Canuck Army posts? 😂😂😂😂
- CanuckDon

Just saying that the nerds called it, not a SCF per se, but they knew, based on the rosters, that the Knights were a far better team.

if your argument is some canucks army posts / blogs to back up your statement omg

and crap you made me agree with Don

he is the Dr.Evil to my Buston Mathews
- onesmallleap

Who was right, Canucks Army bloggers or you? I think we all know the answer to that question already.

Kids so damn good, be great to have him!!
- LeftCoaster

If he pushes OJ to the third pairing isn’t that a good thing?

Hughes
Byram
Juolevi

Who was right, Canucks Army bloggers or you? I think we all know the answer to that question already.
- 1970vintage

there is no one who thought the GK could be a playoff contending team , sure you can argue that the original roster might be good enough to upset some perennial players , but NO , nobody , CA, included , saw the cup final run for an expansion team.

Just saying that the nerds called it, not a SCF per se, but they knew, based on the rosters, that the Knights were a far better team.
- 1970vintage

They are right 30% of the time. Just like Macewan is a wasted contract spot. But I suppose the nerds got this one right

If he pushes OJ to the third pairing isn’t that a good thing?

Hughes
Byram
Juolevi
- 1970vintage

i don't get the automatic Hughes love? he a lower pick then OJ , and a pipsqueek to boot
if he is as good as some proclaim on this board he would not have dropped to7, he is a better Stetcher with less compete i imagine

They are right 30% of the time. Just like Macewan is a wasted contract spot. But I suppose the nerds got this one right
- CanuckDon

Big Mac could still end up being a wasted contract spot, so they haven’t gotten it wrong yet, but likely will. His points in writing the article were all valid though. I mean, 9.5 out of 10 Macewans don’t ever get a sniff of the NHL.

actually , i've been told , the package is quite large
- onesmallleap

I bet you've never heard that in your life actually

Gudbranson? Stecher? Who cares. We would be doomed!!!
- CanuckDon

Like we aren't already #rebuildingyear

I bet you've never heard that in your life actually
- LeftCoaster

settle down tiger .. i got Sutter balls



i'll admit , they make "THE PACKAGE" look smaller but it is quite substantial , i assure you

An extra 1st and 2nd in 2019
- 1970vintage

Insert boner picture here

settle down tiger .. i got Sutter balls
- onesmallleap

Brandon Sutter's dad and uncle's had balls, they did not pass down the family tree to him

i don't get the automatic Hughes love? he a lower pick then OJ , and a pipsqueek to boot
if he is as good as some proclaim on this board he would not have dropped to7, he is a better Stetcher with less compete i imagine
- onesmallleap

I think he’s going to be a dynamic offensive dman in the league for a long time. Maybe he ends up on the second pairing if they had the fortune to select another top flight LHD, but he went 7 because the Habs and Coyotes went way off the board. You are probably a Bouchard guy though, another thing you and Don have in common

If he pushes OJ to the third pairing isn’t that a good thing?

Hughes
Byram
Juolevi
- 1970vintage

Edler Hughes
Juolevi Bryam

I think he’s going to be a dynamic offensive dman in the league for a long time. Maybe he ends up on the second pairing if they had the fortune to select another top flight LHD, but he went 7 because the Habs and Coyotes went way off the board. You are probably a Bouchard guy though, another thing you and Don have in common
- 1970vintage

uhmm , not gong ho on Bouchard , even though his OHL #"s are hard to overlook, i wanted Kotkaniemi , , Damn you Bergeron

Hughes reminds me of Rafalski , decent but not a game changer really

Edler Hughes
Juolevi Bryam


- LeftCoaster

That’s 4 LHD

Not that it really matters, unless you ask L1

i don't get the automatic Hughes love? he a lower pick then OJ , and a pipsqueek to boot
if he is as good as some proclaim on this board he would not have dropped to7, he is a better Stetcher with less compete i imagine
- onesmallleap

he's probably the best defenceman in NCAA and tracks pretty well on the same course as Werenski and GhostBear. That's why people are high on him. People in the know see something along the vein of Duncan Keith to Brian Rafalski.

People see OJ as a Hamhuis ceiling with a like... Jeff Petry reality.

That’s 4 LHD

Not that it really matters, unless you ask L1
- 1970vintage

Tikonov would be proud

uhmm , not gong ho on Bouchard , even though his OHL #"s are hard to overlook, i wanted Kotkaniemi , , Damn you Bergeron
- onesmallleap

I wanted, no, expected Zadina. Oh well, super Smurf it is and I have no doubts he will be a great player.

he's probably the best defenceman in NCAA and tracks pretty well on the same course as Werenski and GhostBear. That's why people are high on him. People in the know see something along the vein of Duncan Keith to Brian Rafalski.

People see OJ as a Hamhuis ceiling with a like... Jeff Petry reality.
- Lindenis#1

i just said rafalski still not a franchise d-man

That’s 4 LHD

Not that it really matters, unless you ask L1
- 1970vintage

They'll just have to adjust

I think he’s going to be a dynamic offensive dman in the league for a long time. Maybe he ends up on the second pairing if they had the fortune to select another top flight LHD, but he went 7 because the Habs and Coyotes went way off the board. You are probably a Bouchard guy though, another thing you and Don have in common
- 1970vintage

Don't show them Bouchard's skating against NHLers. He's had a bit of a rough go getting himself around against NHLers. I guess playing with Kris Russell doesn't help much either though.

His puck play has been good but the footwork thing people were concerned about is as prevalent as his detractors would say it is. Something that can be worked on hopefully but footwork/edgework is unpredictable. Some guys can do what Horvat or Tavares did. Some guys end up like Schremp or Barker.

i just said rafalski still not a franchise d-man
- onesmallleap

Just basically the next best thing. Dude would have been the best in Canucks history by a mile.

I wanted, no, expected Zadina. Oh well, super Smurf it is and I have no doubts he will be a great player.
- 1970vintage

as a die hard i want it to be so , but, a smaller d-man as the hope of a snake-bitten franchise, does not get me all excited .

People have to realize with the increased speed and potential for more concussions the NHL can in a heartbeat go back to a more clutching and heavier hockey overnight, and use player safety as the reason, so going heavy on shrimps can come back to bite us

Don't show them Bouchard's skating against NHLers. He's had a bit of a rough go getting himself around against NHLers. I guess playing with Kris Russell doesn't help much either though.

His puck play has been good but the footwork thing people were concerned about is as prevalent as his detractors would say it is. Something that can be worked on hopefully but footwork/edgework is unpredictable. Some guys can do what Horvat or Tavares did. Some guys end up like Schremp or Barker.
- Lindenis#1