News Article: Vancouver Canucks and Mckenzie's List

[PhilMick]

I'm just getting that gut feeling the flames don't pass on Ritchie or maybe i have to poop.

It might be poop, the talking heads here (who are also mostly composed of poop) think ideally they'll go centre again. When you consider the terribleness of their D prospect pool (and actual NHL D core), I don't see any way they don't take Ekblad (if the draft goes Sam, Sam, LD) or whichever centre is left if the draft goes the other way.

 

[Raistlin]

Nothing wrong with having Richie and Zassian on the same line even. Did Kevin Stevens ever play together with Tocchet? Our own Legion of Doom lite?? Tanev shink and #6 is too much in my opinion. Shink and 6th I would do for sure.

 

[bo2shink*]

I think I had MacKinnon, Drouin, Jones, because I hate defensemen. Apparently nobody agreed with me

I don't think rankings take who is drafting into account.

 

[Bitz and Bites]

Having a PWF on each of your top two lines would be fantastic,I don't know why the Nylander/Ehlers boosters don't see this.We play against a lot of heavy teams in our division and conference and need skill players who can power through them,not a team of 160 lb danglers who stickhandle around the perimeter.

If the NHL actually started calling obstruction and interference again and we played in the old Southeast division then Nylander/Ehlers would be super exciting prospects but the reality is we need some big,powerful guys to get it done in our conference.

 

[LolClarkson*]

Umm

Why didn't the list get posted ? In the post.

 

[Jack Tripper]

would be perfectly happy with ritchie, and i don't think his inclusion on the team would not make kassian redundant at all

he has the same question marks that seem to get planted to every power forward prospect nowadays (ie will he work hard enough to be in shape? will his game translate to the pros? is he the next kyle beach???) but i can't see any major red flags that make him a risky pick

 

[LolClarkson*]

would be perfectly happy with ritchie, and i don't think his inclusion on the team would not make kassian redundant at all

he has the same question marks that seem to get planted to every power forward prospect nowadays (ie will he work hard enough to be in shape? will his game translate to the pros? is he the next kyle beach???) but i can't see any major red flags that make him a risky pick

We don't need lumbering inconsistent forwards.

 

[hackey]

Nothing wrong with having Richie and Zassian on the same line even. Did Kevin Stevens ever play together with Tocchet? Our own Legion of Doom lite?? Tanev shink and #6 is too much in my opinion. Shink and 6th I would do for sure.

In 5 years from now, would you rather have a potential Joe Sakic type of player in Reinhart
or have a 2nd or 3rd line 20 or 25 goal scorer in Richie?
Exactly.

Every once in a while you have to man up and throw the dice, bet the farm

 

[Jay Cee]

In 5 years from now, would you rather have a potential Joe Sakic type of player in Reinhart
or have a 2nd or 3rd line 20 or 25 goal scorer in Richie?
Exactly.

Every once in a while you have to man up and throw the dice, bet the farm

That's pretty impressive how you know both of those guys are going to turn out.

 

[Andy Dufresne]

In 5 years from now, would you rather have a potential Joe Sakic type of player in Reinhart
or have a 2nd or 3rd line 20 or 25 goal scorer in Richie?
Exactly.

Every once in a while you have to man up and throw the dice, bet the farm

If you're betting the farm it helps to know what you're betting on. Reinhart as Sakic 2.0 sounds like a good way to lose a farm to me. I'd love to hear what makes them so comparable though?? Sakic may have had the best wrist shot ever (debatable i know) so that's 1 box that can't be checked. Can't see Reinhart ever knocking a guy like Stevens on his ass while maintaining puck possession either. They both are from GVA and have high hockey iq??? Anything else?

 

[Hi-wayman]

I'm still intrigued by Virtanen at #7 right behind Richie at #6. Much younger than Richie so more chance to continue growing yet he is just slightly smaller than Richie already. The added plus is he is a home town boy.

 

[Jack Tripper]

I'm still intrigued by Virtanen at #7 right behind Richie at #6. Much younger than Richie so more chance to continue growing yet he is just slightly smaller than Richie already. The added plus is he is a home town boy.

youth and current build of virtanen does intrigue me...basically a month away from being draft eligible for 2015 and about 9 months younger than a guy like reinhart

 

[orcatown]

In 5 years from now, would you rather have a potential Joe Sakic type of player in Reinhart
or have a 2nd or 3rd line 20 or 25 goal scorer in Richie?
Exactly.

Every once in a while you have to man up and throw the dice, bet the farm

Make a totally speculative comment then use the word exactly like it made anything you said absolutely true.

Something like this

In 5 years from now, would you rather have a (and lets leave out the word potential since 5 years from now you would hope the player was showing more than just the potential to be what we hope) Lucic/Horton type player in Ritchie
or have a 2nd or 3rd line center in the 20 goal range in Reinhardt (and give up something like Shinkaruk, Tanev and the potential of player like Ritchie in the process)
Exactly.

This decision has little do with manning up or gambling and a lot more to do with using head.

 

[Kirk Mclean]

Yeah another inconsistent "power forward" is exactly what we need!

 

[bo2shink*]

In 5 years from now, would you rather have a potential Joe Sakic type of player in Reinhart
or have a 2nd or 3rd line 20 or 25 goal scorer in Richie?
Exactly.

Every once in a while you have to man up and throw the dice, bet the farm

Lotteries rely on this type of logic.

Can you imagine?