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For the record I was never one to get too involved in picking favorites before the draft and/or criticizing picks after. Except perhaps the Joulevi pick only because at the time everything leading up to that draft had a clear consensus of a top 5 tier that most lists didn't have Joulevi on, so to m...

For the record I was never one to get too involved in picking favorites before the draft and/or criticizing picks after. Except perhaps the Joulevi pick only because at the time everything leading up to that draft had a clear consensus of a top 5 tier that most lists didn't have Joulevi on, so to me...

Benning gets a passing grade on his draft record. On asset management and contract negotiations he gets a fail from me. Too many draft picks traded away, too many expensive fringe players. For the canucks to get to "contender" status we need Benning to excel now at asset management. He will need sk...

Can't help but remember Botch's cries of "we need an army". He cited the Jets as an example of having an army and expressed angst and envy at how far we were from getting to that point. I totally echoed those emotions and couldn't have agreed more. That seemed like a long time ago but it really wasn...

Hilarious Loui remains the highest paid forward for another 2 seasons.

Getting a little ahead of things but can't help to think how the events of the past 72 hours could not have worked out any better for those hoping to land Barrie in the offseason.

thread's picking up some steam....oh god, don't get my hopes up.

Anything that doesn't involve a sweetener is a win.

3 pages, 1 creative solution, rest body hair....yup, folks we're stuck with him. (exactly how I picture management's meetings on him)

Now can we start a let's get creative with Sutter thread?

The one intangible we have going for us is that Pettersson is more than your average emerging prospect. Hes a franchise type difference maker. Quinn Hughes has some of that same level of elite talent. When you bring up those names, especially Pettersson, it's a good reminder of the adage the best t...

The drop in play / goal production last year scares me. Reminds me of a year ago when a part of the justification for signing Roussel, Beagle and Schaller was they were all just a year removed from putting up double digits in goals and were expected to "bounce back". Roussel was on track but don't h...

....felt any player they got at 10 would need 1-3 years development so him playing in the KHL is fine. Exactly how I felt..any player at 10 was realistically going to be a 2-3 year project anyway. We never get a draft step right in (since when, Linden??), best one year wait so what's an extra year ...

Russians come and Russians go (Bure, Chubarov, Koltsov, Tryamkin,..). Instincts tell me we got Russian version Puljujarvi, just hope to God I'm wrong...break the trend Vasili, please, for the love of God prove me wrong.

Bo never registered a single point in the A (only 5 games mind you) and Kesler scored 3 G's in his first 33.

SKYO wrote:Shitty we finally got a high pick but it's sandwiched between two superb drafts in 2013 and 2015, haha just our luck, ah well.

Good chance for for all three, no? 2013 check, 2014 check, can all but ink the checkmark on 2015.

Apparently Virtanen scored a spectacular goal today at the U-18's. I'm all in on the local kid now. Agree with Nuckertuzzi regarding Ritchie and Nylander He might be the hybrid between the two, speed/skill and size combined...with a bit of bite. Not much of a playmaker though as it appears with the...