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Is Vasili Podkolzin a bust? Let’s talk about how he went from being compared to former Canucks legend Mark Messier to the AHL once more.
Clip: https://twitter.com/Sportsnet650/status/1707122002539249968
This video is taking place after the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The 2023 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:
1st) Chicago Blackhawks, Connor Bedard
2nd) Anaheim Ducks, Leo Carlsson
3rd) Columbus Blue Jackets, Adam Fantilli
4th) San Jose Sharks, Will Smith
5th) Montreal Canadiens, David Reinbacher
6th) Arizona Coyotes, Dmitri Simashev
7th) Philadelphia Flyers, Matvei Michkov
8th) Washington Capitals, Ryan Leonard
9th) Detroit Red Wings, Nate Danielson
10th) St. Louis Blues, Dalibor Dvorsky
11th) Vancouver Canucks, Tom Willander
12th) Arizona Coyotes (from Ottawa Senators), Daniil But
13th) Buffalo Sabres, Zach Benson
14th) Pittsburgh Penguins, Brayden Yager
15th) Nashville Predators, Matthew Wood
16th) Calgary Flames, Samuel Honzek
17th) Detroit Red Wings (from New York Islanders via Vancouver Canucks), Axel Sandin Pellikka
18th) Winnipeg Jets, Colby Barlow
19th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Tampa Bay Lightning), Oliver Moore
20th) Seattle Kraken, Eduard Sale
21st) Minnesota Wild, Charlie Stramel
22nd) Philadelphia Flyers (from Los Angeles Kings via Columbus Blue Jackets), Oliver Bonk
23rd) New York Rangers, Gabe Perreault
24th) Nashville Predators (from Edmonton Oilers), Tanner Molendyk
25th) St. Louis Blues (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Otto Stenberg
26th) San Jose Sharks (from New Jersey Devils), Quentin Musty
27th) Colorado Avalanche, Calum Ritchie
28th) Toronto Maple Leafs (from Boston Bruins via Washington Capitals), Easton Cowan
29th) St. Louis Blues (from Dallas Stars via New York Rangers), Theo Lindstein
30th) Carolina Hurricanes, Bradley Nadeau
31st) Colorado Avalanche (from Florida Panthers via Montreal Canadiens), Mikhail Gulyayev
32nd) Vegas Golden Knights, David Edstrom
This video is also taking place after 2023 NHL Season, and after the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Florida Panthers in the Finals.
Vasili Podkolzin was one of the top NHL prospects at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft.
The 2019 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The first round of the draft went as follows:
1st – New Jersey Devils, Jack Hughes
2nd – New York Rangers, Kaapo Kakko
3rd – Chicago Blackhawks, Kirby Dach
4th – Colorado Avalanche (from Ottawa Senators), Bowen Byram
5th – Los Angeles Kings, Alex Turcotte
6th – Detroit Red Wings, Moritz Seider
7th – Buffalo Sabres, Dylan Cozens
8th – Edmonton Oilers, Philip Broberg
9th – Anaheim Ducks, Trevor Zegras
10th – Vancouver Canucks, Vasily Podkolzin
11th – Arizona Coyotes (from Philadelphia Flyers), Victor Soderstrom
12th – Minnesota Wild, Matthew Boldy
13th – Florida Panthers, Spencer Knight
14th – Philadelphia Flyers (from Arizona Coyotes), Cam York
15th – Montreal Canadiens, Cole Caufield
16th – Colorado Avalanche, Alex Newhook
17th – Vegas Golden Knights, Peyton Krebs
18th – Dallas Stars, Thomas Harley
19th – Ottawa Senators (from Columbus Blue Jackets), Lassi Thomson
20th – Winnipeg Jets (from Winnipeg via New York Rangers), Ville Heinola
21st – Pittsburgh Penguins, Samuel Poulin
22nd – Los Angeles Kings (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Tobias Bjornfot
23rd – New York Islanders, Simon Holmstrom
24th – Nashville Predators, Philip Tomasino
25th – Washington Capitals, Connor McMichael
26th – Calgary Flames, Jakob Pelletier
27th – Tampa Bay Lightning, Nolan Foote
28th – Carolina Hurricanes, Ryan Suzuki
29th – Anaheim Ducks (from San Jose Sharks via Buffalo Sabres), Brayden Tracey
30th – Boston Bruins, John Beecher
31st – Buffalo Sabres (from St. Louis Blues), Ryan Johnson
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13 Comments
He probably is now yeah. I was rooting for him and still am but there’s just nothing special to his game
I'd like to believe'n not a bust…
If he is talking about trades like laffy for podz, i wouldn't do that, honestly.
They both have a lot of potential still.
He's only 22… the work ethic is there for Podkolzin and he checks all the boxes, it's just his hockey I.Q. that needs to improve.
Messier played at center and Podkolzin plays at right wing. Has Podkolzin ever played center and I wonder if transitioning him to center would help improve his investment in controlling and setting up Vancouver's offense? Why not experiment with this with the Abbotsford Canucks and see how this affects his overall ability to be a difference-maker on the ice?
Maybe not a busy but I'd say third liner
Unfortunately, he likely is a bust… His numbers are just as bad or worse than Virtanen’s were.
He’s like Messier except that he lacks confidence. Messier was confidence personified. So Vancouver is once again full of 💩and have a real issue developing anybody not on a hall of fame path. What a pathetic organization
He ll be a useful and physical 2nd line winger one day he just he needs to play more get his confidence back. Those KHL years buried on the bottom 6 stifled his development 100%. I don't think having a baby last summer was good for his career either, cant blame him for being distracted. I'm willing to give him another whole year before I start thinking about the B word.
He is a Canucks therefore he is a bust
If he actually becomes a high energy, forechecking beast, defensively sound and chips in a bit offensively then to me he reaches his expectation. Honestly like 18 goals, 35 points with all of that is great. He can still do it just has to accept certain things about his game.
For those that actually saw his breakout tournament, that 18-19 Hlinka/Gretzky Cup, the comparable looked not like Mark Messier, but Pavel Bure. The way he was dangling through 2 or 3 defenders to score the spectacular individual highlight-reel goal was definitely a sight to behold. I wish we ended up with THAT guy, but it wasn't to be. I still hope he can help the team with his other assets though. As others have pointed out, he's still young.
Messier was great. Not the beast like Keith Tkachuck or Dale Hawerchuck He was a goal scorer like Marcel Dionne
Pod should have been in the minors from day one to get experience and learn the North American game time in the minors would be the best for him