Claimed off Waivers: [VAN] Jimmy Vesey claimed off waivers by the Canucks from the Maple Leafs
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As a Rangers fan, Canucks fans will soon see just how vanilla of a player he is.
Vesey reminds me of Johnny Malkin. Not necessarily "bad" at anything, but also not "good" at anything. He's always just sort of... There. Doesn't really bring anything to the table aside from having a pulse. Personally, I would prefer every player in the lineup to have at least one thing that they're very good at, even if it's just board work or faceoffs or skating. I won't miss Vesey at all
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Uhhhh.. . He's not horriawful at defence, I guess? He's one of those guys that you kind of forget is on the ice for alot of the game. I can't hate on him for anything, but there's alot left to be desired.
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Vanilla? Sounds like a huge upgrade for our bottom 6.
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I dont think you understand how bad our bottom 6 is
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Against the Jets last week, Conner and Ehlers scored a beautiful 2-1 goal but if you watched the play it was entirely on Vesey.
Vesey circled up high with the puck and gave it to Holl who took it down the wall and behind the net. Vesey has got to realize he's covering for the defenseman in that situation. Instead, he just books it from the point and goes to the slot. Then the puck goes the other way and it's a two-on-one all the way.
Sauce, one-timer and it's in the net.
It was terrible awareness and there was no excuse for it. Coaches hate that and it was probably the final straw.
Vesey circled up high with the puck and gave it to Holl who took it down the wall and behind the net. Vesey has got to realize he's covering for the defenseman in that situation. Instead, he just books it from the point and goes to the slot. Then the puck goes the other way and it's a two-on-one all the way.
Sauce, one-timer and it's in the net.
It was terrible awareness and there was no excuse for it. Coaches hate that and it was probably the final straw.
I mean, Vancouver fans have seen him play against them this year and he probably did nothing memorable in those games. All of his goals this season were put on platters by Nylander too so he really hasn't even scored a toughie yet. TBH I don't miss him and I'm also not mad he stayed in the division
He might be better than some other options on Vancouver, I don't know the whole roster well but on the Leafs he made every line he was on statistically worse and we started using travis boyd as a better option than Vesey. Vesey has a -7.4 Corsi% relative to the rest of the team.... yikes.
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That's probably an 'at best' scenario. If you factor contracts in, then I can see vesey being a viable cost cutting option. If they were the same price I'd take Pearson 10/10 times though.
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Im sure he’s thrilled to leave a playoff bound team for a non-playoff bound one.
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There were a few UFA NCAA hacks who made an impression like Rafalski, St Louis, Belfour, Wheeler, Joe Mullen, Dan Boyle, Oates
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Tons of college UFAs make good impressions, because it doesn't mean they aren't drafted players with pedigree.
Gardiner and Wheeler were college UFAs, but they were 1st-round picks, too.
Undrafted college free agents are more rare but even someone like Chris Tanev is a good example of a player who can go undrafted, play college, then jump to the NHL.
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Yeah, I'm not sure why they or he himself thought that he might be a fit there. I don't think he would be that much better on a team that's taken a big step back this season.
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