Prospect Info: 2018 Prospects Thread

[VanJack]

According to Jeff Pattersson, Green likes Gaudette. I think Gaudette will make the Canucks next season. But he needs to start producing offensively.

Gaudette is no 18-year rookie out of junior hockey...he's actually only 18 months younger than Bo Horvat and coming out of three years of NCAA Div I hockey, where last year he was the top player in the Nation....he'll be given every opportunity to be an everyday center for the Canucks, and only a serious face-plant at training camp lands him in Utica imo.

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[Chairman Maouth]

Previous thread.

 

[orcatown]

New Top 10

1. Pettersson
2. Hughes
3. Demko
4. Gaudette
5. Juolevi
6. Dahlen
7. Woo
8. Lind
9. Dipietro
10. Palmu

HM

Jasek
Brisebois

 

[Kel Varnson]

New Top 10

1. Pettersson
2. Hughes
3. Demko
4. Gaudette
5. Juolevi
6. Dahlen
7. Woo
8. Lind
9. Dipietro
10. Palmu

HM

Jasek
Brisebois

Almost the exact same for me except I'd switch out Palmu for Gadjovich. And swap Lind & Woo.

 

[ChilliBilly]

Almost the exact same for me except I'd switch out Palmu for Gadjovich. And swap Lind & Woo.

I’d swap Juolevi gaudette. Lockwood gets HM as well.

 

[Nuckles]

 

[donut]

My top 10 post-draft would be...

1. Elias Pettersson, C/LW
2. Quinn Hughes, D
3. Thatcher Demko, G
4. Jonathan Dahlen, LW
5. Olli Juolevi, D
6. Adam Gaudette, C
7. Kole Lind, RW
8. Jett Woo, D
9. Michael DiPietro, G
10. Lukas Jasek

HM: Petru Palmu, Jonas Gadjovich, William Lockwood, Tyler Madden, Jack Rathbone

Really excited about our prospect pool. An abundance of talent with loads of potential.

 

[Kryten]

Boeser
Pettersson
Hughes
Demko
Juolevi
Gaudette
Dahlen
Goldobin
Lind
Woo

 

[Hansen]

If Jasek continues his play to begin the year in Utica he might force his way onto the NHL roster. Very excited to see that, along with Palmu, Juolevi, Lind, Gadjovich, and Dahlen's rookie years in Utica

 

[nuckfan insk]

How soo till we can invite undrafted players ? Wouters from Saskatoon is top of my list

 

[M2Beezy]

My top 10 post-draft would be...

1. Elias Pettersson, C/LW
2. Quinn Hughes, D
3. Thatcher Demko, G
4. Jonathan Dahlen, LW
5. Olli Juolevi, D
6. Adam Gaudette, C
7. Kole Lind, RW
8. Jett Woo, D
9. Michael DiPietro, G
10. Lukas Jasek

HM: Petru Palmu, Jonas Gadjovich, William Lockwood, Tyler Madden, Jack Rathbone

Really excited about our prospect pool. An abundance of talent with loads of potential.

Well I disagree with your order its a SUPER sweet list of prospects were putting together. I suppose not ALL of them will be on our team in the next few years i think a lotta them will. Cant wait

 

[WetcoastOrca]

I’m intrigued to see what Jett Woo does this year. It sounds like he was producing offensively until a couple of injuries set him back last year. He is also expected to be given more offensive responsibility this year according to his coach.

 

[petrishriekandgo]

Rick Dhaliwal‏ @DhaliwalSports
Benning on if Pettersson, Hughes and Juolevi could all be in the lineup this year, "We had that conversation yesterday, if they come in and show they are ready to play, we are going to make room for them."

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Here's hoping it happens. That's a massive skill injection. The sooner these guys start playing in the NHL and coming together as a team the better.

 

[ChilliBilly]

Rick Dhaliwal‏ @DhaliwalSports
Benning on if Pettersson, Hughes and Juolevi could all be in the lineup this year, "We had that conversation yesterday, if they come in and show they are ready to play, we are going to make room for them."

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Here's hoping it happens. That's a massive skill injection. The sooner these guys start playing in the NHL and coming together as a team the better.

Of course. It will put bums in the seats in the stadium. Nothing else will. We have 2 players that are legit NHLers in Horvat and Boeser. We have a decent D man in Tanev, and Eder has been as well. In all reality every other player on this team would be an NHL/AHL tweener on any stanley cup contender. (This is an exaggeration, somewhat unfair to Virtanen, and a few others, but every other player is either overpaid or a tweener).

