Blueliner70
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- Mar 16, 2018
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Fresh off a very good prospects tournament in Traverse City. What are the thoughts? Does he have a legit shot to make the final roster out of training camp? Or is he Grand Rapids bound?
Veleno looked NHL ready last training camp and nothing has changed my mind in the past year.
Ehn/Turgeon are nothing more than 4th line centers.Yeah I remember thinking he deserved a 9 game stint before being sent back to junior based on how good he was last year. I definitely think hell play some games this year just not sure how many. It also kinda depends on what the team thinks of Ehn/Turgeon and where those guys are this year.
Thing with Veleno is he listens to coaches and works really hard so its not like a Mantha case where they wanted him to quit floating before his call up
Ehn/Turgeon are nothing more than 4th line centers.
I wholeheartedly agree. (Which is rare for us)Yeah I remember thinking he deserved a 9 game stint before being sent back to junior based on how good he was last year. I definitely think hell play some games this year just not sure how many. It also kinda depends on what the team thinks of Ehn/Turgeon and where those guys are this year.
Thing with Veleno is he listens to coaches and works really hard so its not like a Mantha case where they wanted him to quit floating before his call up
I wholeheartedly agree. (Which is rare for us)
Tough to make this team unless 1) he makes it impossible to keep him down or 2) one of our centers get hurt.
As nice as it was to see Veleno score goals at the tournament, I honestly felt he wasn't as impressive as I'd hoped. Maybe that's my fault for expectations.
But I didn't see as much defensive hustle as I wanted. Again, maybe he's not just that "defensive hustle" kind of guy. He does seem to play a calm game, compared to Larkin's hard-changing ways, for example.
I also saw some lazy passing.
He's going to have clean that up.
Overall, I'd say 15 percent chance he makes the team.
This likely predicament is exactly why I'm against the Flip signing. Either way, it should be Abby/JDLR/Ehn to GR instead of moving Nielsen, who has value, even if he is overpaid by $1M & signed for 2yrs too long.How the hell is averaging 1.75 gpg and 2 pts a game not good enough? He is 19 not 21-23. While I agree it is not likely he makes it barring injury but if he proves he can handle 3rd line C duties and #19 pulls off a miracle getting Nielsuck off this team to give him a place I'm all for it.
How the hell is averaging 1.75 gpg and 2 pts a game not good enough? He is 19 not 21-23. While I agree it is not likely he makes it barring injury but if he proves he can handle 3rd line C duties and #19 pulls off a miracle getting Nielsuck off this team to give him a place I'm all for it.
Is the 9 game thing something we have to consider with him this year?
10. I think you forgot to count Erne or Flip, or maybe left out Abby on purpose.Veleno looks NHL ready to me. I would expect him to start in the AHL and be the first callup.
The Wings currently only have 9 full-time NHL forwards under contract, so he could conceivably surprise and make the team.
10. I think you forgot to count Erne or Flip, or maybe left out Abby on purpose.
There is no issue with letting Veleno play wing his first season.I think Veleno doesn't play unless it's at center, battling Flip and Nielsen for a job. I don't think he wins that battle this year, unless there's an injury.
On the wing, the addition of Erne might not change things much. It might just bump Ehn to GR.
Or the press box.
Then you've got Zadina, Rasmussen, Hirose, and Svech competing for 2 spots in the lineup.
I'm saying, as a center, he did not play very well. His defense wasn't hot. His passing wasn't very good. A couple turnovers for goals against. His zone entries were iffy. Based on the expectations I had after last year's NHL exhibition season and his season in the Q.
I'm all for Joe V. Have been since day 1. Since before the draft.
But I wasn't that impressed with his overall play, outside of shooting.