Yea I think he’s still a very intriguing player to have who projects well even if he’s not Pasta. Especially if Petey and Miller can stay and get their shit together
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Yea I think he’s still a very intriguing player to have who projects well even if he’s not Pasta. Especially if Petey and Miller can stay and get their shit together
I think what Lekkerimaki has shown/done is very encouraging. Let's hope he manages to stay healthy and continues to develop.
My biggest concern with Lekkerimaki is that Tocchet might not be the coach for him. As in he may not reach his full potential here.
RobertKron
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Certainly, but nobody is using someone like Pastrnak as a comparable for any reason other than every Canuck prospect is the best possible one forever
Reverend Mayhem
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Yup.
One must be very careful about making projections like that. I can see why the comparison was made, but it's not really helpful to the poor kid. If you are pencilling 100 points perennially into the lineup like 4 years down the road and you're right, I'm very happy for you.
But there's a personality behind the player and why they make plays out there that they do. It's funny how when you speed everything up, trouble begins. It's much harder to crash a car at 50kph rather than 100kph. It's much easier to make a bad play at the NHL level than even the AHL level.
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He's missed three games with Abbotsford since that incident. Abbotsford is now off till Friday, so he's got some time to recover.
Seems to me that Abbotsford and the Canucks really err on the side of caution with injuries to their younger players. Lekkerimaki has missed a lot of time. And Klimovich has missed a ton of games to injury over the past three seasons.
And Raty and Sasson have also missed a chunk of time. I guess the focus is on 'player development' rather than wins and losses--so there's no urgency to rush guys back into the lineup.
And Raty and Sasson have also missed a chunk of time. I guess the focus is on 'player development' rather than wins and losses--so there's no urgency to rush guys back into the lineup.
