canucklesmith Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Volpatti should have never been waived. Horrible move by Canuck brass. With the steady rotation of players on the 4th line, Volpatti performed his role exactly like we expected. He deserved better and it reflects poorly on the Canucks. Saying all that, good luck to Tom Sestito. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bookie Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Tom Sestito had a 2 goal game against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Feb 5 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canorcas Posted March 2, 2013 Author Share Posted March 2, 2013 Volpatti should have never been waived. Horrible move by Canuck brass. With the steady rotation of players on the 4th line, Volpatti performed his role exactly like we expected. He deserved better and it reflects poorly on the Canucks. Saying all that, good luck to Tom Sestito. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownUndaCanuck Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Sestito > Volpatti. We desperately need his size after losing Bitz and Volpatti is a very replaceable player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter.S-Kerouac Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Volpatti should have never been waived. Horrible move by Canuck brass. With the steady rotation of players on the 4th line, Volpatti performed his role exactly like we expected. He deserved better and it reflects poorly on the Canucks. Saying all that, good luck to Tom Sestito. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Volpatti should have never been waived. Horrible move by Canuck brass. With the steady rotation of players on the 4th line, Volpatti performed his role exactly like we expected. He deserved better and it reflects poorly on the Canucks. Saying all that, good luck to Tom Sestito. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-DLC- Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Apparently he's had a bit of an issue with work ethic in the past but is starting to pull it together. I like the idea of having someone of that size out there on our side for once... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toni Zamboni Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 "Tito!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaBestPlaceOnEarth Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 I had a feeling after the Caps claimed Volpatti that Sestito would be coming here. Fairly similar players in terms of their role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck hero Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 sad we are now comparing grinders and fighters to superstars..... lets tone it down a notch and not put this guy on a pedastel like canuck management did to luongo and like what the islanders did to rick dipeatro... give him a chance to grow.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuretoMogilny Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Weise and Volpatti have the same value more or less. Volpatti's the better fighter, but Weise is faster and has higher skill. What separated them at the end of the day was Weise's ability to kill penalties. Personally I would have gone with Volpatti over Weise, and just worked with Volpatti on penalty killing. But what's done is done. I'm glad we added Sestito though, because he brings what neither player has, which is size. Size is important for a fourth line, especially when you're dealing with bigger teams. The way our fourth line was, they wouldn't even be able to handle some teams top lines, let alone their fourth lines. Now we finally have a fourth line with some size (all 6'2" or bigger). This will be important in the playoffs. We've seen that having smaller feisty fourth liners just doesn't cut it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Aerosex Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Most of what I know of Sestito is Brad Richards outchirping him on 24/7 But he's a Canuck now and I am excited to see if he can bring some needed toughness to Vancouver (though I am sad to see Patti go, I think Sestito can replace him just fine). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anubis61 Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 After visiting many times here's my first contribution. I'm hoping that by adding Sestito the Canucks will not be pushed around as easily in the regular season and more so during the playoffs. Tomorrow night's game vs the Kings should be a good opportunity for Sestito to show what he can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqua59 Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 "Tommy Gun" Who is the newest Canuck? Roberto Luongo and Cory Schneider must be breathing a small sigh of relief. Goaltenders remember a thing or two about players that score important career goals against them, and Sestito has a unique relationship with both Canucks netminders. It was against Luongo that Sestito scored his first career NHL goal as a member of the Blue Jackets back in the 2011 season. Then it was against Schneider a few weeks later that Sestito scored his second. But make no mistake, scoring goals is not Sestito's job. In 34 career NHL games, Sestito only has 4 goals and 7 points but has amassed 159 penalty minutes in that short time frame. Despite losing Aaron Volpatti through waivers earlier this week, the Canucks picked up their