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CanuckDon
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Las Vegas
Joined: 08.05.2014

Apr 24 @ 3:52 PM ET
CanuckDon
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Las Vegas
Joined: 08.05.2014

Apr 24 @ 3:52 PM ET
You guys should trade down to 6th and draft Cal Foote.

If you can get a high 2nd for trading down; you can pick up Miro Heiskanen. He just had a fantastic u18 on a dominant Finnish team. Also a defense. 2nd in scoring at u18's.

http://www.eliteprospects.../player.php?player=250075

Get a good defense core to add to the OJ pick and worry about picking offensive forwards in the two drafts after this one.

That is unless you guys can actually land #1 or #2. Lol

- fry

SMBDragon
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Escaped from Krypton
Joined: 07.29.2010

Apr 24 @ 3:54 PM ET
I like your optimism.. but....
- Codes1087

its staying in the same spot. So not optimism of moving up or negativity of sliding down. The sweet spot without being emotionally charged
A_SteamingLombardi
Location: Systemic failure / Slurptastic
Joined: 10.12.2008

Apr 24 @ 3:54 PM ET
From the last thread - go (frank) yourself.
golfingsince
Location: This message is Marwood approved!
Joined: 11.30.2011

Apr 24 @ 3:56 PM ET
From the last thread - go (frank) yourself.
- A_SteamingLombardi

once or twice?
CanuckDon
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Las Vegas
Joined: 08.05.2014

Apr 24 @ 3:57 PM ET
From the last thread - go (frank) yourself.
- A_SteamingLombardi

Nucker101
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Vancouver, BC
Joined: 09.26.2010

Apr 24 @ 4:07 PM ET
You guys should trade down to 6th and draft Cal Foote.

If you can get a high 2nd for trading down; you can pick up Miro Heiskanen. He just had a fantastic u18 on a dominant Finnish team. Also a defense. 2nd in scoring at u18's.

http://www.eliteprospects.../player.php?player=250075

Get a good defense core to add to the OJ pick and worry about picking offensive forwards in the two drafts after this one.

That is unless you guys can actually land #1 or #2. Lol

- fry


Foote at 6th is a huge reach imo


I'd guess that Heiskanen isn't going to be available in the 2nd at this point, stock is rising fast.
A_SteamingLombardi
Location: Systemic failure / Slurptastic
Joined: 10.12.2008

Apr 24 @ 4:08 PM ET
You know I always tell you to go (frank) yourself twice.
A_SteamingLombardi
Location: Systemic failure / Slurptastic
Joined: 10.12.2008

Apr 24 @ 4:10 PM ET
Plus you know......Benning

Edit: X 2
mauryballstein
Vancouver Canucks
Location: vancouver, BC
Joined: 06.12.2015

Apr 24 @ 4:10 PM ET
Sens in 7
Preds in 5
Ducks in 6
Caps in 6
mauryballstein
Vancouver Canucks
Location: vancouver, BC
Joined: 06.12.2015

Apr 24 @ 4:12 PM ET
"And umm with like the 5th pick in the draft the Canucks select...."
- Nucker101

So Vilardi or Glass it is
DrChristianTroy
Location: 2028 Stanley Cup Champions
Joined: 11.10.2006

Apr 24 @ 4:13 PM ET
Foote at 6th is a huge reach imo


I'd guess that Heiskanen isn't going to be available in the 2nd at this point, stock is rising fast.

- Nucker101


HUGE reach. & Heiskanen won't make it out of the top 10.
Codes1087
Vancouver Canucks
Joined: 09.24.2014

Apr 24 @ 4:13 PM ET
its staying in the same spot. So not optimism of moving up or negativity of sliding down. The sweet spot without being emotionally charged
- SMBDragon


optimism is staying 2 or moving up 1. Realistically is expecting 3-5
A_SteamingLombardi
Location: Systemic failure / Slurptastic
Joined: 10.12.2008

Apr 24 @ 4:17 PM ET
Pom pom swinging................ Optimism


Fixed
mauryballstein
Vancouver Canucks
Location: vancouver, BC
Joined: 06.12.2015

Apr 24 @ 4:18 PM ET
You guys should trade down to 6th and draft Cal Foote.

If you can get a high 2nd for trading down; you can pick up Miro Heiskanen. He just had a fantastic u18 on a dominant Finnish team. Also a defense. 2nd in scoring at u18's.

http://www.eliteprospects.../player.php?player=250075

Get a good defense core to add to the OJ pick and worry about picking offensive forwards in the two drafts after this one.

