bluesman60

I'll leave the picking to the experts but I wouldn't move the 1st pick. I would use our 1st and 2nd to get some good draft picks (let the scouts do their magic) and then entertain trading JV and a pick for a high end prospect and a pick or a player that can step in next year. After the 1st and 2nd round, there are always teams that are trying to shop for picks to salvage the draft and teams that are up against the cap and have to move someone. I do hope that we get a bigger player in the Bo Horvat class...skating, size, heart and decent hands. We need defensemen but as someone pointed out....good RHD in the 2nd round....we need some scoring power and speed. You can have too many guys that can pass but with limited scorers at their disposal....passing won't put the numbers on the scoreboard. JMHO. ps Seth Jones contract would create cap problems and Benning would be giving players away just to stay under the cap.

I don't know what day but Petey said he will drive to his home and get him if he isn't at camp!

Good honest interview and it sounds like Green believes in him but needs consistency (like Virtanen). He is going to have to chase the puck and take it away to do that....he just can't be the player that waits for someone to pass him the puck. he could learn a lot from Brock Boeser or Petey….they go get the puck. If he can do that, he will be hard to keep off the ice.

Jake could learn a lot from Antoine Rousel….he is a perfect role model for Jake.

Jake needs to learn to play like Antoine Rousell and be that guy that is a pain in the ass for the opposition. Go to the net hard, screen the goalie and excel at tipping the puck....score a few dirty goals and stick up for your teammates. With Jakes speed, size and a decent shot, he can be that type of player. He just needs the same chance that Goldobin has been given before jumping the gun and trading him.

We can always go by the 'nose theory' and pick Vilardi.....big nose equals big goals.

The Canucks should take Glass if he is there when they pick at 5. Does Tanev get traded at the draft for another 1st?

Exactly, Burrows gave his heart to Vancouver. It is offensive to have a post titled ' Burrows, do we need him'.

I posted because a topic asking if we need Burrows when he is no longer a Canuck is pointless....much like your reply.

Would one of the moderators please take this topic down. Burrows does not play for Vancouver so there is no need for a post.

Time to look ahead not backwards. The culture of the team is in transition by a capable team of Linden and Benning. The Canucks are getting bigger, badder and will still be a skilled team which is a necessary thing if we want to ever see a Cup in Vancouver. Embrace it or whine about the past....your choice...choose wisely.

On TSN, 'Bob McKenzie says Vancouver will not be qualifying Jordan Schroeder or Zac Dalpe. Both go to UFA'.

Hard to say, anyways he will fall in love with Vancouver once he sees what a hockey crazy town it is.

McCann looked shocked to be selected by Vancouver. Glad to have him aboard. He was rated at #10 for N American players by Central Scouting and #19 on Craig Button's combined list.

Well stated! It is shameful and embarrassing to slag Virtanen before he even suits up and that this thread is loaded with so much negativity. You would think that people would be happy to have a big skilled gritty player like Virtanen instead of a 166 lb player that will hopefully to grow a couple of years so that they have NHL size.