GDT: Canucks Training Camp Thread | DAY 01

[Sexy Necksy Garland]

Not a great start with injuries, going to have to adjust my season forecasts.

Hopefully after the first few weeks everyone is back and feeling hundred percent, can roll all the way to another division title.

I'm picking Edmonton. They're said to be acutely aware of how disadvantagous they've been making it for themselves by never having home ice in the later rounds when it starts to statistically mean more. I gotta feeling they're gonna come out super hard all year and chase the Prezzy.

 

[PuckMunchkin]

Raty still skating over from Finland. If he'd worked on it harder this offseason he'd be here already.

I found out its his dad running his offseason training in conjunjunction with the local Liiga team.

And. Its... not... yeah. Frustrating.

Either Räty trains with a profesional trainer next summer or he is playing in europe in few years.

 

[PuckMunchkin]

Based on all we discussed over the summer, tendinitis heals with rest. Is it concerning that EP still feels it sometimes?

Yes.

Its not great. His injury was missmanaged.

 

[Canucks LB]

I'd definitely be ok with a Debrusk Petey and Garland line

Love this

 

[credulous]

I found out its his dad running his offseason training in conjunjunction with the local Liiga team.

And. Its... not... yeah. Frustrating.

Either Räty trains with a profesional trainer next summer or he is playing in europe in few years.

i think he's in europe in a couple years either way. i dunno what people see in him as a prospect

 

[David71]

I really don't get why anyone would want to trade Boeser. I get adding another dman but that's what picks and prospects are for. Brock has been rounding out his game and that and finally being healthy culminated into Brock assuming he continues this level of play a key piece of our core and let's not forget how clutch he was in the playoffs.
An extension likely only adds a couple of million on the cap.

I have high hopes for Lekks but our window is now and plucking a 40 goal scorer and replacing him with a 20 year old unproven winger, significantly downgrades our team while our window is wide open.

For me as much as I like Garland an ideal situation would be having Lekks make the team making him expendable and we move him for a 2nd and use that as part of a package to get Rasmus Anderson or even better weeger. The dream would be to do it pick heavy meaning we don't trade Willander but it's something I would maybe be ok with because adding a dman of that calibre without giving up a core piece would significantly strengthen us to the point assuming Demko gets past the injury that we would have to be considered a true cup contender.

Hughes - Hronek
Soucy- - Weeger/ Anderson
Deharnais/ Forbort - Myers.

Hogz - JT - Boeser
Lekks/Sprong- EP- Jake
Lekks/Sprong- Bleuger- DJ
Heinen - Suter- Sherwood.
Demko -Silovs.

That's one hell of a roster with some solid depth in Aman, Karlson, Raty and not one real glaring weakness that stacks up with any roster in the league, especially when you look at all the top teams and see they all have some pretty big Question marks

rather find a right handed centerman over aman, upgrade too

 

[David71]

The NHL is so terrified of the NFL and MLB playoffs that they shift their entire season 2-3 weeks ahead and then are left with a Finals in late June that nobody cares about anymore anyway.

The regular season should start on October 1. It should end on April 1. Playoffs should be finished by June 1. This is what 90% of fans want, but the league shoots itself in the foot on the pretext of TV ratings but then don't get TV ratings anyway because they've wrecked the timeline and product so badly.

shouldn't last years finals rating numbers whatever it was i think it was lower because everyone was enjoying their summer and didnt really care about hockey in late june.

 

[LordBacon]

I found out its his dad running his offseason training in conjunjunction with the local Liiga team.

And. Its... not... yeah. Frustrating.

Either Räty trains with a profesional trainer next summer or he is playing in europe in few years.

Someone get Raty Horvat's skating coach.

 

[LemonSauceD]

i think he's in europe in a couple years either way. i dunno what people see in him as a prospect

I think this is a bit dishonest to say right now.

He has his warts particularly his skating but he does have a blend of size, skill, playmaking ability, and a 200ft game which has been evident.

