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The Bruins drafted Yuri Alexandrov before Lucic and Mark Stuart before Bergeron. Now that's brilliant thinking.RoyalDude wrote:Yeah, but we are talking about the Bruins, the team who drafted Lucic, Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand outside the 1st round. All within a few years of each other. Got Seguin and Hamilton for Kessel, stole Rask from the Leaves. Brilliant thinkers in that organization.Benjo wrote:Shawn Thornton - signed as a UFA
Dan Paille - Buffalo Sabres traded Daniel Paille to the Boston Bruins for a third-round draft pick and conditional fourth-round pick in 2010.
Gregory Campbell - Florida Panthers traded Nathan Horton and Gregory Campbell to the Boston Bruins for Dennis Wideman, a 1st round selection in 2010 and a 3rd round selection in 2011.
Probably the best 4th line in the NHL acquired at little to no cost, I would say the Bruins nabbed Horton for Wideman and the first and threw in a 3rd rounder to get Campbell. The cost of acquiring 4th line talent is so low that I'd say the only difficulty is having a pro scouting department that is good enough to target the right guys. I'd say the Canucks have 1 decent 4th liner in Weise and the rest could be buckled in and fired into free agency. Judging by how well Sturm, Ballard, Booth, Pinizzoto and Bernier worked out I would say the Canucks pro scouting department could be much improved. We may have a couple of up and comers in Lain and Mallet but that's all I can see in our pipeline.
Can we trade our Management for their Management?
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I'm generally not in favour of rushing young players to the bigs, unless they have great maturity (ie - Linden) or have bluechip superstar talent (ie - Crosby). Many young players who were rushed into the NHL had their confidence and careers destroyed because of it (ie - Gilbert Brule). I'd much rather let Gaunce play a ton of minutes in juniors, develop his game, learn from his coaches there, and gain some confidence by dominating that lvl rather than play 5 minutes a nite in the NHL and be a healthy scratch on a regular basis. In the NHL, there's no room for error. Mistakes are magnified and if he makes too many, he's going to be sitting in the press box more often than not. If he's not ready, it's going to be men against a boy out there.SKYO wrote:Big Badass Bold move #2 for MG/new coach....give Gaunce a full time position on the 4th line center spot, 8 min per...especially if we get a coach like Eakins, he will help develop players like this pretty good imo.
As far as Craig Adams goes? I dunno. He's prety old @ 36 and the guy was drafted by the Hartford Whalers.Sign, hopefully turned UFA in July, Craig Adams to a 2yr - $1.5M contract, a 4th liner who can play a great defensive/checking game who more importantly can play center and wing, play him on the wing mentoring Gaunce.
I'm the same way. I think that an extra year in juniors and time spent in the AHL can't hurt a prospect while rushing a prospect to the NHL can potentially ruin a prospect. With that said, Gaunce does have a pro-sized body (he was one of the strongest prospects in his draft class to begin with) and plays a mature game. Will he further develop his offensive game at the OHL level? Will Gaunce project to be a 2nd line center or 3rd line center? If it's the former, it might be best to let him develop his offensive game in juniors and then in the minors, if it's the latter, I think you give Gaunce every chance to prove that he can play on the Canucks' 4th line and hope he earns more minutes during the season. But ya unless Gaunce really looks like he's ready, there's really no rush. The team does have Kellan Lain who is likely further along in development.Todd Bersnoozi wrote: I'm generally not in favour of rushing young players to the bigs
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Heck, I would even play Gaunce in the AHL for a year or 2 before seriously giving him some NHL minutes. It's not like we urgently need him to crack the lineup right away and he's still a growing boy and filling out.
I like the way we have been taking a page out of the detroit prospect factory. They take their time with their prospects, even when some guys might be ready, those guys are not rushed into the NHL.
I feel differently about Corrado. I think if Corrado has a good offseason and has a good camp you keep him and partner him with a stable partner. He can average 14-16 minutes on the third pairing and learn the pro game in the NHL. If the 7 games were anything to go by, Corrado is capable of playing in the NHL with his poise and decision making. I think that Tanev's situation was a bit different in that Tanev didn't get the audition that Corrado got and the Canucks started the year with a deep defense. After Tanev had proven himself, the only reason Tanev spent time in the minors this season was because of the lockout and because Tanev started the year with some poor play.Todd Bersnoozi wrote: I feel the same way with Corrado. I'd like to slowly bring him along like we did with Tanev. Sign some veteran guys for the 6th-7th D-man like Alberts/Barker on the big squad. Give Corrado alot of ice time in the farm. Let him play speciality teams (PP and/or PK) and in important minutes (ie - defending a 1 goal lead late in the game). If he shows enuff promise, make him one of our first guys to call when we have injuries, hopefully he'll rack up alot of air miles going back and forth from here and the farm (*hehe). Only when he shows he's clearly ready (outplays our 6th-7th guy), then make a roster spot for him.
A Bruins team who didn't have AV as their coach....RoyalDude wrote:Yeah, but we are talking about the Bruins, the team who drafted Lucic, Bergeron, Krejci, Marchand outside the 1st round. All within a few years of each other. Got Seguin and Hamilton for Kessel, stole Rask from the Leaves. Brilliant thinkers in that organization.Benjo wrote:Shawn Thornton - signed as a UFA
Dan Paille - Buffalo Sabres traded Daniel Paille to the Boston Bruins for a third-round draft pick and conditional fourth-round pick in 2010.
Gregory Campbell - Florida Panthers traded Nathan Horton and Gregory Campbell to the Boston Bruins for Dennis Wideman, a 1st round selection in 2010 and a 3rd round selection in 2011.
Probably the best 4th line in the NHL acquired at little to no cost, I would say the Bruins nabbed Horton for Wideman and the first and threw in a 3rd rounder to get Campbell. The cost of acquiring 4th line talent is so low that I'd say the only difficulty is having a pro scouting department that is good enough to target the right guys. I'd say the Canucks have 1 decent 4th liner in Weise and the rest could be buckled in and fired into free agency. Judging by how well Sturm, Ballard, Booth, Pinizzoto and Bernier worked out I would say the Canucks pro scouting department could be much improved. We may have a couple of up and comers in Lain and Mallet but that's all I can see in our pipeline.
Can we trade our Management for their Management?