Carol Schram: IIHF World Championship is up next now that Utica Comets' season has ended With Thatcher Demko and the Utica Comets being eliminated from the AHL playoffs by the Toronto Marlies on Sunday, it's time to turn our attention to the IIHF World Championship, which features a number of Vancouver Canucks players and prospects and kicks off on Friday.

Thanks Carol, safe travels!

Have fun

For Christ sake, can someone please get Elias a milkshake!

Thanks Carol!! Have fun!!

For Christ sake, can someone please get Elias a milkshake!


- bloatedmosquito

JV is on it.

For Christ sake, can someone please get Elias a milkshake!


- bloatedmosquito

When he is 190 in a couple years he will be unstoppable

JV is on it.
- thundachunk

JV pulls up in his van...

When he is 190 in a couple years he will be unstoppable
- CanuckDon

Where's Manfan? This needs to be documented!

That image has me worried. He looks breakable.

Where's Manfan? This needs to be documented!

That image has me worried. He looks breakable.
- bloatedmosquito

You called?

Odd timing.

Anyways that's not document worthy. He's going to be good no matter what he weighs. Marner is an inch and change shorter and only 175 lbs.

How worried should be about Olli Juolevi not making the team?

You called?

Odd timing.

Anyways that's not document worthy. He's going to be good no matter what he weighs. Marner is an inch and change shorter and only 175 lbs.
- manvanfan

I'm going to start my own list...

In regards to Marner and his ilk. I'm really starting to believe that the canuck players suffer more injuries playing for Van than they would playing for another team. Not curse, but location.

There, I said it.

How worried should be about Olli Juolevi not making the team?
- Beatle_john

You shouldn’t. He’s fine. If he doesn’t make it? So what. He has all the tools to be an NHL player but he needs to be more consistent. He isn’t going to be perfect playing 25 minutes a night and that is what he has been doing. He turns 20 in a few days. He will come and have a role be it in Utica or the Nucks. He will have a place but it will be what he makes of it.

JV pulls up in his van...


- bloatedmosquito

HE forgot his boat.

How worried should be about Olli Juolevi not making the team?
- Beatle_john

Zero


Hampus Lindholm 2.0

Candella and MacKenzie not getting a contract.

Zero


Nicholas Lidstrom 2.0
- Nucker101

Fixed. If we aren’t goi g with Finnish Defencman.

I'm going to start my own list...

In regards to Marner and his ilk. I'm really starting to believe that the canuck players suffer more injuries playing for Van than they would playing for another team. Not curse, but location.

There, I said it.
- bloatedmosquito

I said lack of vitamin D could be a factor. It may be training regimen. Van is one of the lighter/ softer team in the league

Candella and MacKenzie not getting a contract.
- Reubenkincade

No free agents. Not signing on our whats going on.

Fixed. If we aren’t goi g with Finnish Defencman.
- thundachunk

That’s his ceiling, unlikely to reach but that is his upside

That’s his ceiling, unlikely to reach but that is his upside
- Nucker101

LET'S BE FRANK ABOUT THIS! Rasmus Ristolainen and Kimmo Timonen are the only 2 Finnish defenders to score more then 40 points in a season in the NHL since 10-11.
To reach 30 points you can add Pitkanen and Vatanen.

I think OJ can put up 35 over a full 82 game season by his second year in the NHL.

LET'S BE FRANK ABOUT THIS! Rasmus Ristolainen and Kimmo Timonen are the only 2 Finnish defenders to score more then 40 points in a season in the NHL since 10-11.
To reach 30 points you can add Pitkanen and Vatanen.

I think OJ can put up 35 over a full 82 game season by his second year in the NHL.
- manvanfan

aka Hampus Lindholm 2.0

The guy some say is ANA’s best dman

aka Hampus Lindholm 2.0

The guy some say is ANA’s best dman
- Nucker101

Ya ...... ya ..... ya probably. it's a pretty tight top 4 with Fowler, Manson, Montour and him. Surprisingly they don't get more recognition.

LET'S BE FRANK ABOUT THIS! Rasmus Ristolainen and Kimmo Timonen are the only 2 Finnish defenders to score more then 40 points in a season in the NHL since 10-11.
To reach 30 points you can add Pitkanen and Vatanen.

I think OJ can put up 35 over a full 82 game season by his second year in the NHL.
- manvanfan

via GIPHY

via GIPHY

- thundachunk

I'm short so I get to be John Reilly