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- Aug 12, 2005
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I hate this trade. I don't see why Pods can't be kept as the team's 12th/13th forward and see if he sinks or swim. Of course if the choice is between a 4th round pick and losing him to waivers then I'll take the 4th. To me, Pods is fine defensively and has the size and speed to play a traditional 4th line role. So even if the offense isn't there he doesn't really hurt the team.
Well he scored 14 goals in his rookie season. I don't see why he can't play on a team's bottom 6. He has the size and speed to be a good forechecker and he isn't a liability defensively. He's the type who is going to appear better in the advanced stats department than the counting stats.So many posters here still clinging to some hope that VP will develop into some useful top 6 winger.
The sad truth is that he has never showed any sort of offensive potential and got passed on the depth chart by guys like PDG, Aman and Bains. He's not even a good bottom 6er at this point and I'm not sure he ever will be tbh.