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Call me stupid but as a Canuck fan when I see what he can do and the potential from him why do I have this feeling of overwhelming doom that something bad will happen???

So 1 more year in junior and then the big team or does he need a year in the AHL?
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Why even put that into the universe? :mad:

Horvat is gonna be a star player in this league!
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Reefer2 wrote:Call me stupid but as a Canuck fan when I see what he can do and the potential from him why do I have this feeling of overwhelming doom that something bad will happen???

So 1 more year in junior and then the big team or does he need a year in the AHL?
So much ,IMHO, depends upon the year JS has. If he shows he belongs here I can see the Canucks letting Horvat get at least one year in Utica. If JS goes the way of Grabner then ya I think you see Bo on this Team next year. I do think Shinky has a better chance of making the team next year as we can always use a sniper up front, and if we had not picked up Dalpne and Stanton Shinky would have gotten his 10 games this year.

Of course if we let the twins walk I'd expect to see both kids next year whether they are ready or not. Let's just hope they don't' turn out to be the incarnation of Holden and Druken :mrgreen: :roll: :mrgreen:
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Reefer2 wrote:Call me stupid but as a Canuck fan when I see what he can do and the potential from him why do I have this feeling of overwhelming doom that something bad will happen???
Because it's you, man. You've been posting stuff like this for seven frickin' years now (as long as I've been around anyway)..
So 1 more year in junior and then the big team or does he need a year in the AHL?
Who knows. About the only thing we know is that next year is another NHL or OHL year for Horvat (and Shinkaruk of course), just like this year was for Gaunce.

Next year Gaunce will debut in the AHL if he cannot make the big club and the year after that Horvat and Shinkaruk will too.

My guess is that Horvat is worth a nine game look at the very least next year, although we've seen the team doesn't like using roster spots for that purpose if it means losing out on depth for the rest of the year (ie. waiving a semi-serviceable player).
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Hockey Widow wrote:
Reefer2 wrote:Call me stupid but as a Canuck fan when I see what he can do and the potential from him why do I have this feeling of overwhelming doom that something bad will happen???

So 1 more year in junior and then the big team or does he need a year in the AHL?
So much ,IMHO, depends upon the year JS has. If he shows he belongs here I can see the Canucks letting Horvat get at least one year in Utica. If JS goes the way of Grabner then ya I think you see Bo on this Team next year. I do think Shinky has a better chance of making the team next year as we can always use a sniper up front, and if we had not picked up Dalpne and Stanton Shinky would have gotten his 10 games this year.

Of course if we let the twins walk I'd expect to see both kids next year whether they are ready or not. Let's just hope they don't' turn out to be the incarnation of Holden and Druken :mrgreen: :roll: :mrgreen:
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dbr wrote: Next year Gaunce will debut in the AHL if he cannot make the big club and the year after that Horvat and Shinkaruk will too.
If Gaunce can add quickness to his first step, he will stick. That can be worked on...look at the twins. Once they improved this aspect of their game they started dominating
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dbr wrote:
Reefer2 wrote:Call me stupid but as a Canuck fan when I see what he can do and the potential from him why do I have this feeling of overwhelming doom that something bad will happen???
Because it's you, man. You've been posting stuff like this for seven frickin' years now (as long as I've been around anyway)..
So 1 more year in junior and then the big team or does he need a year in the AHL?
Who knows. About the only thing we know is that next year is another NHL or OHL year for Horvat (and Shinkaruk of course), just like this year was for Gaunce.
Hey at least I am consistent. 8-)

But this guy looks and feels different and I think will be in a good position to take a top 6 position within a couple years.
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Blob Mckenzie wrote:
RoyalDude wrote: Not fair to Luc Bourdon

I could give two shits about fair. Kopitar is one of the best players in the NHL. Bourdon was a 4/5 d man if he panned out. It was a terrible pick and i said it at the time.
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How is it offside ? You pass on a top 10 stud centre for a very average defenceman. That is called a horrible day at the draft.
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Blob Mckenzie wrote:How is it offside ? You pass on a top 10 stud centre for a very average defenceman. That is called a horrible day at the draft.
There is no way of knowing that Luc Bourdon would have been a "very average" defenseman.
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You're right . He could have been another Andrew Alberts.
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Blob Mckenzie wrote:You're right . He could have been another Andrew Alberts.
Or, he could've been pretty damned good.

Sedin twins didn't get good until the age of 26.

Naslund didn't break out until the age of 26 as well.

People still have high hopes for Edler and he's around that age as well.

How are we to know that Bourdon wouldn't have done the same?

Remember his very first training camp in Van? The guy came out on fire and had some very big hits if I recall correctly. Granted - his second training camp was a letdown, but there's just no way of knowing or predicting how he would have panned out.

Defensemen usually take longer to develop.

Kopitar is a fucking stud though.........no argument from me there.
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Uncle dans leg wrote:
dbr wrote: Next year Gaunce will debut in the AHL if he cannot make the big club and the year after that Horvat and Shinkaruk will too.
If Gaunce can add quickness to his first step, he will stick. That can be worked on...look at the twins. Once they improved this aspect of their game they started dominating
Gaunce need more then a better first step.

He isn't physical at all, and there is very little pace to his game.

The guys doesn't have the offensive game to play in the top 6 and I don't know of any good bottom 6 centres who aren't physical and play at the plodding pace that Gaunce does.

Was nice that he score a couple goals in camp but to me he is a very questionable prospect.
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The thread is about Horvat why are you guys talking about Brendan Gaunce ?
FWIW the kid is 19 and looks like a decent bet to make team Canada.

It's a bit early to write him off at that age but Horvat is a much better prospect and has better tools.
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Art Vandelay wrote:The thread is about Horvat why are you guys talking about Brendan Gaunce ?
FWIW the kid is 19 and looks like a decent bet to make team Canada.

It's a bit early to write him off
Who wrote him off?
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