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeanSeanBean Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 (edited) 44 minutes ago, AlwaysACanuckFan said: Could he play this season? He's a 19 year old, 7th rounder who's coming from the OHL. It's highly unlikely he see's pro for awhile. I would assume he's back on the OHL next year. Edited March 10, 2023 by MeanSeanBean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeanSeanBean Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 (edited) 29 minutes ago, LegionOfDoom said: How dare they sign a prospect out of our “empty prospect cupboard” https://thehockeywriters.com/nhl-farm-system-rankings/ https://theathletic.com/3923067/2023/01/09/nhl-prospect-rankings-2023/ Weird victory lap, but ok. Edited March 10, 2023 by MeanSeanBean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry Goose Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Congratulations Kirill “dolla bills” Kuryavtsev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold Drunken Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 (edited) 9 minutes ago, DeNiro said: 31 games in the NHL and 28 in the AHL this season. Regardless that’s one player that has top 6 potential. I’ve seen people dress up our prospect pool before. Right now it’s still pretty poor. That’s the issue with losing so many 1st and 2nd round picks. It’s so much harder to build up high end depth. We desperately need depth at the Center position and on D and it would be nice to have another top goalie prospect coming up behind Silovs. Hopefully they can solve that in the upcoming draft. Agree, but players like Raty, Lekkerimaki, Klimovich, Podz don't necessarily get developed to play bottom 6 roles. They are all high skill guys what have been prolific scorers in their careers, they play a skill game and are offensive minded...they will be groomed and likely expected to play top 6 roles. They may start bottom 6 to watch their minutes, but the end goal for those guys would 100% be future top 6 skill guys. I think all of those guys are capable of doing so...that's typically where 1st / 2nd rounds picks like Lerkkerimaki, Podz, Raty, Klim would be drafted to play. Edited March 10, 2023 by Harold Drunken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucks Curse Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Herberts Vasiljevs said: Gavrikov and Barbashev next? Oh dear god yes please, Dan Millstein be fill-in' our holes, fill us up! Edited March 10, 2023 by Canucks Curse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 Just now, Canucks Curse said: Oh der god yes please, Dan Millstein be fill-in' our holes, fill us up! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucks Curse Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 1 minute ago, PhillipBlunt said: you don't want our holes filled up by Dan? Waaaaat 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Harold Drunken said: Agree, but players like Raty, Lekkerimaki, Klimovich Karlsson, Podz don't get developed to play bottom 6 roles. They are all high skill guys what have been prolific scorers in their careers, they play a skill game and are offensive minded...they will be groomed and likely expected to play top 6 roles. They may start bottom 6 to watch their minutes, but the end goal for those guys would 100% be future top 6 skill guys. I think all of those guys are capable of doing so...that's typically where 1st rounds picks would be drafted to play. I disagree about their roles. I very much think Raty, Klimovich, and Karlsson will be developed to play in the bottom 6. Their size and the sandpaper they play with would make them ideal third liners if they make it. Podz will be developed with top 6 in mind but his offensive consistency is making him look more like a bottom 6 player right now. When you consider the players taken after him I’ve been pretty disappointed with his offensive development. Lekkermaki is top 6 or bust and right now he’s trending towards bust. We’ll see if he can get back on track next season though. Edited March 10, 2023 by DeNiro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 3 minutes ago, Canucks Curse said: you don't want our holes filled up by Dan? Waaaaat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysACanuckFan Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 2 minutes ago, DeNiro said: I disagree about their roles. I very much think Raty, Klimovich, and Karlsson will be developed to play in the bottom 6. Their size and the the sandpaper they play with would make them ideal third liners if they make it. Podz will be developed with top 6 in mind but his offensive constancy is making him look more like a bottom 6 player right now. When you consider the players taken after him after been pretty disappointed with his offensive development. Lekkermaki is top 6 or bust and right now he’s tending towards bust. We’ll see if he can get back on track next season though. Which is why we need to hit on this year's draft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
48MPHSlapShot Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 27 minutes ago, Harold Drunken said: Pods Raty Hogz Kravstov Lekkerimaki Bloom Pettersson Klimovich Jurmo Silovs Rathbone Kudryavtsev Karlsson Mcdonough Bains Johansson We are starting to get some depth in our pool, maybe not any "blue chip" players, but the cupboards are getting stocked bit by bit. It's much brighter than it was a few years ago. There are def. some forwards in there with top 6 potential. I'll say this much, I'm much happier with how our prospect pool is looking now than I was at this point last year. One of biggest knocks on our drafting recently has been it's inability to find NHLers outside of the first rd, and it seems like we now have quite a few guys trending in the right direction. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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