I don’t really follow NHL all that actively but having played hockey with Tom in Saltsjöbaden IF I’m sure he’ll be a good addition to Vancouver. No one I’ve ever meet can match his intensity and ferociousness on the ice. Big congratulations Tom and Go Canucks!
As a Nucks fan, I am not. Benson was right there. This might turn out to be another picking Podkozin instead of Caufield kind of thing. Can't believe Benson fell to 13.
I think when he gets here no one will complain. He will compliment Hughes. See's the ice well. Like a Swiss Army Knife. He can do a lot and will just get better. And he can play physical.
I like how Alvin just went straight to who they were picking. Every other GM before him either first thanked Nashville for hosting and/or congratulated Vegas on winning the Cup, but Alvin has sh*t to do so he gets right to the chase.
Allvin's butchering of Willander's name was hilarious. That's not even remotely close to how you pronounce his name. A deep drunk Canadian would probably have come closer to the actual pronunciation. This is what happens when Euros come over to NA and try to sound like a native English speaker.
@@okyouknowwhatever Still better than Carey Price forgetting the last name of the player they were drafting. He might have to go back into that program.
@@xboxrules8472 yes, but Smyl isn't Swedish himself and shouldn't be expected to know how to pronounce Swedish names perfectly. this isn't something unique to Allvin though, tons of Euro players butcher even their own names trying to sound North American.
great agility and puck movement, needs to improve his shot from the point though. Don't know why people are mad because we added another sweed, he is exactly what the canucks need.
I love it when people who have barely laced up skates and never played more than peewee are suddenly experts on who’s going to be good and who isn’t. My favourite (cough) are the people who can’t help themselves and have to be racist about it. “Swedes are soft!” Apparently they didn’t grow up in the 80s and 90s. The Samuelsson brothers were everything but soft. Hedman? These days, nationality means nothing. And I’d rather have Willander, a guy with top 4 potential than some winger who has just as much chance of not panning out. Benson is the sexy pick because he played for the Giants, but the last time we picked a local speedster, it didn’t work out so well. They could have done a lot worse. I wanted Simashev because he’s a big, potential top pairing D. But what do I know? I like the pick. And if Juolevi hadn’t gotten hurt and then gotten COVID, who knows what he could have been? He got really sick and ask Sutter how that stays with you.
To be honest, I was hoping for Benson or Moore because they were still on the board. But the Canucks sub reddit brought Willander to my attention a few weeks before the draft and I think he's a worthy pick at 11th. I've got high hopes for him, liking more about him the more I learn. Let's go Willander!
Welcome to Vancouver, Tom Willander! I was hoping for one of the three remaining Greater Vancouver area players, LW Zach Benson(Langley), LW Andrew Cristall(Vancouver) and D Lukas Dragicevic(Richmond) but there is a lot of promise with this young defenseman who has committed to play at Boston University in the NCAA which is great decision on his part. Will Willander become the next coming of Mattias Õhlund?? Who knows. However, I'm sure he won't be the Swedish version of Ollie Juolevi.
Happy with the pick. Right D are hard to find. Drafting them is smart. Canucks need to build up the defense. Now they can sign some old guys to fill in until he's ready.
When he comes to the Canucks put him on a defence pair with Hughes and have him with Hughes on the 1st PP unit with Rathbone hopefully making the team full time anchor the 2nd unit
Defensemen don't play on forward lines. At one time the Canucks cornered the market on players named Tyler. Tyler Motte, Tyler Myers, Tyler Toffoli, Tyler Madden.
As much as i would've like the Canucks to have taken ASP i think his size really played a factor in them choosing Willander over ASP. They definitely chose needs over best player available as there were a few high end forwards still on the board at pick 11 like Benson, Barlow, Perreault. Really hope they didn't 2nd guess themselves here.....we don't need another Jolevi mistake again.
What I don't understand is why Allvin, as a swede, is trying to pronounce his name as an amercan would pronounce it and not how it's actually pronounced.
