Sharks fan hoping he plays well for you. Will play hard, he's very fast but really has no hands.
But you will like him just on his speed and effort.
I'll take speed over the slow, useless players we have in the bottom 6 right now.
What is Nieto's Columbus connection? Does he have property in Ohio? 3rd cousin owns a body shop in Columbus?
Should be a lock for the PK once he gets his footing here.
I'd wager he'll fit right in with what Bednar likes in forecheckers, speed and effort as well. If he rediscovers any of his offensive game it will just be a bonus.
I don' t really think he has an NHL level offensive game that he can rediscover.
That said. I absolutely could see him being a better option on the wing of Duchene than Iggy, Bourque (who sadly has slowed down a ton IMO) or maybe even Grigo.
He can atleast keep up with his speed and help him out in the defensive zone.
Guys, it's upsetting to read our own fans saying "poor Nieto for ending up here". Come on guys, this is our team through good & bad. At least we are now trying something.
It is pure sarcasm. The self deprecating humor this board used to have was among the very best. It died somewhere along the last couple Roy years with only glimmers of the past glory.... this is one of those glimmers.
Wow, that avi is FIRE. Nice work.
Wonder how long it takes for us to ruin him.
Nieto is a pretty solid bottom six player, pretty stoked to get him for free.
Didn't we say the same thing about Comeau, Soderberg etc... i mean this players likely look better on a good team, and i don't think it's gonna be any different with Nieto.
Not a single player is looking good on the Avs, and why would they when the team has fallen apart like that. But we'll see i guess
Comeau is a decent bottom-6 player when he's not asked to play above his capabilities. Soderberg just quits when he's asked to play a bottom-6 role.
I have hopes for Nieto being a decent bottom-6 guy here. Just his effort and speed alone will be refreshing to watch
The way is see it, Avs roster has major chemistry issue more than anything. I know i'm calling all the players useless, but when you think about it, it's like having different chemicals and trying to find the right mix.
Each chemical can be useful and serve purpose individually, but when wrongly mixed together, it becomes useless. That's what the Avs roster is, bunch of players mixed wrongly.
Players like Comeau, Soderberg etc.. can be good players on a good team, but they just useless on this Avs team. We'll see what Nieto brings to this mess, but it's hard to believe that he's gonna be able to do much on this team.