Looks like we got our Kesler replacement already :troll:

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Isles GM Garth Snow on picking wild card Josh Ho-Sang. "He'll fit right in. They shit on me, too." Awesome. Way awesome.

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wtf kind of answer is that?


it is what it is? lol gtfo. hopefully he smartens up but geez, first impression is bad.

kids only 17... lol fucking canucks fans

Within 15 mins of becoming a canucks, McCann is already following kesler s foot step. /notsrs

Seriously, it hasn't even passed the 1st day and the kid is already under the microscope. Welcome to vancouver

The only thing he could have said that would be better is just "Yolo" :awwyeah:

ill just leave this here

Kid is 17. Remember kesler saying he hates Canada?

Worse case. We trade him in 10 years for another bonino, sbisa and first. :troll:

yeah...i dunno so much about misunderstanding since the question was pretty clear but that was a pretty shitty first impression lol
Virtanen was clearly pumped.
vs
McCann who sounded like it was the end of the world getting drafted by the Canucks :lawl:
even had the hat low so he can hide the tears LOL
but i think it was probably nerves, he was clutching that mic pretty hard


Jared McCann TSN interview after being drafted 24…:

some of u guys are being too hung up on this lol

jake virtanen is a big skater with good hands? so is the kassian project officially over? :lol

anyways exciting draft day, too bad we won't know how it really pans out for another few years though

Yeah after watching the actual interview, I'm sure he didn't mean it that way. It's just really weird that he said it, but his nerves threw it out of context completely

^ Agreed, after watching the interview for the first time. I believe what he said was taken out of context cause he looked so nervous.

didn't get enough of that trades lol

now that the 1st round is over i'm curious to see what other moves are coming

anyone know how much cap space is left and whos left to sign besides Kassian, Tanev and Santorelli?

-wonder if the owner Charles Wang asked Snow to draft Ho-Sang because he thought that he can get a Chinese player.

Wang, "Oh, wait. He is black?"

-did hear that this player has sick skills but has an attitude.

He looks super nervous and you tend to say stupid things when you're that nervous. I'm sure people that have been in that situation in job interviews can attest to that. ;)

Irony...that's all
Good for McCann to let everyone know he's gonna make us forget Kesler.

Was hoping for Draisaitl but glad we took Virtanen over Nylander. I'm curious how Ritchie is gonna pan out. Damn this patience thing!

Jake looks like a no-nonsense in your face talented winger. He's projected to be the best goal scorer in the entire draft. It's also important mentally that he really, really wants to play for the Canucks.
I'm sad about Garrison, he wasn't utilized properly by Torts and we dumped him after he took a pay-cut to come back home. Thought we might be able to see the Florida "powerplay bomber" Garrison under Willie. I liked him the most out of all our blueliners. At $4.6 he had a decent cap hit, there are much worse out there.

cupboards are looking fair
alot of two way centres: Horvat, Guance, McCann

Wingers in Kassian, Jensen, Virtanen, Shinkaruk

D we have Corrado. And hopefully swiss Luca turns into what he was projected to be

I think the sedins can still produce in the regular season. But in the playoffs not so much.

Lets see what Benning does with all this cap space now

"It is what it is"
Should almost expect that to be the headline on the front cover of the newspaper in the sports section.
Welcome to Vancouver. :derp:

People need to relax. Players don't need to be expected to react like winning lottery or something when they get drafted.

You know, maybe a different way of thinking about it, but I have absolutely no problem with how he answered that question. If he's an ultra-competitive guy, he's gonna be wanting to get picked as high up as possible and if he expected to go like 15th or something then being picked at 24 would be really disappointing and not everyone can put their competitive juices aside and be like "Oh I'm so happy!" it was right after it happened and he was probably stewing and being honest when he said he didn't think there was any chance he'd fall as low as Vancouver's next drafting spot... nothing personal against the Canucks, just he's mad because he thought he's better than a lot of other guys that got chosen and it's burning him up inside.

17.7M cap space

Vancouver Canucks Salary Cap Chart

It is what it is

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/j...psea888de6.jpg

He's an Ontario kid. Maybe he grew up despising the Canucks and it was the only team he was hoping not to get drafted by. Not saying this is true, but considering his reaction, it seems very possible.

If that is the case though, his agent should've prepared him for the worst :lol

wonder if virtanen lurks RS....