Confirmed with Link: Jakub Vrana in Player Assistance program (01.03.23 in GR for conditioning)

[Gniwder]

Should we see
Bertuzzi - Larkin - Vrana at some point

Start him at the bottom to ease him in.

Berg-Joey-V

He can work his way up from there. That's easily the best 4th line in the league.

 

[SCD]

Should we see
Bertuzzi - Larkin - Vrana at some point

They already have them together on the blue line today.

 

[lilidk]

Start him at the bottom to ease him in.

Berg-Joey-V

He can work his way up from there. That's easily the best 4th line in the league.

It will be fun line , but defensively, I don't know

 

[Gniwder]

It will be fun line , but defensively, I don't know

Vrana only looks bad defensively when facing top pair D that can drive the offense. If he's covering 3rd pair D, it's not a big deal. Vrana tends to take a lot of chances, and will burned by guys like McAvoy/Makar/Fox much in the same way that Zadina does. At leas Vrana has speed to make up for some of those mistakes and can score on a breakaway when he does steal the puck.

 

[SoupGuru]

I don't know what he had to get help with and I don't care. It's his journey. But it can be easy to fall back into old ruts. I hope he has the support he needs from the people around him.

 

[DanielMarois]

Great news! Love him as a player

 

[MabusIncarnate]

Happy to see him back and that he worked through whatever issue kept him out.

 

[Oddbob]

This picture is good and bad. Good Vrana is back, but bad that Larkin is in a non contact jersey.

I will put $300 on Vrana scoring the first 3 goals of tomorrow's game.

This is unrealistic expectations. Why on earth would he only score the first 3 goals, when he could easily score the first 4 goals.

 

[Nhlpowerweek]

Vrana will totally kill in tomorrow's game or the day after tomorrow (like that movie) that cool comeback kid game. What a dynamic player.

 

[The Real Pastafarian]

Loved that little smile he gave a couple of minutes into the interview.

I hope we don't rush him back in if he's not fully up to game condition, given his injury history, but at the same time I hope we don't hold him back too long, because I bet the camaraderie of the team and some success in a few games will help him fully recover.

 

[Gniwder]

This is unrealistic expectations. Why on earth would he only score the first 3 goals, when he could easily score the first 4 goals.

Why settle for 4 when you can have 5?

Vrana is the only winger that can put up points without Larkin. Excited to have him back, I still think 4th line to start, but I think he'll fit on any line. Maybe he's the winger that Copp needs, it'll simply his game to "give the puck to Vrana", much like Zadina did last season.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

It will be fun line , but defensively, I don't know

Veleno has been pretty strong defensively this year outside of sucking at faceoffs. And Berggren has shown a lot of growth away from the puck from previous years. The most defensively deficient player of the 3 is Vrana.

 

[lilidk]

Veleno has been pretty strong defensively this year outside of sucking at faceoffs. And Berggren has shown a lot of growth away from the puck from previous years. The most defensively deficient player of the 3 is Vrana.

I've heard lalonde complain about defensive mistakes by Berggren and Veleno

 

[norrisnick]

I've heard lalonde complain about defensive mistakes by Berggren and Veleno

That's code for being young.

 

[Gniwder]

I've heard lalonde complain about defensive mistakes by Berggren and Veleno

Veleno is +4, the only forward doing better is Larkin.

His FO% though.... geezes, might as well let Berggy take them

 

[ColdToiletSeats]

is he actually confirmed to be playing tomorrow? (Vrana)

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

I've heard lalonde complain about defensive mistakes by Berggren and Veleno

He’s left them out there against top lines with Hagg and Lindstrom as D. They were hardly the problem in that losing streak.

 

[lhsgolf19]

Headed to GR

 

[norrisnick]

Headed to GR

Go Jakub Go

 

[lilidk]

Headed to GR

It's sounds stupid I think

Send Larkin also in GR

 

[Gniwder]

He’s left them out there against top lines with Hagg and Lindstrom as D. They were hardly the problem in that losing streak.

Yeah, I was gonna say they've played against top lines quite a bit and Joey's still in the plus column despite Seider handing him a -1 in OT. Seider and Chiarot haven't done any favors for Joey either. The plus defensemen are Hronek, Maatta, Walman, and surprisingly Oesterle who apparently can only play defense on the opposite side.

I imagine Oesterle will finish his career as RHD, lol.

 

[norrisnick]

It's sounds stupid I think

Send Larkin also in GR

Two things.
1. Why?
2. Won't be able to justify it as he's been playing. You can't just send guys to the AHL on a conditioning stint. You need a valid reason. Not having played in 2+ months works for Vrana. Same thing applied for Hellberg. Or Soderblom.

 

[haulinbass]

It's sounds stupid I think

Send Larkin also in GR

Lol since when do players of that caliber get sent to AHL for conditioning. I get it I guess if they are all home games but to make him travel around with GR seems pretty goofy

 

[lilidk]

Two things.
1. Why?
2. Won't be able to justify it as he's been playing. You can't just send guys to the AHL on a conditioning stint. You need a valid reason. Not having played in 2+ months works for Vrana. Same thing applied for Hellberg. Or Soderblom.

I just see no reason other than make GR better by sending there our most skilled player. Vrana has nothing to do with GR and why not just send someone else to play with Vrana.
It was sarcasm comment

 

[Oddbob]

I just see no reason other than make GR better by sending there our most skilled player. Vrana has nothing to do with GR and why not just send someone else to play with Vrana.
It was sarcasm comment

Thing is though, they aren't sending him cause he is good or to give GR something nice, they are sending him cause he hasn't played competitive hockey in 2 months.