Who will Score the Goals for Vancouver Next Year?

The Canucks are in a conundrum this offseason. They failed to get anything from Boeser and Suter at the trade deadline and with limited options to replace those players when free agency opens on July 1st, the question of who will replace the loss of 50 goals is a slightly concerning one. 

Assuming that there are no trades in the offseason the Canucks will return 189 goals. Fortunately, a handful of Canucks had really bad years there is a chance that Vancouver can return without a major eye opening move. 

NAME
Jake DeBrusk LW      28                                      25
Brock Boeser RW 25                                              0*
Pius Suter C    25                                                      0*
Conor Garland RW    19                                               20
Kiefer Sherwood LW   19                                               15
Quinn Hughes D    16                                                    20
Elias Pettersson C   15                                                 30
J.T. Miller LW  9                                                                  0*
Teddy Blueger C    8                                                             8
Nils Hoglander LW    8                                                   20
Dakota Joshua C               7                                         10
Aatu Raty C                       7                                       15
Tyler Myers D    6                                                  6
Danton Heinen LW     6                                       0*
Filip Hronek D        5                                        5
Drew O'Connor LW *   4                       10
Carson Soucy D  3                                         0*
Erik Brannstrom D   3                                    0*
Max Sasson C      3                                          5
Jona      3                                                           10
Linus Karlsson C     3                                      3
Derek Forbort D    2                                          0*
Filip Chytil C *    2                                10
Marcus Pettersson D *    1                      3
Nils Aman C   1                                       2
Phillip Di Giuseppe LW   1                   0*
Elias N. Pettersson D     1                    2
Victor Mancini D *   1                     2
Daniel Sprong RW *  1                  0*
Arshdeep Bains LW     1                       2
Vincent Desharnais D   0                      0*
Mark Friedman D    0                             0*
Noah Juulsen D       0                                  0*
Kirill Kudryavtsev D  0                              1
Ty Mueller C     0                                        2
Guillaume Brisebois D    0                        0*
Total

 

* means that the player will likely not be back next year or not expected to score any 

goals for Vancouver. 

Adding up the totals gives us at 219. Keep in mind that out of all the teams to make

the playoffs Minnesota was the lowest scoring team at 224. For the Canucks to

make the playoffs I'm looking at adding four players. Let's assume they strike 

out with all the names that have been mentioned by fans the last couple of 

months and slide some names that are under the radar right now. 

Tyson Jost and Reily Smith would be low risk high reward moves. There is 

more risk with Smith at 34 but there is also be more upside. Having a below

average year there shouldn't be too much of a overpayment but his playoff 

experience would be valuable. 

Jost was once a high prospect out of the Penticton Vees and could use a return

to B.C. 

Defenseman Tony DeAngelo would be a great pickup if he can keep any off the ice 

issues away from the team. 

Josh Mahura can fill the Forbot role of just being a depth defenseman and not screwing  up.  With these four additions, I project 241 goals next year and a possibility of making the  playoffs if Demko can stay healthy.

  

Here is how I'm trying to lineup the lines next year:

	LW	C	RW
	Jake Debrusk	Elias Pettersson	Connor Garland
	Nils Hoglander	Philup Chytil	Reily Smith
	Dakota Joshua	Teddy Blueger	Kiefer Sherwood
	Drew O'Connor	Tyson Jost	Aatu Raty
	Defenseman
	Quinn Hughes	Filip Hronek
	Marcus Petterson	Tyler Myers
	Victor Mancini	Tony DeAngelo
	Josh Mahura

Will Any of These Canadians play in NBA?

Taking a deep dive into the top Canadians in NCAA today. Putting the list here as in 10 years it will be interesting to see how many of these Canadians play in the NBA. Also curious how many play for Canada. 

My guess is that only 5-8 players will play in the NBA. However, there are big teams in Europe that might be giving a handful of players a try. There are a boat load of Canadians playing in Europe that I will feature in a future blog. 

These were just the players playing in March Madness this year but there were 100 something players playing in NCAA this year.  

Olivier	Rioux	Florida	Center	7'9"
Emanuel	Sharp	Houston	Guard	6'3"
Aden	Holloway	Alabama	Guard	6'1"
Baraka	Okojie	Memphis	Guard	6'3"
Keeshawn	Barthelemy	Oregon	Guard	6'1"
Will	Riley	illinois	Forward	6'8"
Oliver	Faubert	Saint Mary's	Forward	6'9"
Ryan	Nembhard	Gonzaga	Guard	6'0"
Michael	Nwoko	Mississippi State	Center	6'10"
Jeremy	Foumena	Mississippi State	Center	6'11"
Jalen	Celestine	Baylor	Guard	6'7"
Kobe	Elvis	Oklahoma	Guard	6'1"
Jovan	Milicevic	New Mexico	Forward	6'10"
Bryant	Selebangue	McNeese State	Forward	6'8"
Justin	Rochelin	UC San Diego	Guard	6'5"
Simon	Hildebrandt	High Point	Forward	6'9"
Liam	McChesney	High Point	Forward	6'10"
Josh	Omojafo	Robert Morris	Guard	6'5"
Kyler	Filewich	Wofford	Center	6'9"

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