Prospect Info: The 2024-2025 Prospect Thread: Part 1: Skate or Die!

VanJack

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Mynio 2nd in WHL dman scoring. D prospect pool looking solid right now

Tom Willander
Sawyer Mynio
Elias Pettersson
Kirill Kudryavtsev
I could actually see all these guys one day playing in the NHL. When was the last time the Canucks had four d-men in the system who were legitimate NHL prospects?

You probably have to back to the Burke-Nonis era when guys like Edler, Bieksa and Tanev were playing for the Manitoba Moose.
 
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WetcoastOrca

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I could actually see all these guys one day playing in the NHL. When was the last time the Canucks had for d-men in the system who were legitimate NHL prospects?

You probably have to back to the Burke-Nonis era when guys like Edler, Bieksa and Tanev were playing for the Manitoba Moose.
I think we need to pump the brakes a bit here. At one time Rathbone and a few others were all considered as solid bets as well.
It’s certainly unlikely that we end up anywhere close to Edler, Tanev and Bieksa.
 
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BenningHurtsMySoul

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Mynio is 2nd in WHL scoring for defencemen right now.

3rd is Landon DuPont...who is 15 years old. That kid is a freak. He would be drafted in the first round this season, and he's not even eligible until 2027.
 

HairyKneel

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I could actually see all these guys one day playing in the NHL. When was the last time the Canucks had four d-men in the system who were legitimate NHL prospects?

You probably have to back to the Burke-Nonis era when guys like Edler, Bieksa and Tanev were playing for the Manitoba Moose.
Try to keep up. Tanev was a Gillis signing. And Edler and Kevin didn't play together in Manitoba other than a handful of games maybe after Edler's junior season was done, if at all. Just throw enough shit against the wall and hope some of it sticks I guess.
 
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Wry n Ginger

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Holy reactionary pile on for VJ...

Yah VJ might be a little optimistic but look at the coaching that is in place, the orgs willingness to let new players gain experience between levels and add that this mgmt team has shown they can pick our diamonds in the rough.

The current group has a lot of potential for different reasons than the previous bumpercrop of NHL D from past eras but the optimism is founded from actual results and trends.

Foote, Gonch, Sedins, Malhotra, Komisarik and a bunch more INTELLIGENT Ex-NHLers are putting this group way ahead of similar groups of prospects from the past.
 

wetcoast

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Mynio is not only a legitimate prospect, he should be only behind Willander and Lekkerimaki in the rankings.
Perhaps but I hope that you are wrong because that would mean that another prospect is also developing very nicely as I think Mynio is given his draft spot.
 

ChilliBilly

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Mynio is 2nd in WHL scoring for defencemen right now.

3rd is Landon DuPont...who is 15 years old. That kid is a freak. He would be drafted in the first round this season, and he's not even eligible until 2027.
Just looked him up to see if there was info as to why he was given exceptional status. His youth team was ??? Eisbären Juniors Berlin ???, but he was born in Calgary.

Go Polar Bears. (will be interested to see if anyone gets the reference).
 

F A N

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Mynio 2nd in WHL dman scoring. D prospect pool looking solid right now

Tom Willander
Sawyer Mynio
Elias Pettersson
Kirill Kudryavtsev

I have been a big Mynio fan from the start and I think Willander is a bluechip prospect but there's a ways to go in terms of our D prospect pool.
 
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Mr. Canucklehead

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Come on, everyone. No need to pile on folks and rub their faces in takes that didn't age well. We've all been there.

Just a reminder of the site rules vis a vis Trolling; let's try and keep it a bit light.
 

ManVanFan

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I could actually see all these guys one day playing in the NHL. When was the last time the Canucks had four d-men in the system who were legitimate NHL prospects?

You probably have to back to the Burke-Nonis era when guys like Edler, Bieksa and Tanev were playing for the Manitoba Moose.
If it makes you feel any better I believe also that all 4 of those players could make the NHL someday if they reach their full potentials. Also in the past decade from the farm, the only defencemen I thought would have an NHL career was Jalen Chatfield. I believed in Brisebois for a while but the injury last year probably ended that dream.

Cole McWard shows flashes but like Brisebois, he is going to need to take that next step.
 

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