Watching the Avs/Knights game.. one thing I've wanted the Canucks to do more of which they don't is flip the puck out. Instead of going glass and out (or even worse when they start to cycle in their own zone), throw out an aerial and try to win the loose puck when it comes down with speeeeed.
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Watching the Avs/Knights game.. one thing I've wanted the Canucks to do more of which they don't is flip the puck out. Instead of going glass and out (or even worse when they start to cycle in their own zone), throw out an aerial and try to win the loose puck when it comes down with speeeeed. - NewYorkNuck
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I don't think he's in Bennings 9 - A_SteamingLombardi
Friedmann said he was. I think Benning just doing his thing to throw off the other GMs, so they dont pick the player he actually wants. Just like how no one knew he was going for PLD or how everyone thought Van was picking Glass but went Petey.
Friedmann said he was. I think Benning just doing his thing to throw off the other GMs, so they dont pick the player he actually wants. Just like how no one knew he was going for PLD or how everyone thought Van was picking Glass but went Petey. - manvanfan
Watching the Avs/Knights game.. one thing I've wanted the Canucks to do more of which they don't is flip the puck out. Instead of going glass and out (or even worse when they start to cycle in their own zone), throw out an aerial and try to win the loose puck when it comes down with speeeeed. - NewYorkNuck
The Canucks are so far away from that. Two years. - Marwood
Can I tell you about the 4 weeks of hockey the team has played, last season, or back in 2011 when the league and the big bad Bruins stole the cup.
Can I tell you about the great drafting over the last 4 years, or the UFA signings over that time period.
How about the Flames, of all teams, having the foresight to move their farm team to Canada during this season, but, the Canucks ran out of time, I guess.
So many decisions, that are so hard to make.
From The Athletic (sorry Reub) and their mock draft:
1. Power
2. Beniers
3. Guenther
4. Hughes
5. Edvinsson
6. Eklund
7. Clarke
8. Johnson
9. Vancouver Canucks: Mason McTavish, C, Peterborough-OHL
Canucks general manager Jim Benning is a best player available absolutist. And he thinks this draft class has a relatively solidified nine-player tier, that becomes a bit more disparate and unpredictable from there. “There’s nine guys we really like,” Benning told The Athletic on Wednesday night following the results of the draft lottery, “and we know now we’re going to get one of those nine guys.” So the Canucks are in a bit of a read-and-react spot in the draft order, and that’s what we’ve done here. With the way the board our colleagues mocked broke down, McTavish is the guy remaining from that well-defined nine-player tier. Perhaps Vancouver would, in its heart of hearts, prefer one of the big four defensemen, but McTavish is no consolation prize. Gritty, intelligent, possessing a lethal shot and with scouts across the industry raving about his character; he’s the sort of player the Canucks might’ve taken a long, hard look at even higher in the draft order.
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There wasn’t a ton of criticism from the NHL scouts I polled about how our writers did. One said the full order looked completely reasonable.
Among top skaters, several scouts didn’t think McTavish will get to Vancouver at No. 9. I think some people were surprised when they saw NHL Central Scouting elevate McTavish to the No. 2 North American skater, but he’s being seriously discussed as a top 5-7 pick by teams after his great U18 World Championship, especially in a draft light on center depth.
Once you got past about No. 9, which is where the consensus top skater group ends, the range of possibilities really opened up and the scouts started to disagree more.
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Can I tell you about the 4 weeks of hockey the team has played, last season, or back in 2011 when the league and the big bad Bruins stole the cup.
Can I tell you about the great drafting over the last 4 years, or the UFA signings over that time period.
How about the Flames, of all teams, having the foresight to move their farm team to Canada during this season, but, the Canucks ran out of time, I guess.
So many decisions, that are so hard to make. - Reubenkincade
