spykelee wrote:Not that we made any sort of overpayment, but I feel like this deal will be a wash. Vanek seems like he's checked out on this season for whatever reason. I was watching a lot of his games during the olympics and he was about as invisible as you can be, and that trend has followed him back to the second half of the season. It's weird. The guy's a UFA at seasons end, and could be a "big" bolster to Montreal. Instead I feel he'll be a shawdow in the bell centre on most nights.
In five games he has been a ghost,
But at the same time I am still more than happy to roll the dice on him.
He has got a bit more comfortable over the last few games taking more shots against the Sabres then he did in his first two games a Hab,
Vanek is the type of player who just needs to go off once or twice in the Playoffs in order to make him worthwhile given the cost to bring him in.
At least that's my 0.02.