Let's try this again.

How many players need to make the NHL as a regular out of those drafts for you to think that it was a success?
- belcherbd

Depends. Two top 10 drafts should give you two useful quality players... Gillis was .500 there. Late 1st round gets iffier... so how do you just come out with a one dimensional number to argue success. If it wasnt as bad as we thought... then things are better than we think now.

So far we have Horvat on our team as a regular, Hodgson trying to save his career after a buy out already... and some call ups on a couple other picks but no regular spot. Thats with 6 selections not to mention the 1st he traded away with Grabner and then bought out the asset after the giant fail. You would think we would be getting more out of the 1st round(or in trades) for the seven 1st round picks passing through his hands for it to be a success.

I'm strictly talking about the 1st round. There were other picks and of course the college players that made up for the 1st round short comings.Sucking in the 1st round so many times surely handicaps your team down the road.

Depends. Two top 10 drafts should give you two useful quality players... Gillis was .500 there. Late 1st round gets iffier... so how do you just come out with a one dimensional number to argue success. If it wasnt as bad as we thought... then things are better than we think now.

So far we have Horvat on our team as a regular, Hodgson trying to save his career after a buy out already... and some call ups on a couple other picks but no regular spot. Thats with 6 selections not to mention the 1st he traded away with Grabner and then bought out the asset after the giant fail. You would think we would be getting more out of the 1st round(or in trades) for the seven 1st round picks passing through his hands for it to be a success.

I'm strictly talking about the 1st round. There were other picks and of course the college players that made up for the 1st round short comings.Sucking in the 1st round so many times surely handicaps your team down the road.
- boonerbuck

Are you guys going to go more than 5 pages to resolve this?

Can I start hating Higgins now or do I have to wait 5 games

Good PK Hansen

Can we start calling Carol Mum?

It would be like a James Bond thing...


- LordHumungous

I think we disturb her enough. The last thing she needs is all of us referring to her as Mum. The next thing you know; we'll all be discussing whether or not we should all get "I heart Mum" tattoos

Can I start hating Higgins now or do I have to wait 5 games
- VANTEL

Good luck refraining for that long; I don't think I'll be able to survive 5 minutes of ice time.

Good luck refraining for that long; I don't think I'll be able to survive 5 minutes of ice time.
- PetrolSexual

I will try not to hate on him , but everyone knows my stance. He is a Vanilla player and I will leave it at that

Canucks have a good 4 th line

Bad period for Edler. Top line looks slow

Are you guys going to go more than 5 pages to resolve this?
- A_SteamingLombardi

You guys? I answered his original post... he seems to be unsatisfied with my disagreement.

Bad period for Edler. Top line looks slow
- VANTEL

I don't think they're slow, I think the rest of the team is faster than we have ever seen.

So boys, plan is to visit Vancouver/BC in January/Feb 2018. Where should we be visiting?
- Bieksa#3

East Hastings.

East Hastings.
- docmorgan

Whalley... dont forget Whalley.

East Hastings.
- docmorgan

East Hastings.
- docmorgan

20 yr old Bo Horvat had a decent period.

Not a great period for the boys

Not a great period for the boys
- LeftCoaster

Murph agrees

Murph agrees
- VANTEL

They seemed stuck, couldn't generate anything, hopefully they come out with a better effort in the 2nd. Thank God for Ryan Miller....(frank) you Nucker

They seemed stuck, couldn't generate anything, hopefully they come out with a better effort in the 2nd. Thank God for Ryan Miller....(frank) you Nucker
- LeftCoaster

They seemed stuck, couldn't generate anything, hopefully they come out with a better effort in the 2nd. Thank God for Ryan Miller....(frank) you Nucker
- LeftCoaster

Fleury doing a great Wicked Tuna there...

Nice pressure there

East Hastings.
- docmorgan

I hear the No.5 Orange is nice this time of year

Bartowski sure looks like Hamhuis's replacement. I sure hope we re-sign him.