stonecoldstevebernier Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 If Vey makes it down and Virtanen or McCann only get 9 games the Vey will make his heroic return back to Vancouver. Canucks TV better get that video tribute ready Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilya Mikheyev Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 If Vey makes it down and Virtanen or McCann only get 9 games the Vey will make his heroic return back to Vancouver. If he does return, hopefully it's with some confidence from the AHL and a lesson learned considering he lost out to Cracknell (a RWer) for a roster spot. He's gonna have a tough time beating out Gaunce, Jensen, Grenier and Shinkaruk for 1st call-up though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 If he does return, hopefully it's with some confidence from the AHL and a lesson learned considering he lost out to Cracknell (a RWer) for a roster spot. He's gonna have a tough time beating out Gaunce, Jensen, Grenier and Shinkaruk for 1st call-up though. He's not coming back here. Like you say, there are a number of guys ahead of him, who deserve to be called up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilya Mikheyev Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 He's not coming back here. Like you say, there are a number of guys ahead of him, who deserve to be called up. Depends how many injuries, transactions and how everyone's season starts. I strongly doubt he'll be back within the first 10 games, but I could be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thejazz97 Posted October 6, 2015 Author Share Posted October 6, 2015 Shinkaruk-Vey-Grenier Gaunce-Jones-Jensen Kenins-Cassels-Friesen Bancks-Hamilton-Zalewski (Fox, Blomstrand, Valk, Labate, Stewart) Pedan-Biega Fedun-Subban McEneny-Corrado (Cederholm, Sautner, Ehrhardt, Negrin) Bachman Cannata (Witt) If all three guys can make it down to Utica, that's suddenly a pretty damn good looking roster. That top six in particular has the potential to be dangerous if Shinkaruk and Gaunce can take steps forward and get into the 20-goal range. Defense looks a lot better with four vets to mentor all the rookies, plus there's a bit of familiarity there with Corrado and McEneny who played together in junior. Once they get Valk back, they'll have the Calder in the bag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Depends how many injuries, transactions and how everyone's season starts. I strongly doubt he'll be back within the first 10 games, but I could be wrong. I've never been a fan of his game. I defend almost all our guys, but Vey has always been a disappointing player to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilya Mikheyev Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 I've never been a fan of his game. I defend almost all our guys, but Vey has always been a disappointing player to me. Me too, but that doesn't mean he won't get another shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeslerPlaysLikeACanadian Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 I think he'll be back, but I also didn't think he'd be waived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UticaHockey Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Shinkaruk-Vey-Grenier Gaunce-Jones-Jensen Kenins-Cassels-Friesen Bancks-Hamilton-Zalewski (Fox, Blomstrand, Valk, Labate, Stewart) Pedan-Biega Fedun-Subban McEneny-Corrado (Cederholm, Sautner, Ehrhardt, Negrin) Bachman Cannata (Witt) If all three guys can make it down to Utica, that's suddenly a pretty damn good looking roster. That top six in particular has the potential to be dangerous if Shinkaruk and Gaunce can take steps forward and get into the 20-goal range. Defense looks a lot better with four vets to mentor all the rookies, plus there's a bit of familiarity there with Corrado and McEneny who played together in junior. I've seen multiple suggestions for the Comets opening season roster and this makes the most sense to me. I'm still not sold on either Blomstrand or Fox in a 4th line role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShakyWalton Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 I've seen multiple suggestions for the Comets opening season roster and this makes the most sense to me. I'm still not sold on either Blomstrand or Fox in a 4th line role. I agree..but they will have to insert some toughness into that lineup,,Pedan cant carry that load fulltime with his history..Stewart..and Kurtz are likely candidates for that role...they are going to have to ship out about 5-6 players....have they announced any agreement were the extra players will go with the K-Wings out of the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadcanucks Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 I think he'll be back, but I also didn't think he'd be waived. Vey is now an overpaid version of Andrew Ebbetts. Vey will make it back to the Canucks roster if Burrows or Vrbata gets injured or if McCann falls flat on his face. As much as I don't think Vey is a top six forward, he may be "serviceable" in this role for a 2-3 game stretch...and Vey has shown he is incapable of being a bottom six centreman, so it will be by default he's back as a no. 4 centre. As well, Linden/Benning seemed to be mindful of paying deserving guys in Utica some NHL money last year (they did this with Sanguinetti, Biega, Corrado, Jensen) to which they even made a comment in that regard. So, with that in mind, with all things being equal, with Vey on a one-way paying him $1M in the AHL, I would bet Gaunce, Jensen, Grenier, Jones and even Friesen would be brought up so short stints so that they can be compensated more than their AHL deals (Gaunce, Jensen, Grenier and Friesen aren't receiving any signing bonus money, so they are making $70K, $70K, $90K and $80K, respectively in Utica). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UticaHockey Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 I agree..but they will have to insert some toughness into that lineup,,Pedan cant carry that load fulltime with his history..Stewart..and Kurtz are likely candidates for that role...they are going to have to ship out about 5-6 players....have they announced any agreement were the extra players will go with the K-Wings out of the picture. I agree that toughness is lacking on the projected Comets roster. I would like to have seen Archie brought back for that role. He adds toughness to the line up without hurting you on the ice. I think Kurtz makes the team for this reason and will rotate in and out of the lineup with Bancks and Zalewski. Labate is a big body and will need to play a hard game to get into and stay in the line up. I have a feeling Stewart starts out in the ECHL just because he is learning a new position. Where are the Comets sending players in the ECHL? Good question and nothing has been reported. Most likely spreading players around to different teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Vey passed Gonna be a great 1C that should really help Shinkaruk develop his game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stierlitz Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Comets Army Retweeted TSN Radio Vancouver @TSN1040 13m13 minutes ago Linden Vey and Alex Biega have cleared waivers, and will be assigned to Utica. 6 retweets 1 favorite Reply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShakyWalton Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 I agree that toughness is lacking on the projected Comets roster. I would like to have seen Archie brought back for that role. He adds toughness to the line up without hurting you on the ice. I think Kurtz makes the team for this reason and will rotate in and out of the lineup with Bancks and Zalewski. Labate is a big body and will need to play a hard game to get into and stay in the line up. I have a feeling Stewart starts out in the ECHL just because he is learning a new position. Where are the Comets sending players in the ECHL? Good question and nothing has been reported. Most likely spreading players around to different teams. Yep...couldnt figure out why they didnt bring Archie back...also a fan favorite...I think Fox makes the team this year and might surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derp... Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Dood Comets must be stoked to have Vey, guy could be an AHL allstar this year for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonecoldstevebernier Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 I've seen multiple suggestions for the Comets opening season roster and this makes the most sense to me. I'm still not sold on either Blomstrand or Fox in a 4th line role. That's what I thought as well, having Bancks and Hamilton there is an automatic and I feel like Zalewski's way better suited to that third slot than a skill guy like Blomstrand. Fox is gritty enough to handle it but his footspeed is a question mark. The wildcard for me is Labate because he's a big guy who'd probably fit pretty well there but that depends on whether Green thinks he's ready or not I suppose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckledraggin Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Hopefully Green is going to keep a bunch of depth guys around for those back to back and 3 game in a row stretches. I think it could serve us well in the long run to keep players fresh during the season and into the playoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outsiders Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 I hope we don't recall Vey after a 20 games in Utica if he is putting up good numbers. Should stay down till after christmas forsure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SID.IS.SID.ME.IS.ME Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 I'm really pleased with Vey making it down to Utica. I've been pushing for this for a while so it's nice when management actually does what I want them to. This should be good for all parties involved. I think a year playing top minutes under Green's tutelage, and hopefully playing in all situations, will work wonders for Vey. Apparently (according to Benning), Vey worked hard over the summer and did everything the team asked of him. Vey himself revealed that he had put on weight and reported to camp at around 200 lbs. But he looked uncomfortable with his added bulk and didn't seem to have adjusted well to the physical changes. Hopefully he can learn to use his added size to be stronger on the puck, while also finding a way to recover his mobility (because he looked sluggish at times during Canucks camp/preseason). I expect big numbers from Vey in Utica. And the main beneficiary should be Shinkaruk. I was worried about Utica's center depth and how this might hold back Hunter. But now he'll have a talented center with excellent vision and some pretty strong playmaking skills and good offensive instincts. Shink needed to play with a legimate AHL #1C and Vey has proven he's a top flight AHL player. Obviously this helps the Comets and it should also help the Canucks. Vey remains part of the depth chart and available for injury relief. And he also gets to "cook" for another year while playing significant minutes in an offensive role. Playing on the first line in Utica is light years better for Vey than playing the 4th line in Vancouver. And if/when Vey gets another chance with the Canucks, he'll be a better player because of the opportunities afforded him by this demotion. So obviously I'm happy Vey was waived and made it through to join the Comets. I'm also pretty happy about how things went down with the defensemen. I'd lost faith in Corrado a bit and I'd kinda stopped seeing him as becoming anything more than a depth/bottom pairing guy in the NHL. And I think Biega is better in that role (at least right now), so I'm happy with how things went. And given that I'm not super high on Corrado, I'm kinda glad he isn't blocking guys like Subban and Pedan (both of whom I see as having legitimate NHL upside) on the depth chart and for minutes on the Comets D. Of course, losing Corrado means losing depth and losing a good AHL D who would've helped Utica this season. But it might actually serve to speed the development of some of the other defensemen prospects, which could be a good thing (especially if Corrado wasn't ever going to become more than a depth player --which remains to be seen of course and I still wish him well in Toronto). But overall a good result on the waiver wire IMO. Of course, I recommended waiving all three of these guys so I kinda have to support Benning on this one. EDIT: Typos and bad autocorrects Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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