Confirmed with Link: Vrana @50%

[TheDizee]

Enjoy Vrana guys we literally gave him away to you and I still don't know why..

IMO the Redwings knew he was not gonna work out in Detroit so they returned the favor for what we did for Fabbri a few years ago.

 

[Linkens Mastery]

Enjoy Vrana guys we literally gave him away to you and I still don't know why..

Feels like the Fabbri deal. Didn't have a spot for him, and traded him as a favor to the player.

 

[Steve Yzerlland]

IMO the Redwings knew he was not gonna work out in Detroit so they returned the favor for what we did for Fabbri a few years ago.

I rather have Vrana over Fabbri but I'm happy he is playing well. He is so dynamic and exciting. I hope he scores 40 for you guys next year.

 

[Blueston]

Feels like the Fabbri deal. Didn't have a spot for him, and traded him as a favor to the player.

I don’t think yzerman was doing him any favors. He was pretty pissed at him. Sense I got is that he felt vrana was less than honest with him and he just wanted vrana gone.

 

[Xerloris]

Enjoy Vrana guys we literally gave him away to you and I still don't know why..

Because Yzerman owed Armstrong a favor.

 

[Brian39]

Obviously a very, very small sample size. But 4 goals in 5 games is a pretty fantastic start.

He still absolutely has a ++ NHL shot and he's doing a good job getting himself in position to use it. He's not going to keep shooting 21% and he's not going to keep pumping 4 shots a game on net. But he is looking like a bit of a volume shooter and this team only has one other forward willing/able to do that (Kyrou). He gets shots off quickly with accuracy and velocity.

After 5 games, I have him penciled in on the top PP unit moving forward. He does a good job finding the soft areas in coverage and then wiring a quick one timer when the puck gets to him. We'll see how well he can round out the rest of the game, but he still looks like a 30+ goal shooter to me.

 

[Xerloris]

Obviously a very, very small sample size. But 4 goals in 5 games is a pretty fantastic start.

He still absolutely has a ++ NHL shot and he's doing a good job getting himself in position to use it. He's not going to keep shooting 21% and he's not going to keep pumping 4 shots a game on net. But he is looking like a bit of a volume shooter and this team only has one other forward willing/able to do that (Kyrou). He gets shots off quickly with accuracy and velocity.

After 5 games, I have him penciled in on the top PP unit moving forward. He does a good job finding the soft areas in coverage and then wiring a quick one timer when the puck gets to him. We'll see how well he can round out the rest of the game, but he still looks like a 30+ goal shooter to me.

He looks enthusastic like Tarasenko use to be.

 

[Linkens Mastery]

I kinda like Kyrou and Vrana together offensively. Especially on the PP. Not a fan of them both on the same line in the D-zone tho. Lol.

 

[MissouriMook]

Obviously a very, very small sample size. But 4 goals in 5 games is a pretty fantastic start.

He still absolutely has a ++ NHL shot and he's doing a good job getting himself in position to use it. He's not going to keep shooting 21% and he's not going to keep pumping 4 shots a game on net. But he is looking like a bit of a volume shooter and this team only has one other forward willing/able to do that (Kyrou). He gets shots off quickly with accuracy and velocity.

After 5 games, I have him penciled in on the top PP unit moving forward. He does a good job finding the soft areas in coverage and then wiring a quick one timer when the puck gets to him. We'll see how well he can round out the rest of the game, but he still looks like a 30+ goal shooter to me.

Regarding the bolded, I felt like he spent too much time high in the zone near the blue line, but I feel like that is more our structure than his tendencies because I felt the same frustration with Tarasenko's role on the PP. I just don't like the idea of having your most dangerous shooter that far from the net.

 

[joe galiba]

Regarding the bolded, I felt like he spent too much time high in the zone near the blue line, but I feel like that is more our structure than his tendencies because I felt the same frustration with Tarasenko's role on the PP. I just don't like the idea of having your most dangerous shooter that far from the net.

