Tocchet...

“Your bottom six has to change the game, not always by scoring, but whether you keep the puck in the other end and making the other team’s best players play in their own end,” Tocchet said, emphasizing the need for Kravtsov to impact the game beyond the box score. “And that’s the key for those guys if they want to be an NHL player.”
- VanHockeyGuy

I read into to that as skate with speed every shift & muck it up be a disturbance with tenacity. Let the offence come & let the next line benefit from the hard work. Doesn’t have to be pretty & score it has to be effective & the energy has to always be there. No shifts or nights off & disappear.

NFL draft tomorrow

Seahawks are supposed to take Jalen Carter with the Bronco's gift.

I'd rather have one of Anthony Richardson, Will Anderson or Tyree Wilson at #5.

Watch a gun slinging GM at work tomorrow!
- VanHockeyGuy

Carter be a great pick with the Broncos gift but Richardson could be a fantastic wild card choice.

Anderson suits me fine also.

In Trail.
- Marwood

You should go there & shop at Ferraros grocery & see the prices lol

Kush has been taking the piss out of you, LM & NH in the Leafs thread.
- VanHockeyGuy

I’ll have to pop in & see what lol

Totally agree. Something about the Rags being so poor at developing so must be an organizational issue & much more.
- Nighthawk

Seen a lot of players in NY struggle as top draft choices.

In their top 6 they have Kreider who was drafted in 2009.

Third line is their 1st, 2nd, 21st for drafted players.

2 drafted D in their line up 22nd and 19th.

Can you call that building through the draft?

Seen a lot of players in NY struggle as top draft choices.

In their top 6 they have Kreider who was drafted in 2009.

Third line is their 1st, 2nd, 21st for drafted players.

2 drafted D in their line up 22nd and 19th.

Can you call that building through the draft?
- manvanfan

Building through the draft but not extracting the most isn’t the greatest recipe lol

I like the Rags roster but it just lacks whatever is needed to get over the hump & be a true contender. A regular season good line up til proven otherwise. I like NJD & their team speed. They are coming fast & have great prospects.

NFL draft tomorrow

Seahawks are supposed to take Jalen Carter with the Bronco's gift.

I'd rather have one of Anthony Richardson, Will Anderson or Tyree Wilson at #5.

Watch a gun slinging GM at work tomorrow!
- VanHockeyGuy

Draft day

If Schneids and Pete think they can make Carter work, then he's exactly what they need and legit blue chipper. I trust them enough to make that pick.

Don't want them to take a QB at 5 – you're either get a huge project in Richardson, or the 3rd/4th best QB option. Schneider has a good scouting history of QBs (Wilson, wanting to take Mahomes and Allen), but I think that's way too early for Richardson. At 20 is fantastic, not at 5 IMO.

Any which way, I think it's gonna be a great draft for the Seahawks.

I read into to that as skate with speed every shift & muck it up be a disturbance with tenacity. Let the offence come & let the next line benefit from the hard work. Doesn’t to be pretty & score it has to be effective & the energy has to always be there. No shifts or nights off & disappear.
- Nighthawk

I just don't think the Canucks have the horses to play that kind of style (not to mention cap space) and instead of worrying about the bottom 6, maybe get the D to actually play like an NHL D rather than a ECHL one.

Building through the draft but not extracting the most isn’t the greatest recipe lol

I like the Rags roster but it just lacks whatever is needed to get over the hump & be a true contender. A regular season good line up til proven otherwise. I like NJD & their team speed. They are coming fast & have great prospects.
- Nighthawk

They are fun to watch, now they have that young goalie playing well.

I just don't think the Canucks have the horses to play that kind of style (not to mention cap space) and instead of worrying about the bottom 6, maybe get the D to actually play like an NHL D rather than a ECHL one.
- DariusKnight

Yup the focus should be on D & keeping the biscuit outta da basket.

Everything cannot be done in 1 offseason. This & next year should be more like it to get more pieces or by promotion.

Some of the group in here got exactly what they wanted, the young wiener gone and a big punishing defender in return.

Would some be able to wait 7-8 years for him to arrive? Isn't that what's kind of talking about right now with Podkolzin and Kratsov?
- manvanfan

Don't know lot's about him, not sure he's "punishing"? If he is...bonus!

Don't know lot's about him, not sure he's "punishing"? If he is...bonus!
- VanHockeyGuy

sober up

Look how BOS controls the play along the boards, that's how you win games in the playoffs.

Got 1oa twice and 2nd twice in thirty try’s on lottery simulator.

Kush has been taking the piss out of you, LM & NH in the Leafs thread.
- VanHockeyGuy

Good. Gives him a target for his doucheyness.

I read into to that as skate with speed every shift & muck it up be a disturbance with tenacity. Let the offence come & let the next line benefit from the hard work. Doesn’t have to be pretty & score it has to be effective & the energy has to always be there. No shifts or nights off & disappear.
- Nighthawk

I hope he figures it out, he's still a kid but he needs to do the work Tocchet asks of him this summer or he's toast.

Holy Sh*t!

https://twitter.com/mikae...tatus/1651386017574977536

I hope he figures it out, he's still a kid but he needs to do the work Tocchet asks of him this summer or he's toast.
- VanHockeyGuy

If he wants an NHL career he’d better.

If he wants an NHL career he’d better.
- Nighthawk

It's a shame, you can see there is skill.

Bruins looked like the Canucks killing that penalty 😆

If he wants an NHL career he’d better.
- Nighthawk

Gonchar will look after him 😉

Taylor hall looking like the 1oa, it took him awhile 😆

It's a shame, you can see there is skill.
- VanHockeyGuy

Skill is all fine but all about how to fit in & carve out career. Skill doesn’t go far enough on its own. Skill always draws attention but fizzles all too often in the pros.

SOG Boston 41 Florida 18

Skill is all fine but all about how to fit in & carve out career. Skill doesn’t go far enough on its own. Skill always draws attention but fizzles all too often in the pros.
- Nighthawk

Still only 23, but he's on borrowed time already in VAN. Needs a good summer, you should be able to tell quickly at camp.