Stick Taps: June 17th, 2018
Stick Taps: where I relay Canucks-related news and content that circulated throughout the Smylosphere this week. Rumours, opinion pieces, significant headlines and anything else worth noting to the fan base…
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CANUCKSARMY’S 2018 NHL DRAFT PROFILES: #1 Rasmus Dahlin
In the most shocking twist of these draft rankings, we have Frolunda defenceman Rasmus Dahlin ranked as the premier prospect in this year’s draft class. All jokes aside, Dahlin is…
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CANUCKSARMY’S 2018 NHL DRAFT PROFILES: #2 Andrei Svechnikov
In most years, Barrie Colts forward Andrei Svechnikov would be a de facto first overall pick. This isn’t most years, and the player ahead of him is a generational calibre…
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CANUCKSARMY’S 2018 NHL DRAFT PROFILES: #3 Filip Zadina
Firmly in the third overall spot is the Czech winger, Filip Zadina A dynamic goal scorer with fantastic skating skill, Zadina impressed throughout the entire 2017-18 season with the QMJHL’s…
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CANUCKSARMY’S 2018 NHL DRAFT RANKINGS: #4 Quinn Hughes
Let me be clear: there is nothing I am more sick and tired of hearing about than a player’s height. It’s exhausting, it’s boring, and in most cases, it’s largely…
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CANUCKSARMY’S 2018 NHL DRAFT RANKINGS: #5 Oliver Wahlstrom
The U.S. National Team development program has long been a breeding ground for elite talent and with recent NHL graduates like Jack Eichel, Auston Matthews, Clayton Keller, and Matthew Tkachuk…
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CANUCKSARMY’S 2018 NHL DRAFT PROFILES: #6 Jesperi Kotkaniemi
Just outside the top five, we come to one of the biggest risers of the 2018 NHL Draft: Finnish centre Jesperi Kotkaniemi. I bemoaned the lack of respect Kotkaniemi was…
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CANUCKSARMY’S 2018 NHL DRAFT PROFILES: #7 Evan Bouchard
If one can produce offence the way London Knights defenceman Evan Bouchard has in his OHL career, it would usually be enough to garner top three pick consideration. Nobody has…
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