Lui's Knob Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Toms future heavily depends on Bo horvat. If Bo sticks tom is waived Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIBdaQUIB Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Benning has been pretty clear, he doesn't won't anyone here that doesn't want to be here. If Tom wants out, I'm sure Benning won't waste much time accommodating him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salmonberries Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 The option for the big fella is probably Utica. I don't see anyone claiming him off the waiver wire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffraff Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 I hope hes patient enough and waits to get slotted in in California. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laoag Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 trade him for carolina's first pick this year and be done with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insomniac604 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 I think he would be claimed off waivers. There are a lot of teams out there looking for a big body that can potentially score 10 goals.Best bet is to package him. He wants to play and we can create space for true scorers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinphase Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Can Sestito play well enough with Desjardins 4 line system? He hasn't exactly made a good case for himself in the past. I wouldn't mind seeing him in the second of third game when the Canucks play the California teams. I'd like to see what the initial team can do first before taking a gamble and slotting him in. I really don't want to see the hole a penalty prone guy, like Sestito could dig us into against some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madwolf Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Exactly. If he's not scoring goals, and he's dragging the team down with penalties, do we really want him in? He really made a living out of taking stupid penalties last year and it hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo.Horvat53 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Sestito won't get a chance till or if there is an injury up front, or more specifically to the bottom 9. Looking even slimmer when Horvat's stint is over and he is also waiting to get back in the lineup. Tough decisions ahead for WD and company Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YummyCakeFace Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 WD needs to start rotating him in on occasion to keep him relevant and get him into game shape. The coach is going to find out soon enough that big Tommy can be very useful in this division when we go up against the big teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70seven Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Tom should get his chance when the team needs him most... the cali trip. But who do you sit out? Vey is helping the PP, and thatll be an important element vs those teams. Im guessing itd have to be Matthias, but Im not convinced Willie will make that move... And as stated, Horvat could get the nod when injury strikes. Tom will just have to be patient the way Alberts had to be patient a couple years back. He'll get his chance.... unless theyd rather play the call up kids... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 The coach is going to find out soon enough that big Tommy can be very useful in this division when we go up against the big teams. By putting those teams on their formidable PP's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jono2009 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 http://prohockeytalk.nbcsports.com/2014/10/29/semin-benched-after-taking-unsportsmanlike-penalty/#/2014/10/29/report-sestito-met-with-benning-wanted-to-know-when-he-might-play/ A healthy scratch in each of the Canucks first six games, tough guy Tom Sestito wanted to know if he had a future in Vancouver. So he asked a guy who might know. From Sportsnets Dan Murphy: Sestito met with general manager Jim Benning before the Canucks recent game in Denver to talk about his situation. Sestito basically wanted to know if he was in the Canucks plans. He would love a chance to play and if not here, perhaps somewhere else. Benning doesnt want to go down that road just yet. The GMs message to Sestito was to stay ready and make use of his chance when it comes. Its been nine games now, and Sestito still hasnt played. Part of that is due to the fact that Vancouver is off to a decent 6-3-0 start under new coach Willie Desjardins, and the Canucks havent sustained any injuries up front. Making matters even tougher for Sestito, one of the prime candidates to come out of the lineup, Shawn Matthias, had his best game of the season last night versus Carolina and theres also the potential for rookie Bo Horvat, currently on a conditioning assignment with AHL Utica, to get a look before Sestito does. Sestito played 77 games for Vancouver in 2013-14, leading the NHL with 213 PIM, but only averaging 6:27 of ice time per contest. That was under coach John Tortorella. Under Desjardins, the Canucks dont have a single forward whos averaging less than 10:10 (Derek Dorsett). Murphy concludes: The Canucks have back-to-back games this weekend and next (L.A. and Anaheim). If Sestito cant get into a game by that time I would guess hell be requesting another meeting with Benning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimberWolf Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Can't blame him. Being a guy that has to wait for an injury kinda sucks. Especially since there are bottom feeders that would play him right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-DLC- Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Tom should get his chance when the team needs him most... the cali trip. But who do you sit out? Vey is helping the PP, and thatll be an important element vs those teams. Im guessing itd have to be Matthias, but Im not convinced Willie will make that move... And as stated, Horvat could get the nod when injury strikes. Tom will just have to be patient the way Alberts had to be patient a couple years back. He'll get his chance.... unless theyd rather play the call up kids... While I'd normally agree with this first part, I have to disagree. If we buy into the Cali team's way of playing, we lose that game. We just stick to playing/skating hard and taking tons of shots and play an offensive game. When we revert to that other stuff, we lose. We end up shorthanded by a mile and that never helps our game. We'll see. I like Tom, but things are working fairly well...don't disrupt the chemistry that is developing or rock the boat. Don't fix it till it's broke. It isn't perfect, but you have to allow guys to play together and get familiar with one another if things are to get rolling. He'll just have to fill in when/where he's needed. Such is the life of a spare tire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Waiver wire fodder complains about lack of icetime. World turns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalky Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Sestito will play when he gets to the AHL where his foot speed won't be a liability. Oh right, he got all those goals in Junior....[insert sarcastic tone] no player has ever got a lot of goals in Junior and busted at the NHL level. EDIT: To be fair, NotGillis should have waived him the minute he got Dorsett, allowing him to further his career on a team tanking for McDavid. He will not get a chance here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkyard Dog Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Get rid of him and prepare. #youthmovement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheels22 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 We need the 4th line to play 9-11 minutes, and it simply can't do it with Sestito playing... Send Sestito, a prospect, and a low pick for a decent third pairing D-man.. We got plenty of forward depth.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkyard Dog Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Get rid of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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