Vilardi is the guy that myself and many others wanted to draft. He fell right into our laps and Holland passed on him. Even with all his injuries he looks way better than Rasmussen.
We'll see if he is able to play 82 NHL games without the back snapping again.
So far he has played 10 games. Regular NHL life with 100-game seasons aren't easy with concern like that. His seasons have been 48 games - 4 games - 42 -games after the draft. Not even 100 games combined in 3 years.
It was serious risk to draft him.
BTW, I'd like to see a playoff series, where A) Rasmussen shuts him down. B)Seider knocks him out from the game for an injury.
Maybe at the SC Finals some day.