So, Who Exactly Did We Draft?
by missy on Jun 26, 2010 2:17 PM PDT
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Okay, so obviously the big action happened yesterday, when we traded our #25 pick with Steve Bernier and Michael Grabner to the Panthers for Keith Ballard and Victor Oreskovich. We also didn't have a 2nd round pick (we traded that for Bernier originally) or a 3rd round pick (traded for Andrew Alberts). So, in other words, this was a very boring draft for us. But here's who we did eventually get:
4th round (115th overall): Patrick McNally (D)
Originally from Glen Head, New York, Patrick played for the Milton Academy in Massachusetts last year, earning 35 points. He plans on attending Harvard either this fall or in 2011.
5th round (145th overall): Adam Polasek (D)
Originally from Ostrava, Czech Republic, he played for the PEI Rockets in the QMJHL last year. At 6'2 and 194 lb, he played 66 games last year, earning 13 goals and 28 assists for 41 points and getting 91 PIM.
6th round (172nd overall): Alex Friesen (C)
At 5'10 and 187 lb, he has played for the Niagara Ice Dogs in the OHL for the last 3 seasons. The Niagara-on-the-Lake native had 23 goals and 37 assists for a total of 60 points this year, as well as 94 PIM.
6th round (175th overall): Jonathan Iilahti (G)
Originally from Vaasa, Finland, he played 14 games for the Espoo Blues in the Finnish Junior League last year, with a 2.67 GAA and a .904% sv. His bronze-medal performance at the U-18 World Championship turned heads this year, and he was ranked 6th overall for European goalies by Central Scouting for this draft.
7th round (205th overall): Sawyer Hannay (D)
Originally from Moncton, New Brunswick, he plays for the Halifax Mooseheads of the QMJHL. In 54 games last year, he had 6 points, 158 PIM, and a -17. By the way, those penalties come from the fights that have already earned him a profile page on HockeyFights.com.
Well, looks like Gillis stocked up on young defensemen in the bottom rounds. That goalie looks like someone to keep an eye on. Canucks.com has a lot more on the picks, and so does the Province.
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From the Toronto Sun
“With Chris Tanev, Kevin Connauton and now McNally, we’ve got three guys that are offensive guys in development and we’ll see what’s going to merge,” [Gillis] said. “Because he’s solely committed to Harvard that teams passed on him and it dropped him down. We have four, five young defencemen in Manitoba this year so we felt that it wasn’t a hinderance. He can stay there and develop.”
Vancouver had no picks through the first three rounds but it wasn’t something Gillis was concerned with.
“We’ve done a good job the last couple years with our selection,” said Gillis. “We have a little room to try and approach it differently this year and go hard on it next year.”
http://www.torontosun.com/sports/hockey/2010/06/26/14528666.html
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I’ve been watching from England, and am loving these picks. Especially McNally, as he was projected to go in the second round and looks to have a pretty decent skill set. Potential long-term replacement for Salo there.
Iilahti is a long-term project, but so are all these late picks. Looks good from the reports I’ve been reading tonight, and you can never have too many goalie prospects.
And as for Sawyer Hannay, well – if he can develop into a 5/6 D man, him and Rypien could tear the West apart with their bare hands. You gotta love a kid that young who loves to fight.
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yeah, i immediately thought Hannay could be like Rypien when i found the hockeyfights profile.
Iilahti will definitely take time, but we can afford it right now with Luongo signed long-term and Schneider coming up full-time to the NHL.
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Thanks missy – I’ve been reading NM on my iphone for 3/4 months, but couldn’t set up an account from it…
I have to say, I’ve been impressed with our drafting for three years in succession. When was the last time we felt excitement at the draft? Not since the Hank-Dank draft, I’m guessing. Gillis is getting this house in good order – this next week should see Raymond tied up, Wellwood and SOB leave, and some experience come to the bottom 6. Roll on free agent frenzy!
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by Beantown Canuck on Jun 26, 2010 3:11 PM PDT up reply actions
After his latest tantrum, who cares what he thinks?
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Actually I appreciate his input. Don’t want there to be too much unchallenged groupthink around here. Even if he’s waaaaaay over the top in my opinion, his contrariness gets me thinking more about my perspective on trades/gillis/luongo/the canucks generally, etc. The good news is that he’s mostly made me more confident in the positions I originally held :)
by Beantown Canuck on Jun 26, 2010 6:15 PM PDT up reply actions
Yeah I definitely think he really helps the discussion here
but he’s so angry all of the time!
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by Chuckles Canuckles on Jun 26, 2010 6:57 PM PDT up reply actions
Well, I’ve come to learn that the smallest little perceived slight can set him off in an overblown tantrum. Which is quite weird to me. And sometimes I find it amusing. But when he’s calm, he’s often got some good points that make me think. In real life I wouldn’t want to have conversations with people who are excessively sensitive and respond that way, but online I don’t really care.
by Beantown Canuck on Jun 26, 2010 8:23 PM PDT up reply actions
I don’t care if he goes off on one of us. The thing I found distasteful were the comments about VancityDan’s girlfriend. She had nothing to do with the conversation. If he wants to argue Canucks, let’s do it. Making asinine, immature remarks about people’s wives/girlfriends is bullshit.
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The guy’s a prick and brings nothing to the conversation but a reason for some people to stop coming. At first it was fun sparring with him, but now it just seems to me that he loves pissing people off. I for one have little tolerance for people like him and it probably shows in my posts.
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by Twitchy2010 on Jun 26, 2010 11:53 PM PDT up reply actions
I decided not to go back to that thread.
He did?
Oh well. She has me dealing with that kind of stuff fin a hopefully more mature light. I agree with Beantown above…most of the time I don’t mind the Y’man…but the overblown reaction to a perceived slight ( I assure you, I was not trying to be a douche to the man, just had the temerity to disagree!)
If he is making shitty comments about my better half, I have a feeling I should just not read them. I am sure they won’t change how I feel about the woman..so why even acknowledge it?
Good thing she doesn’t like hockey ( mad soccer fan though…she likes the Dutch…what can you do? )…or she would probably be here defending them in a most cutting manner . ( you don’t want her on your case Y’man…girl’s a psych nurse…she would be a formidable opponent! I know! )
Its all good though. Its just better to move on.
Hey all! =D
After that Ballard trade, I was really hoping Gillis would make a move or two to get some picks in the 2nd or 3rd rounds, but unfortunately that didn’t happen lol. Really hope MG knows what he’s doing with these later round selections, although I really like his emphasis on skilled, skating D-men who can do things with the puck.
It still stings that we lost Grabner though as I was really looking forward to seeing him up with the Canucks next year, but I understand that there were about 10 teams bidding for Ballard’s services so we did have to sweeten the pot a bit by throwing in Grabs. Having Bernier as part of that deal, IMO, was a salary dump. All the same, though, here’s hoping Ballard becomes a really good D-man for us! I have a feeling this could work out pretty nicely. I’ll still cheer on Grabner though (he was my favourite prospect actually)!
I agree with basically everything you said there. And welcome to NM!
by Beantown Canuck on Jun 26, 2010 4:04 PM PDT up reply actions
welcome!
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