Former Canucks Thread 2023-24 Off-Season Edition

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[valkynax]

Huh, so if what Corrado said was true (I have confidence in his credibility), Steamboat Willie was not the happy old man he feigned to be?

Just like Commando Dimbo's pretend humble niceness, a fake AF image that many gullible dimwits like Seravelli happily ate up.

Can't say I'm surprised.

 

[RobertKron]

Huh, so if what Corrado said was true (I have confidence in his credibility), Steamboat Willie was not the happy old man he feigned to be?

Just like Commando Dimbo's pretend humble niceness, a fake AF image that many gullible dimwits like Seravelli happily ate up.

Can't say I'm surprised.

I dunno, that can also be taken as him clumsily saying "I hope a team with a clear path to an NHL career takes you because I want you to have personal success."

 

[Hit the post]

IIRC, he was a big body with okay speed but lacking quickness, who was a couple years removed from being an offensive juggernaut in minor hockey and going 2OA in the OHL draft, had a mature game, wore a letter for his team, put up decent offensive numbers (led his team in scoring by a fair bit his draft year), had good vision, was defensively responsible, and gave good effort. I'd imagine the projection was that if he got a bit quicker he would do some damage, and if he didn't he'd be a decent bottom six forward and a solid pro. IIRC, he was generally projected to be a ~20-something-ish pick going into the draft.

I don't really see a big issue with taking this player at the tail end of the first round if they liked him.

I personally tend to lean towards "home run swing" type of selections at that position in the draft vs a "safe type pick" (not a ton of upside).

 

[Peen]

Huh, so if what Corrado said was true (I have confidence in his credibility), Steamboat Willie was not the happy old man he feigned to be?

Just like Commando Dimbo's pretend humble niceness, a fake AF image that many gullible dimwits like Seravelli happily ate up.

Can't say I'm surprised.

Not many people were willing to talk to two 15/16 year olds like WD was circa 2014 when I took my friend to a STH event. Just loved to talk.

He was such a nice guy. Benning and Linden? Can’t say the same from my own experience!

 

[RobertKron]

I personally tend to lean towards "home run swing" type of selections at that position in the draft vs a "safe type pick" (not a ton of upside).

Sure, and that's a fair position to take, but every time a late first rounder doesn't work out there's always a bunch of folks howevermany years later acting like they took Libor Polasek's insurance broker.

 

[Hit the post]

Sure, and that's a fair position to take, but every time a late first rounder doesn't work out there's always a bunch of folks howevermany years later acting like they took Libor Polasek's insurance broker.

I'll take selecting a Polasek if it meant also selecting a Michael Peca later in the draft that same draft year. Guess even a blind squarrel does find a nut once in a while (Canucks Canadian amateur scouts)

 

[valkynax]

Not many people were willing to talk to two 15/16 year olds like WD was circa 2014 when I took my friend to a STH event. Just loved to talk.

He was such a nice guy. Benning and Linden? Can’t say the same from my own experience!

Fair enough, I trust your first hand experience with Steamboat Willie.


What was your experience with Commando Dimbo like?

 

[Mr. Canucklehead]

Good for Pearson. Likeable vet, unlikeable team.

Hope he has a good season while Vegas misses the playoffs!

 

[Hit the post]

Good for Pearson. Likeable vet, unlikeable team.

Hope he has a good season while Vegas misses the playoffs!

There's unlikeable and there's turd (Boston).

 

[Vector]

 

[I am toxic]

Vancouver has been blessed with good goaltending the past couple decades, of course it is a mixed blessing because it hides cosching/system flaws, particularly with Green. Is that guy still coaching in the NHL? Probably. So sad. So so sad.

 

[EpochLink]

Vancouver has been blessed with good goaltending the past couple decades, of course it is a mixed blessing because it hides cosching/system flaws, particularly with Green. Is that guy still coaching in the NHL? Probably. So sad. So so sad.

Senators head coach now

 

[Bojack Horvatman]

I had a lot of respect for Miller during his time here. Was solid here, mentored Marky, stood up when Stecher was a rookie when he got jumped my Martin , and talked to Goldobin to give confidence after he got benched.

Probably one of the worst contracts ever signed. Not because of the contract itself, but Miller wanted to play out west and the California teams already had #1 goalies.

 

[Nucker101]

Yeah I liked Miller. Seemed like a great teammate and a competitive guy. He was just unfortunately part of JB’s reign of terror era

 

[Jyrki21]

I had no clue why we drafted Gaunce, what was his upside? Power forward? Bottom 6?

You can probably finger the usual dogsh*t Canadian amateur scouts the Canucks have employed since like forever.

He was the next guy up on the TSN draft board when he was taken, and the Canucks almost never do that, so I had no problems with them finally – finally – just going with conventional wisdom. It's already a gamble at that point in the draft, and 2012 was quite a weak one. No issues with the pick.

 

[Spectrefire]

Probably one of the worst contracts ever signed. Not because of the contract itself, but Miller wanted to play out west and the California teams already had #1 goalies.

Benning seems to always take a beating on deals where he held all the cards.

 

[Regal]

I personally tend to lean towards "home run swing" type of selections at that position in the draft vs a "safe type pick" (not a ton of upside).

I agree. Safe makes sense if the floor is still high, usually in the earlier picks, but if the floor is only bottom 6, then screw safe in the lower parts of the first round. Though there wasn’t exactly a lot of talent around his pick.

 

[StreetHawk]

I agree. Safe makes sense if the floor is still high, usually in the earlier picks, but if the floor is only bottom 6, then screw safe in the lower parts of the first round. Though there wasn’t exactly a lot of talent around his pick.

2012, around Gaunce spot (within 10 spots) best guy was Skjei. And really, in draft #4, probably should have gone D since they only had KConn and Sauve in rounds 2 & 3 in the prior drafts.