RW Kole Lind - Kelowna Rockets, WHL (2017, 33rd, VAN, selected by SEA)

[lawrence]

Any updates on his injury?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Johnson will be in Kelowna scouting Kole Lind this weekend. The <a href="#Canucks hashtag on Twitter">#Canucks</a> have still not signed Lind, 78 points in 47 games.</p>&mdash; Rick Dhaliwal (@DhaliwalSports) <a href="">February 19, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[Elias Pettersson]

has a natural hat trick and 4 points tonight...

half the game still left to play...

 

[Debrincat93]

for those who see him regularly, has there been improvements towards his game and overall development?

 

[M2Beezy]

Signed elc (entry level contract) with Canucks today starting for next season

 

[Knight53]

Kole Lind with 85 points in 51 games.

76 of those 85 are primary points. So that would be 89.4% of his production. Just unreal.

1.49 PPG for primary points which would place him 1st in the WHL as of now.

 

[Nucklehead Supreme]

He's a bust. Terrible on defence and getting played bottom pairing minutes in his d+ 2 year. Sounds like you have no idea what prospect development should look like.

Heiskanen is blowing away Juolevi's season while being drafted 1 year later.

He's on the top pairing again, he's only 19 years old. Sounds like the only clueless person here is you.

 

[Krnuckfan]

He's on the top pairing again, he's only 19 years old. Sounds like the only clueless person here is you.

He's been on the top pairing for 1 game lol. Again the expectation is he SHOULD be on the top pairing and be a dominant player.

Sounds like you just have no idea how prospect development works.

 

[M2Beezy]

Lindy boy Linderson (as we call him on the Canucks board) youd have to think would go WAY higher in a redraft. Just such a steal at 33

 

[Teemu]

The second round last year started Timmins-Lind-Hague

 

[covfefe]

for those who see him regularly, has there been improvements towards his game and overall development?

I've been following him since he got to Kelowna and I'd probably stand by my original reports on him in this thread from 2015 and pre-draft last year.

His biggest issue is that he is soft defensively and will get roasted at the next level without some refinement. Time and coaching will tell whether he is able to do that. That said:

- He's got one of the best releases in the WHL
- He's clutch and has scored some big GWG's this season, including in OT. Had a hat-trick in the first game he played after getting cut from the WJC team.
- He's very feisty and battles hard, happy to play chippy hockey
- He's an excellent playmaker at this level and has an underrated presence of mind with the puck in the offensive zone

He's trended well since arriving in Kelowna and it'll be interesting to see what he does at the next level

 

[kanuck87]

The second round last year started Timmins-Lind-Hague

Canucks fans are happy with Lind but man, getting either of those d-men would have been great. We have little in way of impact defensemen in our system.

 

[vcanuck]

Canucks fans are happy with Lind but man, getting either of those d-men would have been great. We have little in way of impact defensemen in our system.

this years draft is loaded with good defencemen.

 

[lawrence]

this years draft is loaded with good defencemen.

We said the same thing when we drafted boeser. Wanted kylinton. Lol. Fans are wrong most of the time, wether your a canuck fan or not.

 

[DownGoesMcDavid]

Lindy boy Linderson (as we call him on the Canucks board) youd have to think would go WAY higher in a redraft. Just such a steal at 33

Worst nickname ever. And nobody calls him that.

 

[DownGoesMcDavid]

Lindy boy Linderson (as we call him on the Canucks board) youd have to think would go WAY higher in a redraft. Just such a steal at 33

Great pick ! Too early to say if its a steal! But Benning is the man!!

 

[eviohh26]

Worst nickname ever. And nobody calls him that.

Stupidest nickname I've EVER heard.

 

[eviohh26]

We said the same thing when we drafted boeser. Wanted kylinton. Lol. Fans are wrong most of the time, wether your a canuck fan or not.

Sure. But i'd like to think we got our FW prospect pool stocked close to max. We got 2 good goalies. Time for D one would think .

 

[M2Beezy]

Great pick ! Too early to say if its a steal! But Benning is the man!!

The man of:

-Eriksson contract
-Sutter Contract
-Gagner contract
-Virtanen over Nylander
-Juolevi over Tkachuck/Serg/Keller
-Sutter for Bonion and downgrading picks
-Clendening for Forsling
-2016 TDL no show disaster
-Pedan
-Vey

Yes the man indeed

 

[DownGoesMcDavid]

The man of:

-Eriksson contract
-Sutter Contract
-Gagner contract
-Virtanen over Nylander
-Juolevi over Tkachuck/Serg/Keller
-Sutter for Bonion and downgrading picks
-Clendening for Forsling
-2016 TDL no show disaster
-Pedan
-Vey

Yes the man indeed

But isnt your name Gaudette, Boeser. And arent you in the kole lind thread?

 

[M2Beezy]

But isnt your name Gaudette, Boeser. And arent you in the kole lind thread?

Doesnt mean everything Benning has done is poison. But overall you put his positives and negatives together and he is one HELL of a bad GM. Gaudette is awesome same with Boeser. Some other drafts picks too and the odd trade has been decent. But doesnt out weigh the overwelming negative from him so kinda INSANE to say hes the man (as if is a positive thing)

 

[DownGoesMcDavid]

Doesnt mean everything Benning has done is poison. But overall you put his positives and negatives together and he is one HELL of a bad GM. Gaudette is awesome same with Boeser. Some other drafts picks too and the odd trade has been decent. But doesnt out weigh the overwelming negative from him so kinda INSANE to say hes the man (as if is a positive thing)

Im just saying , if youre so anti Benning you should change your name to Ericksson to Clendenning.

Otherwise youre just a walking positive publicity for Benning.

 

[Killerjas]

Lindy boy Linderson (as we call him on the Canucks board) youd have to think would go WAY higher in a redraft. Just such a steal at 33

Please for the love of this website, don't ever call him that. Such a cringe nickname...

 

[clunk]

Please for the love of this website, don't ever call him that. Such a cringe nickname...

I think it contends with The Russian Rocket as GOAT nicknames of all time.

Do you not agree?

 

[skyo]

I've been following him since he got to Kelowna and I'd probably stand by my original reports on him in this thread from 2015 and pre-draft last year.

His biggest issue is that he is soft defensively and will get roasted at the next level without some refinement. Time and coaching will tell whether he is able to do that. That said:

- He's got one of the best releases in the WHL
- He's clutch and has scored some big GWG's this season, including in OT. Had a hat-trick in the first game he played after getting cut from the WJC team.
- He's very feisty and battles hard, happy to play chippy hockey
- He's an excellent playmaker at this level and has an underrated presence of mind with the puck in the offensive zone

He's trended well since arriving in Kelowna and it'll be interesting to see what he does at the next level

Nice report, so maybe a year or two in the AHL will do Lind some good to work on his two-way game and get stronger each year to prepare for the NHL.

 

[Debrincat93]

I've been following him since he got to Kelowna and I'd probably stand by my original reports on him in this thread from 2015 and pre-draft last year.

His biggest issue is that he is soft defensively and will get roasted at the next level without some refinement. Time and coaching will tell whether he is able to do that. That said:

- He's got one of the best releases in the WHL
- He's clutch and has scored some big GWG's this season, including in OT. Had a hat-trick in the first game he played after getting cut from the WJC team.
- He's very feisty and battles hard, happy to play chippy hockey
- He's an excellent playmaker at this level and has an underrated presence of mind with the puck in the offensive zone

He's trended well since arriving in Kelowna and it'll be interesting to see what he does at the next level

wow thanks, great report.

Just out of curiosity, like everyone else, if you had to compare a STYLE to his game.. who would it be?