Hopefully Subban, like Drouin, will leave his feelings in the AHL
I really hope I'm wrong about Subban, right now I see Weber (not the good one, the one we already had and hopefully no longer will have).
- neem55

Agree on Subban. I don't think he does jack in the NHL that's why I always found people crying about his feelings hilarious

Canuck D-men picked by year, round and games played.

2006
3rd Daniel Rahimi 0 games

2007
2nd Taylor Ellington 0 games

2008
2nd Yann Sauve 8 games

2009
3rd Kevin Connauton 163 games
4th Jeremy Price 0 games
5th Peter Andersson 0 games

2010
4th Patrick McNally 0 games
5th Adam Polasek 0 games
7th Sawyer Hannay 0 games

2011
5th Frankie Corrado 67 games
7th Henrik Tommernes 0 games

2012
5th Ben Hutton 75 games

2013
4th Jordan Subban 0 games
5th Anton Cederholm 0 games
6th Mike Williamson 0 games
7th Miles Liberati 0 games

That is piss poor

He was a rookie playing 20 minutes a game! Hard to please eh k
- CanuckDon

Ya, I look at Parayko, The two guys on Carolina, Ghost, van rymsdyk... the list goes on. Young guys playing lots of minutes, playing good d or at least considerably better than Hutton. I think he has top-4 potential, but defensively he's got a loooong way to go and I'm skeptical. When he got bumped up in ice when Edler got injured it really stuck out to me that he is a liability in our end.

Canuck D-men picked by year, round and games played.

2006
3rd Daniel Rahimi 0 games played

2007
2nd Taylor Ellington 0 games played

2008
2nd Yann Sauve 8 games

2009
3rd Kevin Connauton 163 games
4th Jeremy Price 0 games
5th Peter Andersson 0 games

2010
4th Patrick McNally 0 games
5th Adam Polasek 0 games
7th Sawyer Hannay 0 games

2011
5th Frankie Corrado 67 games
7th Henrik Tommernes 0 games

2012
5th Ben Hutton 75 games

2013
4th Jordan Subban 0 games
5th Anton Cederholm 0 games
6th Mike Williamson 0 games
7th Miles Liberati 0 games

That is piss poor
- A_SteamingLombardi

Pathetic

Ya, I look at Parayko, The two guys on Carolina, Ghost, van rymsdyk... the list goes on. Young guys playing lots of minutes, playing good d or at least considerably better than Hutton. I think he has top-4 potential, but defensively he's got a loooong way to go and I'm skeptical. When he got bumped up in ice when Edler got injured it really stuck out to me that he is a liability in our end.
- neem55

He was used to the college schedule the long season def. took its toll on him. I'd be surprised if he isn't top 4 personally

Canuck D-men picked by year, round and games played.

2006
3rd Daniel Rahimi 0 games played

2007
2nd Taylor Ellington 0 games played

2008
2nd Yann Sauve 8 games

2009
3rd Kevin Connauton 163 games
4th Jeremy Price 0 games
5th Peter Andersson 0 games

2010
4th Patrick McNally 0 games
5th Adam Polasek 0 games
7th Sawyer Hannay 0 games

2011
5th Frankie Corrado 67 games
7th Henrik Tommernes 0 games

2012
5th Ben Hutton 75 games

2013
4th Jordan Subban 0 games
5th Anton Cederholm 0 games
6th Mike Williamson 0 games
7th Miles Liberati 0 games

That is piss poor
- A_SteamingLombardi

Yup. Continuing to pick them int the 4th-7th round and expecting it to pan out... what do they call it when you keep doing the same stupid thing and expect different results?

Yup. Continuing to pick them int the 4th-7th round and expecting it to pan out... what do they call it when you keep doing the same stupid thing and expect different results?
- neem55

Gillis?

Ya, I look at Parayko, The two guys on Carolina, Ghost, van rymsdyk... the list goes on. Young guys playing lots of minutes, playing good d or at least considerably better than Hutton. I think he has top-4 potential, but defensively he's got a loooong way to go and I'm skeptical. When he got bumped up in ice when Edler got injured it really stuck out to me that he is a liability in our end.
- neem55

Also, for the record, I want them to take the best D man at 6th

He was used to the college schedule the long season def. took its toll on him. I'd be surprised if he isn't top 4 personally
- CanuckDon

that is true, I've give you that. 82 games is a big schedule/adjustment. I hope you're right, I see big defensive gaps but he's good with the puck on his stick that's for sure.

