You're kinda clueless and just generally full of poison. You should seek help!! Delorme and Gradin aren't "pro scouts", which he was referring to, they're part of the amateur scouting staff. The amateur scouting staff has 12 guys in it, only two, Delorme and Gradin, are ex-Canucks.

Dumbass!!
- LeftCoaster

This is pretty on point, different levels and much different processes

Just doing some reading about Vilmer Alriksson, pretty interesting pick. Being compared, somewhat, to Elmer Soderblom, a 6th round pick by the Red Wings in 2019. Really like the pick!! Damion Gardner, a 4th round pick last year, also has some promise, although he's a long-game project. Attending NCAA Div I school this year, which should help his skating tremendously.

Successful franchises, like Detroit, and recently Tampa, seem to have a lot more success drafting in those middle rounds. The Canucks need to get to that level of competence. If you go back to the year 2000 and look at Detroit's drafting in the middle rounds, they got serviceable NHL'ers out of those rounds, players I'll list below as I sip my coffee here in middle America.

Out of these ten drafts, eleven years, the Red Wings mined 9439 NHL games out of the second round and beyond, there were more but I only took guys who played 200 or more NHL games, all the while winning two Stanley Cups and never missing the playoffs. Just for comparison, the Canucks found 3777 NHL games over that same timeframe, 2464 of those games were Edler, Bieksa and Hansen.

2000
Tomas Kopecky 578 NHL games, 2nd round pick.

2002
Tomas Fleischmann 657 NHL games, 2nd round pick.
Valtteri Filppula 1056 NHL games, 3rd round pick.
Jonathan Ericsson 680 NHL games, 9th round pick.

2003
Kyle Quincey 586 NHL games, 4th round pick.

2004
Johan Franzen 602 NHL games, 3rd round pick.

2005
Justin Abdelkader 739 NHL games, 2nd round pick.
Darren Helm 823 NHL games, 5th round pick.

2006
Shawn Matthias 551 NHL games, 2nd round pick.

2007
Joakim Andersson 205 NHL games, 3rd round pick.

2008
Gustav Nyquist 703 NHL games, 4th round pick.

2009
Tomas Tatar 783 NHL games, 2nd round pick.
Nick Jensen 484 NHL games, 5th round pick.

2010
Calle Jarnkrok 658 NHL games, 2nd round pick.
Petr Mrazek 334 NHL games, 5th round pick.
- LeftCoaster

Nice blog, if you want to emulate the self destructive tendencies of Stevie Why and DET you have lost the plot. Do the opposite of DET

quote from Florida GM Bill Zito yesterday on OEL

- VanHockeyGuy

Lol. Great pro scouting Bill !

I don't care. My point being that Blueger is not capable of 3rd line centre. I didn't read the rest of your nonsense.
- Marwood

Who cares. He is better than Dries and he is excellent on the PK. It’s a marathon not a sprint

Nice blog, if you want to emulate the self destructive tendencies of Stevie Why and DET you have lost the plot. Do the opposite of DET
- CanuckDon

Best GM on the planet, he's quietly building something great in Detroit like he did in Tampa.

My comments are longer, and more informative, than Michael's blogs!

Red Wings sign Rafferty Holl, Compher five x five. Nothing really great coming from Stevie O. O for overrated.
- VANTEL

Worst GM in hockey. It’s mind blowing he still has a cult of fanboys. His recent decisions make me seriously concerned about his mental health

D-Petey could become a serviceable depth dman, happy with that pick.
- LeftCoaster

D-Petey could become a top 4 defencemen. He is an excellent prospect

Best GM on the planet, he's quietly building something great in Detroit like he did in Tampa.

My comments are longer, and more informative, than Michael's blogs!
- LeftCoaster

He is the worst GM in the game today. Every signing he has made this summer and last were horrific. He gave away his 2nd best defender for magic beans. He absolutely blew the draft. He is now entering his second rebuild as he botched the first one and he is absolutely doing a benning style build. An endless stream of overpaid veterans. Guy is an idiot

Sorry for hurting your feelings fanboy

Worst GM in hockey. It’s mind blowing he still has a cult of fanboys. His recent decisions make me seriously concerned about his mental health
- CanuckDon

I like the compher and Fischer signings, but some real dud moves I agree

D-Petey could become a top 4 defencemen. He is an excellent prospect
- CanuckDon

That would be great, for the Canucks.

I like the compher signing, but some real dud moves I agree
- neem55

Wayyyyyyy too much money and term. And why does the idiot want him if they are rebuilding. He is completely lost

That would be great, for the Canucks.
- LeftCoaster

He really has all the tools. Size, physicality, skating and Iq. No reason he can’t be a big part of the teams future

Wayyyyyyy too much money and term. And why does the idiot want him if they are rebuilding. He is completely lost
- CanuckDon

agree to disagree on this one. You have to think with all these signings he isn’t thinking rebuild is he?

Best GM on the planet, he's quietly building something great in Detroit like he did in Tampa.

My comments are longer, and more informative, than Michael's blogs!
- LeftCoaster

"Comments" More like plagiarized copy and paste

Jackass.

"Comments" More like plagiarized copy and paste

Jackass.
- VanHockeyGuy

I mean, who is he copying from ?! Kobayashi?

He is the worst GM in the game today. Every signing he has made this summer and last were horrific. He gave away his 2nd best defender for magic beans. He absolutely blew the draft. He is now entering his second rebuild as he botched the first one and he is absolutely doing a benning style build. An endless stream of overpaid veterans. Guy is an idiot

Sorry for hurting your feelings fanboy
- CanuckDon

You actually think those are meaningful signings? LOL...he's openly said they aren't ready to compete, those are filler positions. He still has 10 million dollars in cap space and at this years trade deadline he'll have 46 million dollars in cap space. What he's doing is way above your comprehension level. For 2024/25 he'll have roughly 38 million dollars in cap space, that man has a plan and he's sticking to it.

You actually think those are meaningful signings? LOL...he's openly said they aren't ready to compete, those are filler positions. He still has 10 million dollars in cap space and at this years trade deadline he'll have 46 million dollars in cap space. What he's doing is way above your comprehension level. For 2024/25 he'll have roughly 38 million dollars in cap space, that man has a plan and he's sticking to it.
- LeftCoaster

Another one of the several teams you cheer for on a daily basis.

Idiot.

Another one of the several teams you cheer for on a daily basis.

Idiot.
- VanHockeyGuy

your lack of intelligence on any subject is on full display, all you can do is insult and change the subject, much like the woke movement folks, because you can't debate anything. Even Donna can say some intelligent stuff on occasion.

your lack of intelligence on any subject is on full display, all you can do is insult and change the subject, much like the woke movement folks, because you can't debate anything. Even Donna can some intelligent stuff on occasion.
- LeftCoaster

I don't engage with narcissists.

I don't engage with narcissists.
- VanHockeyGuy

More fluff from you.

The Sunday hate is strong

Tyler Bertuzzi still looking for a dance partner, that kid is a low character person, kind like VHG, which is why Yzerman got rid of him.

More fluff from you.
- LeftCoaster

Not fluff. It's 100% true. Classic narcissist behavior, we've all seen it here for years.

Tyler Bertuzzi still looking for a dance partner, that kid is a low character person, kind like VHG, which is why Yzerman got rid of him.
- LeftCoaster

I take it the swingers party didn't go well?

Not fluff. It's 100% true. Classic narcissist behavior, we've all seen it here for years.
- VanHockeyGuy

Fluff....