Vanek blog

[spndnchz]

So maybe I get more excited being a woman but AYK he's got twin boys coming. MONDAY!!

 

He says if everything goes well he'll make the game that night.

 

New entry: November 10th 2010 - Tom talks about the slow Sabres' start into the season and the imminent birth of his twins.

November 10th 2010

That was definitely not the way we envisioned our start into the season I really think that we didn’t play that bad for most of the games. A few really stupid mistakes have cost us some games and all of a sudden we were on a losing streak. Then it’s getting harder and harder to get out of that funk. You grip your stick to hard, even the easiest things suddenly get complicated. Our win in Toronto was all the more important in that situation, even though it was one of our ugliest. But to be honest, we couldn’t really care less. A win is a win. Now we’ve got to try and string together five or six wins and get our game back. That means puck possession and capitalizing on our chances.

 

Our special teams are surely one of our great weaknesses right now. During the last seasons we were always in the top 10 of the league but this year we just can’t get it going. We have problems entering the zone on the powerplay and getting shots on goal. It’s logical that I don’t get as many chances to tip pucks or get rebounds then. We’ve put a lot of work into improving our powerplay in practice – enter the zone with a few, quick passes and get shots on goal.

 

My personal negative streak isn’t very helpful, of course. The only good thing is that I don’t get as frustrated as in the last years. I know now that you can’t force anything, but also that every dry spell comes to an end. The sooner the better, naturally. At least I had a lot of chances in most of the games to date, sometimes it was bad luck that the puck didn’t go in.

 

There’s nothing to sugarcoat, we just didn’t look good in some games. But it would be wrong to put the blame on any single player of the team. Or even on the young ones like Tyler Myers. He’ll make his way, no doubt about that. Teams just know him better this year and try to take him out of the game. Like every player on the team, Tyler maybe just tries too much. I’m sure he’ll get through this phase and will emerge even stronger.

 

Things are starting to heat up at home. Next Monday is due date for our twins. Ashley is doing really well. Just today we had one of the last examinations and everything is running smoothly. Ashley will have a Caesarean. It’s safer, because one of our boys is lying upside down and a “natural” birth would be too dangerous. I don’t know if I’ll be on the team against Vancouver on Monday evening. Certainly not in the morning for the pre-game-skate as that’s the time of the birth. If everything goes according to the plan and my family is doing well I’d definitely like to play against the Canucks.

 

[nobody]

I'm guessing his wife is in MN?

[Calvin]

So maybe I get more excited being a woman but AYK he's got twin boys coming. MONDAY!!

 

He says if everything goes well he'll make the game that night.

good for Tommy, hope it goes well for the couple :-)

[Stoner]

Perhaps Ghost could lure Tom out to the stables and clip this guys nuts, or whatever they do to geld horses.

[Sterling Archer]

Perhaps Ghost could lure Tom out to the stables and clip this guys nuts, or whatever they do to geld horses.

 

 

I believe they use a hot poker.

[X. Benedict]

Perhaps Ghost could lure Tom out to the stables and clip this guys nuts, or whatever they do to geld horses.

 

Change his name to Funnycide?

(if he passes up a shot in the slot again, I'm all for it)

[Stoner]

Change his name to Funnycide?

(if he passes up a shot in the slot again, I'm all for it)

 

HIs mudder was a mutterer.

[Skibum]

That explains it! I remember the last time Vanek had a kid he went on a pretty big scoring skid.

 

Kidding aside, congrats to TV. Having twins must be one of the coolest things ever - even cooler when you can afford them!

[Two or less]

That explains it! I remember the last time Vanek had a kid he went on a pretty big scoring skid.

 

Kidding aside, congrats to TV. Having twins must be one of the coolest things ever - even cooler when you can afford them!

 

It'd be much cooler if he started scoring some goals.

 

That over-time miss is not excusable. For a team dying for points, he needs to finish that. Although, it was nice seeing the around the world again. lol

[TheChimp]

God, more kids already? Pretty soon he'll have more spawn than goals.

[Sterling Archer]

God, more kids already? Pretty soon he'll have more spawn than goals.

 

Austrian Travis Henry?

[inkman]

Austrian Travis Henry?

Nah, Vanek can only score on one gaping hole a month.

[Calvin]

Nah, Vanek can only score on one gaping hole a month. every nine months

corrected

[Marvelo]

That explains it! I remember the last time Vanek had a kid he went on a pretty big scoring skid.

 

He's been on a pretty big scoring skid since 2007.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/teams/players/bio/?id=3504

[TheChimp]

Well we know he ain't shootin' wide at home. Duzsh!!

[kishoph]

Twins huh, I didn't even know he was pregnant, but I guess it shows in his game.

[Marvelo]

I just wish Tomas and his wife a big happy family--elsewhere.

[bob_sauve28]

I just wish Tomas and his wife a big happy family--elsewhere.

I just wonder if they should throw the C at him and see how he handles it. No one really thinks of him as a leader but sometimes guys rise to the occasion. Worth a shot, the Captain they have now is....fill in the blank

[Marvelo]

My personal negative streak isn’t very helpful, of course. The only good thing is that I don’t get as frustrated as in the last years. I know now that you can’t force anything, but also that every dry spell comes to an end. The sooner the better, naturally. At least I had a lot of chances in most of the games to date, sometimes it was bad luck that the puck didn’t go in.

 

There’s nothing to sugarcoat, we just didn’t look good in some games. But it would be wrong to put the blame on any single player of the team. Or even on the young ones like Tyler Myers. He’ll make his way, no doubt about that. Teams just know him better this year and try to take him out of the game. Like every player on the team, Tyler maybe just tries too much. I’m sure he’ll get through this phase and will emerge even stronger.

 

Tom doesn't have a place to leave comments on his blog so I'll just leave a few observations here.

 

First if he doesn't get as frustrated as in the last years, does that mean he doesn't care as much?

 

Second, why point out to a specific teammate like Tyler Myers? Is it to deflect negative criticism of himself?

 

I think by reading Tom's insights, he just sounds like he says a lot of negative things and you can tell alot about a person by the things they say, whether or not they're a positive or negative person.

[bob_sauve28]

What we could have gotten for Vanek:

 

 

http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/34585-THNcom-Blog-What-if-Thomas-Vanek-became-an-Oiler.html

 

 

:doh:

[spndnchz]

What we could have gotten for Vanek:

 

 

http://www.thehockey...e-an-Oiler.html

 

 

:doh:

 

We've talked about this before. It all depends on if they got Vanek would they've landed in the same bottom spots those years? Doubt it.

[bob_sauve28]

We've talked about this before. It all depends on if they got Vanek would they've landed in the same bottom spots those years? Doubt it.

We have Vanek and we are on a bottom spot

[spndnchz]

We have Vanek and we are on a bottom spot

 

That's pushing it. 4th, 3rd and 1st last three years, no where near 'bottom'.

[X. Benedict]

What we could have gotten for Vanek:

 

 

http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/34585-THNcom-Blog-What-if-Thomas-Vanek-became-an-Oiler.html

 

 

:doh:

 

yeah...but where would they have played hockey once the fans burned down HSBC ..

[bob_sauve28]

yeah...but where would they have played hockey once the fans burned down HSBC ..

That wouldn't have happened. Sure, Jerry Sullivan would have moaned, Bull Dog would have barked and angry people would have called GR complaining, but then the world would have moved on.