Prospect Info: Vancouver Canucks Top 25 Prospects 2015 - #9

[StrictlyCommercial]

Well you do have 2 LHD on your 3rd pairing

True, Sbisa probably plays with Hamhuis and Weber with Bart.

Sbisa on the right over the C's will be a fun theme next year.

 

[ChilliBilly]

Subban has great tools, his offensive ability might even be very good among Nhlers.

What scares me is the way he handles larger forwards.

I watch some of his games this year as a draft+2 in junior, and he still had a lot trouble handling larger forwards in the junior level.

I'm pretty certain Subban can become a very good AHL offensive dman, beyond that ...

I still think his skill set should have him move to forward.

 

[VC]

People assume we'll carry 8, I'm not so sure. Right now we have

Edler-Tanev
Hamhuis-Weber
Bart-Sbisa
Clendening
Corrado.

That's two RHD as our 7/8, maybe that's the plan, but I have doubts.

Benning said as much after this season. That is the plan, to carry 8.

 

[Canadian Canuck]

Brisebois is very underrated

 

[Nucker101]

Tough call between Brisebois and Subban for me here. Hutton is also a big wildcard. Not that high on either Corrado or Clendening.

 

[vancityluongo]

Subban. Corrado is further along, but the way he's stagnated the past couple years makes it tough to rank him above a guy who has just had a great draft +1 and draft +2 season.

My personal top-10 would probably go like this:

Virtanen/McCann
Boeser
Demko
Cassels
Kenins
Gaunce
Shinkaruk
Subban
Corrado

 

[dwarf]

Corrado is the most ready at this point. I do think there are more prospects with higher upside though.

 

[TheWanderer]

Corrado. His development had plateaud a bit, but I thought he got back on track this season. Imo he has Bieksa type upside, without the toughness.

A bunch of blueliners all.with some ??? as prospects.

Corrado - ssfest, but has his development stalled?
Clendening - shown he can produce.at the AHL level, but that footspeed.
Subban - exciting player, but that size.
Brisebois - so unknown
Hutton - can he play defence?
Pedan - showed well in Utica, but those concussions.
Tryamkin - enticing package, but that Russian factor.

All prospects that imo have comparable floors/ceilings and.you'd have to think that at least one will emerge as a legit second pairing option over the.next couple of years. Sprinkle in Grenier and the Russian we just drafted and there's my next 9 picks or so.

Agreed, and agreed on Grenier and Zhukenov. Maybe by the end not more season we are thinking Jasek aIs in there as well. I think my only reason to vote, at this point, is to keep Jensen out of the top 15. He's a bust.

 

[Pip]

Brisebois is very underrated

How so?

He's a low producing defenseman with interesting tools who has done nothing since being picked in the third round. If anything it seems that many are playing him up to make the Lack trade seem better than it is. Should he be a top 10 prospect for us? Top 7?

I don't see it right now

 

[Nuckles]

Next poll is up: http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1929091

(sorry for delay, got distracted)

 

[alternate]

How so?

If anything it seems that many are playing him up to make the Lack trade seem better than it is.

that's a stretch.

 

[Taelin]

How so?

He's a low producing defenseman with interesting tools who has done nothing since being picked in the third round. If anything it seems that many are playing him up to make the Lack trade seem better than it is. Should he be a top 10 prospect for us? Top 7?

I don't see it right now

If you go back to the multiple discussion about his team and how how he contributes to 18% of his team's offence, then you'll see why. This is literally the first time I've seen anyone mention Brisebois in relation to Lack.

 

[Nucker101]

How so?

He's a low producing defenseman with interesting tools who has done nothing since being picked in the third round. If anything it seems that many are playing him up to make the Lack trade seem better than it is. Should he be a top 10 prospect for us? Top 7?

I don't see it right now

I've been very much against most of Benning's moves but Brisebois is getting unfairly underrated by the box score scouts due to the horrible team he played on.