flickyoursedin Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 Not Canucks roster related but BPA at our pick Zachary Benson just made the Sabers opening day roster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 2 minutes ago, flickyoursedin said: Not Canucks roster related but BPA at our pick Zachary Benson just made the Sabers opening day roster. I will take a developing defenceman any day. Willander as long as he stays healthy, is going to be a solid choice. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 17 minutes ago, flickyoursedin said: Not Canucks roster related but BPA at our pick Zachary Benson just made the Sabers opening day roster. Scoring wingers are the least of my worries right now. Also having a roster featuring Garland, Hoglander, and Benson just ain’t gonna cut it. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flickyoursedin Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 13 minutes ago, Ghostsof1915 said: I will take a developing defenceman any day. Willander as long as he stays healthy, is going to be a solid choice. Here’s hoping they’re right on this one! I do like Willander but I can’t say I’d have made that pick. It could also turn into another Juolevi over Tkachuk. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flickyoursedin Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 1 minute ago, DeNiro said: Scoring wingers are the least of my worries right now. Also having a roster featuring Garland, Hoglander, and Benson just ain’t gonna cut it. There was the chance of Benson having enough skill to maybe transition and become a permanent Center at the next level like a Brayden Point type of player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 1 minute ago, flickyoursedin said: Here’s hoping they’re right on this one! I do like Willander but I can’t say I’d have made that pick. It could also turn into another Juolevi over Tkachuk. Benson ain’t Tkachuk I can tell you that. Tkachuk does things that Benson will never be able to. Sure he’ll put up points but Tkachuk is a very rare type of player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted October 9, 2023 Share Posted October 9, 2023 (edited) 3 minutes ago, flickyoursedin said: There was the chance of Benson having enough skill to maybe transition and become a permanent Center at the next level like a Brayden Point type of player. Im not banking on what ifs. We need to develop D to ever go anywhere. Won’t matter how many scoring wingers or centers we have. Buffalo was able to take Benson because they already have Dahlin and Power on D and Thompson and Cozens down the middle. We don’t have that luxury. Edited October 9, 2023 by DeNiro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flickyoursedin Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 2 minutes ago, DeNiro said: Benson ain’t Tkachuk I can tell you that. Tkachuk does things that Benson will never be able to. Sure he’ll put up points but Tkachuk is a very rare type of player. Well I didn’t mean play like Tkachuk but Benson could become a very productive player and possibly even play center. Giving us ptsd of the most recent time we drafted for position over BPA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 Just now, flickyoursedin said: Well I didn’t mean play like Tkachuk but Benson could become a very productive player and possibly even play center. Giving us ptsd of the most recent time we drafted for position over BPA. Best player available is subjective. Bottom line is wingers are much easier to acquire than right hand D. Just because we took one D man that busted doesn’t mean we never should again. There’s a reason why this team has been one of the worst defensive teams for a decade. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip The Mesh Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 29 minutes ago, Jester13 said: Kuzy - Petey - Gnarly PDG - Miller - Boeser Beau - Blue - Laff Joshua - Suter - Podz (sheltered line) Hughes - Hronek Cole - Myers Breezer - Juulsen (sheltered pair) Demko DeSmith Myers will have to keep the clutching and grabbing down as much as possible. NHL officials all know he does it (or being such lanky dude, gives the impression of it. When he's on, he's decently effective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 3 minutes ago, Rip The Mesh said: Myers will have to keep the clutching and grabbing down as much as possible. NHL officials all know he does it (or being such lanky dude, gives the impression of it. When he's on, he's decently effective. I think Cole might be able to coach him more than any of his coaches can. That dude has played with some good partners and seems to have a high IQ. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barn Burner Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 36 minutes ago, Ghostsof1915 said: I will take a developing defenceman any day. Willander as long as he stays healthy, is going to be a solid choice. Damn right. Not knocking Benson and wish him the best. But Willander is exactly what we need. