why that "#****stormhate" for Vanek?
Vanek ,ok no 70 Points, but really-vanek have big Months february and March, help the team to make the PO.
Bad PO?
I didn't notice parise in the four games against Chicago where is there the hate? where was Parise?
hero to zero- vanek come back strong next year and all will "love" him thats sports entertainment -Monday he is bad friday he is the best player.....
You related?
If you can't see what a crap, turnover riddled season he had I don't know what to say to you.
When Haula scored that first goal in the last game, then had a rush through the neutral zone where he was blowing by everyone it gave me hope that he will fix whatever was wrong this year ( concussion symptoms, conditioning, both?) and come back as a viable 3rd line C.
For me, it's Kuemper, Haula( though, to be fair, they are both 7th rounders), and Vanek. I didn't know much about Vanek, but was suspicious after hearing descriptions of his game( I was not alone, Randy BoRandy said not to touch him back in early 2014). I saw another Heatley in the making. A player like him who doesn't play a sound game(I.e. As last forward entering the O zone chooses to backpass to Mr. Nobody)BETTER score a lot to make up for his errors. He didn't. He has no physical game, no hustle, no speed at all, no defensive game... Thank God Fletcher only signed him for three years rather than the seven that everyone was talking about last summer. That contract would've been a team killer.
I actuallly thought that Koivu had a good regular season. I used to be mad at him for not showing up in the playoffs, but I think I've just accepted what he is. A good, second line, defensive C who has good size and knows how to use it. He is a bit overpaid, but that is for past services rendered to the team when he did EVERYTHING. He is a declining player, but still good, and plays a responsible game.
I've been on Pominville since last year's playoffs, when I noticed he shied away from contact along the wall. I know he's not a big guy, and I don't expect him to take on Bickell in a physical confrontation, but playoff hockey demands you at least try. I don't see that . He looks like a scared perimter player out there, and what's more, even when he gets clear cut offensive chances he has a tendency to flub them. That has nothing to do with physicality...to me he is a lightweight middle sixer playing on a top line. Wish we could trade him. Perhaps I'm taking him for granted, but I believe that you can take any of our young players and put him in Poms place along with Granlund and Parise and they will produce similar numbers, AND they will take the physical load off Parise and Granny. Those two are small , talented guys, and shouldn't have to be digging the puck out and feeding Poms.
