That was a hell of a draft for us. Once Gadjovich is through his quarantine, we will have had 5 guys play at least 1 game in the NHL already.
LD Jack Rathbone - Harvard Univ., NCAA (2017, 95th, VAN)
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That was a hell of a draft for us. Once Gadjovich is through his quarantine, we will have had 5 guys play at least 1 game in the NHL already.
Rathbone has a really high ceiling based on his skill/attributes, and a pretty good floor of at least a 6-7 D in the NHL. I don't think 30-35 points in 2-3 years would be an unreasonable expectation.
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Can non-Canucks fans chime in with their thoughts of Rathbone?
He’s excelled well at each level and is ready to make the jump to the big this year. He’s got the attributes of the modern NHL dman.
While I don’t think he’ll be a Calder nominee, I do think he has a good season and potentially finishes top-10 in voting. Especially if Hughes is out for awhile unsigned, he likely gets PP time.
He’s excelled well at each level and is ready to make the jump to the big this year. He’s got the attributes of the modern NHL dman.
While I don’t think he’ll be a Calder nominee, I do think he has a good season and potentially finishes top-10 in voting. Especially if Hughes is out for awhile unsigned, he likely gets PP time.
It was a very good draft if Rathbine keeps on his journey to join Hughes.
Kole Lind playing 7 meaningless games and Gadovich almost certainly not panning out leaves DiPietro who is still a project at this point.
The last "hell of a draft" the Canucks had is 2004 when they got a 409 game goalie (would have been more if not blocked by Lou), Edler and Hansen along with Mike Brown.
2014 had 5 guys that played NHL games but only Demko became a real player of significance.
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I see Rathbone and Bouchard being somewhat identical prospects. Only difference is where they were drafted
Interesting take but you mean in terms of value as a player not in playing styles right?
If Rathbone turns out as valuable as Bouchard then that's a great outcome for the Canucks.
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Okay but I really wonder how Rathbone would do in a full NHL season as he hasn't played very much relative to Bouchard since being drafted and by all accounts Bouchard was ready last year.
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Bouchard would have been eaten alive if he played last season, he needed more time to mature and round his game
Well he did play 15 games last year and wasn't eaten alive and Rathbone played in 8 games, very hard to tell very much from such small samples.
I just think and know that as a Canuck fan alot of people around here downplay Bouchard because of the team that drafted him more than actual watching or looking at his skillset.
I think that both guys make their teams on the bottom pairing and we will see how they go from there.
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Bouchard is going to be a fantastic player, Edmonton is finally learning not to rush their prospects and actually let them mature before makin the jump. It's a very limited sample size so far this pre-season but they look equally as good
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