Confirmed Trade: [MIN/VGK] Alex Tuch to Vegas for a Cond. 3rd and selecting Erik Haula

[Curufinwe]

Absolutely. Vegas off to a bad start with McPhee overthinking ever thing and not doing the obvious.

You haven't thought about this enough.

If Vegas don't agree to this deal before the freeze, the Wild could have moved two LHD, gone 7-3-1 and protected Dumba.

 

[Tobi Wan Kenobi]

Do people watch the same games as I do? Tuch looked like a future beat when they played the Canucks

 

[Tobi Wan Kenobi]

Just horrendous. Saw Haula and thought, "wow let's see the haul, must be a 1st ++". Nope. Tuch, who is not worth anywhere close to a 1st and looks to be a bust candidate AND vegas paid a 3rd. Laughable. I'm actually mad about this. Come on Vegas, you were soooo close to having a good draft. We totally would have looked past the whole Nosek thing if it weren't for this

lol what the **** are you talking about. I know Leafs fans don't watch much hockey toher than the Leafs but come on. Tuch is good. I wouldn't bat and eye with someone liking him more than Dumba and Scandella is 27 and most likely won't be in his prime when Vegas is contending.

 

[Mogo]

Do people watch the same games as I do? Tuch looked like a future beat when they played the Canucks

Dont most when they play Canucks

 

[SB84]

lol what the **** are you talking about. I know Leafs fans don't watch much hockey toher than the Leafs but come on. Tuch is good. I wouldn't bat and eye with someone liking him more than Dumba and Scandella is 27 and most likely won't be in his prime when Vegas is contending.

You got me there, every Leafs fan only watches the Leafs. We actually aren't allowed to purchase Centre Ice or Gamecentre

Tuch is good based on one game you saw of him against an awful team? Good analysis bud. He'll be a lazy bottom 6 player his entire career.

 

[57special]

Tuch played a handful of games with the Wild. Some nights ( I.e. Against WPG) he looked like one of the best players on the ice. Others, one of the worst. Some nights he wasn't noticeable.

One would almost think that he was a 20 yo rookie.

No one knows if he is going to be a future star or a bust. My money is on him being a middle six guy. Great size and shot. Good skill. Needs to work on his feet.

 

[Ban Hammered]

You got me there, every Leafs fan only watches the Leafs. We actually aren't allowed to purchase Centre Ice or Gamecentre

Tuch is good based on one game you saw of him against an awful team? Good analysis bud. He'll be a lazy bottom 6 player his entire career.

And your analysis is based off of....?

 

[bleuetbio]

Erik Haula isnt top 6 material, so Vegas dont realy him. They can have similar players from others teams too. Haula isnt valuable in this trade. Matt Dumba was thir premiere man, the asset they would need to build this team. I they would give up Dumba for a prospect like Kaprizov, I would understand but Tuch isnt in this category. Mcphee has been fool with his best asset. You cant forget that.

 

[ThatGuy22]

Erik Haula isnt top 6 material, so Vegas dont realy him. They can have similar players from others teams too. Haula isnt valuable in this trade. Matt Dumba was thir premiere man, the asset they would need to build this team. I they would give up Dumba for a prospect like Kaprizov, I would understand but Tuch isnt in this category. Mcphee has been fool with his best asset. You cant forget that.

Except as reported by Russo the deal was done pre roster freeze, it just didn't leak.

Brodin or Dumba get's traded if there isn't a deal done, and McPhee never has a shot at them.

 

[bleuetbio]

Except as reported by Russo the deal was done pre roster freeze, it just didn't leak.

Brodin or Dumba get's traded if there isn't a deal done, and McPhee never has a shot at them.

I dont knew that, its a good information to know. Then, the Wild still have 5 quality dmen on bank initially to protect: Suter, Spurgeon, Brodin, Dumba and Scandella. I would like one of them but I understand

 

[Tobi Wan Kenobi]

You got me there, every Leafs fan only watches the Leafs. We actually aren't allowed to purchase Centre Ice or Gamecentre

Tuch is good based on one game you saw of him against an awful team? Good analysis bud. He'll be a lazy bottom 6 player his entire career.

Yeah you're in bed lol. It's night night when the west plays. He looked really good to me. You claiming he's a bust is laughable. It just shows how ignorant your comment is. Anybody who's watched Tuch will know he has serious potential.

 

[Nharris31]

I dont knew that, its a good information to know. Then, the Wild still have 5 quality dmen on bank initially to protect: Suter, Spurgeon, Brodin, Dumba and Scandella. I would like one of them but I understand

They're still probaby trading one(Scandella.)

 

[Bookman]

I'm sad to see Tuch go, because i was hoping he'd break this out someday in the NHL.

 

[Bookman]

Another favorite Tuch moment. Kid can shoot the puck.

 

[123TripleDoge]

Lmao @ Tuch being a bust.

 

[Sticktape]

Tuch is not busting. Lacking intensity is one thing, but 37 points in 57 games as a 20 year old in the AHL is nothing to scoff at. Here's a couple Tuch goals:

Edit: Tried pasting the URLs at the time of the goals but I guess it didn't work. They're in there though folks.

 

[rynryn]

Not sure where this Tuch is a bust stuff comes from.
He'll be a NHL fixture.

 

[Al Lagoon]

Don't expect him to become a star, but a solid middle 6 wing seems like a great bet.

 

[SB84]

Yeah you're in bed lol. It's night night when the west plays. He looked really good to me. You claiming he's a bust is laughable. It just shows how ignorant your comment is. Anybody who's watched Tuch will know he has serious potential.

I live in Calgary...

I have watched him on several occasions on different stages since before he was drafted and each time he was wildly inconsistent shift to shift and seemed disinterested when he wasn't on offence/didn't have the puck. The guy has no drive. You won't succeed in the NHL on just pure skill and size alone. Hopefully he figures out and gets his butt in gear but i'm not holding my breath.

 

[AKL]

Russo said on a local radio station that LV had the choice of Kaprizov, Greenway or Tuch as the prospect.

 

[rynryn]

Woah i would have had Kaprizov up there with Ek, Kunin down with Tuch and Greenway.

must be the russian factor.

 

[Bazeek]

Woah i would have had Kaprizov up there with Ek, Kunin down with Tuch and Greenway.

must be the russian factor.

Yeah, I get that there's some moderate risk of him staying in Russia, but he is absolutely a player we should be taking that risk on.

Whatever, glad it didn't play out that way.

 

[rynryn]

Yeah, I get that there's some moderate risk of him staying in Russia, but he is absolutely a player we should be taking that risk on.

Whatever, glad it didn't play out that way.

likewise. Like Dumba he's something unique in our system.

 

[TaLoN]

He is absolutely not a blue chip prospect. Eriksson EK, Kunin, Kaprizov and Greenway all passed him on the Wild's organizational depth chart.

And Russo on the Radio just disproved that...

The Wild gave Vegas the CHOICE of Kaprizov, Greenway and Tuch. Yet Vegas chose Tuch.

Go figure, they chose 1 blue chip prospect over two others... and he happened to be the one proving the most closest to NHL level.

 

[TaLoN]

From Russo...

Fletcher made clear he explained to center Eric Staal when left unprotected that he was confident the veteran center was safe from being protected. "We had this arrangement with Vegas [for Haula] now for close to a week," Fletcher said. "So I was able to talk to Eric early on, and I don't Eric was ever in danger of not being with our club."