meh, most people are pissed because of they get drafted later than they hoped, not because certain teams drafted him

He might turn out to be a decent player but it was a redundant pick. We have 3 decent prospects who are the same type of player. There were other good choices that would have given our pool better balance.





Yes that is correct.

He said "it is what it is" when he was interviewed by Duthie and that obviously rubbed Canucks fans the wrong way.

But he clarified it on twitter afterwards: he thought he was being asked about dropping a lot lower than he was projected, not dropping to the Canucks specifically. Someone told me he even personally messaged/apologized to everyone who tweeted him about it, but I'm not sure if that's true.

This post was edited by LuLer on Jul 5 2014 07:36pm

I mean I do not want to compare him to Chara, however to play Devil's advocate....

Chara was also a 3rd round draft pick....

When Chara first came into the league he was a goon, with not very much skill.

He continued to improve every year and soon he was not just there to fight and throw his weight around.

He became the go to guy, the Norris trophy winner, the guy that did EVERYTHING very well.

If you watch some of Chara's early fights you can tell his skating/balance is absolutely terrible, and his strengh improved tremendously, even after he was passed his mid 20's

Early on Chara looked rather pinner compared to what he is now.

If this guy passes the awkward stage as ferraro suggested we may have a gem. Chara worked on his game on and off ice like a monster, one of the fittest guys in the league because of his efforts. This guy will need to do the same.

Obviously I do not expect this guy to be the next chara but he could turn out to be a serviceable d-man if he is brought about slowly and developed carefully.

This is the kind of base that you can add lots of ability to if alll the starts align and things work out. Certainly worth a go at the 3rd round.

This post was edited by Killingyouall on Jul 5 2014 07:57pm

he's russian. Working hard on and off the ice is impossible!

jkjk

Who bumped that?

Prospects are in town. Newly drafted goalie prospect Demko is blogging for Canucks.com

Fox, Forsling, Demko, Cederholm:



Gaunce, Horvat, Cassels:



Liberati, Subban, Shinkaruk

So apparently the nucks are interested in ladd.
I wonder what we could offer without pwning our prospect pool too much lol

Markstrom+hansen+pick/prospect?

Overpay for Ladd imo

Well everyone in league knows Markstrom isn't worth that much cos they could get him when waived.
Hansen is awesome but ladd is better overall,
I doubt they'd wanna do Markstrom, Hansen for him lol.

Benning to the media this morning

Maelstrom hasn't asked for a trade
Shinkaruk was never being thrown around as trade bait
Horvat will probably play another year with London
They're going to really focus on virtanen as they think he will be the biggest piece to the puzzle in later years