I'm really not that familer with any of these players(besides Bedard) so all i can do is trust the GM and the scouts to make the best pick then complain about it later if it doesn't work out.
@@rightwingcollectiveiq you can also get RHD through those channels? You’re acting like you can only draft them and that’s untrue, and if you look at Benson v. willander in terms of resell, you could probably get a RHD prospect for benson if he doesn’t sign or turn out, whereas you could get a lot less for Willander
@@xboxrules8472 yeah yeah laugh it up, but even though RHD’s are harder to come by, it would be easier trading benson to get potentially a better RHD than Willander
@@rightwingcollectiveiq when the hell did I say that defencemen and forwards are the same? That’s some deluded argument you got there bud. All I’m saying is that I would rather draft a excellent winger than a good RHD
Yep me too got zero coming up nothing down the center and we drafy a dman with that center talent sitting there Van dtafting high d picks has never worked ever
Lmao Canucks fan crying about Benson, I thought we needed hep on defence? What happened to that? Remember everyone moaning about not taking Cody Glass in 2017? Yeah
Our fans are by far the very worst in the NHL. I have said that since 1972, when they booed Team Canada and cheered for the Commies.. Think that kinda brought a curse on the Canucks. Then we signed the Russian blimp, Krutov and 375g and paid the Russian I H Fedration 375 to match it. Medicine hat? they got $60 g in compensation for Linden. Who lasted longer?? Oh yeah. Mark Recchi right under our noses for 2 full drafts.. We took what was his name? Darren Bader.. previous year Rob Woodward. I know you never heard of those guys. they were duds. Passed on keith Tkachuk for Antoski. another dud. they the bench Gino in the SCF 94 and ran with Antoski. Gino 3 times the player though . I detest this organization, and have lived with it for like 52 years
@@glenw-xm5zf hes as close to a sure thing as there is outside the top picks. We all know hes small. This guy is projected to be able to drive play from the winger spot hes no garland
@@glenw-xm5zf no he doesent. Garland is a guy who has to be 150% better than most players 24/7 cuz of his lack of size. If he played like he was 200 lbs he wouldnt have negative value
I don’t really follow NHL all that actively but having played hockey with Tom in Saltsjöbaden IF I’m sure he’ll be a good addition to Vancouver. No one I’ve ever meet can match his intensity and ferociousness on the ice. Big congratulations Tom and Go Canucks!
He seems quite competitive, is this true?
@@KoolCatCurtis Yes absolutely, in a good way do though
You can just tell by his confidence that he's going to be good. Love this pick!
I noticed the same.
As a Canucks fan I'm happy. Let's go Willander!
As a Nucks fan, I am not. Benson was right there. This might turn out to be another picking Podkozin instead of Caufield kind of thing.
Can't believe Benson fell to 13.
Benson 1000 Times over
@@conservativeamber1216 so you wanted another garland that were trying to get rid of?
@baiqi44 who cares those guys are easy to get. They are a dime a dozen. Good d has higher value when they hit
@@baiqi44 This reminds me of another potential Juolevi/Tkachuk scenario.. fingers crossed !
As a swede, I'm happy to soon be on the Canucks team!
Yeah😂
You're not wrong
I think when he gets here no one will complain. He will compliment Hughes. See's the ice well. Like a Swiss Army Knife. He can do a lot and will just get better. And he can play physical.
A physical Swede is an oxymoron
@@Landis_Grant Ulf Samuelsson?
@@goodeye6373 Mats Naslund
@@Landis_Grant Peter Forsberg
Hes an elite skater aswell
Love the pick! Welcome to Canucks Willy!!!
Lets go Willander! Welcome to Vancouver!
Leave it up to Canucks fans to cry about not getting a Dman, then cry about getting a Dman.
CanucksVid! Dude you are a legend !!! I can’t wait until Canucks become good again because I know you will start making videos again then
right? benson is talented but a scoring undersized winger is not hard to acquire via trade or free agency.
