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RW Brock Boeser - North Dakota, NCAA (2015, 23rd, VAN)

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monster_bertuzzi said:
Pure goal scorer. Can't wait for this kid, Virtanen - McCann - Boeser. :popcorn:
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Canucks are doing a pretty good job restocking their prospect pool. Those 3 + Horvat is a decent base to build the post-Sedins Canucks team

Pacific is a bit weak this year so I can actually see them making the playoffs this season, but really they should be selling off parts of their roster for picks and prospects. Don't think they will do that with them being in the thick of a playoff race.
 
TheLeastOfTheBunch said:
Canucks are doing a pretty good job restocking their prospect pool. Those 3 + Horvat is a decent base to build the post-Sedins Canucks team

Pacific is a bit weak this year so I can actually see them making the playoffs this season, but really they should be selling off parts of their roster for picks and prospects. Don't think they will do that with them being in the thick of a playoff race.
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Most of us agree with you but it's hard to tank when you have the Sedins. These guys just continue to perform on a consistent basis every night.
The best thing for the franchise would be a top three pick and sell off some assets at the deadline.
Unfortunately, because the Pacific is so dreadful this year we'll probably still be in the playoff race and take another run at it.
 
TheLeastOfTheBunch said:
Canucks are doing a pretty good job restocking their prospect pool. Those 3 + Horvat is a decent base to build the post-Sedins Canucks team

Pacific is a bit weak this year so I can actually see them making the playoffs this season, but really they should be selling off parts of their roster for picks and prospects. Don't think they will do that with them being in the thick of a playoff race.
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It's highly unlikely that we make the playoffs IMO, which is good and will allow us to add another good prospect.

We have games in hand on everyone, and Anaheim/Calgary/Edmonton are barely behind us despite playing dreadful hockey as a whole this season (but much better lately). I expect at least two of those teams to surpass us.

And SJ has been meh but still better than us all while missing Couture for the entire season. When he's back they will solidify themselves as 2nd best in the division.


Adding Auston Matthews would be nice... I wouldn't have any complaints about having a young forward core of Horvat, Matthews, McCann, Virtanen, Boeser, and Shinkaruk :yo:
 
Mitts McCann said:
I see more of

? McCann Boeser
Shinkaruk Horvat Virtanen

Hopefully the Canucks do bad enough to get either Lain or Tkachuk
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Just can't see that happening unfortunately.....Sedins are just too good and in the top-10 in scoring...and they've got enough veterans to right the ship after Xmas....too bad really, a top-tier guy like Mathews would set them up for the next decade...but being in the 'mushy middle' of the NHL pack is still not a great place to be.
 
VanJack said:
Just can't see that happening unfortunately.....Sedins are just too good and in the top-10 in scoring...and they've got enough veterans to right the ship after Xmas....too bad really, a top-tier guy like Mathews would set them up for the next decade...but being in the 'mushy middle' of the NHL pack is still not a great place to be.
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The Nucks are not even in the "mushy middle" now though and I doubt they end up there. This a bottom five team by years end IMO and traders at the deadline. Right now - when taking into account games in hand - they are pretty much a bottom five team and they aren't trending the right way. I do agree they won't fall all the way to Matthews territory but snagging Laine or Tkachuk - probably in that 4-8 range - seems entirely reasonable to me.

However, I think they will grab a dman if a good one is there as they are pretty well setup for forwards with Horvat/McCann/Boeser/Virtanen/Shinkakurk and woefully short on impact defensive prospects. They already are at risk of being like Philadelphia or Edmonton where they have good forwards ready to compete but have to wait for young D to develop or sign veteran stopgaps. Young defenseman are so fickle - they take forever to develop and peak after forwards - that Vancouver needs to be mindful of having a plan for when Hamhuis and Edler hang em up.
 
MNRube said:
The Nucks are not even in the "mushy middle" now though and I doubt they end up there. This a bottom five team by years end IMO and traders at the deadline. Right now - when taking into account games in hand - they are pretty much a bottom five team and they aren't trending the right way. I do agree they won't fall all the way to Matthews territory but snagging Laine or Tkachuk - probably in that 4-8 range - seems entirely reasonable to me.

However, I think they will grab a dman if a good one is there as they are pretty well setup for forwards with Horvat/McCann/Boeser/Virtanen/Shinkakurk and woefully short on impact defensive prospects. They already are at risk of being like Philadelphia or Edmonton where they have good forwards ready to compete but have to wait for young D to develop or sign veteran stopgaps. Young defenseman are so fickle - they take forever to develop and peak after forwards - that Vancouver needs to be mindful of having a plan for when Hamhuis and Edler hang em up.
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Haven't the Canucks had a tougher schedule than most in terms of road games?

I think with how weak the Pacific has been, there is a chance that they still might be in the playoff picture.
 
