Are Canucks possibly building a super team, that comes to be in the near future?

[CanadienShark]

Assuming they win Hughes, that's still a poor group of wingers. If they don't win Hughes, it's a mediocre group of centres and poor wingers. The defence has potential, but doesn't look to be an elite one now or even in the future.

 

[Goose]

Super at what?

 

[Wallet Inspector]

Next year is centre heavy.

2019 center+Boeser+Pettersson+Horvat has the makings of a great forward core.

 

[COHawk]

I definitely expect them to be good soon. But super team is a stretch. They'll have to prove themselves first.

 

[CantLoseWithMatthews]

it's a team with some good young talent because they've been terrible and gotten high picks. they might become a good team, but getting prospects is the easy part

 

[Aceboogie]

Nah. Theyll be a good team in a few years, but 2/3 elite pieces from being a super team

Peterrson, Hughes, Horvat are all really good pieces to form a good team. However after that its a bit tricky. will OJ be a good D in the NHL? remains to be seen. Dahlen looks like a good prospect, but far from forsure, same with Demko. Stetcher had a good rookie season, but likely will be a solid top 4 guy

Then after that it is meh. Tanev will be old/gone when that core comes into its own, and the rest of the players are meh to bad

 

[FlyTimmo]

nah lol

 

[a mangy Meowth]

People sure do like to get ahead of themselves

 

[Patrik Barkov]

Nah. Theyll be a good team in a few years, but 2/3 elite pieces from being a super team

Peterrson, Hughes, Horvat are all really good pieces to form a good team. However after that its a bit tricky. will OJ be a good D in the NHL? remains to be seen. Dahlen looks like a good prospect, but far from forsure, same with Demko. Stetcher had a good rookie season, but likely will be a solid top 4 guy

Then after that it is meh. Tanev will be old/gone when that core comes into its own, and the rest of the players are meh to bad

Boeser?

 

[Frankie Blueberries]

If all things go well, they still don't have the top-end defence or centres to be a contender in upcoming years.

If, and this is a big IF, things go according to plan, they have something like:

Pettersson = Backstrom
Hughes = Ghost
Juolevi = Maatta
Demko = Gibson
Horvat = ROR
Gaudette = Kesler

With Boeser being a consistent 40 goal guy.

I don't think Baertschi becomes more than a 50-55 point winger.

It's too early to tell with players like Lind, Palmu, DiPietro, etc.


While the above core (if they live up to their potential) is great, I don't think it's enough to be a cup contender without a bonafide #1 centre/dman.

 

[Devil Dancer]

Sure, if they merged with the Penguins.

 

[Volica]

Tampa is quietly making a super team.
Top 5 goalie. Check.
Top 5 D. Check. f*** it, we'll add the best D in the world if we can too.
Top 5 winger. Check.
Top 10 centre. Check.

If they get Karlsson, they'll have 5 potential all-stars at any time. Vancouver is quietly rebuilding, not building a super team.

 

[FlyTimmo]

If everything goes well they might be a similar team to the Leafs, who are also pretty far away from the super team label.

 

[Vincenzo Arelliti]

Look to be a big deal:
Brock Boeser (F)

Might be a big deal:
Ellias Pettersson (F)
Quinton Hughes (D)
Thatcher Demko (G)
Mike DiPietro (G)

Good, But Not Great:
Bo Horvat (F)

Might Be Good, but Not Great:
Jonathan Dahlén (F)
Olli Juolevi (D)

Nothing to Write Home About:
Sven Bäertschi (F)
Adam Gaudette (F)
Kole Lind (F)
Petrus Palmu (F)
Matthew Thiessen (G)
Toni Utunen (D)
Jonah Gadjovich (F)

If Pettersson becomes the 1C they think he will be, then this has the makings of a really good foundation, but it's far from a super team.

 

[TheGoldenGod]

No...the golden State Warriors are a super team.

This is just a good group of prospects plus a player that could easily be drafted by another team.

 

[tony d]

They have some good prospects for sure and people who could develop into solid NHLers but please pump the brakes on calling them a Super Team.

 

[MessierII]

Not in the realm of a super team but promising young team sure.

 

[BlueDream]

Lmao super team. A lot of teams have good prospects, bro (and some of them even have...you know...a competitive team right now too).

 

[Grub]

Now imagine if the Canucks didn't get lucky and didn't pick Boeser at #23.

Roster still needs a lot of work.

 

[Grub]

If everything goes well they might be a similar team to the Leafs, who are also pretty far away from the super team label.

I think it all depends on what Elias Petterson becomes. As it stands right now, Toronto has a first overall pick to carry their franchise.. make it 2 now with Tavares.

 

[Jimbo57]

Now imagine if the Canucks didn't get lucky and didn't pick Boeser at #23.

Roster still needs a lot of work.

or imagine if they actually got lucky and won a draft lottery, or even held their draft position, instead of dropping almost every year.

 

[FlyTimmo]

I think it all depends on what Elias Petterson becomes. As it stands right now, Toronto has a first overall pick to carry their franchise.. make it 2 now with Tavares.

Yeah, when I said everything goes well, I was also referring to acquiring Hughes. And then if EP and other develop well they would look similar to Toronto.

 

[Martin Skoula]

Those are good secondary pieces to put around a true elite #1, if they get 1st OA next year I could see them being a top-3 team in the West for a few years.

They're not going to become Tampa-level though.

 

[PunkRockLocke]

I'm happy with our drafting these last couple of years, but there is a LONG way to go still.
If/when this team seriously contends for the Cup in the next decade or so, the only guys currently in the organization that I see playing a part are:

Very likely:
Boeser
Horvat
Pettersson
Hughes
Demko

Possibly:
Gaudette
Virtanen
Dahlen
Lind
Juolevi
Woo
DiPietro

So, a good start to a future good team, yes, but lots of work to do yet. And that's just to be a contender, never mind "superteam".
Some of those listed in the second category above won't pan out - but I suppose some of the guys like Gadjovich, Palmu, Madden, Utunen may pan out instead.

Of the other early to mid-twenties guys already on the roster, really only Stecher shows some promise, and that's as a bottom pair D on a good team. That's his ceiling. Gaunce can maybe stay relevant as a 4th line winger and PKer. Guys like Baertschi, Granlund, Markstrom, and Hutton should be discarded ASAP.

There's too much talk here in Canuck Nation about every single one of our young guys and prospects not only becoming NHLers, but hitting (or at least coming close to) their ceilings.

 

[Kamiccolo]

I am very high on Vancouver, however no one is a super team, no one knows how they will develop. I for sure agree they will they will be the next up and coming team if not this year then next.