That is unless you guys can actually land #1 or #2. Lol

- fry

I like the idea of drafting Dmen but Heiskanen will be gone top 10 and Foote is more of a 12-18 pick.

Im hoping for a center top 5. Then trade tanev for two 1st rounders(maybe the lightning at 14) then take Foote.

Trade Edler for a first 2018 and a pick this year, maybe a 2nd or 3rd rounder. Would have to be to a better team with hopes of making a big playoff run.

With 2018 draft having loads of good dmen and having 3 picks, just make sure to pick a top LD and RD with two of 1sts and use the other for a top forward prospect at any position.
WhiteLie
Referee
Location: When youre 7 pages behind Dont bother catching up, you will never get that time back - Codes1087
Joined: 07.26.2010

Apr 24 @ 4:21 PM ET
Pom pom swinging................ Optimism


Fixed

- A_SteamingLombardi


I admire your dedication to not getting into trouble
mauryballstein
Vancouver Canucks
Location: vancouver, BC
Joined: 06.12.2015

Apr 24 @ 4:21 PM ET
this fanbase has been tortured for years and years....there's a reason why they're like this. Hard to keep waving pom poms and give the team the benefit of the doubt when they usually screw up somehow.



I guarantee you that you'll see a more patient/happy fanabse if they actually start rebuilding properly because at least then the fans will have something to look forward to, a light at the end of this tunnel. Right now you have the media/management that keep saying "well these fans won't tolerate a rebuild so Vancouver can't do one"

well (frank) me, I guess Canuck fans will be happy to line up for years of mediocrity as the team continues to try and "stay competitive" with desperate UFA signings and random trades while trying to build for the future with less picks/prospects than other bottom feeders. That sounds much better!!!

Where do we sign up????

- Nucker101


My thoughts exactly
DrChristianTroy
Location: 2028 Stanley Cup Champions
Joined: 11.10.2006

Apr 24 @ 4:22 PM ET
Can we agree that this fanbase tends to go overboard on every shiny new draft pick? Can we also agree that we tend to turn on them if they aren't exactly why they've been hyped to be? It might not always be to blame, but it sure doesn't help, and it sure doesn't make it comfortable for players who aren't prepared for it. Vancouver has always been a hard market to excel in, because our history of being a sad sack franchise has conditioned us to hype and hope over every single player that puts on the uniform, even if that hype/hope isn't deserved.
- DariusKnight


Yeah, but so what? Fans love to believe that they have this massive bearing on how sh!t unfolds, but that's not the case at all. Listen... If the pillow biting Sedins can come into this market & have amazing careers despite possessing the skating skills of my 3yr old niece, then ANY prospect has a chance. I've never seen prospects publicly bullied like those dorks were when they came over. Perhaps our prospects fail because the majority of them are bad selections, not because the fanbase hurt their feelings by questioning their skillsets/ceilings.
A_SteamingLombardi
Location: Systemic failure / Slurptastic
Joined: 10.12.2008

Apr 24 @ 4:25 PM ET
X 2

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golfingsince
Location: This message is Marwood approved!
Joined: 11.30.2011

Apr 24 @ 4:29 PM ET
You know I always tell you to go (frank) yourself twice.
- A_SteamingLombardi

Thanks man, that's how I know you care.
CanuckDon
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Las Vegas
Joined: 08.05.2014

Apr 24 @ 4:30 PM ET
Foote at 6th is a huge reach imo


I'd guess that Heiskanen isn't going to be available in the 2nd at this point, stock is rising fast.

- Nucker101

Heiskanen is probably a lock to go top 10 and Foote is projected around the 15-20 range.
VanHockeyGuy
Joined: 04.26.2012

Apr 24 @ 4:33 PM ET
5th overall, I'm good. A higher pick? Bonus.
CanuckDon
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Las Vegas
Joined: 08.05.2014

Apr 24 @ 4:43 PM ET
5th overall, I'm good. A higher pick? Bonus.
- VanHockeyGuy

Which bust do you want at 5th?
VanHockeyGuy
Joined: 04.26.2012

Apr 24 @ 4:46 PM ET
Which bust do you want at 5th?
- CanuckDon


I don't worry about things that are out of my control.
WhiteLie
Referee
Location: When youre 7 pages behind Dont bother catching up, you will never get that time back - Codes1087
Joined: 07.26.2010

Apr 24 @ 4:49 PM ET
I don't worry about things that are out of my control.
- VanHockeyGuy

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