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 1 hour ago, -AJ- said: Not a fan of two decisions: 1. Love Podz, but he did not play well enough to make the team IMO. Needs to be in Abby. 2. I do not understand Brisebois over Wolanin. I guess they feel he's defensively sound. Otherwise, it's fairly expected. Podz may go down again once Mikheyev is back. Podz in the lineup is for bonus overages will be sent down after first game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-23 Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 Beauvillier (Mikheyev) - Pettersson - Kuzmenko Di Giuseppe - Miller - Boeser Garland - Suter - Lafferty (Beauvillier) Aman - Blueger - Joshua (Lafferty) Hughes - Hronek Cole - Myers Soucy - Demko DeSmith This would be opening night and then lines when Mikheyev comes back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-23 Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 3 hours ago, Petey the Puck Whisperer said: I'm glad podz made the team. What do you guys think about opening night? Why? He desperately needs the AHL to work on his game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucks-12 Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 My opening day line up would be: Hoglander - Petey - Kuzmenko PDG - Miller - Boeser Garland- Suter- Beauvillier Joshua - Blueger - Lafferty Hughes - Juulsen Brisebois- Hronek Cole - Myers Spread the talent a bit. Going to be tough opening night against the Oilers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucks-12 Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 5 minutes ago, J-23 said: Why? He desperately needs the AHL to work on his game. Only on the roster for a game, not in the opening lineup. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck You Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 One thing that might be over-looked is the coaching staff, Possibly one of he best in the league...I wouldn't put too much stock in the team on paper but as long as we can play a great system I think we should be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingRaj91 Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 27 minutes ago, Canucks-12 said: My opening day line up would be: Hoglander - Petey - Kuzmenko PDG - Miller - Boeser Garland- Suter- Beauvillier Joshua - Blueger - Lafferty Hughes - Juulsen Brisebois- Hronek Cole - Myers Spread the talent a bit. Going to be tough opening night against the Oilers. Yeah I think this is how they should probably go, minus the D-Pairs. Maybe replace Breezer with Hirose? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 Man that D looks bad - With the Soucy injury, if we take another one, we're gonna be in big trouble. Demko is really gonna have to stand on his head to give us a chance this year. Would have been so great if some of our depth D could have taken a step but preseason didn't seem to suggest that was the case. That being said maybe the scars of that 10-0 thrashing the depth guys took in G1 are still there, they might be some surprises yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goal_thecup Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 Based on players available per opening post: Kooz - Pettersson - "Trade Bait" (Beau, Garland, Boes, etc. Showtime)(Would really like to see a top RW for #40) PDG - JT - Boeser Hoglander - Blueger - Garland Joshua - Lafferty - Podkolzin Beauvillier, Suter Q - Hronek Soucy - Myers Cole - Juulsen Brisbois Thatch (Natch!) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuckfanforlife82 Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 So whatever happened to McWard? I thought they were going to give him a chance. Now all of a sudden Hirose is up. It's a very confusing time on that defense. Really the preseason did nothing to make it clearer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 Just now, Canuckfanforlife82 said: So whatever happened to McWard? I thought they were going to give him a chance. Now all of a sudden Hirose is up. It's a very confusing time on that defense. Really the preseason did nothing to make it clearer. Paper transactions yesterday to use LTIR. McWard can be on our top Abby pair if he’s down there. Looks like we will have Hronek and Myers taking the top four minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJockitch Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 9 minutes ago, Alflives said: Paper transactions yesterday to use LTIR. McWard can be on our top Abby pair if he’s down there. Looks like we will have Hronek and Myers taking the top four minutes. Yep trying to get as close to the cap as possible and squeeze Podz’s bonus in under the cap so that they can recall him later. ‘Pretty good job at balancing it too. Got the number perfect last year and 28k short this year. That is really close on $86M. ‘This probably more than anything is why we didn’t make any claims and maybe more willing to do know that players moved to IR. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanPer Posted October 10, 2023 Share Posted October 10, 2023 20 hours ago, Petey the Puck Whisperer said: I'm glad podz made the team. What do you guys think about opening night? Low class move by the organization - Danila Klimovich wanted #18 from the beginning but it was taken by more senior players. This season Studnicka switched to #23 and Danila happily got his #18. Now Lafferty shows up and gets this number. The low class is - no one told Danila about it. He learned about it through social media... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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