I hate the "I hope we lose" attitude while being within reach of a playoff spot. Be a fan of your team, cheer for them to lose if/once they are out of the playoffs mathematically.
 
Lets see what happens tomorrow vs Canada

he will be going head to head with the other Canucks Right Winger

Jake Virtanen
 
The NCHC is just his conference. Yes they decided to name it that lol.

The HCA Rookie of the Month is the national one. (Connor Dec., Colin White Nov., Letunov Oct.)
 
Proust said:
He was atrocious at the WJHC.
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Orca Smash said:
I thought you had lost interest in him before wjc?
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Big Rings said:
He wasn't "atrocious". He was just nothingy. And besides, his style doesn't work well with the international ice.
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That and World Juniors is a pretty dumb way to evaluate prospects (yet people always act like this tournament is more valuable than the players entire body of work)

"Hey lets judge a player on 1 tournament where half the games are 8-0 blowouts!"
 
Ho Borvat said:
That and World Juniors is a pretty dumb way to evaluate prospects (yet people always act like this tournament is more valuable than the players entire body of work)

"Hey lets judge a player on 1 tournament where half the games are 8-0 blowouts!"
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Right. And if Boeser racked up points at the tournament, I am sure you would dismiss it as no big deal...
 
Proust said:
Right. And if Boeser racked up points at the tournament, I am sure you would dismiss it as no big deal...
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If he had a great tournament, I wouldn't change my opinion of him, no. Im evaluating him over his body of work to date, not just 1 tournament.

I have remained very consistent in my belief that the hype/hate players get from this tournament is because its the only time 99% of these people watch the prospects play.

Im a Leafs fan/Canucks fan and my opinions of Marner and Virtanen didn't change much based off of that tournament. Obviously it has a small impact, but this tournament represents like 1% of their total body of work so you're foolish if you put significant weight into it.
 
Canucks have done a good job at finding some "later" first/2nd round picks

Demko/Boeser/Shinkaruk/McCann are all really coming along. For all the hoopula about JV, these guys are kind of ignored
 
Boeser was bad at the WJC. Plain and simple. Easily the most disappointing player for me on this squad. I am a huge fan of his but he just looked so out of place for some reason which was so damn odd because his center Nick Schmaltz was easily one of the best forwards on the team and in the tourney.

Boeser just missed shots on net, missed chances entirely, or just shot and hit the goalie's crest when it did get on net. He is a 97' so he has another shot at tearing things up next year, but his play which was not good shouldn't be indicative of the player he is. Some players just cannot adapt to secondary roles in a short tournament when used to being the big dog which he has been for the past few years.

I wouldn't worry about him at all as he is going to be a player, but his WJC was pretty close to terrible from a player of his standard and skillset.
 
A good or bad wjc means absolutely nothing to me, and others. It use to, not anymore. Seems more or less open season for some fans to use as leverage to attack another prospect more then anything. We rarely praise another hated teams prospect. For example a certain fan base wouldn't stop slamming a certain prospect , to deflect another dissappointment from their own prospect.

Just like this thread now, he wins player of the week, you have guys come in all negative and stuff mentioning the "wjc" like give me a ****ing break. The wjc already ended and if he had a great wjc no ever says anything about, just like demko or hodgson or Rodin.

The double standardness continues on hfboards. I've seen too many prospects go into that tournament doing very well, only to do nothing in the nhl.

For example Cody hodgson and Anton Rodin, they each had excellent wjc. Not to mention zak kassian and Jordan Schroeder.

He might lead all rookies in goal scores, then you might have haters come in and say "he was terrible at the wjc 4 months later?
Hfboards.com easy to critizie, very rare the praise. Mthe was drafted in hopes of helping the Canucks score goals, not team USA in the future.
 
AmericanDream said:
Boeser was bad at the WJC. Plain and simple. Easily the most disappointing player for me on this squad. I am a huge fan of his but he just looked so out of place for some reason which was so damn odd because his center Nick Schmaltz was easily one of the best forwards on the team and in the tourney.

Boeser just missed shots on net, missed chances entirely, or just shot and hit the goalie's crest when it did get on net. He is a 97' so he has another shot at tearing things up next year, but his play which was not good shouldn't be indicative of the player he is. Some players just cannot adapt to secondary roles in a short tournament when used to being the big dog which he has been for the past few years.

I wouldn't worry about him at all as he is going to be a player, but his WJC was pretty close to terrible from a player of his standard and skillset.
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This is exactly why I am so against people/scouts who put so much stock into the WJC's. It really doesn't mean a lot. A good or even great WJC does not guarantee future NHL success the same way a bad WJC doesn't mean you're going to bust. Yet everyone is super-high on some guys all of a sudden just because of the WJC when they weren't all that high on them before the tournament. It's just dumb. Boeser remains a great prospect regardless of WJC performance.
 
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