HEY... just because the kid hails from Abby doesn't mean he's a bible-thumping heathen-hater!RoyalDude wrote: Don't like the scouting reports on Virtanen. He's basically David Booth, from what I've read
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Good postDiehard1 wrote:Basically how I see it too. My preference, in order:RoyalDude wrote:The top 10 seemingly will go something like this
The 1 to 5 group will be
Reinhart
Ekblad
Bennett
Draisaitl
Dal Colle
6-7 group should be
Ritchie
Nylander
8 - 10 group
Fleury
Ehlers
McCann
The Canucks look like they will fall in that 8 - 10 group. Don't want another Schroeder shrimp in Ehlers. It looks like it will come down to Fleury or McCann, I'd be happy with either
If we fall out of the top 10, I don't like what's available there i.e., Perlini, Virtanen, Kapanen, Kempe, Ho Sang, Barbeshev, D'Angelo. If we did fall out of top 10 I'd shoot for Kapanen
1) Reinhart
2) Bennett
3) Dal Colle
4) Draisaitl
5) Ritchie
6) Ehlers
7) Nylander
I'm not including D because Ekblad is really the only one I would take in the top ten and there are a few teams who need D a lot more than the Nucks picking ahead of them. Don't want Fleury, he reminds me of a poor man's Bouwmeester and forward depth is much more of a need now and in the future.
I Ike McCann if all of these players are gone. Really would love Reinhart or Bennett but a lot of teams feel that way I'm sure. Reinhart is the Bret player in the draft IMHO. Bennett is a little ball of hate, will run through a guy to score and that's the type of player the Nucks could really use. Dal Colle I love his puck possession and shot, he's just extremely gifted offensively and can play both wing or center. Draisaitl I've only seen play once so I'm going more on scouting reports, big center who uses his body well but needs to work on his skating. Ritchie is big, mean and had a wicked shot. Ehlers is pure speed and hands.
If the Nucks are in the top 7 or 8 they will get a very good player. It gets a bit fuzzier after that as the level of player drops off.
Put Ekblad in that grouping and the drop off point for me is after the 8th pick. Ehlers yet small is just way too dynamic, skilled, fast, high IQ to not be in that group. Really hope the Canucks get in the top 8. After its pretty much roll the dice on about 10 players
Fleury
McCann
Perlini
Kapanen
Kempe
Tuch
Honka
Fabbri
Ho-Sang
Barbeshev
Virtanen
D'Angelo
Scherbak
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Pacific Blue Virtanen,Ritchie, or Perlini if this team loses 3 of 4 Ritchie is ours if not Perlini or Virtanen will be the choice... Pacific Blue Don't sleep on Virtanen Right Handed shot who can skate and has a heavy shot...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RztPZLG34D0 Ritchie highlights...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6jLp1eoy_E Perlini Highlights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpbmydIO1aY Virtanen Highlights...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RztPZLG34D0 Ritchie highlights...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6jLp1eoy_E Perlini Highlights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpbmydIO1aY Virtanen Highlights...
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Good postolpaddy wrote:Pacific Blue Virtanen,Ritchie, or Perlini if this team loses 3 of 4 Ritchie is ours if not Perlini or Virtanen will be the choice... Pacific Blue Don't sleep on Virtanen Right Handed shot who can skate and has a heavy shot...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RztPZLG34D0 Ritchie highlights...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6jLp1eoy_E Perlini Highlights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpbmydIO1aY Virtanen Highlights...
Especially if MG stays true to that bigger and younger movement.
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Listen paddycakes, Virtanen is David Booth in the making. I don't want him. Ive read some scouts not even having him in the top 20. Button has him in the second round. He's dumb like Druken and Booth.
Perlini they are calling the Benoit Pouliot of this draft and not for good reasons. A big softie
I like Ritchie, Ehlers and Nylander
Fleury and McCann are the classic boring, nothing flashy safe picks
Ehlers the Dane is explosive, fast, smart. He and Drouin are 1 and 2 on the QMJHL playoff scoring leader board. Finished 4th in scoring behind Mantha and Drouin as a rookie.
He is 5'-11" 182 lbs not that small. Plays left wing. Dale Tallon calls him a Patrick Kane clone. We need skill. We got enough defensive forward type prospects. If not Ehlers take Nylander
Perlini they are calling the Benoit Pouliot of this draft and not for good reasons. A big softie
I like Ritchie, Ehlers and Nylander
Fleury and McCann are the classic boring, nothing flashy safe picks
Ehlers the Dane is explosive, fast, smart. He and Drouin are 1 and 2 on the QMJHL playoff scoring leader board. Finished 4th in scoring behind Mantha and Drouin as a rookie.
He is 5'-11" 182 lbs not that small. Plays left wing. Dale Tallon calls him a Patrick Kane clone. We need skill. We got enough defensive forward type prospects. If not Ehlers take Nylander
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Listen paddycakes, Virtanen is David Booth in the making. I don't want him. Ive read some scouts not even having him in the top 20. Button has him in the second round. He's dumb like Druken and Booth.