Some fans in this city will cry no matter what
Feels like the Majority of fans. Sad
No self-awareness at all. Lol
I like how Alvin just went straight to who they were picking. Every other GM before him either first thanked Nashville for hosting and/or congratulated Vegas on winning the Cup, but Alvin has sh*t to do so he gets right to the chase.
No need for redundancy, we all have places to be and things to do.
Allvin's butchering of Willander's name was hilarious. That's not even remotely close to how you pronounce his name. A deep drunk Canadian would probably have come closer to the actual pronunciation. This is what happens when Euros come over to NA and try to sound like a native English speaker.
@@okyouknowwhatever Still better than Carey Price forgetting the last name of the player they were drafting. He might have to go back into that program.
@@okyouknowwhatever He did a better job than Stan Smyl.
@@xboxrules8472 yes, but Smyl isn't Swedish himself and shouldn't be expected to know how to pronounce Swedish names perfectly. this isn't something unique to Allvin though, tons of Euro players butcher even their own names trying to sound North American.
It's funny how everyone has an opinion on a player they likely have never seen play. Im just happy they didnt trade the pick away
great agility and puck movement, needs to improve his shot from the point though. Don't know why people are mad because we added another sweed, he is exactly what the canucks need.
Benson 100X over
Team euro soft uhggg colb and zach being there could have traded dpwn got Willander
@@conservativeamber1216 Canucks need defensemen prospects, not weak forwards
@@conservativeamber1216stop being foolish enough undersized wingers plus Benson isn't a very good skater ffs you know nothing
@conservativeamber1216 obviously you a mental midget ffs know nothing
Welcome to the club Willander! LETS GO CANUCKS!
Let's get Huggy and D Partner. I love it
we need dman prospects/dman in general, so while a bit confused by the pick it is needed
Canucks are gonna draft all of Sweden
I know it feels like we keep drafting Swedes but only 3 of our last 10 first round picks are Swedes lol
Team Sweden would beat every NHL team but be like $30m over the cap
Next jersey colour change is to blue and yellow.
@@mrquirky3626YELLOW and blue
Great pick
Love the pick
I love it when people who have barely laced up skates and never played more than peewee are suddenly experts on who’s going to be good and who isn’t. My favourite (cough) are the people who can’t help themselves and have to be racist about it. “Swedes are soft!” Apparently they didn’t grow up in the 80s and 90s. The Samuelsson brothers were everything but soft. Hedman? These days, nationality means nothing. And I’d rather have Willander, a guy with top 4 potential than some winger who has just as much chance of not panning out. Benson is the sexy pick because he played for the Giants, but the last time we picked a local speedster, it didn’t work out so well. They could have done a lot worse. I wanted Simashev because he’s a big, potential top pairing D. But what do I know? I like the pick. And if Juolevi hadn’t gotten hurt and then gotten COVID, who knows what he could have been? He got really sick and ask Sutter how that stays with you.
I listen to the 650, so I'm an expert too right?
lol Benson played for Winnipeg. You are mixing him up with Tyler Benson. brutal pick
Ur forgetting Börje here man
I'm with you until the Covid. A young guy like that isn't going to be affected at all
Actually a reason benson was passed was his speed. Small and slow but skilled. I like the pick
sedin fan and has half of each of their numbers, must feel great. lets hope its a good year
To be honest, I was hoping for Benson or Moore because they were still on the board. But the Canucks sub reddit brought Willander to my attention a few weeks before the draft and I think he's a worthy pick at 11th. I've got high hopes for him, liking more about him the more I learn. Let's go Willander!
Let’s go Tompa 💪
Welcome to Vancouver, Tom Willander! I was hoping for one of the three remaining Greater Vancouver area players, LW Zach Benson(Langley), LW Andrew Cristall(Vancouver) and D Lukas Dragicevic(Richmond) but there is a lot of promise with this young defenseman who has committed to play at Boston University in the NCAA which is great decision on his part. Will Willander become the next coming of Mattias Õhlund?? Who knows. However, I'm sure he won't be the Swedish version of Ollie Juolevi.
