LTC123 Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 I don't know enough about hockey to rank our D depth. Looking at the following names: Willander Woo Jurmo Juulsen Kudryavtsev Truscott Dorrington Pettersson Keeper Persson Wolanin Rathbone Johansson Kalynuk Gabrielson I know D take years to develop: Aren't most of these guys draft +3,4,5 right now? Who could realistically step into a 5/6 role right away? How would they rank in order of NHL-readiness? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJockitch Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 (edited) Of the group we have who could realistically step into NHL? 6/7 guy-Wolanin, maybe Rathbone, maybe Keeper. any higher-Juulsen only option listed that realistically plays higher than bottom pairing this year. Woo may finally get a couple NHL games. Edited June 29, 2023 by DrJockitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Ward Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 (edited) In terms of long term potential to be a top 4 defenseman in the NHL, I think it goes like this: Willander Johansson DPetey Hirose Rathbone Woo Kudryavtsev Jurmo Edited June 29, 2023 by Dixon Ward 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Googlie Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 Missed Brisebois. - he has a good chance of being a 7/8 guy on the big team this year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddogy Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 It’s 4 inches. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Biestra Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 1 hour ago, Maddogy said: It’s 4 inches. Yikes we need to start drafting for size. No wonder the rest of the league doesn't respect us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieVedder Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 2 hours ago, Googlie said: Missed Brisebois. - he has a good chance of being a 7/8 guy on the big team this year Brisebois can be a legit 6 or even 5 if we have enough talent in the top 4. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddogy Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 3 minutes ago, EddieVedder said: Brisebois can be a legit 6 or even 5 if we have enough talent in the top 4. Jalen Chatfield played for Carolina on their 3rd pair. Having 4 great D’s can carry the rest of the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddieVedder Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 7 minutes ago, Maddogy said: Jalen Chatfield played for Carolina on their 3rd pair. Having 4 great D’s can carry the rest of the team. True, we have a gluttony of 5 - 8's. We need to focus on getting legit top 4 guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 From our young prospects, it's D-Petey that has the best trajectory so far. He played a lot of minutes in the SHL in his D+1 year. Obviously you have some older guys that are closer to the NHL, and Willander as the highest upside young dman, but the rate of improvement has been the steepest for D-Petey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NewbieCanuckFan Posted June 29, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted June 29, 2023 1 hour ago, EddieVedder said: True, we have a gluttony of 5 - 8's. We need to focus on getting legit top 4 guys. Jim Benning wasn't given enough time to get those. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 3 minutes ago, NewbieCanuckFan said: Jim Benning wasn't given enough time to get those. He ran out it. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.B Cooper Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 We have 2 legit nhl prospects. Willy and Pettersson The rest is the biggest bunch of probably nots I’ve ever seen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewbieCanuckFan Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 39 minutes ago, D.B Cooper said: We have 2 legit nhl prospects. Willy and Pettersson The rest is the biggest bunch of probably nots I’ve ever seen It was like Mike Gillis never left. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gottalovethosenucks Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 If juulsen can improve his skating I believe he could mature into a bigger role for us he’s a big boy … once myers is gone our team is a bunch of fairys back there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wai_lai416 Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 1 hour ago, D.B Cooper said: We have 2 legit nhl prospects. Willy and Pettersson The rest is the biggest bunch of probably nots I’ve ever seen remember the days when we were talking about shipping QH out because of contracts and replace him with rathbone? lol 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.B Cooper Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 4 minutes ago, wai_lai416 said: remember the days when we were talking about shipping QH out because of contracts and replace him with rathbone? lol No, I remember when a few idiots were saying that. But definitely not WE. Lol. I wasn’t involved in those dumbass conversations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkyard Dog Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 Willinder, Brzustewicz and Mynio are pretty nice additions to our prospect pool. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkyard Dog Posted June 29, 2023 Share Posted June 29, 2023 1 hour ago, D.B Cooper said: We have 2 legit nhl prospects. Willy and Pettersson The rest is the biggest bunch of probably nots I’ve ever seen Brzustewicz and Mynio don’t look too bad. Really though a lot of these more recently added guys(including the NCAA guys) are wait and see. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiznak Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 2 hours ago, D.B Cooper said: We have 2 legit nhl prospects. Willy and Pettersson The rest is the biggest bunch of probably nots I’ve ever seen Pettersson is hardly a legitimate nhl prospect. I’d say he has less than a 25% chance of ever becoming a top 4 defensemen for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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