Veggie Tales!

[MayDayMayDay]

Veggie rules. First career shutout tonight. Most saves by a goalie in their first career shutout in NHL history.

How good is he? How good is he going to be? What's his future with the club?

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[moosemeister]

Trade him to EDM for a first and Koskinen

 

[SniperHF]

Missed thread title opportunity: "Vegging Out"

 

[More Cooley]

Please let Veggie stay.

 

[TheLegend]

 

[MIGs Dog]

Wedgie and Veggie are bad for the tank...trade them while their stock is up.

 

[GiveAFlyingPuck]

Who's the cat that won't cop out when there's danger all about? (Veggie)
Right on
You see this cat Veggie is a bad mother (Shut your mouth)
But I'm talkin' about Veggie (Then we can dig it)

 

[BAdvocate]

Veggie-might sandwich
a victory in between a bunch of losses every now and then, but I don't see him significantly derailing the U-tank.

 

[ck26]

Fine player, but he's also 25. Yes, goalies often bloom the latest, but he probably is what he's going to be: a borderline NHL'er who you find in Europe and can play pretty well at times and pretty poorly at times.

 

[PettersonHughes]

Wow you guys got a good one, kudos for signing him as a UFA.

 

[rt]

Please retitle: Veggie Tales

 

[MIGs Dog]

As mentioned in the GDT, Veggie has the best sv% among current and former Yotes goalies still playing. Don't think I missed anyone. He has been bombed at times but stood on his head many others.

Player	GP	GS	W	L	OT	Sv%	GAA
Karel Vejmelka	20	18	4	13	1	0.910	3.17
Antti Raanta	10	9	5	2	1	0.908	2.35
Darcy Kuemper	24	24	16	5	1	0.905	2.86
Adin Hill	20	18	9	9	0	0.903	2.81
Mike Smith	6	6	2	2	1	0.898	3.76
Thomas Greiss	16	15	6	7	1	0.894	3.36
Scott Wedgewood	17	14	4	9	3	0.894	3.33
Ivan Prosvetov	1	1	0	1	0	0.821	5
Carter Hutton	3	3	0	2	0	0.741	7.76

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

 

[MayDayMayDay]

Please retitle: Veggie Tales

Done!

 

[Nowotny]

Fine player, but he's also 25. Yes, goalies often bloom the latest, but he probably is what he's going to be: a borderline NHL'er who you find in Europe and can play pretty well at times and pretty poorly at times.

I think he had one bad game so far.....

 

[moosemeister]

I think he had one bad game so far.....

He's had a few stinkers, but I'm not going to hold him against it. The team in front of him isn't helping any.

He's really improved in a lot of areas. His rebound control has gotten much better since his first few starts. His in crease positioning has vastly improved too. He's trending in the right direction.

During pre-season I thought him and Thorton were the best goalies but both players were very raw. It's impressive to see how quickly Veggie turned into a legit NHL goalie in a few short months. I feel bad AZ can't win more for him.

 

[Nowotny]

He's had a few stinkers, but I'm not going to hold him against it. The team in front of him isn't helping any.

He's really improved in a lot of areas. His rebound control has gotten much better since his first few starts. His in crease positioning has vastly improved too. He's trending in the right direction.

During pre-season I thought him and Thorton were the best goalies but both players were very raw. It's impressive to see how quickly Veggie turned into a legit NHL goalie in a few short months. I feel bad AZ can't win more for him.

I have read few interviews with him in Czech media and he seems to be a very nice guy

 

[PainForShane]

I have read few interviews with him in Czech media and he seems to be a very nice guy

Can you post the links? Google translate is usually good enough to at least get the points across. Thanks! (and also welcome to the boards!)

 

[Nowotny]

Can you post the links? Google translate is usually good enough to at least get the points across. Thanks! (and also welcome to the boards!)

Thank you.Link didn't work but if you google: idnes.cz hokej nhl karel vejmelka it should get you there.

 

[AZviaNJ]

Edmonton is desperate for help in net…

 

[zerekstar]

We are winning games we deserve to lose. We are lessening our chances of a 1OA pick. We beat the Leafs!!!! all because of this guy. I love it and hate it at the same time. I wished he would have shown up two years from now after the Bedard sweepstakes were decided. What do you do with a guy like this? He's playing awesome but he's screwing up the plan. I'm torn.

 

[rt]

We are winning games we deserve to lose. We are lessening our chances of a 1OA pick. We beat the Leafs!!!! all because of this guy. I love it and hate it at the same time. I wished he would have shown up two years from now after the Bedard sweepstakes were decided. What do you do with a guy like this? He's playing awesome but he's screwing up the plan. I'm torn.

I don’t think we need to finish dead-last this year. The top of this draft is a lot flatter than most believed six months ago. There’s not an obvious franchise player.

Then next year, there appear to be three of them. So finishing dead-last ensures one of them. Thing is, we have only Keller, Schmaltz, Ladd, Chychrun and Gostisbehere signed next year as veteran players from this roster. Everyone else is FA. I think BA very much controls how deeply he wants to tank next season.

 

[TheLegend]

 

[MIGs Dog]

that's insane

 

[Edenjung]

We have our way with goalies.

Maybe teams with struggeling goaltenders should send us theirs for 1-2 weeks during the season and we take them.
Could bring in cash.

 

[zerekstar]

I don’t think we need to finish dead-last this year. The top of this draft is a lot flatter than most believed six months ago. There’s not an obvious franchise player.

Then next year, there appear to be three of them. So finishing dead-last ensures one of them. Thing is, we have only Keller, Schmaltz, Ladd, Chychrun and Gostisbehere signed next year as veteran players from this roster. Everyone else is FA. I think BA very much controls how deeply he wants to tank next season.

That's true. I am sure BA has gauged the draft market pretty well so he must be aware the top 2 or 3 are not that far apart. And besides that, I like the idea of a top rate pick which we have consistently screwed up in the past, but I also like to see us win now. I feel a lot more comfortable with this management group then I ever have with what we have had in the past. I feel pretty confident they will get this right.