Canucks Young Guns

[Megaterio Llamas]

Kole Lind became a legit cult hero

[Megaterio Llamas]

I’m just trying to help Blobbee realize that judging a players career from the small sample size of their professional rookie year is very wrong. He was on Kole Lind like white on rice during his entire rookie season. I’m sure he regrets it now since Kole Lind is shaping up to be a very very solid up and coming NHL’er

I had two posts criticizing Lind. Two. Just like the one post I had regarding Jake Wise when you went off about him. Dig deeper, you can do it.

So...you never did say why you hate Lind so much

Because instead of staying in the dub and torching kids like most of his draft cohorts He jumped up to the ahl and had a tough rookie pro season. He did great this year though and should make the nhl in a year or two.

I was mostly giving blob the stink end of the toilet brush.

I'm curious about how Lind looks next year. Hes a sneaky good prospect who may come out of nowhere and win a job.

What about Gadjovic? He started collecting injuries then i havent heard anything further. Meg?

Gadjo made some real strides last year although he couldn't seem to shake the injury bug. He went 13-4-17-32 in just 38 games with mainly bottom six deployment while improving his foot speed considerably and dropping the mitts to defend team mates when needed, garnering some respect from opponents for that as well. He seemed to come in lighter, down to around 200 pounds probably and it showed.

Though his stride is still ugly, he was getting to pucks he wasn't getting to the previous year and getting in on the forecheck to apply some nice body contact as well. He also displayed on a couple of occasions a heavy, accurate shot I did not realize was there. All in all, it was a good year for Jonah showing steady improvement throughout. Hopefully he can avoid getting hurt so much in future, though through the latter part of the season it was a bad flu bug that was keeping him out.

[Cousin Strawberry]

Thanks man. That's as detailed as i could ever hope for.

Meg...yes or no, will Gadjovic be an NHL regular one day?

[Megaterio Llamas]

Thanks man. That's as detailed as i could ever hope for.

Meg...yes or no, will Gadjovic be an NHL regular one day?

Yes.

Gadjovich seems to me to have most everything you would look for in a fourth line grinding type of player with some skill in today's NHL. If he continues to improve at the rate he did this season for the next two years in Utica he should be right there ready to win a spot in 2022. And he does seem to be determined to get there.

Interestingly, due to a peculiarity in the CBA, because of the time of the year Gadjovich signed his entry level contract he has two more years of waiver exemption to work on his game in the AHL before waiver exposure takes some of the shine off him while Kole Lind has only one year remaining despite each having played two seasons with the Comets. This imho might just give Jonah a leg up over Kole in the battle for a roster spot with the Canucks.

https://www.capfriendly.com/teams/canucks

[Todd Bersnoozi]

Gadjo made some real strides last year although he couldn't seem to shake the injury bug. He went 13-4-17-32 in just 38 games with mainly bottom six deployment while improving his foot speed considerably and dropping the mitts to defend team mates when needed, garnering some respect from opponents for that as well.

I think Gadjo quietly had a pretty good year and is progressing. Hopefully he'll slowly develop like Zack Attack Pack MacEwen, maybe even become a Taylor Pyatt type player. At worst, he'll probably just be a Brendan Gaunce, still a handy guy to have in the system for depth purposes.

[Megaterio Llamas]

Gadjo made some real strides last year although he couldn't seem to shake the injury bug. He went 13-4-17-32 in just 38 games with mainly bottom six deployment while improving his foot speed considerably and dropping the mitts to defend team mates when needed, garnering some respect from opponents for that as well.

I think Gadjo quietly had a pretty good year and is progressing. Hopefully he'll slowly develop like Zack Attack Pack MacEwen, maybe even become a Taylor Pyatt type player. At worst, he'll probably just be a Brendan Gaunce, still a handy guy to have in the system for depth purposes.

LOL his skating stride is actually very similar to Darren Archibald's if you remember him, and he plays a similar game.

I think he can match or surpass Archie who has become a very valuable AHL vet with some call ups if he keeps his nose to the grindstone.

[Todd Bersnoozi]

LOL his skating stride is actually very similar to Darren Archibald's if you remember him, and he plays a similar game.

I think he can match or surpass Archie who has become a very valuable AHL vet with some call ups if he keeps his nose to the grindstone.

Archiballz!!! Yeah, I liked him. Good AHLer who could play some minutes in the NHL.

[Curmudgeon]

Thanks man. That's as detailed as i could ever hope for.

Meg...yes or no, will Gadjovic be an NHL regular one day?

Yes.

