^ I fear for Johnny Hockey when Darnell Nurse destroys him... hahahahah....

battle of alberta looks to be fantastic doe...
and the canucks will just want to fit in...

*edit* dat thug life

No Gaudreau in the tourney, unless you are referring to the regular season and assuming Nurse earns a spot.

i cant see the oilers not giving Nurse a spot on the team.

And McJesus didn't play :troll:

Nurse future captain of Oilers. Take pressure of Mcmuffin

I'll take that bet. $1,000?

Excited about A$AP? lol

Spoke a little too soon lol.

Looks like the Flames didn't fair too well either. And this is without McDavid on the roster.

More excited about seeing the seahawks again today... on tv

:heckno:

Game time

On a related note to the prospects tournament, I'm very disappointed with the lack of goaltenders we've drafted over the past 5 seasons, thus resulting in us exclusively using camp invites in net the past 2 tournaments.

There have been 109 goaltenders drafted over the past 5 drafts, which works out to an average of 3.63/team. We've drafted 2 (Demko and Honzik), about half the league average and, let's face it, Honzik had no business being drafted to begin with (mediocre Q goalie who had one stellar playoff series, got drafted, and then reverted back to being a mediocre Q goalie. Shocker, I know) let alone with a mid-3rd.

Our next youngest goaltender to Demko is Markstrom, who turns 26 is January :okay:

Maybe the Canucks organization wants to avoid/can't handle another goalie controversies for the years to come? :lawl: :fuckthatshit:

Ehlers with a huge dive

liking zhukenov. has good vision, passing, but you can tell hes still getting used to the smaller ice surfaces.

virtanen got virtanen'd

Snipe by McCann

Shinkaruk is everywhere

Sautner now working on 2 absolutely brutal games.

i wander if cederholm and sautner will even get an invite to the comets training camp, straight to the zoo? lol
also virtanen is throwing muffins at the net tonight

cederholm is too slow lol

After skimming through these 2 games, I wonder whether Virtanen or McCann gets called up first?

IMHO, Virtanen is going to make the jump this year while McCann is going to make the jump next year.

dont see either making a full time jump in those times. from the notable prospects we have
virtanen will get 9 games, then sent down & traded from calgary
gaunce will get a couple call ups this year, and challenge for a spot at next years camp
mccann is ohl bound, and full year ahl next year
cassels is in ahl all year unless theres lots of injuries
one of subban/hutton gets a couple games when a ton of d are injured

Virtanen is Bennings golden boy and the RW slot is his to lose IMO.

Gaunce also has a legit chance of making it as the 4th line center (not sure if he's still being used as a winger though)

Because he's not going to be a centre for the canucks. Not enough footspeed to be first man back imo. Plus horvat, McCann, cassels are all better than him. He has more value as a 3rd line winger who is defensively responsible and can chip in offensively.
I think he has more offensive upside but think of like a mike keane type of player. Solid simple game during regular season, huge playoff player type imo