Carol Schram: Vancouver Canucks: What's Next for Virtanen? Pedan Shines at Superskills Jake Virtanen takes the heat after Team Canada's quarterfinal loss at World Juniors and Andrey Pedan impresses at the Vancouver Canucks' SuperSkills competition.

yup

Sending a contact type player to a mainly non contact tournament seldom works out well. Anyone who thinks JV is not sorely needed on this soft roster needs to give their head a shake. The kid is 19. He is not a man yet.

Pedan fastest skater , hardest shot , biggest body = Press Box

Poor Jake, I feel for the kid. He's gonna be a good NHL'er though, you just have to be patient with him because you're not gonna see it until he's 22 or 23.

There's a lot of reasons they lost though, he wasn't the only one.

I agree Makita, no one knows what goes on behind closed doors of negotiations.

Poor Jake, I feel for the kid. He's gonna be a good NHL'er though, you just have to be patient with him because your not gonna see it until he's 22 or 23.

There's a lot of reasons they lost though, he wasn't the only one.
- LeftCoaster

That will give us three years of reading material from Nucker on how we should have picked Ehlers

Time to ask the Sedins to waive….there I said it

That will give us three years of reading material from Nucker on how we should have picked Ehlers
- VANTEL

There's already players like Ehlers in the system, (frank) Nucker...

You had to go and mention Dana in a blog. I don't know if we can be friends anymore Carol.

You had to go and mention Dana in a blog. I don't know if we can be friends anymore Carol.
- thundachunk

Thanks Carol, good job...again

Thanks Carol, good job...again
- Makita

Indeed. How far times have come since Esplen left

Drouin…another top pick botched by the mighty Yzerman?

Wouldn't it be wonderful if Pedan turned out to be a top 4 find and partnered well with Tryamkin. One can dream


If we don't win the Mathews sweeps we need a big Finn on the team

Drouin…another top pick botched by the mighty Yzerman?
- LeftCoaster

Nope, he'll still be a stud. He's being misused IMO by Cooper... the same guy who wants to put Stamkos on the wing

Indeed. How far times have come since Esplen left
- lumlums

Poor Ian

Nope, he'll still be a stud. He's being misused IMO by Cooper... the same guy who wants to put Stamkos on the wing
- lumlums

Yet Yzerman seems firmly behind Cooper? Strange things going on down there.

Yet Yzerman seems firmly behind Cooper? Strange things going on down there.
- LeftCoaster

I thought they would be top 4 this year

Yet Yzerman seems firmly behind Cooper? Strange things going on down there.
- LeftCoaster

Indeed...

Poor Ian
- VANTEL

Lol. I think he started writing over at the failed Cloutier blog site afterwards...

Nope, he'll still be a stud. He's being misused IMO by Cooper... the same guy who wants to put Stamkos on the wing
- lumlums

He is 5'11 , he would make a good Leaf

Nope, he'll still be a stud. He's being misused IMO by Cooper... the same guy who wants to put Stamkos on the wing
- lumlums

Some players don't like to be spoon fed the koolaid in the locker room. You don't buy into Coopers system you get benched or (demoted to the AHL) you don't like being benched play the system. Some younger players thrive under certain coaches others not so much.

Lol. I think he started writing over at the failed Cloutier blog site afterwards...
- lumlums

Yeah he did. I see him on Twitter now and then

He is 5'11 , he would make a good Leaf
- VANTEL

Just the right size to fit under the lumbering checks of oafs like Pedan...

Some players don't like to be spoon fed the koolaid in the locker room. You don't buy into Coopers system you get benched or (demoted to the AHL) you don't like being benched play the system. Some younger players thrive under certain coaches others not so much.
- thundachunk

That's one thing that I know for sure with the Leafs now: if you come on board you follow Babcock's directions. But more than that, he really seems to take lots of time and effort to make sure that everybody understands the system and buys in to it