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Marwood
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Cumberland, BC
Joined: 03.18.2010

Aug 9 @ 12:51 AM ET
This thread is a goldmine!

Hey prock, if you still lurk in Carols blogs, you should chime in, Canuck fans are approaching 2011 level cockiness…

- 1970vintage

I'm waiting for Annoyance101.
prock
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Bobby Ryan + 1st rounder for Clarkson, ON
Joined: 08.30.2007

Aug 9 @ 10:06 AM ET
This thread is a goldmine!

Hey prock, if you still lurk in Carols blogs, you should chime in, Canuck fans are approaching 2011 level cockiness…

- 1970vintage


it goes beyond prospects. Somehow, in their head, Elias Pettersson was a top 5 centre in the NHL. Nevermind he's never broken a point per game and his prodution (point per game), doesn't crack the top 20 yet.

For a rebuilding team, no first round pick in 2 years is a problem.

They have some decent young players, but nothing spectacular. There are quite a few teams with better prospects/youth.
Marwood
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Cumberland, BC
Joined: 03.18.2010

Aug 9 @ 10:14 AM ET
it goes beyond prospects. Somehow, in their head, Elias Pettersson was a top 5 centre in the NHL. Nevermind he's never broken a point per game and his prodution (point per game), doesn't crack the top 20 yet.

For a rebuilding team, no first round pick in 2 years is a problem.

They have some decent young players, but nothing spectacular. There are quite a few teams with better prospects/youth.

- prock

Pretty accurate.
prock
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Bobby Ryan + 1st rounder for Clarkson, ON
Joined: 08.30.2007

Aug 9 @ 10:18 AM ET
Pretty accurate.
- Marwood




But yeah, all fans tend to get a bit of a woody for their prospects, but Canucks fans take it to next level. The very second Olli Juolevi was drafted, I said it was a mistake, he's nowhere near worth a 5th overall. He played for a stacked Knights team, and still couldn't manage more than 42 points. Virtanen, SHinkaruk, Gaudette, etc, rinse, repeat.

A lot of Canucks fans thought their team would be a top team this past season. Reality is, they're 3 or 4 top young prospects away from even having that potential. Right now, I can see them becoming a fringe team in the near future, but Benning needs to start making some really nice draft picks/trades/signings, real quick, if it's ever going to get better than that. This is not a team destined for greatness. Not yet, anyway.

Boeser - Pettersson - Horvat
Hoglander - Miller - ?
bleh - bleh - bleh
bleh bleh bleh bleh

Hughes - decrepit OEL
decrepit Myers - broken down hamonic
bleh bleh


does not a contender make. He's really banking on some reclamation projects.
Marwood
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Cumberland, BC
Joined: 03.18.2010

Aug 9 @ 10:24 AM ET
But yeah, all fans tend to get a bit of a woody for their prospects, but Canucks fans take it to next level. The very second Olli Juolevi was drafted, I said it was a mistake, he's nowhere near worth a 5th overall. He played for a stacked Knights team, and still couldn't manage more than 42 points. Virtanen, SHinkaruk, Gaudette, etc, rinse, repeat.

A lot of Canucks fans thought their team would be a top team this past season. Reality is, they're 3 or 4 top young prospects away from even having that potential. Right now, I can see them becoming a fringe team in the near future, but Benning needs to start making some really nice draft picks/trades/signings, real quick, if it's ever going to get better than that. This is not a team destined for greatness. Not yet, anyway.

Boeser - Pettersson - Horvat
Hoglander - Miller - ?
bleh - bleh - bleh
bleh bleh bleh bleh

Hughes - decrepit OEL
decrepit Myers - broken down hamonic
bleh bleh


does not a contender make. He's really banking on some reclamation projects.

- prock

The plan.
manvanfan
Vancouver Canucks
Location: MB
Joined: 01.21.2012

Aug 9 @ 10:26 AM ET
But yeah, all fans tend to get a bit of a woody for their prospects, but Canucks fans take it to next level. The very second Olli Juolevi was drafted, I said it was a mistake, he's nowhere near worth a 5th overall. He played for a stacked Knights team, and still couldn't manage more than 42 points. Virtanen, SHinkaruk, Gaudette, etc, rinse, repeat.

A lot of Canucks fans thought their team would be a top team this past season. Reality is, they're 3 or 4 top young prospects away from even having that potential. Right now, I can see them becoming a fringe team in the near future, but Benning needs to start making some really nice draft picks/trades/signings, real quick, if it's ever going to get better than that. This is not a team destined for greatness. Not yet, anyway.

Boeser - Pettersson - Horvat
Hoglander - Miller - ?
bleh - bleh - bleh
bleh bleh bleh bleh

Hughes - decrepit OEL
decrepit Myers - broken down hamonic
bleh bleh


does not a contender make. He's really banking on some reclamation projects.

- prock

Stop, you're making Nuck4u look intelligent.
1970vintage
Seattle Kraken
Location: BC
Joined: 11.11.2010

Aug 9 @ 10:59 AM ET
it goes beyond prospects. Somehow, in their head, Elias Pettersson was a top 5 centre in the NHL. Nevermind he's never broken a point per game and his prodution (point per game), doesn't crack the top 20 yet.

For a rebuilding team, no first round pick in 2 years is a problem.

They have some decent young players, but nothing spectacular. There are quite a few teams with better prospects/youth.

- prock


To be fair, there are only one or two idiots who think Pettersson is a top 5 C and that Hughes is going to win the Norris next year.

But I agree, there isn’t much in the prospect pool to get excited about.
prock
Vegas Golden Knights
Location: Bobby Ryan + 1st rounder for Clarkson, ON
Joined: 08.30.2007

Aug 9 @ 11:05 AM ET
To be fair, there are only one or two idiots who think Pettersson is a top 5 C and that Hughes is going to win the Norris next year.

But I agree, there isn’t much in the prospect pool to get excited about.

- 1970vintage


Podkolzin is okay. Not elite or anything, but not bad. Hoglander looks like he'll be a serviceable top 6 winger. It's a middle prospect pool.

I'd say it's a young team, but quite frankly, i'ts not really THAT young. Horvat is 26, Boeser is 24, even Pettersson is almost 23. That's not really a collection of super young kids that you can expect tonnes of growth from, they're coming into their prime. WYSIWYG out of them, for the most part.

LIke I say, there better be some major acquisitions, and not of the broken down reclaimation type, or that team doesn't project into anything better than a fringe playoff team. Or maybe some draft surprise jackpots, which I don't really see there.
Nucker101
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Vancouver, BC
Joined: 09.26.2010

Aug 9 @ 11:52 AM ET
To be fair, there are only one or two idiots who think Pettersson is a top 5 C and that Hughes is going to win the Norris next year.

But I agree, there isn’t much in the prospect pool to get excited about.

- 1970vintage


Jim Benning is a great hockey man
Marwood
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Cumberland, BC
Joined: 03.18.2010

Aug 9 @ 2:32 PM ET
Jim Benning is a great hockey man
- Nucker101

And?
Nucker101
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Vancouver, BC
Joined: 09.26.2010

Aug 9 @ 2:40 PM ET
And?
- Marwood


Loves jet black hair dye
Marwood
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Cumberland, BC
Joined: 03.18.2010

Aug 9 @ 3:21 PM ET
Loves jet black hair dye
- Nucker101

Which makes him a fraud.
Marwood
Vancouver Canucks
Location: Cumberland, BC
Joined: 03.18.2010

Aug 9 @ 3:54 PM ET
Let's see if Reuby can figure the forums out.
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