Comments on: Can the Canucks draft with success this year?

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:43:24 +0000

Oh I didn’t forget Bure, I just stopped in 2001 because staring at the Vancouver drafting prowess over the years is almost blinding.

By: GZ Expat

GZ Expat — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:14:34 +0000

You forgot one…Pavel Bure. There is always a diamond in the rough.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:47:19 +0000

Well, he wasn’t thrown out of a town is more of what I was gunning at. I’m fairly certain Nonis wanted him back after the lockout….regardless, his 20 point high IS a success for this team.

So here’s hoping Ilya Kablukov (2007), Sergei Shirokov (2006), Sergei Topol (2003), Ilya Krikunov (2002), Denis Grot (2002), Kirill Koltsov (2002), Konstantin Mikhailov (2001) and Evgeny Gladskikh (2001) are going to have their coming out years in 2008!

By: GZ Expat

GZ Expat — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:33:48 +0000

Successful???

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:17:45 +0000

Seriously, is it possible Chubby was the last successful Russian this team had? WTF?

By: GZ Expat

GZ Expat — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:19:05 +0000

Draft a Swede…you can’t go wrong. Every Canadian kid the ‘Nucks have drafted have ended up stinking…the Swede’s on the other hand…

Tre Kroner forever. Uhhh…errr…well, at least don’t draft a Roooskie…they’ll never see the light of day.

By: alix

alix — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:39:30 +0000

Yeah, it seems like this draft just can’t be screwed up. But if any team can manage it…

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:16:23 +0000

It’s funny, I thought this year’s draft wasn’t that deep but it seems decent even around the 10 spot. Unless they throw another Patrick White curveball when they stroll to the mic again…

By: alix

alix — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 06:54:01 +0000

Holy shit. That really is a very sad previous draft list. I like a lot of those picks you mentioned.