Perlini they are calling the Benoit Pouliot of this draft and not for good reasons. A big softie
I like Ritchie, Ehlers and Nylander
Fleury and McCann are the classic boring, nothing flashy safe picks
Ehlers the Dane is explosive, fast, smart. He and Drouin are 1 and 2 on the QMJHL playoff scoring leader board. Finished 4th in scoring behind Mantha and Drouin as a rookie.
He is 5'-11" 182 lbs not that small. Plays left wing. Dale Tallon calls him a Patrick Kane clone. We need skill. We got enough defensive forward type prospects. If not Ehlers take Nylander
The Danes - Jensen and Ehlers will replace the Swedish meatballs as our go to skilled forwards
Perlini they are calling the Benoit Pouliot of this draft and not for good reasons. A big softie
I like Ritchie, Ehlers and Nylander
Fleury and McCann are the classic boring, nothing flashy safe picks
Ehlers the Dane is explosive, fast, smart. He and Drouin are 1 and 2 on the QMJHL playoff scoring leader board. Finished 4th in scoring behind Mantha and Drouin as a rookie.
He is 5'-11" 182 lbs not that small. Plays left wing. Dale Tallon calls him a Patrick Kane clone. We need skill. We got enough defensive forward type prospects. If not Ehlers take Nylander
The Danes - Jensen and Ehlers will replace the Swedish meatballs as our go to skilled forwards
“Tyler Myers is my guy... I was taking to Scotty Bowman last night and he was bringing up his name, and saying he’s a big guy and big guy need big minutes to play, he is playing great for ya… and I agree with him… He’s been exceptional” - Bruce Boudreau
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Aren't you the same guy who said Gilbert Brule was a cun't miss and the Canucks missed out on not drafting him?RoyalDude wrote:Listen paddycakes, Virtanen is David Booth in the making. I don't want him. Ive read some scouts not even having him in the top 20. Button has him in the second round. He's dumb like Druken and Booth.
Perlini they are calling the Benoit Pouliot of this draft and not for good reasons. A big softie
I like Ritchie, Ehlers and Nylander
Fleury and McCann are the classic boring, nothing flashy safe picks
Ehlers the Dane is explosive, fast, smart. He and Drouin are 1 and 2 on the QMJHL playoff scoring leader board. Finished 4th in scoring behind Mantha and Drouin as a rookie.
He is 5'-11" 182 lbs not that small. Plays left wing. Dale Tallon calls him a Patrick Kane clone. We need skill. We got enough defensive forward type prospects. If not Ehlers take Nylander
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I don't fucking remember, nor do i give a shit. Whats your fucking point? Ask the archivist to look up my thoughts on Brule before he was drafted a thousand years ago. Would not be surprised if I was high on him, here's an insight - there were thousands who thought Brule was da shit, just like Daigle, Brendl, Lawton, Bonsignore etc blah, blah, blah...I'd take my chances on an Ehlers over a boring middling meh player like McCann or Fleury or a dumb ass like Virtanen.
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Were you in a drunk'n stupor?!RoyalDude wrote:I don't fucking remember, nor do i give a shit. Whats your fucking point? Ask the archivist to look up my thoughts on Brule before he was drafted a thousand years ago. Would not be surprised if I was high on him, here's an insight - there were thousands who thought Brule was da shit, just like Daigle, Brendl, Lawton, Bonsignore etc blah, blah, blah...I'd take my chances on an Ehlers over a boring middling meh player like McCann or Fleury or a dumb ass like Virtanen.
Yet you criticize our GM for crappy drafts for what you just admitted was a complete crapshoot.
It is probably 50/50 luck and skill when it comes to picking and even that is determined by the scouts and the philosophy/intuition of the GM.
If you were GM I think this team would be the Toronto Maple leaves of the West.
Don't take my word for it, let's get The Archivist™ to waste...er....use his valuable remaining life energy to nail your ass to the cross on the 'picks' you would have drafted and see were this team would be.
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Yes, what about that Dude?Arachnid wrote: Yet you criticize our GM for crappy drafts for what you just admitted was a complete crapshoot.
By the way fellas, it may please you to know that I, for one, have repented from my archiving ways!
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You're letting them win??Strangelove wrote:Yes, what about that Dude?Arachnid wrote: Yet you criticize our GM for crappy drafts for what you just admitted was a complete crapshoot.
By the way fellas, it may please you to know that I, for one, have repented from my archiving ways!
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Nah, I figure I've already ruined them for life....SKYO wrote: You're letting them win??
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Your last copy and paste job was pretty scarring. You cut deep Strange. You cut very deep.Strangelove wrote:Nah, I figure I've already ruined them for life....SKYO wrote: You're letting them win??
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