Ohlund. One the best we ever had here
Great pick!!
Happy with the pick. Right D are hard to find. Drafting them is smart. Canucks need to build up the defense. Now they can sign some old guys to fill in until he's ready.
When he comes to the Canucks put him on a defence pair with Hughes and have him with Hughes on the 1st PP unit with Rathbone hopefully making the team full time anchor the 2nd unit
DAMN IT
I wanted benson but he's cool too
Tochs just eyed him down 😂😂😂 one of the bigger Swedes we have
dummies here that wanted another small forward. we already have a benson and their names are garland hoglander boeser
Boeser is nothing like benson lmao
Always take the best player available I say
Team of midgets. I want wingers who are 6-1, 200+ and are mean
How Sweeeede it is!
petterson and willander will be deadly duo as will petersson and hoglander.
I thought Willander was a D man
@@glenw-xm5zf bandwagoner alert bandwagoner alert
If the Canucks trade for Leafs’ William Nylander, they will have a line consisting of JT Miller, Tom Willander and William Nylander!
Defensemen don't play on forward lines. At one time the Canucks cornered the market on players named Tyler. Tyler Motte, Tyler Myers, Tyler Toffoli, Tyler Madden.
@Forgivenessorlove Pettersson is a forward.
Willamder is a D though
As much as i would've like the Canucks to have taken ASP i think his size really played a factor in them choosing Willander over ASP. They definitely chose needs over best player available as there were a few high end forwards still on the board at pick 11 like Benson, Barlow, Perreault. Really hope they didn't 2nd guess themselves here.....we don't need another Jolevi mistake again.
If craig button recommends a player, do the opposite.
Finally a dman that doesnt suck like myers
What I don't understand is why Allvin, as a swede, is trying to pronounce his name as an amercan would pronounce it and not how it's actually pronounced.
Vancouver loves drafting Swedes
Yep and we still havent won a cup
@@drifter5682 and sadly, we never will. Stanley cup winners are stocked with the guys from Canada.. as in Major Junior.
but does he hit? Can he fight??
Note to kids, If you're a forward and want to get drafted, Drop down to the D line and become an "offensive defenseman"
What's his timeline? 3 years? Should be a solid player, though.
2-3
2
he'd be the 3rd best dman right now
I’m beginning to think they don’t even scout they just go with the highest rated Swede on the board at their draft position.
That's why we passed on matt kay Chuck. DUMB also Jakob Vhychrun
So fans are still complaining when Canucks drafted a RHD?
next draft the swedish goalie hellnemo
looks like dolph lundgrens son, drago jr
LOL Dolph is in real life, one huge tough s.o.b.
STOP THE ON-ICE ANIMATIONS 🤯
I'm really not that familer with any of these players(besides Bedard) so all i can do is trust the GM and the scouts to make the best pick then complain about it later if it doesn't work out.
I like Willander but why not benson
@@rightwingcollectiveiq you can also get RHD through those channels? You’re acting like you can only draft them and that’s untrue, and if you look at Benson v. willander in terms of resell, you could probably get a RHD prospect for benson if he doesn’t sign or turn out, whereas you could get a lot less for Willander
@@NK73080 That explains why the Canucks have so many RHD, and hardly any scoring wingers. Thanks for the education.
@@xboxrules8472 yeah yeah laugh it up, but even though RHD’s are harder to come by, it would be easier trading benson to get potentially a better RHD than Willander
@Np73080 bro obviously doesn't know how hard it is to get a good legitimate defensemen especially if he plays right
@@rightwingcollectiveiq when the hell did I say that defencemen and forwards are the same? That’s some deluded argument you got there bud. All I’m saying is that I would rather draft a excellent winger than a good RHD
I wonder if we shouldn't have taken a Monster large grinder...we are too small already !
