Prospect Info: 10th overall: Vancouver selects Vasili Podkolzin (RW, SKA St. Petersburg)

[Breakers]

Sportsnet should be embarrassed for those highlights

a head-butt and some long drawn out play that accumulated with a conversation.
Broadhead sounded ridiculous.

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

2 years, I like this long-term thinking despite JB only has one year left in his contract
Maybe there is not instant pressure to make the playoffs afterall?

Who ever we took was gonna take 2 years of development anyway

 

[TruKnyte]

At least he's not Soderstrom. Really hope he makes it over here in 2 years.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

We’ve been drafting for skill the last few years. This looks like another highly skilled guy.

 

[thefutures]

If he was from NA I'm sure people would have debated him at first OA.

I seen him alot higher up a few months ago, for what reasons did he drop? Is he more raw than ready?

 

[Kryten]

Borscht is back on the menu boys

 

[JayBeautiful]

still cant forgive Jim's ineptness but I'm liking him more & more

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

I seen him alot higher up a few months ago, for what reasons did he drop? Is he more raw than ready?

2 more years left on his KHL contract, cant speak any English

 

[Baby Pettersson]

I seen him alot higher up a few months ago, for what reasons did he drop? Is he more raw than ready?

Cooled off ever so slightly to end the season. Plus the Russian factor and is signed for 2 more years in the KHL.

 

[Spectrefire]

With the 10th pick, I'm glad they swing for the fences instead of taking a safer bet. The talent is absolutely top-5 worthy, his red flag is easier to manage than other red flags like hockey IQ or size, all of which comes with a player selected at this point in the draft.

 

[Snatcher Demko]

That the scouting group isn't afraid to swing for the fences (like they did in the last two drafts) suggest that Brackett & co are pretty confident and believe in themselves. To me that seems to be a good sign.

 

[Grub]

The reactions i'm seeing seems to be the reaction we got when we picked Pettersson last year. I think this kid has a lot of potential. At number 10 you take the swing.

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

Lmao

 

[Russian_fanatic]

I’ve said it before... Pods was my #4 player in the draft, but I shied away because of the Russian factor.

Every time I’ve seen him play he impressed me, he really does play a similar style to Hossa. His defensive game, and checking is going to surprise many people.

This guy hasn’t potential to be a HUUUUGGGEEEE steal.

 

[pckstpr31]

Pettersson was my favorite player in the draft. Hughes was my favorite player in the draft. Podkolzin was my favorite player in the draft. Hurts as a Flames fan

 

[Snatcher Demko]

You have to credit Benning too for not taking any shortcuts and avoiding Pod as a result. Plus he didn't trade the pick.

 

[Intangibos]

With the state of the franchise I have no problem with swinging for the fences at #10. Nice.

 

[timw33]

I like taking a big swing like this over going safe. And Canucks can't touch him for 2 years which is probably for the best.

That being said, I had almost forgotten about Caufield cause I was so stunned by the pick. Big gamble, really need it to pan out for us.

 

[Knight53]

Potential to be a star, and we need to make those type of picks.

Before I compared his down-low play and end-end rushes to Jagr.

 

[Green Blank Stare]

2 years, I like this long-term thinking despite JB only has one year left in his contract
Maybe there is not instant pressure to make the playoffs afterall?

Who ever we took was gonna take 2 years of development anyway

Yeah, this is the pick of a guy who has zero concerns over his job security.

 

[Spectrefire]

That the scouting group isn't afraid to swing for the fences (like they did in the last two drafts) suggest that Brackett & co are pretty confident and believe in themselves. To me that seems to be a good sign.

They've had a high emphasis on drafting pure skill and managing the downsides.

Pettersson with his weight

Hughes with his height

Podkolzin with his Russian flight risk

So far they're 2 out of 3 with that mindset.

 

[mathonwy]

Nail Yakupov part deux come on down.

Just effing around.

 

[vancityluongo]

honestly i'm just stoked that they

a) didn't shy away from a Russian
b) took the long term upside pick instead of a close-to-NHL ready kid to save their jobs.

Like hopefully that means Benning actually did the right thing instead of meaning that he has a lot of job security, but I'm happy with this pick. NHL teams overthink this shit too often.

Even if he doesn't turn out, as of today this is a good pick.

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

Wrong thread

 

[PatrikBerglund]

Under contract and can't jump to North America until 2021-2022 season it seems.