 

[JanBulisPiggyBack]

I’ve been headhunting articles and treads around the internet and am pleasantly surprised to see people are considering our prospect pool top 5 in the league?

I feel as though we are ultra negative these days and the number of posters seems to have dropped considerable since the glory days but for the committed few who religiously follow this team would you agree we are sitting in the top 5 for prospects at this point ?

Once we graduate Dahlin, Pettersen and Gaudette our pool shrinks some for sure which may be in a few months but as of today I believe we are there

 

[PhilMick]

I’ve been headhunting articles and treads around the internet and am pleasantly surprised to see people are considering our prospect pool top 5 in the league?

I feel as though we are ultra negative these days and the number of posters seems to have dropped considerable since the glory days but for the committed few who religiously follow this team would you agree we are sitting in the top 5 for prospects at this point ?

Once we graduate Dahlin, Pettersen and Gaudette our pool shrinks some for sure which may be in a few months but as of today I believe we are there

Hard to say because I haven't been paying close enough attention to other teams' pools, but I don't see how anyone could compete with our top 5 prospects at the very least.

I'm really digging our prospect pool these days, I just hope one of our young D is ready to move up soon, or Tryamkin sacks up and comes back.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

I’ve been headhunting articles and treads around the internet and am pleasantly surprised to see people are considering our prospect pool top 5 in the league?

I feel as though we are ultra negative these days and the number of posters seems to have dropped considerable since the glory days but for the committed few who religiously follow this team would you agree we are sitting in the top 5 for prospects at this point ?

Once we graduate Dahlin, Pettersen and Gaudette our pool shrinks some for sure which may be in a few months but as of today I believe we are there

I think it’s probably top 5. But I don’t put much weight on that as it’s heavily dependent on who has graduated to the NHL. Probably more meaningful to compare pools of players 21 years and under to see how we stack up.
Certainly though getting Petterson and Hughes in the last two drafts takes some of the sting out of falling in the draft lottery. It seems like in recent years once you get past the top 2 or maybe three rated guys there’s not a lot of difference in the next 5 or 6 ranked players.

 

[iceburg]

Probably posted in some other thread but Lockwood was on the radio yesterday. Says his range of motion is good (it sounded like it wasn't quite 100%) and he's feeling strong. He's on skates. Won't be at development camp because he wants to focus on fully recovering.

 

[Lindgren]

Probably posted in some other thread but Lockwood was on the radio yesterday. Says his range of motion is good (it sounded like it wasn't quite 100%) and he's feeling strong. He's on skates. Won't be at development camp because he wants to focus on fully recovering.

Good update. It's disappointing he's not well enough to participate in camp. I still have hopes for this guy ...

 

[iceburg]

Good update. It's disappointing he's not well enough to participate in camp. I still have hopes for this guy ...

From the sounds of it, it was more that he is in a routine focused on his rehab and he doesn't want to break that routine....rather than not being well enough. That, and I don't think the college thing allows him to participate in all the activities so it's not as productive a week as it could be.
He was quite positive about his recovery process.

 

[Canadian Canuck]

Trying not to be biased, I believe we have the best in the league. Who comes close?

 

[ChilliBilly]

Trying not to be biased, I believe we have the best in the league. Who comes close?

The fact is that Pettersson slants everything. But Buffalo with Darlin certainly in the running just with him alone notwithstanding s few of their others.

 

[Lindgren]

From the sounds of it, it was more that he is in a routine focused on his rehab and he doesn't want to break that routine....rather than not being well enough. That, and I don't think the college thing allows him to participate in all the activities so it's not as productive a week as it could be.
He was quite positive about his recovery process.

I can see what you're saying, but still, if he's in a rehab routine, rather than through his rehab and ready to go (well enough, in other words), that's disappointing -- not because it's a bad sign for his future, but just because I would've liked to see him at the camp. Fan selfishness.

 

[iceburg]

Trying not to be biased, I believe we have the best in the league. Who comes close?

Three top 10 picks not yet in league will do that to a prospect pool. Only Detroit has more than one with Rasmussen and Zadina.

 

[krutovsdonut]

Probably posted in some other thread but Lockwood was on the radio yesterday. Says his range of motion is good (it sounded like it wasn't quite 100%) and he's feeling strong. He's on skates. Won't be at development camp because he wants to focus on fully recovering.

i wish him well