Gillis?
- A_SteamingLombardi

Also called a Nonis

Canuck D-men picked by year, round and games played.

2006
3rd Daniel Rahimi 0 games

2007
2nd Taylor Ellington 0 games

2008
2nd Yann Sauve 8 games

2009
3rd Kevin Connauton 163 games
4th Jeremy Price 0 games
5th Peter Andersson 0 games

2010
4th Patrick McNally 0 games
5th Adam Polasek 0 games
7th Sawyer Hannay 0 games

2011
5th Frankie Corrado 67 games
7th Henrik Tommernes 0 games

2012
5th Ben Hutton 75 games

2013
4th Jordan Subban 0 games
5th Anton Cederholm 0 games
6th Mike Williamson 0 games
7th Miles Liberati 0 games

That is piss poor
- A_SteamingLombardi

What's even sadder is not one of Connautons 163 games were for the Canucks

that is true, I've give you that. 82 games is a big schedule/adjustment. I hope you're right, I see big defensive gaps but he's good with the puck on his stick that's for sure.
- neem55

It's his shot generation and possession in college which was truly incredible. He shown some of that ability in his first season. I'm impressed

Gillis?
- A_SteamingLombardi

JB will pick d early I hope, but he hasn't yet in two years either. Brisbois and tree were a good start as 3rd rounders, time to pick d in the top 2 rounds for a few years here. Not exclusively mind you, I just think its well past time to start picking one regularly in one of those rounds.

It's his shot generation and possession in college which was truly incredible. He shown some of that ability in his first season. I'm impressed
- CanuckDon

right. But I don't put Karllson in my top-5 for this same reason. The position is called defenseman not rear wing

JB will pick d early I hope, but he hasn't yet in two years either. Brisbois and tree were a good start as 3rd rounders, time to pick d in the top 2 rounds for a few years here. Not exclusively mind you, I just think its well past time to start picking one regularly in one of those rounds.
- neem55

First draft he took Demko. Great pick. Then used his 3rd on Tree. Last year he didn't have a second and used a high 3rd on Brisbouis. It's a priority, he knows Gillis left a hole on D

What's even sadder is not one of Connautons 163 games were for the Canucks
- VANTEL

From my calculation we got 111 games from 16 d-men we drafted over 8 years
75 from Hutton
28 from Corrado
8 from Sauve

Anybody watching the Nashville game? Weber, Ellis, Josi, Ekholm are unreal. All have something in common too

edit: Ekholm was picked later than 1st or 2nd round actually. two first rounders, a second and a 4th.
- neem55

I'm watching it. They are losing and gave up the lead in the series.

First draft he took Demko. Great pick. Then used his 3rd on Tree. Last year he didn't have a second and used a high 3rd on Brisbouis. It's a priority, he knows Gillis left a hole on D
- CanuckDon

That's true, I'd imagine Demko was BPA for JB and he couldn't pass it up(was a great call). You're right he knows it's a priority, but again I'm ready to see it now.

How many of them were picked top 10?
- CanuckDon

I'm watching it. They are losing and gave up the lead in the series.

- boonerbuck

the series is 2-2, Anahiem is very good (before the season the odds on favorite to win the cup). the game is 2-1 and very close, let's not paint a false picture here.

That's true, I'd imagine Demko was BPA for JB and he couldn't pass it up(was a great call). You're right he knows it's a priority, but again I'm ready to see it now.
- neem55

I think he was filling a hole, Canucks have very weak goalie depth.

I think he was filing a hole, Canucks have very weak goalie depth.
- A_SteamingLombardi

Ya maybe, I see Markstrom as being pretty dam good. Backups aren't too hard to come by. Again, I don't disagree with the Demko pick he's looking unreal and I hope he dominates the AHL.

Ya maybe, I see Markstrom as being pretty dam good. Backups aren't too hard to come by. Again, I don't disagree with the Demko pick he's looking unreal and I hope he dominates the AHL.
- neem55

We'll see what Cloutier does to him

Awful. Similar to Patrick White, Shink, Gaunce, CoHo... need I go on? I mean we've seen so many busts at forward, I'm a little shocked you guys don't want to see more d picks. I think either way JB is the guy to do it, but how many times do we have to see it?
- neem55

The really bad first rounders picked by Gillis and Nonis have nothing to do with the first rounders JB is picking.

I understand you are sick of seeing forwards picked in the first but it is not a sound scouting policy.

Burrows is a hair puller but Shaw is a homophobic hair puller.