 

[andora]

I think this is a bit dishonest to say right now.

He has his warts particularly his skating but he does have a blend of size, skill, playmaking ability, and a 200ft game which has been evident.

His anticpation is a 180 from his skating which may be enough

 

[Soups On]

Yes.

Its not great. His injury was missmanaged.

Tendonitis does NOT heal with rest. Worst thing for tendonitis is rest (except tennis elbow). It heals with optimal load management and usually heavy and slow resistance training. It can persist for a very long time but not be as problematic depending on a multitude of confounding factors. He probably should've had down time from skating and focused on loading at the gym but plenty of elite athletes have managed playing their sport and loading optimally at the gym.

 

[Tobi1Kenobi]

Tendonitis does NOT heal with rest. Worst thing for tendonitis is rest (except tennis elbow). It heals with optimal load management and usually heavy and slow resistance training. It can persist for a very long time but not be as problematic depending on a multitude of confounding factors. He probably should've had down time from skating and focused on loading at the gym but plenty of elite athletes have managed playing their sport and loading optimally at the gym.

Yeah my ears perked up when he said he focused on cardio... The worst thing you could do is avoid it...

 

[credulous]

I think this is a bit dishonest to say right now.

He has his warts particularly his skating but he does have a blend of size, skill, playmaking ability, and a 200ft game which has been evident.

i think fans of raty put a lot of weight on what i think are very modest ahl numbers. with his skating he needs to be putting up elite production in the ahl to have any hope at the nhl and he's just not

 

[tantalum]

Demko has to manage some inoperable leg injury and Pettersson is managing his tendonitis, lovely.

Demko addressing the media is a concern as that does suggest he could be out long term.

Pettersson...unfortunately with patella tendonitis it is all about managing it. Patella straps, braces, NSAIDs, lots of ice etc.

Not at all. It kind of just lingers and is annoying. There’s no risk of damage and just becomes pain management and figuring out if there are stretches that strengthen the area or related motions that can be avoided that stress it.

There can be risk long term to developing tendinopathy but the treatment is the same. Balancing out the muscles, specific exercises etc. Ideally you want to avoid the exercises that cause the pain/issue but given that will be skating in this case it is impossible to avoid. So it's learning to live with it and taking care of it after games/practice and on off days. And getting used to the sudden flash of pain that can happen that wants to stop you dead in your tracks. That's the hardest part to get over.

 

[VanillaCoke]

I'm picking Edmonton. They're said to be acutely aware of how disadvantagous they've been making it for themselves by never having home ice in the later rounds when it starts to statistically mean more. I gotta feeling they're gonna come out super hard all year and chase the Prezzy.

Disagree with the media hype there tbh I don't see a n improved roster.

 

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[SeawaterOnIce]

Disagree with the media hype there tbh I don't see a n improved roster.

They have an incredible foward group on paper along with a decent top 4 D group. Razor thin depth though and it will be problematic if injuries occur.

They have the forward group to outscore their issues...but they could very well faceplant like the 2003-04 Avs did.

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

The caption in the second Demko video made me chuckle.

"Now he's doing this...and this...look at that...look at this!"

 

[EpochLink]

The caption in the second Demko video made me chuckle.

"Now he's doing this...and this...look at that...look at this!"

Demko eating McDondals, Demko buying gum, Demko flushing the toilet…

 

[MS]

Demko's injury can't possibly be too long-term if he's on-ice doing strengthening drills.

 

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[HelloCookie]

Thankfully Demko can train on the ice at leash

 

[MS]

i think fans of raty put a lot of weight on what i think are very modest ahl numbers. with his skating he needs to be putting up elite production in the ahl to have any hope at the nhl and he's just not

Anyone thinking he has top-6 potential, yes, but he's a big, responsible, high-IQ, low-event body with C utility who is probably going to stick somewhere in some sort of bottom-6 role.

 

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