If you have a shooter who has the velocity and accuracy to score from further away, it allows you to move the shooter out further and force the defenders to have to either move a lot more or have to be more spread out

 

[jura]

The Crow

 

[Linkens Mastery]

I kinda like Kyrou and Vrana together offensively. Especially on the PP. Not a fan of them both on the same line in the D-zone tho. Lol.

Gosh darn it

 

[Linkens Mastery]

Get Blais the hattie , please.

Then give up six quick ones.

Only if they put Griess in.

 

[m1a2lt]

Interview with Vrana from The Hockey News:

For Jakub Vrana, forward sees new lease on life on, off ice with Blues after recent experience with Red Wings

 

[shpongle falls]

Interview with Vrana from The Hockey News:

For Jakub Vrana, forward sees new lease on life on, off ice with Blues after recent experience with Red Wings

Great article thanks for sharing. Seems like a good dude I hope he continues playing well and we resign him. Love him on a line with Thomas and Kyrou.

 

[ChicagoBlues]

Interview with Vrana from The Hockey News:

For Jakub Vrana, forward sees new lease on life on, off ice with Blues after recent experience with Red Wings

Fantastic piece!

Wouldn't it be amazing if Vrana becomes the guy who brings this team together?

His comments about togetherness while with the Capitals were very telling when it comes to his outlook on life.

 

[Mike Liut]

Interview with Vrana from The Hockey News:

For Jakub Vrana, forward sees new lease on life on, off ice with Blues after recent experience with Red Wings

id love to sign him long term. He could be the perfect addition to this core. He has loads of skill and is the age we are looking for.

 

[BlueDream]

I want to re-sign him too. To me, if we’re looking to trade him, that just means we’re planning for a long rebuild. He’s the exact type of player we need to be adding to our core and now that we finally have him, let’s keep him. That goes with Armstrong’s plan of a quicker re-tool.

 

[STL fan in MN]

I really hope Vrana works out but I’d want a ton more evaluation time before considering re-signing him.

His last 2 seasons started like this:

2021-22: Wings determine at the beginning of the summer that he needs shoulder surgery. He says nah. Going to rehab it. Shows up to camp and injures the shoulder a few minutes into the very first practice. Then has the surgery, out for months.

2022-23: Plays 2 games, then enters Player Assistance Program. Out for months.

The Blues need to make sure he doesn’t have a ton of idle time this summer to fall back into old habits. And if he can do well for at least the first few months of next season, then I’d absolutely be interested in re-signing him.

 

[Renard]

I really hope Vrana works out but I’d want a ton more evaluation time before considering re-signing him.

His last 2 seasons started like this:

2021-22: Wings determine at the beginning of the summer that he needs shoulder surgery. He says nah. Going to rehab it. Shows up to camp and injures the shoulder a few minutes into the very first practice. Then has the surgery, out for months.

2022-23: Plays 2 games, then enters Player Assistance Program. Out for months.

The Blues need to make sure he doesn’t have a ton of idle time this summer to fall back into old habits. And if he can do well for at least the first few months of next season, then I’d absolutely be interested in re-signing him.

Wasn't an injured shoulder and the need for surgery the start of Tarasenko's estrangement with the Blues?

 

[Xerloris]

Wasn't an injured shoulder and the need for surgery the start of Tarasenko's estrangement with the Blues?

i mean maybe? We'll never truly know for sure.

This is entirely my own thoughts and has no place in reality. but.....
What if Tarasenko got his cup and decided now it's time to make his wife happy and move her to a city where she can be a model again?

 

[STL fan in MN]

Wasn't an injured shoulder and the need for surgery the start of Tarasenko's estrangement with the Blues?

Sort of. The issue seemed to be more that the 2 surgeries completed by Blues docs were botched (or at least Tarasenko thought they were botched) more so than that he needed shoulder surgery.

 

[AjaxManifesto]

He's kicking ass

 

[Mike Liut]

He's kicking ass

35g next year?

 

[Blueston]

He has been extremely good. Detroit screwed up. Yzerman got pissed at him and decided he had to go. Would have been far smarter to try to rehabilitate his value and deal him over summer if he still wanted him gone. instead they made it personal and gave away highly skilled player.