As close to a win-win trade you can get.Henrique scores goal number 24 in the last game of the season for Ducks. Both Anaheim and New Jersey make the playoffs. This trade was probably one of the best made all season with both teams benefiting imo.
Henrique scores goal number 24 in the last game of the season for Ducks. Both Anaheim and New Jersey make the playoffs. This trade was probably one of the best made all season with both teams benefiting imo.
Yep a trade both teams needed and help both teams make the playoffs such a great trade it was.
Yup. Very definition of a good hockey trade.Henrique scores goal number 24 in the last game of the season for Ducks. Both Anaheim and New Jersey make the playoffs. This trade was probably one of the best made all season with both teams benefiting imo.
To be fair, Vats has always been a black hole defensively, but you do need some offense from the blue line in todays NHL. Ducks already had the offense, so Vatanen was redundant and left in a marginal third line role.
Win-win as Vatanen was handed a bigger offensive role in the Devils and seems to be handling it just fine despite the increased TOI and QoC.
I did say Vats seems to be handling the increased role just fine. Don't see how that is hating on him, I'm actually saying I was a bit wrong about him thinking he was only a third pairing D-man with a spot on the team as the power play specialist and was never gonna be anything more than that. I do admit I was never the biggest fan.There we go. I wondered how this thread had gone on so long without Hagged bird-dogging it out to come in and toss around some Vatanen hate.
To be fair, Vats has always been a black hole defensively, but you do need some offense from the blue line in todays NHL. Ducks already had the offense, so Vatanen was redundant and left in a marginal third line role.
Win-win as Vatanen was handed a bigger offensive role in the Devils and seems to be handling it just fine despite the increased TOI and QoC.
I did say Vats seems to be handling the increased role just fine. Don't see how that is hating on him, I'm actually saying I was a bit wrong about him thinking he was only a third pairing D-man with a spot on the team as the power play specialist and was never gonna be anything more than that. I do admit I was never the biggest fan.
In my defense, it actually would have been hard to be the biggest fan of his on the ducks board, with all the Vatanen>Lindholm fanboys from Finland like Eenok. The little good things Vatanen did in his limited role was immediately ruined by ridiculous overhype surpassing basically any overhype seen on these boards.
What happened to Blandisi?
Ah that’s a shame.He didn’t impress in few games he was here. There’s an argument he should be up over Chimera but he definitely didn’t show he belongs here.
I did say Vats seems to be handling the increased role just fine. Don't see how that is hating on him, I'm actually saying I was a bit wrong about him thinking he was only a third pairing D-man with a spot on the team as the power play specialist and was never gonna be anything more than that. I do admit I was never the biggest fan.
In my defense, it actually would have been hard to be the biggest fan of his on the ducks board, with all the Vatanen>Lindholm fanboys from Finland like Eenok. The little good things Vatanen did in his limited role was immediately ruined by ridiculous overhype surpassing basically any overhype seen on these boards.