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Well...I don't expect it, but it would be nice if they could draft someone with a modicum of POTENTIAL. Instead they draft players who likely don't even register as potential AHL talent.
Post-Game Talk: 2014 NHL Draft Day 2
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Well...I don't expect it, but it would be nice if they could draft someone with a modicum of POTENTIAL. Instead they draft players who likely don't even register as potential AHL talent.
nuckfan insk
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Stewart in round 7 is fine. A late bloomer who could have a high upside. A chance you take in round 7
Round 6 ? Well I don't have a reason for that
Round 6 ? Well I don't have a reason for that
Sergei Shirokov
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I liked our picks up until Petit, then it went downhill (more like dropped off a cliff) and we missed out on some good players.
I like Demko, I like Tryamkin, I like getting Linden Vey, I really like Forsling.
Some good parts to this draft.
I like Demko, I like Tryamkin, I like getting Linden Vey, I really like Forsling.
Some good parts to this draft.
Andy Dufresne
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At least only our last 2 picks feel completely ****ed. Better than some years I can remember. The middle 3 intrigue me even if I don't particularly love them. Happy with Virt and McCann. (and Vey too)
Red
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Yeah, I'm fine with our first 5 rounds. Not all players I would have taken but that said, no bad picks and there's some good value and potential there. Rounds 6 and 7 were just...ugh. Though I think it'll be interesting to see if Pettit can put up bigger numbers now that the older Erie players will be off to the AHL.
Free Edler
Enjoy retirement, boys.
BenningHurtsMySoul
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Reeks of Morgan Clark to me. Why even bother..
C+/B- draft overall, if last year was an A. Virtanen/McCann/Demko/Tryamkin/Forsling are pretty good picks. The last two were a complete waste.
C+/B- draft overall, if last year was an A. Virtanen/McCann/Demko/Tryamkin/Forsling are pretty good picks. The last two were a complete waste.
I never do for those rounds.
But going pretty conservative in the first five gives some hope that we may get more than one NHLer, whatever their ultimate upside.
Forsling is intriguing. Seldom a bad idea to go with top end players on national or U18 teams that late. Much better bet than Subban in the 4th last year.
LickTheEnvelope
Time to Retool... again...
Other Willie Juniors include:
-Etem
-Ennis
-Helm
-Schlemko
-Lupul
-MacArthur
-Barker (uh oh...)
-Russell
Awesome draft picks by Benning! Top 3 picks are incredible. 2 stud Centers and a cornerstone goalie of the future. Vey's upside is worth more than a 3rd and I'm glad we got him just for a 3rd. Great to see him picking up a huge Russian. The Swedish D looks like a great pick-up. Hopefully the last picks pan out but they rarely do.
Pretty satisfied with what we got at the position of picks we have.
Pretty satisfied with what we got at the position of picks we have.
LickTheEnvelope
Time to Retool... again...
Awesome draft picks by Benning! Top 3 picks are incredible. 2 stud Centers and a cornerstone goalie of the future. Vey's upside is worth more than a 3rd and I'm glad we got him just for a 3rd. Great to see him picking up a huge Russian. The Swedish D looks like a great pick-up. Hopefully the last picks pan out but they rarely do.
Pretty satisfied with what we got at the position of picks we have.
Canucks traded a 2nd round pick (the one they got from Garrison) for Vey.
Hansen
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Like this draft overall, but damn did it just drop off a cliff in the last two rounds. Really could have made some steals but instead went with the meat and potatoes players who will never amount to anything but eating meat and potatoes.
As for the others I have really good feelings about McCann and Forsling, like I've had with guys like Jensen, Corrado, and Hutton. Excited to see how they play next season, hoping we have another 5th round steal of a dman.
As for the others I have really good feelings about McCann and Forsling, like I've had with guys like Jensen, Corrado, and Hutton. Excited to see how they play next season, hoping we have another 5th round steal of a dman.
Virtanen is a winger.Awesome draft picks by Benning! Top 3 picks are incredible. 2 stud Centers and a cornerstone goalie of the future. Vey's upside is worth more than a 3rd and I'm glad we got him just for a 3rd. Great to see him picking up a huge Russian. The Swedish D looks like a great pick-up. Hopefully the last picks pan out but they rarely do.
Pretty satisfied with what we got at the position of picks we have.
Vey cost a 2nd not a 3rd.
Nice optimism though.
CanadianPirate
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Ugh I'm hoping benning is planning on using this draft to gauge the effectiveness of the Canuck scouting staff and he only had input on the first few picks. I really liked gillis (admittedly fairly recent) direction to aim for skill in the last few picks. Picking players with no skill will almost never work while picking players with some skill works a great deal of the time more.
Virtanen being a winger is even better!
A 2nd for Vey is totally worth it! We've used a 2nd before on Ellington, heck even a first for Patrick White. Vey is the real deal here! Top 6 F!!! He bridges that prospect void that MG messed up.
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You guys gotta admit, it is kind of funny how everybody here (including myself) Pretty much hates or thinks are draft was average.
Yet I look on TSN,Sportsnet, and the mainboards on HF boards, including the poll. We are overwhelming winners, and had a Incredible draft
Yet I look on TSN,Sportsnet, and the mainboards on HF boards, including the poll. We are overwhelming winners, and had a Incredible draft
The Stig
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I think it's the need to criticize and an overvalue of the players we traded that led to all of that around here. I think we did very well and it could really be great moving forward.
PG Canuck
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Yup, there are a handful of vocal posters here saying the Canucks had a horrible weekend - made mistakes on virtually every decision. While the broad consensus among hockey people around N. America think the Canucks made out well.
Funny how perceptions work. Looks to me like a few people got upset at the Kesler deal, fell into a deep depression and it's affected everything that's happened in their life since.
To be honest, I put very little stock in the opinions of people on this board, regarding players that didn't suit up in Vancouver last year. I search out those that have actually had the fortune of watching these guys play extensively - in doing that, Benning's body of work looks much much better than what you're hearing around here.
The biggest head scratcher for me is the Dorsett deal. Not exactly something that will sink a franchise.
PancakeHero
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After reading a mind-numbing array of glass half empty in this thread, I've reached the conclusion that this thread is the incarnation of Chicken Little made flesh.
Bleach Clean
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STL had one of the best drafts. VAN is not the "winner" considering what STL did.
Anyways, people can appeal to authority here. Probably no one on this board is as good as an NHL scout in finding players. However, from what little we have learned, this team still isn't getting value at their pick positions. Bette players are being passed over.
Happened in 2009 with Rodin/Tatar. Happened in 2011, with the trade down, forgoing Trocheck for Honzik. Happened in 2012, when Mallet was taken ahead of Severson.
These are all missteps that people called and were right about. That looks to be repeated here, but I guess time will tell.
Why didnt we take hicketts with that 6th? He was talked about as a 1st round talent earlier in the year. Canucks scouts must have seen him enough to know how good he is.
We're after 6'7" meat and potatoes not 5'7". That is why.
Hicketts is a first round talent but he's smaller than many of the Canadian women's hockey team. Not a recipe for success in the NHL. Especially when meat and potatoes is the new mantra for the organization.
