Suffice it to say, he probably will be one of the biggest steals of the 2017 Draft.The Canucks cannot afford to let Rathbone go quietly into the night. A fiercely competitive goalie, DiPietro has defied the odds as a “small” goalie. With the way hockey is played right now, they need a defenceman like him on the blueline. Sure, we had Kirk McLean in …
And in June, I did a two-hour drive to London to skate with Bo Horvat and Tanner Pearson four times a week.
Apart from the talent that is Hughes, they do not have anyone else that can play the game like him. Vancouver Canucks Top 5 Goalie Prospects. Michael DiPietro (Vancouver Canucks) 6’0″ 200 OHL. Mike DiPietro isn’t wired to be a bubble boy. Twitter. And it’s physical distancing at every turn as a 21-year-old, mask-wearing asthmatic, to make the most of Phase 2 voluntary skates in the NHL’s Return To Play plan.“You just do the right things as instructed by health officials. Arvid Costmar: 7.0 4.0 Pavel Francourz of the Colorado Avalanche was 14th and is a six-footer.“Usually, at the end of a year, you can have some closure and that was probably the worst part. Now I am not saying that Rathbone is at the same level, but he has the mobility, smarts, and offensive potential that is required to succeed in the league right now. And there was the mind-numbing, confidence-zapping, circus-like 7-2 drubbing by the San Jose Sharks on Feb. 11, 2019 because Markstrom and Demko were injured — although Markstrom did act as the backup.What wasn’t surprising is how DiPietro has dealt with COVID-19 awareness. Erin Butler - July 22, 2020. Iain MacIntyre ranks the top five players in the Canucks' prospect pipeline, which may be stronger than it's ever been. Strengths: Even with the graduation of Bo Horvat, the Canucks have a fair amount of high-end talent among their forward prospects, namely Nicklas Jensen, Jake Virtanen, and Jared McCann. I found some synthetic ice and I would go out in my gear in my driveway and he took shots at me in March and April. ), DiPietro said Thursday.
And even though the real work starts at camp with goalie coach Ian Clark, any ice is good ice. DiPietro’s off-season home is the tiny town of Amherstburg, a 35-minute drive from Windsor.It’s Netflix binging in his downtown hotel room, FaceTime calls with his grandmother and long-distance card games with her on the iPad. Thatcher Demko the 6-4 goalie who was drafted in the second round by the Canucks is having another good season. The top 13 NHL goalies this season in goals-against average were all well above six feet. I’m not going to go and hide inside. 13. The Vancouver Canucks suffered for many years with a reputation of having a goalie graveyard.