Popular Post Goalie29 Posted October 5, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted October 5, 2023 As much as he is maligned here for not being Tkachuk, I still hope he finds his game. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 He will do much better in a Euro league. Slower game. Less contact. Bigger ice. His lack of processing, skating, and compete will not be so prevalent there. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ghostsof1915 Posted October 5, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted October 5, 2023 Timrafan rejoices! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rekker Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 Ugg. This pick really set the franchise back. Gotta let it go. 2 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewbieCanuckFan Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 10 minutes ago, Rekker said: Ugg. This pick really set the franchise back. Gotta let it go. Jake Virtanen says hello. At least OJ can always use the excuse of injuries (actual physical real injuries) of hampering his development. Jake? His issue was between his ears. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RawkDrummer Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 A terrible pick for us. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 The problem is the Canucks can't afford misses especially on it's first round picks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rekker Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 40 minutes ago, NewbieCanuckFan said: Jake Virtanen says hello. At least OJ can always use the excuse of injuries (actual physical real injuries) of hampering his development. Jake? His issue was between his ears. They both were fails. But with OJ, the dmen drafted after him, hurts. Insert any of them into the lineup and it's much better. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownUndaCanuck Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 OJ seemed like a good two way defenceman at the time but I guess you never know. The Virtanen pick and OJ pick really devastated this team. I know there are people who say "if we had drafted Nylander and McAvoy/Sergachev/Tkachuk then we would never have drafted Petey and Hughes" but I don't know about that - we were still a dreadful team and those guys weren't super impactful in their rookie years. Obviously it's the "what if" game but best case scenario for the team would have been snagging Nylander, Petey, McAvoy and Hughes. That's an unreal core to build around, a bit like what NJD have going for them. 2/4 isn't great, and sure, a lot of teams make mistakes and busts with first rounders but I remember looking back at all the top 10 busts of the last decade or so and most of them are Canucks. More than busts, my bigger issue is the player picked directly after our picks. You just know the other teams were laughing when we missed on them. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Brodka Jr Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 "With The 5th selection in the NHL draft Vancouver selects from The London Knights Matthew Tkachuk" There.. I fixed it for Jimbo! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PhillipBlunt Posted October 5, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted October 5, 2023 4 minutes ago, Don Brodka Jr said: "With The 5th selection in the NHL draft Vancouver selects from The London Knights Matthew Tkachuk" There.. I fixed it for Jimbo! There's no fixing Jimbo. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewbieCanuckFan Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 7 minutes ago, PhillipBlunt said: There's no fixing Jimbo. Firing him at least gives the hope of having a management team that has the ability to surround core players with the correct complimentary players instead of wasting years you have cost control over them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundernuts Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 1 hour ago, NewbieCanuckFan said: Jake Virtanen says hello. At least OJ can always use the excuse of injuries (actual physical real injuries) of hampering his development. Jake? His issue was between his ears. You obviously haven't been paying attention to Jake's amazing play in the Deutsche Eishockey League. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconuts Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 1 hour ago, Ghostsof1915 said: Timrafan rejoices! A-Are they still a thing? Did they make it over? Do you want them to make it over? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillipBlunt Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 3 minutes ago, NewbieCanuckFan said: Firing him at least gives the hope of having a management team that has the ability to surround core players with the correct complimentary players instead of wasting years you have cost control over them. Firing him? Sure. Fixing him? Not a fucking chance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goal_thecup Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 1 hour ago, NewbieCanuckFan said: Jake Virtanen says hello. At least OJ can always use the excuse of injuries (actual physical real injuries) of hampering his development. Jake? His issue was between his ears legs. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewbieCanuckFan Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 23 minutes ago, Thundernuts said: You obviously haven't been paying attention to Jake's amazing play in the Deutsche Eishockey League. I am reminded of that great Tiger William line: "You can't make chicken salad out of chicken sh**". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck You Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 37 minutes ago, Don Brodka Jr said: "With The 5th selection in the NHL draft Vancouver selects from The London Knights Matthew Tkachuk" There.. I fixed it for Jimbo! I remember almost breaking my TV that day...oh well, Life goes on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSAcanuck Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 Juolevi and Virtanen are the reason I laugh anytime anyone says Benning was a draft guru. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devron Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 Joulevi wasn’t a great pick but I do think injuries played a big part 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconuts Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 7 minutes ago, Devron said: Joulevi wasn’t a great pick but I do think injuries played a big part Agreed, if he'd stayed healthy who's to say how his development would have gone A what if, sure, but injuries were a factor 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integra250 Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 52 minutes ago, WSAcanuck said: Juolevi and Virtanen are the reason I laugh anytime anyone says Benning was a draft guru. Pettersson, Hughes, Demko...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhippy Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 Man....people need to go back and look at 2008 through 2018 and see what happened to all those top 10 picks. A significant number of them didn't do anything or never lived up to their draft status. If we drafted players in the top 10 that never became more than 3rd or 4th line players or 5-6 defencemen this fan base would be screaming just as loudly Bogosian 3rd? Filatov 6th OA? L Schenn 5th? Scott Glennie 8th Jared Cowen 9th Gudbranson 3rd Connolly 6th Burmistrov 8th MacIlrath 10th Larsson 4th Yakupov 1 Murray 2 Galchenyuk 3 Reinhardt 4 Pouliot 8 Koekkoek 10 (^^^ That's all 2012) Drouin 3rd Jones 4th Dal Colle 5th Virtanen 6th Fleury 7th Ritchie 10th Puljujarvi 4 Juolevi 5 Nylander 8 Patrick 2 Glass 6 Andersson 7 Middlestadt 8 Hayton 5 Zadina 6 Kravstov 9 Like....these are all essentially busts based on their draft positions vs the careers they've had up until this point. We flamed out on 2 in hort order and that sucks but when you look at that decade and who was drafting where and for how long it could have been so much worse. All that aside, good luck OJ. Hope you figure it out over there. 1 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strawbone Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 I just looked up his career earnings and they are different between different sites, but... it's at least $1.5M. For 3 pts over 3 seasons. Ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Hronek Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 4 hours ago, Goalie29 said: As much as he is maligned here for not being Tkachuk, I still hope he finds his game. I wish the kid all the best. Sad for him that things didn't work out here. Juolevi, Virtanen, Rathbone, and Podkolzin all biting boners on the farm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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