own tough guy in the same manner by claiming Sestito from the Philadelphia Flyers. The two share a similar brand of hockey; they're not very good goal scorers but they can both skate, they can both hit and if it means anything to you, Sestito is considerably bigger. Volpatti may have packed on about 10 pounds over the off-season this year but Sestito is a natural hulk. At 6'5 and 230 pounds, "Tommy Gun" plays an intimidating and physical brand of hockey that should fit in right away on the Canucks depth line. In truth, there isn't much that Sestito can bring to the table that Volpatti couldn't. Neither has played on the penalty kill and you'd be mistaken if you thought you saw either on the powerplay. But Sestito has worked his way into the NHL the hard way when you're designated as an enforcer. Throughout the better part of 6 seasons in the AHL, Sestito has racked up an eyebrow raising 867 penalty minutes, most of them fighting majors. Volpatti was never drafted and was signed by the Canucks out of Brown University. Meanwhile, Sestito was picked in the third round of the 2006 NHL draft by the Blue Jackets. After bouncing around Columbus, Syracuse and Springfield, the rugged big winger may have found a comfortable home in Vancouver, where a desperate need of hitting and fighting was incessantly critiqued by fans and media alike. For a big man, #29 (his expected jersey number) can skate quite well. In a straight line, he's deceptively quick and that should serve him well with Vancouver's aggressive forechecking style on the depth lines. It matches well with Dale Weise, winner of this year's speed relay contest during Vancouver's super skills contest. At the very least, he can answer the bell if other teams are taking liberties with the Twins or other top players. He has 15 fights in his NHL career including 2 this season. He doesn't win all of them but it makes a point that he's a willing combatant when it comes to dropping the mitts. Canucks fan should anticipate a high-energy player who won't play much but can win the hearts of many if he lives up to his billing. Sestito is a guy who knows his role in the NHL and what he has to do to stay in it. Make no mistake, when a player is given a second chance after he's been waived, they should understand the message and try harder to succeed. This writer anticipates an immediate impact from Sestito. After Calgary acquired Brian McGrattan earlier this week, the Canucks needed to respond with their own heavyweight-- it should make the upcoming match between the two divisional rivals an interesting one later next week. For a team already loaded with enough offensive guns, the Tommy Gun provides a different kind of shooting altogether-- and he's coming, locked and loaded. The Orca Zone is a nonprofit Canucks.com blog written by Canorcas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thad Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 I like the fact he brings aggression, size and a meanness we don't really have. I almost wanna tell av to let him run around and be an idiot out there. Him lappy and kassian can go stir the pot and piss the other team off. Play a little dirty but dont go head hunting or taking out knees.. Not all the time, but here and there so it's in players heads that they gotta watch out when he's out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aqua59 Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 I like the fact he brings aggression, size and a meanness we don't really have. I almost wanna tell av to let him run around and be an idiot out there. Him lappy and kassian can go stir the pot and piss the other team off. Play a little dirty but dont go head hunting or taking out knees.. Not all the time, but here and there so it's in players heads that they gotta watch out when he's out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anubis61 Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 If Sestito plays smart and brings some snarl on a regular basis the Canucks may have a more balanced team. There is no doubt about the skill level but the ability the physically dominate other teams has been lacking. As the refs seem reluctant to call penalties for borderline cheap shots perhaps the 'big boys' will take care of business instead and allow our skilled players to play to their full potential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Kneel Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Whoa!We lucked out and got some size back....in todays NHL I will forgive not winning a few fights but just showing up and competing hard AND checking hard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanucksJay Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 Wow I just saw some clips on hockeyfights. Did you know he had a game against NYR where he fought THREE times in one game? Talk about a hatrick the ratings showed he won 1 and lost 2 but when looking, I would say he beat Dubinsky and Prust and lost to Bikel this guy is a sh!t disturber and I hope he continues to play that way. We need a head hunter on this team that makes opposing teams look over their shoulders (like Raffi did) Except this guy is much bigger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebreh Posted March 2, 2013 Share Posted March 2, 2013 ^^ He's got some crazy in him kinda like Odjick, we could use that against Chicago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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