VIDEO GAME!!
- A_SteamingLombardi

PICNIC!!

PICNIC!!
- CanuckDon

KOOLAID!!

KOOLAID!!
- A_SteamingLombardi

ELITE!!

Carol Schram: Vancouver Canucks arbitration dates set, Kole Lind added to Team Canada
The dates have been set for the Vancouver Canucks arbitration hearings with Michael Chaput and Reid Boucher, Kole Lind has been added to the Team Canada roster for World Junior development camp and a look at Manny Malhotra and Ryan Johnson as their roles increase with the team behind the scenes.
- Carol Schram

Thanks Carol for providing blogs in the dog days of summer. Will you be able to or plan on attending the Canadian WJC camp now that there will be 3 Canuck draft picks there?

Ill be doing as many teams as i can, it really depends on viewers or if you all are enjoying it.
- Mr.FunFacts

They are waiting for you to release the new rosters before hand

Very insightful ty Carol

Thanks Carol, great work but I'm afraid this thread will end up like the last one.
- A_SteamingLombardi

Well aren't u a bad omen now eh 😂

Around 250 players will play in the WJC this year (another 250 will be on a roster, but not get to play in the tourney). That's over 16 players per NHL team, on average (of course, not all will have been drafted, but still).
- stringerbell

Is your middle name the wettest of blankets lol

Playoffs.

Discuss.

Playoffs.

Discuss.
- LordHumungous

- Codes1087

Hell I just hope we can win a game...

Playoffs.

Discuss.
- LordHumungous

Not good enough in net to carry the team.
D is offensively challenged.
PP say no more...

Add it all up & .........

Hell I just hope we can win a game...
- LordHumungous

Now this is funny!

Now this is funny!
- Mr.FunFacts

Heh Habs bro✌🏻
R u concerned with MB s a GM? Curious

Hell I just hope we can win a game...
- LordHumungous

What?! well be in a playoff position after 20 games, just like the last two years and then peter off for 60 games when the young and old guys can no longer keep up. well be good just long enough for the classic homers of this thread to start talking playoffs and demand TDL acquisitions.
Best possible Canucks season IMO: Brock Boeser wins the Calder, both he and Bo get 60+ points. We still finish well out of the playoffs.
#top5pick2018

Read this take on Rathbone

https://canucksarmy.com/2...talk-about-jack-rathbone/

So more likely we see Tree come back before we see Rathbone try to turn pro. File this pick under Rodin marination. Still not a bad gamble at that stage of draft and could be worth the wait.

But since he was so unknown and such a long term project couldn't he have been picked later in round 5 then round 4 at 95th? A couple power forward C/W, that were rated higher in draft, were still there in Adam Ruzicka (109th to CGY) and Ostap Safin (115th to EDM).

It beats putting up another roster.
- A_SteamingLombardi

Read this take on Rathbone

https://canucksarmy.com/2...talk-about-jack-rathbone/

So more likely we see Tree come back before we see Rathbone try to turn pro. File this pick under Rodin marination. Still not a bad gamble at that stage of draft and could be worth the wait.

But since he was so unknown and such a long term project couldn't he have been picked later in round 5 then round 4 at 95th? A couple power forward C/W, that were rated higher in draft, were still there in Adam Ruzicka (109th to CGY) and Ostap Safin (115th to EDM).
- Nuck4U

We needed more D prospects by the time that pick came around.
Forward projects were unnecessary when need was for D.

We needed more D prospects by the time that pick came around.
Forward projects were unnecessary when need was for D.
- Nighthawk

Rathbone was ranked in a variety of spots, including 78th by Bob McKenzie, 80th by Future Considerations, 105th by McKeen’s Hockey, and 128th by HockeyProspects.com

Needed a D and grabbing him at 95 seems like good timing, right in the middle of the rankings

ELITE!!
- Codes1087

FEELINGS!!

Needed a D and grabbing him at 95 seems like good timing, right in the middle of the rankings
- WhiteLie

JB tends to do well deeper in drafts so lets wait n see.

Needed a D and grabbing him at 95 seems like good timing, right in the middle of the rankings
- WhiteLie

It was a great pick. Gaudette is a very similar situation, where the player wants to get a degree, hopefully Rathbone progresses like AG did.

Read this take on Rathbone

https://canucksarmy.com/2...talk-about-jack-rathbone/

So more likely we see Tree come back before we see Rathbone try to turn pro. File this pick under Rodin marination. Still not a bad gamble at that stage of draft and could be worth the wait.

But since he was so unknown and such a long term project couldn't he have been picked later in round 5 then round 4 at 95th? A couple power forward C/W, that were rated higher in draft, were still there in Adam Ruzicka (109th to CGY) and Ostap Safin (115th to EDM).
- Nuck4U

Rathbone is still in high school. Jim Benning and company don't draft thinking that each pick will be NHL-ready next year, or even the year after. I think the expectation SHOULD be when drafting, that most players play out their full eligibility in junior, and 1-2 years in the AHL, more if needed.

JB tends to do well deeper in drafts so lets wait n see.
- Nighthawk

Yup, my point was mostly that he played a position of need, and based on the rankings likely wouldnt have been available in another 31 picks

Yup, my point was mostly that he played a position of need, and based on the rankings likely wouldnt have been available in another 31 picks
- WhiteLie

He was ranked around 75 by Mackenzie which is typically the most accurate list. So he could have been taken one spot later. Not a reach at all