Troy Stecher?

[StamkosFan]

A guy that's flown under the radar but that I've been watching a lot, he appears to be Vancouver's #1/best defenseman right now according to pure stats and articles, but I don't follow the Canucks closely enough to know exactly his full potential. What do you guys think of him and his play?

[jcairns]

I like him a lot.

In fantasy land, I could see him emerging into a 2013-2016 Torey Krug type of producer (40ish points, 180-200 shots, mediocre blocks/hits).

[The Bottlenecker]

I like Stecher too, but I'm afraid he will become Vancouver's 2nd best defenseman as soon as Juolevi comes up and becomes what they expect him to become. However, I see Stecher being a solid 35-40 point guy who likes to shoot and adds some hits and blocks as well.

[Sulla]

Agree with what has already been posted... Also his numbers won't be helped by his lack of support up front right now

[lucafen4]

If you roster 5 or 6 Dmen he could be a good final D spot filler to draft late. Not huge in peripheral stats, but should give some decent production & 1st pp time moving forward. it'll be a couple years before Juolevi makes any difference (a year in the AHL, then a year gaining minutes/responsibility with the Canucks). The key for Stecher will most likely be a demotion of Edler to 2nd pair and stick with a HEALTHY Tanev gaining top minutes. Tanev is a solid stay at home guy, who would give him more room to push the play.

[Jones Street Boys]

Does the signing of Del zotto negate Stechers upside? I'm assuming those 2nd PP pairing minutes are Del zottos to lose out of training camp now.

[hawkdog]

I would be surprised if they took Stecher off his pairing with Edler - I think it might be MDZ/Tanev Guds/Hutton Edler/Stecher. 1pp will have to wait see what Green wants or likes.

[MrSandals]

Stecher wasn't getting massive PP points anyways.

[StuntMan12]

he should improve on his numbers from last year but not by much. 30-35 pts max

[MrSandals]

Particularly since nothing is really changing in Vancouver. No big injection of talent or anything. Hopefully he will play a full season, grow a bit in his game, and put up around 30 points like you said.