Former Canucks: Players & Management (Kevin Bieksa retirement watch)

[PG Canuck]

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[Lindgren]

Shinkaruk is back in the line-up for the Flames tonight. Vey isn't.

 

[RobertKron]

Shinkaruk is back in the line-up for the Flames tonight. Vey isn't.

Oy Vey

 

[The Drop]

Shinkaruk with an assist.

 

[M2Beezy]

Shinkaruk with an assist.

Hit a crossbar too. The guy is just getting started too

 

[RobertKron]

Shinkaruk with an assist.

Oy Vey

 

[racerjoe]

If he makes it or not, Shink is the type of guy you like rooting for. A bit of an underdog, hard worker, and always has a big smile on his face, and just loves the game.

 

[M2Beezy]

If he makes it or not, Shink is the type of guy you like rooting for. A bit of an underdog, hard worker, and always has a big smile on his face, and just loves the game.

Yep. Def the type of guy youd want on your team and def not the kind of guy youd trade for the wrong brother

 

[Kryten]

McCann sent down to AHL now that Bjugstad is healthy

 

[arttk]

McCann sent down to AHL now that Bjugstad is healthy

Should've sent him down after training camp.

 

[PG Canuck]

McCann sent down to AHL now that Bjugstad is healthy

Well, at least he's there now. Hopefully he can right his development, like Virtanen, now that they are where they should've been a long time ago.

 

[PG Canuck]

Also, Grabner has 12 goals now. Love to see that.

 

[Jimson Hogarth*]

One of the most successful Canuck forward picks since Kesler?

 

[PG Canuck]

He would be if he developed under us.

 

[Jimson Hogarth*]

He would be if he developed under us.

Grabner spent his first 4 years of pro with the Canucks.

 

[The Drop]

One of the most successful Canuck forward picks since Kesler?

Ya let's ignore that Nonis skipped on Giroux

 

[Kryten]

Ya let's ignore that Nonis skipped on Giroux

To be fair 19 other teams did as well. LAK had 2 picks before him and chose Jon Bernier and the last center before Giroux in Trevor Lewis

 

[Rotting Corpse*]

You know what I'm not even going to respond to him indirectly.

 

[DL44]

I missed the Chi game.. how did Forsling look vs us?

Edit - nevermind.. just saw he sat.

 

[timw33]

Ya let's ignore that Nonis skipped on Giroux

No one was yelling for Giroux AFAIK, but someone should pull up the 2006 draft thread and find out who people were screaming for. I think it's only fair to rip the GM if a well regarded prospect who fans love goes in the couple picks after. Especially the following pick, such as the case of Perron and Kopitar.

 

[mathonwy]

 

[M2Beezy]

Wonder what Clenndennings stats and numbers look like

 

[mathonwy]

Wonder what Clenndennings stats and numbers look like

Not too good.

 

[RandV]

No one was yelling for Giroux AFAIK, but someone should pull up the 2006 draft thread and find out who people were screaming for. I think it's only fair to rip the GM if a well regarded prospect who fans love goes in the couple picks after. Especially the following pick, such as the case of Perron and Kopitar.

I actually have a strangely coherent memory of that draft. From what I remember combined with looking at hockeydb, The smart analysis of the day (from TSN/Bob McKenzie/etc) was that in no particular order there was the top 5: E.Johnson, J.Staal, Toews, Backstrom Kessel. Then there was a 6-12 group considered roughly equal: Brassard, Okposo, Mueller, Sheppard, Frolik, Little, Tlustly. LA made this a 6-13 group when they took a goalie Jonathan Bernier, so we were unfortunately sitting right outside the good range at #14.

After Toronto did the expected then and took Tlusty, the draft was a huge crap shoot from that point. The next consensus prospect according to TSN would have been Chris Stewart, who I believe was considered something of a safe pick without much upside. So all in all considering the draft field Grabner wasn't a bad pick, but no one would have blinked if we took Claude Giroux in that spot. Like I said after Tlusty went to Toronto it was one big crap shoot.

 

[F A N]

Grabner was mistreated under Gillis IMO. 30 goal season in the AHL and he didn't get a single game in the NHL.