Ian Esplen

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My thoughts on Viggo Bjorck…

Worst case, he’s Seth Jarvis.
Best case, he’s Nick Suzuki.

Size won’t impact him. The kid has a motor that is off the charts, great hockey sense and is loaded with skill. He going to be a real good NHL player.

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@sekeresandprice Reid or Bjorck at 3 please.

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@DhaliwalSports Who were some of his clients?

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@DhaliwalSports @DonnieandDhali I would hope they are taking all of the top 6/7 guys for a meal thus week

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@frank_seravalli @taj1944 . @frank_seravalli any idea on the terms of Manny’s contract?

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Sam O’Reilly, your Memorial Cup MVP!

He’s going to look great with McDavid and Draisaitl…oh wait. I mean Kucherov and Point.

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@sekeresandprice @mattsekeres @justBlakePrice @JeffMarek @vancanadians Anyone in a the Canucks front office that is thinking about Hronek for McTavish should be fired immediately.

Maybe you take a flyer on him for a mid to late pick, but you don’t trade your best player for a project

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@ThomasDrance @airjan23 @nytimes He should be the pick. Then we need Johnson to go Burkie, claim the Canucks had him at 1 and they just stole the best player in the draft.

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Might Viggo Bjorck have grown? Receiving top player awards he looks every bit as tall (maybe taller) than Stenberg. Will be curious to see what he measures at the combine.
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@stephen_offredi I tend to think Malhotra, although personally, I lean Bjorck. Either would be good picks for them.

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Hot take.

Toronto drafts Stenberg at 1

Sharks trade 2, to the Blackhawks for 4, 34 & 37.

Blackhawks draft McKenna at No. 2 and reunite him with Bedard.

Sharks take Verhoeff or Reid at 4

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If the Canucks need someone new in Abby, Jussi Ahokas of Kitchener is someone they should talk to about the job. The guy is an up and comer for sure.
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@Sportsnet650 Absolutely you do that. The drop from Stenberg to Bjorck or Carels is not existent IMO.

Bjorck has Sid’s seal of approval and that makes him the guy I want this year if McKenna doesn’t fall.

Kid has those Predator Eyes

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Update, hoping for Taylen Green out of Arkansas for the @Eagles

Best athlete in the draft. Gotta take a shot on him playing somewhere at this point in the draft.

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Hoping Jalon Kilgore makes it to the @Eagles at 178.

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@taj1944 @JMedd19 I think the question should be, with the track record the Canucks had treating people, do Manny & RJ want their first NHL jobs to be with this clown show?

Clearly better jobs elsewhere if they want them.

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@SadClubCommish I’d go to war with that guy. Canucks could use a little more of this

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@taj1944 @fr_aquilini Yahhh…not even close to the same. Bednar had won an ECHL & AHL title when the Avs decided to stick with him—the track record was there.

Foote, and I like him, has a 60-95-20 record as a head coach in the WHL & NHL.

Good guy, but he hasn’t shown the ability to win

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@DonnieandDhali @DhaliwalSports Honestly, neither. We’re judging their excellence based on one good year. How’d the Abby Canucks do this season? 32 out of 32 just like the big club. Nils Aman was the leading scorer.

The whole organization needs an overhaul

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@SanderEDM @DLLS_Stars @MikeHeika I was thinking the same thing. Waaaay too small