Visiting Duck fan that wanted to give you some info on Vatanen:
Was beastly two years ago under Bruce. Completely ignore the other teams fans on the trade board who described Vatanen as simply an offensive defenseman. That's far from the truth. Vatanen was actually one of our better penalty killers. He's no defensive juggernaut, but he's solid. Had a really poor year last year. There were reports that he didn't train much, if at all, before last season started. He picked it up during the playoffs though. He's kind of struggled this year too. Not bad or anything, just not where we thought he'd be.
Obviously we made the move because of our injury situation, but I don't like it. I would rather have weathered the storm and traded Vatanen for a bigger return in the offseason.
Montour's emergence made him expendable though.
A few questions I saw when glancing at the thread:
Is he recovered from shoulder surgery? Yes
Can he play the left side? Yes, but he's not as effective there. Has done it quite a bit this year though.
Can you fill me in on the players coming our way though.
let me know if you have any questions about him. Take care of Vats. You'll love his personality.
