Post-Game Talk: Post-Tank Thread: Vancouver finishes w/ 3rd tank position (lottery odds in OP)

[WhiteCurse]

If we take Juolevi with a top 6 pick I will be displeased.

Agreed

 

[Bad News Benning]

If we take Juolevi with a top 6 pick I will be displeased.

The only spot I would be content with Juolevi or Tkachuk would be at 6. Dubois or Chychurn should be our targets if we land at 4 or 5.

 

[Bgav]

Laines shot is incredible

 

[Captain Bowie]

Order I absolute want to happen:

1. Vancouver (3)
2. New Jersey (11)
3. Columbus (4)
4. Toronto, ect...

 

[Bad News Benning]

Laines shot is incredible

shame the sedins never got the chance to play with a winger like Laine in their prime. That would be a treat to watch.

 

[GPNuck]

Order I absolute want to happen:

1. Vancouver (3)
2. New Jersey (11)
3. Columbus (4)
4. Toronto, ect...

My suicide watch draft order.

1. Edmonton
2. Boston
3. Caglary

 

[Horse McHindu]

Great day indeed ladies and gets.

My heart is obviously set on Matthews, and I still think we should do whatever it takes to get him, but we should end up with a gem of a player regardless.

Nice to see positive reactions on here.

 

[LickTheEnvelope]

Something is messed up with this system when you finish third overall last and only have an 11% chance of drafting third....seems so bizarre.

You should be thankful we didn't finish 4th. At 4th you have a worse chance of actually picking forth than 14th spot does of moving into the top 3.

 

[Billy Kvcmu]

no we need more 4th line grinders drafted 6th overall

Who?

 

[Frank Garrett]

If there is any good in this world...

 

[Rotting Corpse*]

I don't want to be all negative, but I don't think people should have their hearts set on a top-3 pick. There is a pretty decent chance really that we end up picking 5th. Who should we be targeting in that scenario?

 

[Haagen Dazs]

The NHL has already proven themselves to be a colluding, manipulative "old boys" club. I don't think they decide on who gets the actual picks but I would imagine that they have an "optimal outcome" in mind and would be quite capable of manipulating the situation towards their desired end.

All this new video review ******** is an example of how they are getting their greasy fingers into every aspect of the game. They can now "manage" games from a comfortable distance, affecting the outcome of seasons. CBJ comes back from 3-0 against the hawks?? You're damned straight I'm covering myself in tinfoil.

Yeah I'm sure their "optimal" outcome was having Edmonton draft first every year just so they can get pulverized by the media and have to redo their entire draft system......

 

[BenningHurtsMySoul]

I don't want to be all negative, but I don't think people should have their hearts set on a top-3 pick. There is a pretty decent chance really that we end up picking 5th. Who should we be targeting in that scenario?

Chychrun or Dubois.

 

[polarbearcub]

The amount of top 3 picks we get with moving down 2 spots is great

 

[Zombotron]

Chychrun or Dubois.

Whichever one is available at 5, take them and run. Simple as that.

 

[coolboarder]

All I can hope that the Canucks land one of the top 3 in the lottery pick. I mean, the Canucks is overdue for a first overall pick when they were robbed a first overall pick in 1970 by a stupid wheel that caused some confusion in the first place. If this year first overall is a bust then I don't want this pick. All I can say, I really hope that the Canucks get a superstar out of top 3 pick.

 

[Bad News Benning]

I got **** on by a bird yesterday and have had great luck since that moment.

hopefully it continues at the lottery.

 

[Shareefruck]

I feel like the following top five have a very good possibility of being home runs.

Matthews
Laine
Puljajarvi
Dubois
Chychrun

So, if we pick anyone else, or end up with the 6th.... that will be disappointing.

 

[LickTheEnvelope]

I don't want to be all negative, but I don't think people should have their hearts set on a top-3 pick. There is a pretty decent chance really that we end up picking 5th. Who should we be targeting in that scenario?

Probably Dubois, Chychrun or Tkachuk IMO. Can do a bit of a wait and see as Tkachuk and Dubois are still playing and having good playoff runs so far.

 

[LickTheEnvelope]

I feel like the following top five have a very good possibility of being home runs.

Matthews
Laine
Puljajarvi
Dubois
Chychrun

So, if we pick anyone else, or end up with the 6th.... that will be disappointing.

I know he's on a stacked team but Tkachuk is having quite a good playoff run in London right now with 8 goals and 16 points in 7 games so far, 3rd in OHL playoff scoring behind Dal Colle and Watson.

 

[Intangibos]

Drafting from the Q scares me

 

[Captain Bowie]

My suicide watch draft order.

1. Edmonton
2. Boston
3. Caglary

Boston would be first for me. I could still find a little humour in Edmonton winning it again, and easier to swallow with them finishing so low. But the Bruins barely missing the playoffs on the last day and swoop and take what we've been looking forward to for 2 months (or more)? That would be un-BEAR-able.

 

[Haagen Dazs]

I feel like the following top five have a very good possibility of being home runs.

Matthews
Laine
Puljajarvi
Dubois
Chychrun

So, if we pick anyone else, or end up with the 6th.... that will be disappointing.

Don't underestimate Sergachyov, I think he has way higher upside then Juolevi. I don't understand why ppl here think Benning is even targeting Juolevi, Benning doesn't care about hockey IQ, he cares about big and fast players that can...rip it....which is what Sergachyov does.

 

[Zombotron]

Don't underestimate Sergachyov, I think he has way higher upside then Juolevi. I don't understand why ppl here think Benning is even targeting Juolevi, Benning doesn't care about hockey IQ, he cares about big and fast players that can...rip it....which exactly what Sergachyov is.

At 6, Serg is a maybe for me. Chychrun and Dubois both have to be off the board for me to entertain the idea. I love Serg, though.

 

[Haagen Dazs]

At 6, Serg is a maybe for me. Chychrun and Dubois both have to be off the board for me to entertain the idea.

I completely agree with you Zombo, this is for a theoretical if we fall to 6 and have to decide between Juolevi, Tkachuk and Sergachyov. Who would you guys take out of those 3 in order?