Tom might fill out to 200
canucks picking up a swede, crazy
The next Cale Makar.
😅😅😅😅😅😅
Ahhhh
Alexander Edler 2.0
another Swede....what a surprise
Betman stop touching the kids like that!
Ahhhhh
Ahhhhhhhhhh
This dude has Heiskanen potential just relax a little, average skating undersized forwards are a dime a dozen.
Lmao
i like... looks cocky
Canucks drafted another Swede? That's odd lol
Knew this would happen as soon as we hired a Swedish GM. Should've taken Benson. This team man, I'm just about done.
They probably like Sweds more
Same
Yep me too got zero coming up nothing down the center and we drafy a dman with that center talent sitting there Van dtafting high d picks has never worked ever
@@drifter5682 srsly not that deep. benson undersized and offensive forward. Not responsible on the back end. Nucks rlly need that right?
@@conservativeamber1216amber beleive me, Willander is the real deal
If he dies....he dies
Lmao Canucks fan crying about Benson, I thought we needed hep on defence? What happened to that? Remember everyone moaning about not taking Cody Glass in 2017? Yeah
Our fans are by far the very worst in the NHL. I have said that since 1972, when they booed Team Canada and cheered for the Commies.. Think that kinda brought a curse on the Canucks. Then we signed the Russian blimp, Krutov and 375g and paid the Russian I H Fedration 375 to match it. Medicine hat? they got $60 g in compensation for Linden. Who lasted longer?? Oh yeah. Mark Recchi right under our noses for 2 full drafts.. We took what was his name? Darren Bader.. previous year Rob Woodward. I know you never heard of those guys. they were duds. Passed on keith Tkachuk for Antoski. another dud. they the bench Gino in the SCF 94 and ran with Antoski. Gino 3 times the player though . I detest this organization, and have lived with it for like 52 years
A Canadian franchise with no Canadian players. Lame
A canadian city with no canadians lol
@@rightwingcollectiveiq really? How many
@@rightwingcollectiveiq so basically 2 full time roster guys.
@@rightwingcollectiveiq seemingly
ot lame.. DUMB
Stay away from bettman! FAF
I can't stand that weasel
Of courss all the homers like this pick.
Enjoy your mediocre product lol
How's the weather in Tronna?
He is gonna f u up
Canucks will still be soft if they keep drafting sweds.
Sweds
@@Nucksfan1 forgot the “e” so what? I’m still a rockstar
It's easy to find tough guys. It's hard to find skill.
Hedman?? The Samuelsson brothers? Börje?
@@youtubehatesfreespeech Forgetting the E made you beyond a rock star 🤣🤣🤣
How do you pick this guy over Benson... terrible pick
Who was the BPA?? Benson is another pint size midget. Take a look at the roster of the Knights.
Kinda hard to determine at this stage of the game. ya think? Benson is small. I don't want any more forwards under 6-2 and play at 200+
@@glenw-xm5zf hes as close to a sure thing as there is outside the top picks. We all know hes small. This guy is projected to be able to drive play from the winger spot hes no garland
@@rohanthandi4903 Garland plays like he is 200 lbs, lol
@@glenw-xm5zf no he doesent. Garland is a guy who has to be 150% better than most players 24/7 cuz of his lack of size. If he played like he was 200 lbs he wouldnt have negative value
olli juolevi
only bandwagon noobs thought canucks would pick pellika over willander. dummys
a team who's defense is sooo soft, lets add another swede...brutal...when will this team get it and draft guys that are hard to play against...useless
Funny, I don't remember Mattias Ohlund or Alex Edler being soft
Good players are hard to play against, and Willander is a good player.
@@sandlackfunny i dont remember them ever winning the cup either
@@sandlack ya well, i don't remember them being Chris Pronger or Chris Chelios either.
betman getting a little to much touchy feely with these kids. i dont like it. he 4 sure visited epstein island.