Gadjovich seems to me to have most everything you would look for in a fourth line grinding type of player with some skill in today's NHL. If he continues to improve at the rate he did this season for the next two years in Utica he should be right there ready to win a spot in 2022. And he does seem to be determined to get there.

Interestingly, due to a peculiarity in the CBA, because of the time of the year Gadjovich signed his entry level contract he has two more years of waiver exemption to work on his game in the AHL before waiver exposure takes some of the shine off him while Kole Lind has only one year remaining despite each having played two seasons with the Comets. This imho might just give Jonah a leg up over Kole in the battle for a roster spot with the Canucks.

https://www.capfriendly.com/teams/canucks

I didn't know about the waiver exemption, great info. If he can continue to improve his skating and provide some 4th line jam from time to time that's the type of depth player they can really use. Hope that's the case because the 2 RHD drafted immediately after him, Brook and Mitchell, would have certainly filled a need here.

[Cousin Strawberry]

Thanks man. That's as detailed as i could ever hope for.

Meg...yes or no, will Gadjovic be an NHL regular one day?

Yes.

Gadjovich seems to me to have most everything you would look for in a fourth line grinding type of player with some skill in today's NHL. If he continues to improve at the rate he did this season for the next two years in Utica he should be right there ready to win a spot in 2022. And he does seem to be determined to get there.

Interestingly, due to a peculiarity in the CBA, because of the time of the year Gadjovich signed his entry level contract he has two more years of waiver exemption to work on his game in the AHL before waiver exposure takes some of the shine off him while Kole Lind has only one year remaining despite each having played two seasons with the Comets. This imho might just give Jonah a leg up over Kole in the battle for a roster spot with the Canucks.

https://www.capfriendly.com/teams/canucks

Sweet. Those meat and potato wingers take some time and if we've got 2 more years to develop him we should see a player.

Maybe around when The Pod arrives after next season

[Mickey107]

Exactly!!



He's got reach, (without being awkward).

Reads the play real good. ( this is what will fast track him somewhat ),

Doesn't seem to panic when pressured.

[Strangelove]

Thanks man. That's as detailed as i could ever hope for.

Meg...yes or no, will Gadjovic be an NHL regular one day?

Yes.

Gadjovich seems to me to have most everything you would look for in a fourth line grinding type of player with some skill in today's NHL. If he continues to improve at the rate he did this season for the next two years in Utica he should be right there ready to win a spot in 2022. And he does seem to be determined to get there.

Interestingly, due to a peculiarity in the CBA, because of the time of the year Gadjovich signed his entry level contract he has two more years of waiver exemption to work on his game in the AHL before waiver exposure takes some of the shine off him while Kole Lind has only one year remaining despite each having played two seasons with the Comets. This imho might just give Jonah a leg up over Kole in the battle for a roster spot with the Canucks.

https://www.capfriendly.com/teams/canucks

The other bonus being that, unlike Lind, Gadjovic doesn't required protection in the Seattle expansion draft.

[Richardstroker69]

Gadjo made some real strides last year although he couldn't seem to shake the injury bug. He went 13-4-17-32 in just 38 games with mainly bottom six deployment while improving his foot speed considerably and dropping the mitts to defend team mates when needed, garnering some respect from opponents for that as well. He seemed to come in lighter, down to around 200 pounds probably and it showed.

Though his stride is still ugly, he was getting to pucks he wasn't getting to the previous year and getting in on the forecheck to apply some nice body contact as well. He also displayed on a couple of occasions a heavy, accurate shot I did not realize was there. All in all, it was a good year for Jonah showing steady improvement throughout. Hopefully he can avoid getting hurt so much in future, though through the latter part of the season it was a bad flu bug that was keeping him out.

Bad flu bug? Sounds like he’s covid immune

[Curmudgeon]

Exactly!!



He's got reach, (without being awkward).

Reads the play real good. ( this is what will fast track him somewhat ),

Doesn't seem to panic when pressured.

I think he'll be an even better player having guys like Pettersson, Miller, and Horvat on his line and he improves on how he uses his linemates. Hopefully they get Tryamkin signed, I think they'll be great teammates and better players for it.

[Mickey107]

Vancouver #Canucks@Canucks
Update regarding the 2020 #YoungStars Classic:

https://twitter.com/Canucks/status/1278750506630778880

[Mickey107]

Corey Pronman@coreypronman; Video of Vasili Podkolzin (VAN) from camp today

In Russia...
https://twitter.com/hcSKA/status/1279802193659527168 ..Video clip