Benning just said they will draft BPA but are out here scouting three or four Dmen at this game. Their hope is to get a Dman with the first pick. He is looking to see how they react under pressure, and how well they move out of their own zone.

Benning just said they will draft BPA but are out here scouting three or four Dmen at this game. Their hope is to get a Dman with the first pick. He is looking to see how they react under pressure, and how well they move out of their own zone.
- VANTEL

Jake Bean

Anybody got a link to the prospects game?

Ronning is a good little player. Golfing is right he would be a decent 3 Rd rd pick up

Name me a rusky #1 d-man. Ever. Markov? Only one I can think of and he's questionable.

Edit: I'm not trying to go full Don Cherry here, but I sure would like Canucks to continue to draft Canadians
- neem55

Sergei Zubov comes to mind

I like Chycrun. He gets his shot through to the net. Already better then most of our D

Sergei Zubov comes to mind
- Bullfrog77

That was a dumb comment. Gonchar was good in his day. A lot of Russians are decent starting back in the Summit series.

Ronning is a good little player. Golfing is right he would be a decent 3 Rd rd pick up
- VANTEL

I bet Linden puts a heavy emphasis on picking him up 2nd , 3rd round area. Great pr move !

That was a dumb comment. Gonchar was good in his day. A lot of Russians are decent starting back in the Summit series.
- VANTEL

Konstantinov before he died on the bench...fetisov one of the all time great defenceman in the world. Lots of top end Russian d men

At the prospects game Benning says:

'we're getting deeper prospect-wise at forward time to start looking at some D'

Konstantinov before he died on the bench...fetisov one of the all time great defenceman in the world. Lots of top end Russian d men
- Bullfrog77

Markov. TB and Washington have a Russian D.

I like Chycrun. He gets his shot through to the net. Already better then most of our D
- Bullfrog77

That shot was deflected. He looked nervous in the first. I think honk that the team that drafts him with high hopes is going to be let down.

How about drafting Lucas Johansen in the 4 th and hoping his brother wants to play with him when he hits UFA

I wouldn't take a job up north. No way.
- bloatedmosquito

I thought about it at the time. It was a 6 figure job that included lodging and food expenses. Basically you banked all that you earned. It also included 3 flights out a year to anywhere in NA. My problem is that it was a 3 year contract.

Name me a rusky #1 d-man. Ever. Markov? Only one I can think of and he's questionable.

Edit: I'm not trying to go full Don Cherry here, but I sure would like Canucks to continue to draft Canadians
- neem55

There's this Konstantinov character, finished 2nd in Norris voting. Might have won one later had he kept playing.

There's this Konstantinov character, finished 2nd in Norris voting. Might have won one later had he kept playing.
- golfingsince

that the same character who was #2 to Lidstrom?
Solid player.
Good skating from Chychrun, not great passing.

that the same character who was #2 to Lidstrom?
Solid player.
Good skating from Chychrun, not great passing.
- neem55

What does that have to do with it? Second best is damn good

Face it we will have Sergachev , Pedan and Tryamkin on our back end

What does that have to do with it? Second best is damn good
- VANTEL

Well I did ask if there was a russian #1, that was what he was responding to so it seems fairly relevant. They [layed on the same team after all

that the same character who was #2 to Lidstrom?
Solid player.
Good skating from Chychrun, not great passing.
- neem55

Umm, no he wasn't.

He finished 2nd in Norris voting, he was #1 on their team. He was in a car crash afterwards.....

What does that have to do with it? Second best is damn good

Face it we will have Sergachev , Pedan and Tryamkin on our back end
- VANTEL

I'll start facing it when Sergachev is noticable in this game and is ranked by scouts as something other than the 4th or 5th best d-man in the draft

Umm, no he wasn't.

He finished 2nd in Norris voting, he was #1 on their team. He was in a car crash afterwards.....
- golfingsince

Larry Murphy and Lidstrom were both on that team, and were famously the d tandem deployed against the legion of doom in the STCF that year. He won the "=/-" award and was one heck of a d-man, probably the best example of a russian #1 but debatable whether he was given the other players on his team but did indeed finish 2nd to leetch.

Umm, no he wasn't.

He finished 2nd in Norris voting, he was #1 on their team. He was in a car crash afterwards.....
- golfingsince

That was a tragic story. Cruel even.

Larry Murphy and Lidstrom were both on that team, and were famously the d tandem deployed against the legion of doom in the STCF that year. He won the "=/-" award and was one heck of a d-man, probably the best example of a russian #1 but debatable whether he was given the other players on his team.
- neem55

You can replace famously with surprisingly. Regardless, he finished 2nd in the league Norris voting behind Brian Leetch in his final season. Not bad for a guy that had only started playing D late in his career.

Whereas Lidstrom emerged as the guy we know today, Konstantinov and his partner Fetisov ( who probably also could have been a #1 in his youth) were the premier pairing. Like it or not, the Russian Five was the Wings best line. They were simply amazing.

That was a tragic story. Cruel even.
- bloatedmosquito

yup. wins the cup and can't remember it.

Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane dead at 74. Not a good year to be a Rock n Roller