igorwasgreat Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 27 minutes ago, Ghostsof1915 said: Who? Phew ! I am not out of the loop , Idk either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysACanuckFan Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 A Team Like This VS A Team Like That 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Googlie Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 4 hours ago, Ghostsof1915 said: Is it getting my hopes up we can draft Reinbacher at least? We're getting Michkov. It's Allvin's dream to coach the Vancouver RusSwedes https://www.sportskeeda.com/ice-hockey/matvei-michkov-staying-khl-2023-24-season#:~:text=Matvei Michkov says he will,24 season%2C even if drafted. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlwaysACanuckFan Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, DrJockitch said: Diablo IV is out. Oh wow didn’t realize. ‘See you all next season. This will be your throne for the season Edited March 18, 2023 by AlwaysACanuckFan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 9 minutes ago, AlwaysACanuckFan said: A Team Like This VS A Team Like That Elias the Extraterrestrial vs Doughty the Doughboy No wonder we’re 9-0-2 in our last 11 against them… 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 14 minutes ago, Googlie said: We're getting Michkov. It's Allvin's dream to coach the Vancouver RusSwedes https://www.sportskeeda.com/ice-hockey/matvei-michkov-staying-khl-2023-24-season#:~:text=Matvei Michkov says he will,24 season%2C even if drafted. Please no. I'd rather have Carlsson than Michkov I don't care what skill and speed he has. We don't need another player especially one that weighs under 150 lbs. I'd take Fantilli over Michkov any day. I'd rather trade down and get Cristall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngryElf Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 3 minutes ago, Ghostsof1915 said: Please no. I'd rather have Carlsson than Michkov I don't care what skill and speed he has. We don't need another player especially one that weighs under 150 lbs. I'd take Fantilli over Michkov any day. I'd rather trade down and get Cristall. Cristall is 5'10, 165. Not much of a difference there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 Just now, AngryElf said: Cristall is 5'10, 165. Not much of a difference there... 17 lbs and 2" head start. Cristall isn't my first choice. I'm just saying I'd take him before Comrade Hockey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBatch Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 30 minutes ago, Googlie said: We're getting Michkov. It's Allvin's dream to coach the Vancouver RusSwedes https://www.sportskeeda.com/ice-hockey/matvei-michkov-staying-khl-2023-24-season#:~:text=Matvei Michkov says he will,24 season%2C even if drafted. Question, does he play like Theo Fluery? If not no thanks. Don't care if he "drops" to us either. Theo played like he was 6'5" and a Canuck killer. Does he really do all of that? I doubt it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieVedder Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 1 hour ago, -Vintage Canuck- said: Juulsen legit reminds me of that 12th grader you looked at back when you were in highschool and thought 'he looks way too old to be a 12th grader.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stawns Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Fanuck said: At the NHL level I often wonder how much of 'being prepared' to show up lies with coaching vs the individual players themselves? Tocchet himself, to his own credit, took some responsibility for the team not being prepared in AZ. The coach doesn't do much for preparation or pumping players up at this level. Every player has a different process to get ready for a game and it's up to each player to get ready to play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanuck Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 23 minutes ago, stawns said: The coach doesn't do much for preparation or pumping players up at this level. Every player has a different process to get ready for a game and it's up to each player to get ready to play I'm sure it depends on the type of team you're talking about, a veteran team or a bunch of younger guys wt not a lot of pro experience. Jon Cooper a few weeks back said his team knows exactly how to prepare and they have 'expectations' in their organization (which is why he benched his vets one game) whereas I doubt it's the same in a place like Ottawa where their average age is barely 25yo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanuck Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Ghostsof1915 said: Please no. I'd rather have Carlsson than Michkov I don't care what skill and speed he has. We don't need another player especially one that weighs under 150 lbs. I'd take Fantilli over Michkov any day. I'd rather trade down and get Cristall. I completely understand your reservations, but I've heard more than one analyst say Michkov's skill-set is easily as good as Bedard's....if he were available at wherever we are selecting, it would be difficult to pass up a potential generational talent like that. It could be a game-changer for this organization. But its not without risk that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
higgyfan Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 48 minutes ago, IBatch said: Question, does he play like Theo Fluery? If not no thanks. Don't care if he "drops" to us either. Theo played like he was 6'5" and a Canuck killer. Does he really do all of that? I doubt it. I don't know about playing like Fleury, but he's outscored all other Russian players; including Ovi, by quite a large margin (during draft year). Kids quite the phenomenon. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBatch Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 (edited) 10 minutes ago, higgyfan said: I don't know about playing like Fleury, but he's outscored all other Russian players; including Ovi, by quite a large margin (during draft year). Kids quite the phenomenon. That's good. Also he won't have to "go to war" like Theo described the league when he first joined. So if we draft him that's ok - im just hoping that size doesn't matter in his case. Theo was a warrior, in much tougher/rougher era. It's hard to find many guys who weigh 150lbs who survived this league. Or 160 for that matter. Get things are reverting back to the 70-80's as far as forwards and D's go. Maybe he can make it. Would he fine if we passed though. Podz was also supposed to be drafted in the top 3. Edited March 18, 2023 by IBatch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stawns Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 26 minutes ago, Fanuck said: I'm sure it depends on the type of team you're talking about, a veteran team or a bunch of younger guys wt not a lot of pro experience. Jon Cooper a few weeks back said his team knows exactly how to prepare and they have 'expectations' in their organization (which is why he benched his vets one game) whereas I doubt it's the same in a place like Ottawa where their average age is barely 25yo. I agree that younger teams need more guidance, but not by much. These kids are taught how to be professionals from the time they're 16, and that includes the mental part of the game too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockeyfan-observer Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 Should be a pretty competitive match tonight - think both teams will put their best foot forward - Canucks obviously need the points to keep their very slim mathematical odds alive (and hope the teams in front of them keep losing). KIngs are one point back of Vegas and I think probably want to see how they stack up against a team on a roll like the Canucks. Predict Kings will win in OT 4-3. With the nice weather outside today, kind of feels like we are with them in California watching the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanfor42 Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 On the question of whether or not to draft Michkov you have to look at the specifics. Nux will likely finish 8 to 10th from the bottom. Therefore they can draft 1st or 2nd or 8th 9th 10th 11th or 12th. 3rd to 7th isn't possible in this scenario. So being specific. Of course if you are drafting 1st you take Bedard not Michkov. If you draft 2nd you likely take Fantilli not Michkov. But if you draft 8th to 12th ya maybe you take a chance on him if he is available. 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 Just now, fanfor42 said: On the question of whether or not to draft Michkov you have to look at the specifics. Nux will likely finish 8 to 10th from the bottom. Therefore they can draft 1st or 2nd or 8th 9th 10th 11th or 12th. 3rd to 7th isn't possible in this scenario. So being specific. Of course if you are drafting 1st you take Bedard not Michkov. If you draft 2nd you likely take Fantilli not Michkov. But if you draft 8th to 12th ya maybe you take a chance on him if he is available. Drafting Michkov isn’t “taking a chance”. He is a guy, if we’re so lucky to select him we will be seeing a phenom in our lineup when he’s here in three years. He’s a brilliant player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanfor42 Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 2 minutes ago, Alflives said: Drafting Michkov isn’t “taking a chance”. He is a guy, if we’re so lucky to select him we will be seeing a phenom in our lineup when he’s here in three years. He’s a brilliant player. It's not taking a chance that he is a good player. It is taking a chance that he stays in an increasingly isolated Russia until his rights expire. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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