Confirmed Signing with Link: [WPG] F Gabe Vilardi re-signs with the Jets (2 years, $3.4375M AAV)

[KingPuckChoo]

so for $5m more, you get Dubois LOL

Dubois better be turning my water into beer to justify that

 

[Trash Panda]

so for $5m more, you get Dubois LOL

Dubois better be turning my water into beer to justify that

Double the price, for 20-ish more points (for now).

Did I mention how much I dislike all of this?

 

[FrozenKing18]

I just hope he's half as good Kings fans have built him up to be for me!

If he stays healthy and be a little more consistent, y'all got yourself a great player! Dude has got a wicked wrister and some really sick hands in front of the net. Protect him at all costs!

 

[ffh]

I like Gabe alot and wrongly had him as the guy I wanted my Canucks to take and think that he might explode in Winnipeg or be meh just like the team that could be really good or all fall apart must be really hard to be a Jets fan recently.

Jets are better than last year and a good team and make the playoffs with regularity unlike Vancouver. Feel bad for fans of a decade bad team like Vancouver

 

[treple13]

Yup, it’s a big misconception around here but players who plays for the Flames and Oilers pay less taxes than the teams from California and New York states.

To take this a step further, until 2015, Alberta teams were the lowest taxed in the league period

 

[Rob Sense]

Canadian taxes are a motherf****r. Gotta get the most you can.

yes but the contract is in US dollars so multiply the salary by 1.5 living in Winnipeg and $CAN.

 

[mattihp]

Not bad at all.

 

[wetcoast]

As opposed to what?

A lot of players and teams are really predictable, the unrest in Winnipeg isn't predictable.

 

[KingBogo]

A lot of players and teams are really predictable, the unrest in Winnipeg isn't predictable.

And what is that unrest?

 

[wetcoast]

And what is that unrest?

Players wanting out or not wanting to resign all the way back to Trouba and then the Big Buff thing.

I like the Jets, and thought that they had a SC window, they just have a reputation now deserved or not of not being a destination that guys are falling over themselves to stay in.

 

[91Fedorov]

If he stays healthy and be a little more consistent, y'all got yourself a great player! Dude has got a wicked wrister and some really sick hands in front of the net. Protect him at all costs!

He almost went top 5 before the injury concerns came out. Solid player, I hope he can stay healthy.

 

[VanillaCoke]

Longer term Probably would've been better for wpg

 

[Kurrilino]

I just hope he's half as good Kings fans have built him up to be for me!

You will really like him, he has a very unique playmaking vision and skickhandling skillset.
Just pair him with a winger that knows how to get a puck into the net and Vilardi will get the puck to him. You guys easily win this trade

 

[funky]

100% decent center for a shit center, great news for jets!

Didn’t play center for the Kings last year. Was sent to the AHL the year before and converted to a winger

 

[10Ducky10]

Didn’t play center for the Kings last year. Was sent to the AHL the year before and converted to a winger

I thought he played C in the playoffs?

 

[10Ducky10]

I like Gabe alot and wrongly had him as the guy I wanted my Canucks to take and think that he might explode in Winnipeg or be meh just like the team that could be really good or all fall apart must be really hard to be a Jets fan recently.

Van has made the playoffs 4 times since the Jets have come into the league.
The Jets have made them 6 times.
Not that hard to be a Jets fan compared to a Nucks fan to be honest...

Good 40 point guy.

55-60 points next year if he plays 70 or more games.

I am guessing he plays in our top 6 next season.

 

[Osprey]

Had a weird dream last night that involved this dude and some skiing.

I'm sure that it means nothing at all
nothing at all
nothing at all

 

[canuckslover10]

Lol this is the issue with having a team in Winnipeg, no one wants to live there, they wouldn't have this problem in Houston or Kansas just saying.

 

[Atoyot]

Players wanting out or not wanting to resign all the way back to Trouba and then the Big Buff thing.

I like the Jets, and thought that they had a SC window, they just have a reputation now deserved or not of not being a destination that guys are falling over themselves to stay in.

We've had plenty of players re-sign. Buff is the worst example you could have given. I still see him around Winnipeg.

 

[pictman]

I'm sure that it means nothing at all
nothing at all
nothing at all

Players wanting out or not wanting to resign all the way back to Trouba and then the Big Buff thing.

I like the Jets, and thought that they had a SC window, they just have a reputation now deserved or not of not being a destination that guys are falling over themselves to stay in.

That's the worst 2 examples you could have found. Buff quit HOCKEY . He turned down every other team that tried to sign him after he was released. Trouba had 30 other teams on his no trade list. It was New York only.

 

[Curufinwe]

I remember thinking it would have been a interesting gamble for the Flyers to trade down to 5 or 6 in the 2017 draft and take Vilardi as their center of the future, instead of Patrick. And then he ended up going 11th and having a lot of injury issues his first two years, and I thought well that would have been a dumb move. But now Vilardi's looking good and NP is out of the league.

 

[Flair Hay]

Lol this is the issue with having a team in Winnipeg, no one wants to live there, they wouldn't have this problem in Houston or Kansas just saying.

We didn't have this problem when we were winning. Now we are mid again and we do.

Winning solves everything for the right kind of players.

We got close once, we can do it again. Won't be easy, but most of the things worth doing in life aren't

 

[Flair Hay]

That's the worst 2 examples you could have found. Buff quit HOCKEY . He turned down every other team that tried to sign him after he was released. Trouba had 30 other teams on his no trade list. It was New York only.

Definitely.

We didn't just lose Buff when he left. He left two months after free agency so we had already let go of Tanev, Chiarot and Myers.

Will always remember Buff fondly now but his departure and the timing around it crippled us.

 

[Ibanezrokr]

Longer term Probably would've been better for wpg

Possibly. But I'm okay with a prove it contract and paying him well if it all pans out. There is potential that our off seasons changes really improve things, make this a really competitive team, and some of these dudes will re-sign. That's always the hope at least, but I like our changes so far and am cautiously optimistic.

 

[10Ducky10]

Lol this is the issue with having a team in Winnipeg, no one wants to live there, they wouldn't have this problem in Houston or Kansas just saying.

Or Phoenix?