Those teams had much more than that.

I agree you pretty much need a star D though. Look what Pronger did, carried 2 teams to the finals and won a cup in Anaheim.
- golfingsince

We have Hutton on the back end and Chaput in the middle.

We have Hutton on the back end and Chaput in the middle.
- CanuckDon

Those guys put the fear of God in a lot of teams

We have Hutton on the back end and Chaput in the middle.
- CanuckDon

Oh, we're going for the Calder Cup. My bad.

I still think we're a bit weak though.

Those guys put the fear of God in a lot of teams
- LeftCoaster

Especially their own.

Yeah, but that's just to help me shave.
- golfingsince

Those guys put the fear of God in a lot of teams
- LeftCoaster

My beer league team might be scared...might be

Sure, no problem. I'll take care of that in the summer.
- CanuckDon

never mind the fact that there isn't an obvious 1c or 1d in this draft so drafting in the middle is pretty much the same as drafting in the top 5 in this draft.... there's like a chunk of 40 players that are miles apart in every ranking

Especially their own.
- golfingsince

It took Colorado about seven drafts before they got on the right track and won a Cup, Los Angeles and Chicago about the same, this is gonna take awhile so folks had better buckle up.

Only when we have a "Name the team" contest will our rebuild really begin
- WhiteLie

We can do that at the summer picnic.

if we fall in the draft order to the #15 range. KAILER YAMAMOTO buff said, if anyone else watches Spokane like I do you know what I mean

It took Colorado about seven drafts before they got on the right track and won a Cup, Los Angeles and Chicago about the same, this is gonna take awhile so folks had better buckle up.
- LeftCoaster

They can take short cuts and be successful, but that requires making good trades which I find unlikely at this point.

Those teams had much more than that.

I agree you pretty much need a star D though. Look what Pronger did, carried 2 teams to the finals and won a cup in Anaheim.
- golfingsince

Yes those teams had much more than that and yes Carter was traded for. My point was I am tired of cheering for the Vancouver Euros.
All those star players I mentioned in my other comment are excellent Canadian hockey players.

Please no Liljegren, Hischier, Tolvanen etc until.we have a good core of Canadians.

They can take short cuts and be successful, but that requires making good trades which I find unlikely at this point.
- golfingsince

Not really Bennings "thing"

Yes those teams had much more than that and yes Carter was traded for. My point was I am tired of cheering for the Vancouver Euros.
All those star players I mentioned in my other comment are excellent Canadian hockey players.

Please no Liljegren, Hischier, Tolvanen etc until.we have a good core of Canadians.
- Reubenkincade

The Wings had Lidstrom, Franzen, Federov, Larionov, Fetisov.....shall I go on?

IF we won the draft lottery, who would be your picks?

Here's mine:

1) Hirshier (there's currently a 6.5% chance we get 1st)
2)Patrick (6.66% if we dont win #1)
3) Liljegren (8.387 % If we don't get 1 or 2)

Yes those teams had much more than that and yes Carter was traded for. My point was I am tired of cheering for the Vancouver Euros.
All those star players I mentioned in my other comment are excellent Canadian hockey players.

Please no Liljegren, Hischier, Tolvanen etc until.we have a good core of Canadians.
- Reubenkincade

Don't really care where they come from, as long as they're good!

Yes those teams had much more than that and yes Carter was traded for. My point was I am tired of cheering for the Vancouver Euros.
All those star players I mentioned in my other comment are excellent Canadian hockey players.

Please no Liljegren, Hischier, Tolvanen etc until.we have a good core of Canadians.
- Reubenkincade

Another ill informed/racist comment, we would be lucky to get any of Liljegren/Hischier/Tolvanen.

Another ill informed/racist comment, we would be lucky to get any of Liljegren/Hischier/Tolvanen.
- Crazybagoham

European is not a race

It took Colorado about seven drafts before they got on the right track and won a Cup, Los Angeles and Chicago about the same, this is gonna take awhile so folks had better buckle up.
- LeftCoaster

3 years away from being 3 years away...we'll be great in 6.

3 years away from being 3 years away...we'll be great in 6.
- LordHumungous

If Francesco keeps making their picks for them, they'll be great when he sells the team.

IF we won the draft lottery, who would be your picks?

Here's mine:

1) Hirshier (there's currently a 6.5% chance we get 1st)
2)Patrick (6.66% if we dont win #1)
3) Liljegren (8.387 % If we don't get 1 or 2)
- neem55

I know this top 5 is a little weaker than the past couple seasons right now, but if Nolan Patrick is available to us with any pick I wouldn't pass him up. He's heavy, like 6'5" and still skates well as a 17 year old, NHL ready with a big offensive upside... pretty much the ideal Draft choice for the Canucks in this draft.

Horvat/Patrick either playing together or being out future top 6 centres makes me smile.

European is not a race
- LeftCoaster

hahaha I know, he just sounded like 80s Don Cherry for a minute

The Wings had Lidstrom, Holmgren, Federov, Larionov, Fetisov.....shall I go on?
- golfingsince

There's just some that will always have a bias against them. Kopitar, Hedman, Malkin, and Hjarlmalsson are also example of Euro playoff studs in the current era. BPA is always the best policy. One of our pillars for the next ten years is a Canadian kid, that's good enough. Also, this bigoted bias also leave US players as an anomaly, but then when you bias against people because of their ethnicity there's not often a lot of logic.

I know this top 5 is a little weaker than the past couple seasons right now, but if Nolan Patrick is available to us with any pick I wouldn't pass him up. He's heavy, like 6'5" and still skates well as a 17 year old, NHL ready with a big offensive upside... pretty much the ideal Draft choice for the Canucks in this draft.

Horvat/Patrick either playing together or being out future top 6 centres makes me smile.
- Crazybagoham

What makes me smile is that the season is almost over.

It took Colorado about seven drafts before they got on the right track and won a Cup, Los Angeles and Chicago about the same, this is gonna take awhile so folks had better buckle up.
- LeftCoaster

liar! fake media!

colorado did not need 7 drafts before winning the cup!!!!! they won in their first year of existence.

canucks need to emulate the avalanche model! stanley cup 2018 is possible if the team stays away from people like you in the lame stream, negative, fake media!