Prospect Info: Round 1, Pick 2: Nolan Patrick, C, Brandon (WHL)

[flyershockey]

He should be more skilled. He was considered by most to be the best player in his draft class. Couturier was not.

It must be killing you that Couturier is producing and playing like a first line center so far this season.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

He brings so much more skill to the table than Couts its not even funny.

Yeah, I smell something funny, though. Like a hilarious agenda, with a hint of farts.

 

[FlyTimmo]

I really don't see the similarities to Couturier.

 

[Striiker]

Patrick ending up like Couturier is the worst possible scenario.

Not for any on-ice reason, but instead because this board wouldn't be able to handle twice the amount of Couturier threads.

 

[Tripod]

Imagine Patrick as a 60 point Couts.

Then imagine Couts as a 60 point Couts.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Imagine Patrick as a 60 point Couts.

Then imagine Couts as a 60 point Couts.

I don't know if you realize this, but that's more than 1/3 more points than he has ever gotten. Terrific hugger, though.

 

[Tripod]

I don't know if you realize this, but that's more than 1/3 more points than he has ever gotten. Terrific hugger, though.

I also know that he has 76 points in his last 119 games....52+ point pace.

Maybe playing with G and Jake plus a better #2 PP unit could push that total up.

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

I also know that he has 76 points in his last 119 games....52+ point pace.

Maybe playing with G and Jake plus a better #2 PP unit could push that total up.

He's one of the guys I most wish I could watch play in person. I already appreciate all the things he does, little or large, but I know I'd get an even better feel for them if I could watch him in person just once. Damn this jungle.

 

[CodyTheHuman]

Patrick ending up like Couturier is the worst possible scenario.

Not for any on-ice reason, but instead because this board wouldn't be able to handle twice the amount of Couturier threads.

Just wait until Vorobyev comes into the NHL. Then we can have Sean "Couturier" Couturier, Nolan "Couturier" Patrick, and Mikhail "Russian Couturier" Vorobyev.

 

[Striiker]

Just wait until Vorobyev comes into the NHL. Then we can have Sean "Couturier" Couturier, Nolan "Couturier" Patrick, and Mikhail "Russian Couturier" Vorobyev.

... kill me now

 

[sbtatter]

Wheat king fan here. What % chance is there that Patrick gets sent back to the WHL after his 9 games! 5%? My hope if he gets sent back is that Bdn immediately trades him to a contender to restock Bdns stable of prospects and picks.

 

[MacDonald4MVP]

Wheat king fan here. What % chance is there that Patrick gets sent back to the WHL after his 9 games! 5%? My hope if he gets sent back is that Bdn immediately trades him to a contender to restock Bdns stable of prospects and picks.

Not happening, sorry. You guys missed the trading opportunity last year.

 

[Brayden Fattison]

Wheat king fan here. What % chance is there that Patrick gets sent back to the WHL after his 9 games! 5%? My hope if he gets sent back is that Bdn immediately trades him to a contender to restock Bdns stable of prospects and picks.

5% is about right, maybe less. Hexy isn't a fan of the 9 game trial thing, so when he made the team, he made the team. The only glimmer of hope for you, imo, is if they decide that he's slow from his surgery and needs time in the dub to rehab.

 

[FatTugboatFlahr]

It's exactly 0%

 

[whitstifier]

Wheat king fan here. What % chance is there that Patrick gets sent back to the WHL after his 9 games! 5%? My hope if he gets sent back is that Bdn immediately trades him to a contender to restock Bdns stable of prospects and picks.

I like the optimism

 

[FlyTimmo]

I'll admit Patrick did not have great performances in either of the last two games, but he has demonstrated that he should be playing NHL hockey. I'm sure Hexy sees that too. I'd say there is a ~1% chance he goes back.

 

[bauer]

... kill me now

at least they're all Couturier clones and not clones of Weal.

 

[deadhead]

Well, we do have Claude "Weal" Giroux and Martel might be considered another Weal clone.

 

[Striiker]

I paid a lot of money to the kidnappers to make sure was sad to see Weal missed these past two games.

He's in a better place now really growing on me and I don't want to see Lehtera any more than I absolutely have to. And if when he gets back I'd like to see them try him out with Patrick and Konecny.

 

[MacDonald4MVP]

I paid a lot of money to the kidnappers to make sure was sad to see Weal missed these past two games.

He's in a better place now really growing on me and I don't want to see Lehtera any more than I absolutely have to. And if when he gets back I'd like to see them try him out with Patrick and Konecny.

Someone alert authorities. There's been an identity theft.

 

[sbtatter]

Thanks for the replies, Bdn could really use him either back as a player or as trade bait, but I don't see him coming back to the WHL either!

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Thanks for the replies, Bdn could really use him either back as a player or as trade bait, but I don't see him coming back to the WHL either!

There is a guy on here who would send him back if he could, but obviously he can't, since he's just some dummy on the internet, like the rest of us.

 

[pit]

he's just some dummy on the internet, like the rest of us.

Hey now, I'm a dummy in real life too!

 

[Captain Dave Poulin]

Hey now, I'm a dummy in real life too!

You and me both, bud.

 

[1865]

Sorry if it's in another thread, but any news?

I spent the entire third period mentally coming to terms with the FACT that his career was finished.