Craig Button's Final Rankings

[WonderTwinsUnite]

PLD is not an elite skater. He's pretty average.

Disagree - he's not an elite skater, but can definitely move around the ice well, especially for his size. He looks a little Hossa-like when he gets going.

 

[Tobi Wan Kenobi]

Good list and going by this we could have had Jones, Gauthier, Laberge, Benson and Clague with our second round pick

 

[ahmon]

Some of the stats look off.

Good to see Keller in more top 10 lists now.

Imo the canucks should consider tkachuk, keller, dubois in that order for the pick.

Hopefully Brackett knows his usdp hockey and convinces management that its not only tkachuk or dubois.

 

[Tobi Wan Kenobi]

Some of the stats look off.

Good to see Keller in more top 10 lists now.

Imo the canucks should consider tkachuk, keller, dubois in that order for the pick.

Hopefully Brackett knows his usdp hockey and convinces management that its not only tkachuk or dubois.

Yeah I've been with you on Keller all year but why would you take him over Dubois? Dubois brings so much to the table and has the potential to impact the game in every single facet.

 

[M2Beezy]

Yeah I've been with you on Keller all year but why would you take him over Dubois? Dubois brings so much to the table and has the potential to impact the game in every single facet.

Agreed. Keller will be great but Dubois is even better. Just like if Pullji is available u take him

 

[SgtToody]

I don't believe he has. My personal choice I would like to see the Canucks pick at #5 would be Pierre-Luc Dubois, but I think we are going to have to trade picks with the Oilers to get him. Dubois is the BPE to play in the Western Conferrance who bings Hockey IQ, elite skating & multi skills at the center position.

If Dubois is gone when we pick, I think the next BPA to play in the west is Chychrun, not Matthew Tkachuk. Chychrun also brings high hockey IQ, elite skating and multiple skills to the defense. The next most important position to fill after center & I think Chychrun has top pairing potential.

All three players are top line/top pairing potential players. If we were talking east conference, I would have Tkachuk ahead of Chychrun. Tkachuk lacks the elite skating of the other two, but matches their hockey IQ and multi skill set. He's not a bad skater, just not at the elite level. He is a power forward which is also a tough position to find elite players to fill.

In the west I think high hockey IQ, size and skating are far more critical than in the east.

I think at 5 the BPA is Keller, and Buttons reaffirms my faith with his assessment.

 

[82Ninety42011]

Maybe Canucks should hire Button as our head scout? Just saying. He would be a good asset to have all to ourselves.