Vanek Comparison

[Ebenezer]

Vanek, Briere and Drury all signed big contracts at the end of the season...from a stat perspective let's compare:

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Player GP G A PTS +/- PIM Shots
Chris Drury, 62 20 24 44 -9 30 178
Daniel Briere, 60 21 33 54 -22 50 133
Thomas Vanek, 60 25 19 44 -1 46 177

[THATHURMANATOR]

Not to mention Vanek is 8 years younger.

[don137]

Vanek has really turned it up a notch in the last 3 weeks. He is by far the youngest of the trio and has more upside.
There are intangibles that Drury brings like veteran leadership and faceoffs that do not show up on faceoffs.
I like Briere but -22. Ouch. It will be interesting to see how long he plays in Philly.

[Don't Panic]

-22?? Holy ****!! Wow... I instantly miss him even less. Drury on the other hand... we'd be pushing for a top seed had we been able to keep he and Vanek. Agreed though - the right choice was Vanek (although the draft picks we would have gotten deserve mention).