Player Discussion: Gabriel "The Net Front King" Vilardi

[Andreas Ferrari]

He's out for 4-6 weeks, do you know how long an NHL season is? (Hint: it's a lot f***ing longer than 4-6 weeks)

What a stupid take.

 

[trebendan]

I see that Toninato was sent back down to the Moose. Does that mean Vilardi is close to being ready?

 

[KingBogo]

I’d imagine Valardi would need to skate with the team for awhile in a non contact jersey before any decisions are made about reinserting him.

 

[tbcwpg]

I see that Toninato was sent back down to the Moose. Does that mean Vilardi is close to being ready?

I think it can be common to recall a player for PB duty on road trips and send them back when you're at home, especially when your minor league team is in the same city.

 

[Jets 31]

I’d imagine Valardi would need to skate with the team for awhile in a non contact jersey before any decisions are made about reinserting him.

Agreed but does that leave the Jets with no extra forwards right now?

 

[DRW204]

Didn't Wheeler suffer the same injury in 21-22? Not sure what grade, but it was an MCL injury iirc. Took him 6 weeks (43 days) to come back.

 

[kylbaz]

Gotta be atleast a couple weeks yet. Can't wait

 

[Guffman]

When Vilardi is back on the roster, I assume he goes to the first line. Nino is doing very well with Lowry so I imagine Iafallo goes to the second line. Perfetti back at centre with Ehlers and Iafallo as wingers? Namestinkoff back to the fourth? Gus to PB or Kupari?

 

[gojetsgo]

 

[gojetsgo]

When Vilardi is back on the roster, I assume he goes to the first line. Nino is doing very well with Lowry so I imagine Iafallo goes to the second line. Perfetti back at centre with Ehlers and Iafallo as wingers? Namestinkoff back to the fourth? Gus to PB or Kupari?

I think exactly this, gus will most likely be the pb guy

 

[DeepFrickinValue]

Hoping we see some load management with Vilardi. No btb games etc.

 

[Jets 31]

That is great news.

 

[Howard Chuck]

Fantastic!

 

[KingBogo]

Hoping we see some load management with Vilardi. No btb games etc.

They are very unlikely to do that. The idea of load management is almost nonexistent in the NHL. Valardi is young and should be good to go once he is cleared, and this is not a chronic injury that would get progressively worse with time.

 

[Jets 31]

They are very unlikely to do that. The idea of load management is almost nonexistent in the NHL. Valardi is young and should be good to go once he is cleared, and this is not a chronic injury that would get progressively worse with time.

Very true and when he comes back it will make all 4 lines even stronger which evens out the ice times. He probably won't have to be playing 20 minutes a game.

 

[DeepFrickinValue]

Very true and when he comes back it will make all 4 lines even stronger which evens out the ice times. He probably won't have to be playing 20 minutes a game.

The diverse injury history though. Load management may offset this.

Last injury did seem like a freak accident though. Could have happened to anyone.

 

[ps241]

Fantastic!

November 14th to the 28th is the range they are referring to.

 

[KingBogo]

I think it can be common to recall a player for PB duty on road trips and send them back when you're at home, especially when your minor league team is in the same city.

I was looking at capfriendly and this strategy could add nicely to the TDL cap space over the season. Maybe Chevy is looking to put himself in the best possible position to make a big strike at the deadline?

 

[Johnny HFBOARDS]

Nice, good thing we have the PP to hold the fort.

 

[jungles]

Lines are going to be interesting. Nobody in the top 9 deserves to be dropped to 4th other than Ehlers.

 

[GeorgeJETson]

Lines are going to be interesting. Nobody in the top 9 deserves to be dropped to 4th other than Ehlers.

I never thought I'd ever say this, but when Vilardi is ready, I'd consider pulling Ehlers out of the lineup. Get a 2nd medical opinion. He looks like he's playing injured.

If he really isn't, then I'm okay with 4th line Ehlers.

 

[KingBogo]

I never thought I'd ever say this, but when Vilardi is ready, I'd consider pulling Ehlers out of the lineup. Get a 2nd medical opinion. He looks like he's playing injured.

If he really isn't, then I'm okay with 4th line Ehlers.

What do you believe Ehlers potential injury to be? His sub par play seems to stem mostly from a lack of game awareness and bad decisions.

 

[GeorgeJETson]

What do you believe Ehlers potential injury to be? His sub par play seems to stem mostly from a lack of game awareness and bad decisions.

Mostly from my eye test, which granted doesn't mean much.

He was injured prior to the start of preseason, and his current on ice play doesn't seem to match how he played last season.

That leads me to wonder whether he is still injured but just playing through it.

Perhaps I'm actually wrong and its just his timing, which is off.

 

[AlaskaJet]

When Vilardi is back on the roster, I assume he goes to the first line. Nino is doing very well with Lowry so I imagine Iafallo goes to the second line. Perfetti back at centre with Ehlers and Iafallo as wingers? Namestinkoff back to the fourth? Gus to PB or Kupari?

Lots of good possibilities. May take some time to check them all out tho’. Everything you list seems quite likely and logical. With Gus vs Kupari, my guess is that right now Gus has the upper hand, but Kupari is on a really upwards trajectory and will be hard to ignore once his puck handling and accuracy get even closer to his skating.

 

[BoneDocUK]

What do you believe Ehlers potential injury to be? His sub par play seems to stem mostly from a lack of game awareness and bad decisions.

Ehlers has always had his warts, but it has been a long time since he's played this inconsistently and this far off game pace.

I don't think high-end players suddenly lose game awareness -- more likely to me that he's trying to play a game adapted to recovery, new systems or some combination of both, and not managing it.

But getting Villardi back likely moves down Iafallo and then Names. I like Iafallo as a digger on a (normalized) Ehlers/ Perfetti line. But there are plenty of other combos available, which is a nice change of pace.