Sugar baby watermelon Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 It is only 2 games in but this kid is looking like the real deal. A rookie coming over from LA who played between Tanner Pearson & Tyler Toffoli. They are doing well playing with Jeff Carter right now but from what I hear, Vey was the engine that made that line so successful in the minors. With his familiarity coaching Vey, Coach has been using him on the 1st PP unit and from the small sample size alot of offensive faceoff draws. This on top of a pretty damn good looking 3rd line with some chemistry betwen Richardson & Kassian. As a rookie do you think he can keep up the good play? Love the fact that out of all our rookies he is the most unheralded and he comes in and plays really well. Imagine if he stays on that top PP unit? Just thought a thread should be started appreciating this guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WZRD Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Linden "Bae" as the Canucks' twitter account dubbed him lol. Like how he's looked so far and hopefully he'll continue to grow as a player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking mama Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Linden "Bae" as the Canucks' twitter account dubbed him lol.^Why's that? Is this in reference to a character on the locally-shot TV-show "Once Upon a Time"? What am I missing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugar baby watermelon Posted October 16, 2014 Author Share Posted October 16, 2014 He has some pretty nifty passes out there, from the pre season to now, he seems to find the open player, we definitely need more players like him, that know how to distribute the puck and not just shoot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucks1219 Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 I think he's got a chance to be this year's Santorelli. Right now, Vey is ideally a bottom-6 player, but he has enough skill to fill in on the top 6. I would say that he has more skill than Santorelli but doesn't have the same 2-way play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BananaMash Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 I think he's got a chance to be this year's Santorelli. Right now, Vey is ideally a bottom-6 player, but he has enough skill to fill in on the top 6. I would say that he has more skill than Santorelli but doesn't have the same 2-way play. But the benefit to Vey is that he's much younger than Santorelli, so he has more room to grow as a player. I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackpluto96 Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 So far he's well worth a 2nd rounder in last year's draft. If he can develop into a Ronning or Morrison, then we have a gem in our hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pimp C Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Positives: Smart, fast, good hands, very good vision, decent shot. Negatives: Small, not very strong, not very good along the boards, bad at face-offs, bad defensively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pimp C Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 So far he's well worth a 2nd rounder in last year's draft. If he can develop into a Ronning or Morrison, then we have a gem in our hands. The thing is, we could've maybe got him for a 3rd rounder if Benning was smart. LA had to move him no matter what, they already have Andy Andreoff who has been developing in the AHL just like Vey and both players were waiver eligible. LA only had room on their roster for one of them, they were gonna trade one of them anyways, and Andreoff fits their bottom 6 better. Benning should've used this leverage to strong-arm Lombardi into accepting a 3rd/4th. A 2nd is a fair deal for him, but we could've got him for an excellent deal instead of just fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamJamIam Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 ^Why's that? Is this in reference to a character on the locally-shot TV-show "Once Upon a Time"? What am I missing? Bae is a word for babe, baby, boo, etc. Ie significant other. Basically he's this year's Roy Baby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucks1219 Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 The thing is, we could've maybe got him for a 3rd rounder if Benning was smart. LA had to move him no matter what, they already have Andy Andreoff who has been developing in the AHL just like Vey and both players were waiver eligible. LA only had room on their roster for one of them, they were gonna trade one of them anyways, and Andreoff fits their bottom 6 better. Benning should've used this leverage to strong-arm Lombardi into accepting a 3rd/4th. A 2nd is a fair deal for him, but we could've got him for an excellent deal instead of just fair. Assuming of course that the Canucks were the only team in on acquiring Linden Vey. Who knows, maybe there was an offer by some other team with an earlier 3rd round pick / later 2nd round pick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugar baby watermelon Posted October 16, 2014 Author Share Posted October 16, 2014 No he isnt roy baby, he has done more in his few games here than Roy has done in two years, plus bae is pretty stupid, like kanye west Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusclePharm Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Bae is a word for babe, baby, boo, etc. Ie significant other. Basically he's this year's Roy Baby bae = before anything else But yeah you use it like those words you mentioned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pimp C Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 No he isnt roy baby, he has done more in his few games here than Roy has done in two years, plus bae is pretty stupid, like kanye west incorrect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DownUndaCanuck Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Vey looks like he could be a top-6 forward sooner rather than later as long as he stays consistent. Right handed shot and is getting good looks on our top powerplay unit, he'll finish with 40 points easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knucklehd Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 The thing is, we could've maybe got him for a 3rd rounder if Benning was smart. LA had to move him no matter what, they already have Andy Andreoff who has been developing in the AHL just like Vey and both players were waiver eligible. LA only had room on their roster for one of them, they were gonna trade one of them anyways, and Andreoff fits their bottom 6 better. Benning should've used this leverage to strong-arm Lombardi into accepting a 3rd/4th. A 2nd is a fair deal for him, but we could've got him for an excellent deal instead of just fair. These were the type of mistakes gillis made. Go for the win in a trade, and as a result nothing happens. This was a good hockey trade, couldn't be happier with the return on our 2nd rd pick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wshdrvvn Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 These were the type of mistakes gillis made. Go for the win in a trade, and as a result nothing happens. This was a good hockey trade, couldn't be happier with the return on our 2nd rd pick More like the return on our cap dump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkyard Dog Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Offensively Vey seems like a smart player that reads plays well enough to in be good position. Vey also has good vision and an alright shot. Defensively Vey isn't horrible but he still could use some work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twilight Sparkle Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 hear it time and time again, "this guy has potential." benning took a chance on this guy for reasons we don't know. we can speculate, but what else do we do on here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyhee Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 The thing is, we could've maybe got him for a 3rd rounder if Benning was smart. LA had to move him no matter what, they already have Andy Andreoff who has been developing in the AHL just like Vey and both players were waiver eligible. LA only had room on their roster for one of them, they were gonna trade one of them anyways, and Andreoff fits their bottom 6 better. Benning should've used this leverage to strong-arm Lombardi into accepting a 3rd/4th. A 2nd is a fair deal for him, but we could've got him for an excellent deal instead of just fair. "if Benning was smart"-do you know for a fact that Benning isn't smart? Is there some result to throw out this gratuitous insult to him? You may or not be right that the Canucks might have ended up at some time getting Vey for less. Do you have inside information that leads you to think Vey would be available for a lower pick? Do you in fact know if Vancouver offered less without success? Have you gone through the NHL rosters and found that every other team had four solid established centres so no room for Vey? It isn't as if there was a strong likelihood that nobody with a need for a center had noticed Vey's skills, over 1.5 pts per game his last season of jr and over a point per game his last season in the AHL. If you want a guy whose attributes are quite likely to have been noticed and are offered a fair price, perhaps the most likely result of quibbling further is that you lose him. I don't think the object of trades should be to stick it to the other team. You can trade for guys who have potential but may need a change of scenery (the Naslund for Stojanov deal, for instance-Vcr won but Naslund appeared to be stagnating in Pittsburgh) but mostly it's more a matter of: -exchanging what is more useful to them for what is more useful to you (for L.A. the pick was more useful than a guy they knew they'd lose on waivers; Vcr judged the player worth more than the pick to them) -exchanging different types of assets by teams with different goals (Team A is a contender for the cup, Team B is retooling or rebuilding) -exchanging based on different opinions about the future prospects of one or more players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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