Ian Esplen: WINNING! well...kind of

Ian Esplen: WINNING!
well...kind of
- IanEsplen

1st time in along time excited about our prospects : )

Cassels was a nice suprise.

Great to see Jets draft picks starting to develop. Wish they would have got more than 3 games in though. Sounds like it was a great game against the nucks yesterday.

Ian Esplen: WINNING!
well...kind of
- IanEsplen

Who the hell is Todd Cordell? I thought we asked for another Mod, not another blogger.

Vintage for Mod!!

Who the hell is Todd Cordell? I thought we asked for another Mod, not another blogger.

Vintage for Mod!!
- Marwood

Todd is a tweener . He is in between us NJ and 13 other fan bases.

Todd is a tweener . He is in between us NJ and 13 other fan bases.
- VANTEL

I'm shunning him.

I'm shunning him.
- Marwood

Last night the boys were on his blog talking football. I think Ian is safe as Canuck blogger.

I'm shunning him.
- Marwood

I'm shunning him.
- Marwood

He's a good writer.

Who the hell is Todd Cordell? I thought we asked for another Mod, not another blogger.

Vintage for Mod!!
- Marwood

The only good Canuck blogger on this site.

The only good Canuck blogger on this site.
- Iggysbff

Then why are you here?

Last night the boys were on his blog talking football. I think Ian is safe as Canuck blogger.
- VANTEL

Nothing wrong with talking football.

So you are saying Canucks have the best prospects in the league?

"Wingers Cain Franson and Adam De Champlain, centre Philippe Maillet and defenceman Daniel Johnston were all released by the team"

From the Vancouver Sun last night - looks to be a full house in Vancouver's main camp.

"Wingers Cain Franson and Adam De Champlain, centre Philippe Maillet and defenceman Daniel Johnston were all released by the team"

From the Vancouver Sun last night - looks to be a full house in Vancouver's main camp.
- LeftCoaster

Too bad, that kid was flying in his limited ice-time.

Crowning them the winners? They played one extra game over the rest of the teams in the tourny.

Crowning them the winners? They played one extra game over the rest of the teams in the tourny.
- nigelwright275

I would have preferred that they were crowned as 'champions'.

Message to Fosco - I read your small book on prospects and Mike Gillis's drafting, sorry I'm still not on the same page as you because I think you're not understanding my point of view. As for 2008 I'll agree with you, Gillis was just hired and did not have ample time to properly prepare for the draft...so he gets a pass.

2009 & 2010 is a different story though. I know you listed off a bunch of players they took, but, I'm not referring to the players they actually took. I'm disappointed in their drafting philosophy and the fact that they didn't manage to find any players (outside of the 1st round) who're capable of pushing for jobs in what is now the 2013/14 season. Again, it's not about the players, it's about them not selecting players to make a push for jobs.

For every kid that's drafted, there's another kid out there who's equally or more talented than them who's drafted later or not at all. That's my opinion from playing at a high level of hockey for many years. Out of those 17 picks, I'd like to say three kids should have already made the push for an NHL position. Regardless if the Nucks have had a winning team or not! Chicago won the Stanley Cup in 2010 yet they've got a 5th round draft pick from 2009 in Marcus Kruger now playing regularly on their team. They've also got a 2nd round pick from 2011 in Brandon Saad playing regularly on their team.

Dallas took Alex Chassion in the 2nd round of 2009, he's played 7 games. They took Reilly Smith in the 3rd round, he's played 40 games. They took Tomas Vincour in the 5th round, he's played 88 games. Kids are pushing for jobs, that's what I wanna see!

So again, it's not about who they've drafted, but rather their drafting philosophy and lack of push for jobs. Maybe I'll have a different mindset after they announce who's made the team this year?

Crowning them the winners? They played one extra game over the rest of the teams in the tourny.
- nigelwright275

Thats because there was just too much awesomeness comparing to the other teams

Message to Fosco - I read your small book on prospects and Mike Gillis's drafting, sorry I'm still not on the same page as you because I think you're not understanding my point of view. As for 2008 I'll agree with you, Gillis was just hired and did not have ample time to properly prepare for the draft...so he gets a pass.

2009 & 2010 is a different story though. I know you listed off a bunch of players they took, but, I'm not referring to the players they actually took. I'm disappointed in their drafting philosophy and the fact that they didn't manage to find any players (outside of the 1st round) who're capable of pushing for jobs in what is now the 2013/14 season. Again, it's not about the players, it's about them not selecting players to make a push for jobs.

For every kid that's drafted, there's another kid out there who's equally or more talented than them who's drafted later or not at all. That's my opinion from playing at a high level of hockey for many years. Out of those 17 picks, I'd like to say three kids should have already made the push for an NHL position. Regardless if the Nucks have had a winning team or not! Chicago won the Stanley Cup in 2010 yet they've got a 5th round draft pick from 2009 in Marcus Kruger now playing regularly on their team. They've also got a 2nd round pick from 2011 in Brandon Saad playing regularly on their team.

Dallas took Alex Chassion in the 2nd round of 2009, he's played 7 games. They took Reilly Smith in the 3rd round, he's played 40 games. They took Tomas Vincour in the 5th round, he's played 88 games. Kids are pushing for jobs, that's what I wanna see!

So again, it's not about who they've drafted, but rather their drafting philosophy and lack of push for jobs. Maybe I'll have a different mindset after they announce who's made the team this year?
- LeftCoaster

Kruger is replaceable on Chicago, and Dallas just sucks, who cares who they put on the ice?

Kruger is replaceable on Chicago, and Dallas just sucks, who cares who they put on the ice?
- annoyance_101

Not surprisingly, you missed the point of it all.

Not surprisingly, you missed the point of it all.
- LeftCoaster

Not surprising, you actually thought I cared what your point was, and I didn't miss the point at all, I chose to twist it to be argumentative, which I do in nearly every thread, maybe you're the one missing the point of what I do?

Todd is a tweener . He is in between us NJ and 13 other fan bases.
- VANTEL

Any Idea where Todd is based? While it would be nice to have a blogger that is actually based in Vancouver, Ian does an exceptional job stimulating Vancouver Canucks hockey discussions on a daily basis.


The downside of that is he also attracts a boatload of trolls on a daily basis as well

Any Idea where Todd is based? While it would be nice to have a blogger that is actually based in Vancouver, Ian does an exceptional job stimulating Vancouver Canucks hockey discussions on a daily basis.


The downside of that is he also attracts a boatload of trolls on a daily basis as well
- Chest Rockwell

Agreed and well said. I always appreciate Ian's daily efforts but could do with less trolls.