45 goal scorer Reid Boucher?
- A_SteamingLombardi

62 goals in 68 games in his final OHL season...imagine the posts here if he was drafted by the Canucks back then.

45 goal scorer Reid Boucher?
- A_SteamingLombardi

Someone like Boucher he broke Stamkos junior scoring record for Sarnia SCRAPS

Someone like Boucher he broke Stamkos junior scoring record for Sarnia SCRAPS
- CanuckDon

Remember when Canucks gave away Grabner and Florida waived him to start the season. He went to Islanders and lit it up for years. Still producing for Rangers this season.

You never know with these kids that got sidetracked. Someone's scraps can be steak and lobster.

Most of the team is low level players, there's only so much he can do.
- golfingsince

That's a cop out. Plus look at the undervaluing of players like Burrows and Hansen. They seem to be doing fine elsewhere. It's not as bad as you make it out.

Denying possibility that someone else can do better with this group sounds like a burying head in the sand outlook.

Vegas get's third overall.
- VanHockeyGuy

- Marwood

Glad that's finally decided.

Glad that's finally decided.
- A_SteamingLombardi

Block heads like Hefty don't get it

We're picking fourth, he'll be there
- LeftCoaster

We won't be in the top 5. Picking 6th.

We won't be in the top 5. Picking 6th.
- LordHumungous

As long as they hire the right consultant it doesn't matter where they pick.

If Mittelstadt isn't available when we pick, Pettersson will be... so I'm not worried.

not at all.

and hes not even an nhl level coach let alone a good one
- SMBDragon

Can you list the 31 NHL head coaches with their respective team?

I'm not quite sure who they are, thanks.

As long as they hire the right consultant it doesn't matter where they pick.
- Marwood

Well played sir.

If Mittelstadt isn't available when we pick, Pettersson will be... so I'm not worried.
- DrChristianTroy

And you would take him before Nico

Can you list the 31 NHL head coaches with their respective team?

I'm not quite sure who they are, thanks.
- Pres.cup

Torts...no one else matters

yep its called the sh*t job he's done here.
- SMBDragon

Respectfully you also refuse to acknowledge some of the good that WD has done here. Like getting a non-PO team in the playoffs with 101 pts and instrumental in the development of Horvat, Baertchi, Granlund, Tree and Stecher. Not a small task. Now Boucher a scrap player seems to be a scorer under WD. It's not Willie's fault the Sedins are running the show here.

But I agree he has been outclassed and out coached at times but as a rookie coach three seasons ago there will always be learning curves. Something we have to deal with.

There is ZERO point in spending millions for a top level coach with this roster for next season. Let it happen in 2018/19 if need be.

There could be a very good chance that ownership/MNGT is looking to let WD have a go with Boeser/Juolevi next season which would be fine if required.

We get your bias towards WD…but you really need to see it from all angles my friend.

And you would take him before Nico
- CanuckDon

Pettersson over Nico?

(frank) no

If Mittelstadt isn't available when we pick, Pettersson will be... so I'm not worried.
- DrChristianTroy

My current top 5(subject to change as I watch these guys play more)

1. Nolan Patrick(injuries worry me, but otherwise he's still my #1)
2. Nico Hischier
3. Gabe Viliardi(had him at 5 or 6 until watching him play more this month)
T-4. Casey Mittelstadt
T-4. Martin Necas(no hype for such a good prospect)

Makar probably at 6. I'd have Pettersson more towards the 8-10 range right now.

Afternoon everyone, already 22 degrees here at 3pm, I'm in Rothenburg Germany, back on the island on Monday.

Just wanted to say what a great job Willie is doing with the prospects and AHL fodder the team is made up of...

Our defence stinks

"Some thought this would be a breakout year for Hutton, but of the 189 defencemen who’ve played at least 500 even-strength minutes, Hutton is 182nd in even-strength point rate. Tanev is 184th, but you don’t expect much from him."

"Maybe most troubling is Nikita Tryamkin, who hit the figurative rookie wall. In his first two months, he was actually one of the Canucks’ best defencemen and consistently the Canucks controlled possession when he was on the ice or at least broke even.

Times have changed, however, and since the deadline only Luca Sbisa has a worse even-strength, shot-attempt differential than Tryamkin’s 42.96 per cent. It’s possible he never fully recovered after missing weeks with the mumps. What’s not possible is expecting any of these young defencemen to be top-pairing players in the NHL.

At least, not any time soon.

And with Edler’s age and Tanev’s mounting injury history, that is a disconcerting reality."

Virtanen was one of the youngest in his draft class too
- Nucker101

Big difference....Virtanen doesn't think the game very well. Vilardi does, by all indications anyways.

Our defence stinks

"Some thought this would be a breakout year for Hutton, but of the 189 defencemen who’ve played at least 500 even-strength minutes, Hutton is 182nd in even-strength point rate. Tanev is 184th, but you don’t expect much from him."

"Maybe most troubling is Nikita Tryamkin, who hit the figurative rookie wall. In his first two months, he was actually one of the Canucks’ best defencemen and consistently the Canucks controlled possession when he was on the ice or at least broke even.

Times have changed, however, and since the deadline only Luca Sbisa has a worse even-strength, shot-attempt differential than Tryamkin’s 42.96 per cent. It’s possible he never fully recovered after missing weeks with the mumps. What’s not possible is expecting any of these young defencemen to be top-pairing players in the NHL.

At least, not any time soon.

And with Edler’s age and Tanev’s mounting injury history, that is a disconcerting reality."
- LeftCoaster

So you're saying that the defence is solid and the team only needs a 1C and1D and it's SC time

So you're saying that the defence is solid and the team only needs a 1C and1D and it's SC time
- Makita

I'm saying they're three years away from being three years away

I know what I know....and I'm ok with that

I agree, (frank) that stupid thing and the horse it rode in on...back to the modified stick in rink logo forever!!!
- LeftCoaster

Did you call?

Did you call?
- K-man25

No...

I'm saying they're three years away from being three years away
- LeftCoaster

With this d core and forward group, 6 years is about right.