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I'll take a wait and see attitude. He had one good year, and the year before was decent, but he's been a negative plus/minus for 5 out of 6 years. For that kind of money I want consistent production in goals or huge assist numbers, or a great plus/minus rating. There's a lot to be said for team/line chemistry also...so I'll leave my jury out until a few weeks into the season...personally I think they over-paid and I'm not overly concerned that we didn't land him...but time will tell
I'll take a wait and see attitude. He had one good year, and the year before was decent, but he's been a negative plus/minus for 5 out of 6 years. For that kind of money I want consistent production in goals or huge assist numbers, or a great plus/minus rating. There's a lot to be said for team/line chemistry also...so I'll leave my jury out until a few weeks into the season...personally I think they over-paid and I'm not overly concerned that we didn't land him...but time will tell
THANK YOU finally someone that sees the big picture....
Over the past two seasons he's seventh in the league in points per game.
Actually...NHL.com has him
2010-2011 Listed 10th
2009-2010 Listed 7th
2008-2009 Listed 117th !
I'll stick with wait and see...if the line chemistry is no good he'll sink from 10th right down because I don't think he's a huge goal scorer..20-30 yr guy...he's supposed to be the big assist...I'm just not sold on 6.5 mil a year after 2 yrs of production
I'll stick with wait and see...if the line chemistry is no good he'll sink from 10th right down because I don't think he's a huge goal scorer..20-30 yr guy...he's supposed to be the big assist...I'm just not sold on 6.5 mil a year after 2 yrs of production
Averaged .93 points per game over his entire 11 year career. Don't need to "wait and see". Considering Vanek makes 7 mil a season, he doesn't "deserve" that either. He is paid what he is paid.
He would have been a great addition to the Sabres. He isn't here, but just because he isn't here doesn't mean he now is overrated.
BTW, the Sabres NEED a big assist guy to feed the puck to scorers like Vanek and Stafford.
I'll stick with wait and see...if the line chemistry is no good he'll sink from 10th right down because I don't think he's a huge goal scorer..20-30 yr guy...he's supposed to be the big assist...I'm just not sold on 6.5 mil a year after 2 yrs of production
I said points PER GAME. Over the past two seasons he has 168 points in 152 games.
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Averaged .93 points per game over his entire 11 year career. Don't need to "wait and see". Considering Vanek makes 7 mil a season, he doesn't "deserve" that either. He is paid what he is paid.
He would have been a great addition to the Sabres. He isn't here, but just because he isn't here doesn't mean he now is overrated.
BTW, the Sabres NEED a big assist guy to feed the puck to scorers like Vanek and Stafford.
I will agree he would have been a great addition but to many DWELL on what happened.
It's over and he is a Ranger......Lets hope he is OVERRATED now......
I know the Sabres are not done at all.....
We will have to wait and see what happens but don't be surprised for a big trade......
Yes Vanek is over paid but still are best player and playmaker....
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