TruGr1t
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- Jun 26, 2003
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You can't say they would or wouldn't have been able to draft Pettersson. Arguing for either is dumb IMO.
None of this even needs to be discussed, frankly, if you always take BPA.
You can't say they would or wouldn't have been able to draft Pettersson. Arguing for either is dumb IMO.
None of this even needs to be discussed, frankly, if you always take BPA.
Consensus : Nylander,McCann,Merkley,Tkachuk,Glass,Hughes
Reality : Virtanen,McCann,Boeser,Juolevi,Pettersson,Hughes
You mean..don't draft by needs in certain position?I said BPA, not consensus. Very, very different. Though I get why you purposefully misinterpreted it for the sake of your argument.
You mean..don't draft by needs in certain position?
That's a big part of it. Never draft for need in the first round, especially pre-20 OA. But when you say "need" that doesn't only mean by position. Need could also be like we "need grit" or we "need size" or we "need leadership." The only one I'll buy is skating, though Horvat's proven you can even improve that with the right coaching. My issue with how management has drafted in certain occasions is that they seem to go down some sort of player trait checklist (size ... check, rip the puck ... check) and fail to look at the overall package, or think ahead to development. That also links to those reports that they didn't want to take Tkachuk because they had Virtanen ... like no ... that is not how it works.
Brackett has gone on record as the Canucks believing Pettersson was the BPA in the draft. They'd have taken him 1 OA. That's how you should be drafting.
I thought Benning hinted to having Makar at #1.
Makar
EP
Heisk
I think was our draft board
Preach on bruddah!!After the playoffs new names will emerge. Hopefully somebody thinks Petterson is his ticket to a career year. Canucks are set in goal and only need a couple of pieces. They are more attractive on ice than they have been in years! Good things might happen!?
You can't say they would or wouldn't have been able to draft Pettersson. Arguing for either is dumb IMO.
I can get down with that.I keep going back to Brock Nelson as a good fit