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by Ronning's Ghost
Sat Jun 10, 2023 6:17 pm
Forum: Canucks Corner Chat
Topic: Which draft pick was the biggest miss for the Canucks?
Replies: 215
Views: 33372

Re: Which draft pick was the biggest miss for the Canucks?

choosing Trevor Linden (2nd) instead of Teemu Selanne (10th) I could buy that it was a less-than-optimized pick, but I don't think it compares with any of the outright misses discussed. Even if you didn't like Linden's game particularly, the team was able to trade him for Bertuzzi+, and then later ...
by Ronning's Ghost
Sat Jun 10, 2023 9:24 am
Forum: Canucks Corner Chat
Topic: Which draft pick was the biggest miss for the Canucks?
Replies: 215
Views: 33372

Re: Which draft pick was the biggest miss for the Canucks?

Goaltenders don't score you goals, and while it's a key position that can steal a game, you only need it to be reliable, not franchise level talent that sucks up 8% of your team's total cap. This goes back to one of my favourite themes (off topic for the thread, but it seems like it's been a while ...
by Ronning's Ghost
Fri Jun 09, 2023 9:11 pm
Forum: Canucks Corner Chat
Topic: Which draft pick was the biggest miss for the Canucks?
Replies: 215
Views: 33372

Re: Which draft pick was the biggest miss for the Canucks?

drafting goalies is even more of a crap shoot. They take longer to reach their prime and you never know what you're gonna get. I think there was a time when it could be argued that the goalie was the player on your team who had the most influence on the outcome of the game. And still, few teams are...
by Ronning's Ghost
Thu Jun 08, 2023 1:09 pm
Forum: Canucks Corner Chat
Topic: Which draft pick was the biggest miss for the Canucks?
Replies: 215
Views: 33372

Re: Which draft pick was the biggest miss for the Canucks?

Bottom line, even healthy as a horse, he was a terrible skater. I'll defer to your (or anyone else on this board, really) superior analysis of skating mechanics; but I have to suspect that a metabolic disorder like that would limit the amount of energy he could to put into skating while still being...
by Ronning's Ghost
Thu Jun 08, 2023 12:07 pm
Forum: Canucks Corner Chat
Topic: Which draft pick was the biggest miss for the Canucks?
Replies: 215
Views: 33372

Re: Which draft pick was the biggest miss for the Canucks?

Hodgson would have carved out a decent career but he couldn’t skate. No, I think that even if he had become a technically proficient skater, he couldn't be an NHLer. "Finally, after what would be his final NHL season with the Nashville Predators, he underwent a muscle biopsy and was subsequently di...
by Ronning's Ghost
Thu Jun 08, 2023 11:45 am
Forum: Canucks Corner Chat
Topic: Which draft pick was the biggest miss for the Canucks?
Replies: 215
Views: 33372

Re: Which draft pick was the biggest miss for the Canucks?

Listen if the great Kenny Holland back to back drafts Broberg instead of Zegras/ Podkolzin and drafts Zadina instead of Quinn Hughes then nobody is immune to draft day screw ups I think everyone has acknowledged all along that drafting 18 year-olds is not an exact science. A GM can only make better...
by Ronning's Ghost
Thu Jun 08, 2023 11:32 am
Forum: Canucks Corner Chat
Topic: Which draft pick was the biggest miss for the Canucks?
Replies: 215
Views: 33372

Re: Which draft pick was the biggest miss for the Canucks?

Picking centre Hodgson I tend to put Hodgson in the Bourdon/Holden category. He had a then undiagnosed disease that precluded him from being an NHLer. Even Cherry was high on the guy (though Cherry being Cherry, it might have been his home town that Cherry liked as much as Hodgson's game). Maybe th...
by Ronning's Ghost
Thu Jun 08, 2023 1:28 am
Forum: Canucks Corner Chat
Topic: Which draft pick was the biggest miss for the Canucks?
Replies: 215
Views: 33372

Re: Which draft pick was the biggest miss for the Canucks?

The biggest "misses" to me are those chosen when there were multiple flags at the time of selection and then they are done in by those flags. In the past 20 years, I think Virtanen is the biggest miss. He was coming off injury, he was known to have low hockey IQ, his results were not tracking a fav...
by Ronning's Ghost
Tue May 09, 2023 1:05 pm
Forum: Canucks Corner Chat
Topic: 2023 Draft Class
Replies: 1048
Views: 167808

Re: 2023 Draft Class

What a job by Chicago's brass though. On top of Connor Bedard they are getting an additional 5 picks in the first 2 rounds this year. Great way to start a rebuild.....too bad Aqualini and Benning didn't see the importance of that kind of thing 7 years ago. Chicago will win another Stanley Cup befor...
by Ronning's Ghost
Mon May 08, 2023 8:33 pm
Forum: Canucks Corner Chat
Topic: 2023 Draft Class
Replies: 1048
Views: 167808

Re: 2023 Draft Class

What a job by Chicago's brass though. On top of Connor Bedard they are getting an additional 5 picks in the first 2 rounds this year. Great way to start a rebuild.....too bad Aqualini and Benning didn't see the importance of that kind of thing 7 years ago. Yes. Chicago will win another Stanley Cup ...
by Ronning's Ghost
Mon May 08, 2023 8:29 pm
Forum: Canucks Corner Chat
Topic: 2023 Draft Class
Replies: 1048
Views: 167808

Re: 2023 Draft Class

Chef Boi RD wrote: Mon May 08, 2023 5:21 pm Would you trade our 11th and JT Miller to Columbus for their 3rd overall?
Enthusiastically.
by Ronning's Ghost
Wed Mar 08, 2023 1:29 pm
Forum: Canucks Corner Chat
Topic: 2023 Draft Class
Replies: 1048
Views: 167808

Re: 2023 Draft Class

the man [J.E. Benning] gave his team "the greatest centre, defenseman, and goaltender in team history" Defenseman? Almost certainly, though that is a tragically low bar. Goaltender? Looks very promising, but the story is not yet written. The Canucks do have one HHOF goaltender in their history. Cen...
by Ronning's Ghost
Thu Mar 02, 2023 3:51 pm
Forum: Canucks Corner Chat
Topic: Around the league (signings, RFAs injuries)
Replies: 21352
Views: 3657662

Re: Around the league (signings, RFAs injuries)

i am obese using BMI but then who cares. :shock: But but but... Was at the gym to watch part of the game, you can bounce a nickel of my abs That's why BMI is a deceptive measure. Heavily muscled people will register as obese. Peak competitive Schwarzenegger had a BMI over 30. Edit: oh wait, you kne...
by Ronning's Ghost
Sun Jan 22, 2023 10:24 pm
Forum: Canucks Corner Chat
Topic: Canucks News n Notes 22-23
Replies: 5360
Views: 256477

Re: Canucks News n Notes 22-23

Had they traded Miller for Chytil, Lundqvist and NYR’s first like they should’ve Dickinson’s contract wouldn’t need moving and Bo would be signed? No? If that really was the offer, they were crazy not to jump on it, and the contract looks worse by comparison with that alternative. What are the sour...
by Ronning's Ghost
Sun Jan 22, 2023 9:32 pm
Forum: Canucks Corner Chat
Topic: Canucks News n Notes 22-23
Replies: 5360
Views: 256477

Re: Canucks News n Notes 22-23

in that there does not seem to be a clear departure from the policies of the previous administration. What would be your observation as to why this is? The similarities so to speak? Why the continuation? Especially if the “policies” of the previous GM were wrong… according to his critics? Were thos...