BanTSN Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Not a complete surprise, considering his role on the team, his power play time, and how few shots he actually takes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nino Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Most over rated stat ever... PP time plus playing with the Sedins. You should have done further research. What are on about? How many players in the NHL play with good players and get PP time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanTSN Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 kyle wellwood used to be up there too. he also would be one of the best on face-offs. so, theres that. Bingo. If Vey could win draws he'd be pretty much just like Wellwood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BanTSN Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 I like to pay close attention to Vey when the Canucks play, I really believe he can be something special as a playmaking winger in the NHL. So lucky to have him being mentored by the Sedins. I think the preference is to have your playmakers be centers. Largely because on the wing your playmaking options are limited, and teams can easily prey on that, creating turnovers. Vey absolutely needs to learn how to win faceoffs, imho. Or he needs to bulk up a bit and build his speed so he can manage to get off some more shots and go to the net a bit more as a typical winger would. Neither are impossible tasks for him I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gumshoe242 Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 kyle wellwood used to be up there too. he also would be one of the best on face-offs. so, theres that. He was also lazy... zero excuse for a professional athlete to show up at camp overweight and out of shape. And look... not in the league anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Back in the day people told me Welly was great though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thad Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Wellwood didn't have the fire in his belly. It looked like someone was forcing him to play against his will. Comparing anyone to him is a serious insult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis15 Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 He has 20 shots. Datsyuk has 41 shots and has played 9 less games due to injury, yet is third on that list for players with 15 or more games. Yeah, regression is going to show how meaningless this really is over the course of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kesler+Horvat Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Trade Bieksa + Kassian. Kassian + Stanton + 1st + ? for S.Jones Bieksa for a top six forward? Someone suggested Namestkinov. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesB Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Makes sense. Take a low minute guy and give him top pp time with the Sedins = high shooting percentage. Not that it's ever a bad thing to have a guy scoring obscene amounts, but, regression... I like Vey but this comment is right. There are three reasons why a guy might have a high shooting percentage. In order of importance. 1. Luck. With a small sample a few lucky bounces (or lucky shots) will generate a high shooting percentage. This normally leads to regression to the mean. 2. Taking only high perentage shots. Sometimes it pays to take low percentage shots but, on the PP with Vrbata, Edler, and the Sedins, Vey is only going to shoot when he has a good chance of scoring, He is better off passing the puck than taking a low percentage shot. 3. An unusally good (quick and accurate) shot, like Stamkos. This is rare. Vey's high shooting percentage is a product of 1 and 2 and therefore pretty much meaningless as an indicator of ability. But Vey is good and I agree that he complements Matthias and Richardson well -- better than Kassian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithers joe Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 all i know is vey is still a kid like horvat, learning the nhl game....vey has progressed in each league he has been in and imo, he will progress in this one too...willie know what he has there and will help him along...i predict, in 2 years no one will be questioning this guys worth...he could bulk up and end up at center....it is nice to have so many player who can play center if they are needed to... the canucks should pick up malhotra to teach our centers how to win face offs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lock Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 He's got an offensive skill that's for sure. But can he be a center in this conference? I'm not sure about that. I don't think he has to be a centre. If he proves better (or at least just as good) on the wing long-term, then keep him there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lock Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 the canucks should pick up malhotra to teach our centers how to win face offs... Or have Horvat teach the older players. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William_Clarkson Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Just saying, Tom Sestito led the Canucks in shooting percentage last year, beating out other snipers like Ovechkin and Kessel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Warren Young scored 40g on a 33% accuracy in the 80's. He was playing with Mario. I guess add Vey's feat here to Sedin appreciation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apollo Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 kyle wellwood used to be up there too. he also would be one of the best on face-offs. so, theres that. Wellwood and Vey are polar opposites off the ice. You hear about lindens character and then you heard about Kyle's character and work ethic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
48MPHSlapShot Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Long and short of it is that he should probably SHOOT MORE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tragoedia Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Bingo. If Vey could win draws he'd be pretty much just like Wellwood. The knock on Wellwood wasn't his skill. He was a useful player with a solid skillset, even if it wasn't an allstar skillset. The knock on Wellwood was his effort, athleticism, and attitude. He was lazy and uncommitted. He lied about his conditioning and wasn't willing to put the minimum effort in the NHL (which is still a lot of effort by normal person standards, the NHL is just an insane amount of conditioning to even crack it). If you look at his stats they aren't that bad, especially considering how he wasn't even really trying that hard for them. His lack of effort pushed him out of the league, not his skills. So I wouldn't worry if Vey's playing style looks like Wellwoods, as long as his effort is there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tragoedia Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Or have Horvat teach the older players. lol Or BOTH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatedkid666 Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 I love his play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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