AMAZING NEWS W/ JAKUB VRANA (St Louis Blues, Former Detroit Red Wings Updates & Rumours Today 2023)

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We're going over the very positive update on St. Louis Blues forward Jakub Vrana.
Article: www.stltoday.com/sports/hocke...
This video is taking place after the 2022 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The 2022 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:
1st) Montreal Canadiens, Juraj Slafkovsky
2nd) New Jersey Devils, Simon Nemec
3rd) Arizona Coyotes, Logan Cooley
4th) Seattle Kraken, Shane Wright
5th) Philadelphia Flyers, Cutter Gauthier
6th) Columbus Blue Jackets (from Chicago Blackhawks), David Jiricek
7th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Ottawa Senators), Kevin Korchinski
8th) Detroit Red Wings, Marco Kasper
9th) Buffalo Sabres, Matthew Savoie
10th) Anaheim Ducks, Pavel Mintyukov
11th) Arizona Coyotes (from San Jose Sharks), Conor Geekie
12th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Denton Mateychuk
13th) Chicago Blackhawks (from New York Islanders), Frank Nazar
14th) Winnipeg Jets, Rutger McGroarty
15th) Vancouver Canucks, Jonathan Lekkerimaki
16th) Buffalo Sabres (Vegas Golden Knights), Noah Ostlund
17th) Nashville Predators, Joakim Kemell
18th) Dallas Stars, Lian Bichsel
19th) Minnesota Wild (from LA Kings), Liam Ohgren
20th) Washington Capitals, Ivan Miroshnichenko
21st) Pittsburgh Penguins, Owen Pickering
22nd) Anaheim Ducks (from Boston Bruins), Nathan Gaucher
23rd) St. Louis Blues, Jimmy Snuggerud
24th) Minnesota Wild, Danila Yurov
25th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Sam Rinzel
26th) Montreal Canadiens (from Calgary Flames), Filip Mesar
27th) San Jose Sharks (from Carolina Hurricanes via Arizona Coyotes and Montreal Canadiens), Filip Bystedt
28th) Buffalo Sabres (from Florida Panthers), Jiri Kulich
29th) Arizona Coyotes (from Edmonton Oilers), Maveric Lamoureux
30th) Winnipeg Jets (from New York Rangers), Brad Lambert
31st) Tampa Bay Lightning, Isaac Howard
32nd) Edmonton Oilers (from Colorado Avalanche via Arizona Coyotes), Reid Schaefer
This video is also taking place after 2022 NHL Season, and after the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Colorado Avalanche defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Finals.
Jakub Vrana was one of the top NHL prospects at the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.
The 2014 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The first round of the draft went as follows:
1st - Florida Panthers, Aaron Ekblad
2nd - Buffalo Sabres, Sam Reinhart
3rd - Edmonton Oilers, Leon Draisaitl
4th - Calgary Flames, Sam Bennett
5th - New York Islanders, Michael Dal Colle
6th - Vancouver Canucks, Jake Virtanen
7th - Carolina Hurricanes, Haydn Fleury
8th - Toronto Maple Leafs, William Nylander
9th - Winnipeg Jets, Nikolaj Ehlers
10th - Anaheim Ducks (from Ottawa Senators), Nick Ritchie
11th - Nashville Predators, Kevin Fiala
12th - Arizona Coyotes, Brendan Perlini
13th - Washington Capitals, Jakub Vrana
14th - Dallas Stars, Julius Honka
15th - Detroit Red Wings, Dylan Larkin
16th - Columbus Blue Jackets, Sonny Milano
17th - Philadelphia Flyers, Travis Sanheim
18th - Minnesota Wild, Alex Tuch
19th - Tampa Bay Lightning, Tony DeAngelo
20th - Chicago Blackhawks (from San Jose Sharks), Nick Schmaltz
21st - St. Louis Blues, Robby Fabbri
22nd - Pittsburgh Penguins, Kasperi Kapanen
23rd - Colorado Avalanche, Conner Bleackley
24th - Vancouver Canucks (from Anaheim Ducks), Jared McCann
25th - Boston Bruins, David Pastrnak
26th - Montreal Canadiens, Nikita Scherbak
27th - San Jose Sharks, Nikolay Goldobin
28th - New York Islanders (from New York Rangers via Tampa Bay Lightning), Josh Ho-Sang
29th - Los Angeles Kings, Adrian Kempe
30th - New Jersey Devils, John Quenneville
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[@bitwise_8953]

Varana is such a fun player to watch. Every time he gets the puck there's a chance he'll score. As a Detroit fan I really wanted to see him play more games in the red and white, but it's probably for best that he gets a fresh start, and the blues kinda deserve to get something back considering all the good blues players on our roster now 😀

[@theramplocal]

Blues fan, I love seeing walman being a top pairing dman, I know he plays w seider who is already a beast but still he has been awesome for you guys!

[@marklambert4793]

@@theramplocal yes! It’s like they’ve been playing together for years!

[@theramplocal]

Blues fan, I am stoked to have vrana on our team, but most of all I hope he succeeds as a person and can manage or beat whatever he is going through. Real life happens to everybody and he seems like a good kid

[@DanRagoo]

I’m praying he overcomes what the issue/issues and return to form. This is one time, as a wings fan, I’m hoping the other team gets the better end of the trade.

[@davidkruse4030]

He will get hurt and then get strung out again

[@theramplocal]

@David Kruse damn man that is disrespectful, if you are a fan of Detroit or Washington I get it, he let down your team but throwing shade at a possible drug addiction is plain cold blooded. Just sayin

[@richardclay9669]

So far he has looked good with the Blues, adds some much needed speed to the team

[@connorharadine8617]

I wish he would’ve worked in Detroit. Hope the best for Vrana.

[@hoytstill3955]

Vrana is a finisher. Wings got too many guys that get chances but can't score. Don't understand why Detroit gave him up for nothing.

[@Nick_S1]

Wings certainly still got a return out of the deal for Vrana. The 1st round pick from Washington was traded up for Cossa. It's unfortunate they were not able to make this work, but we will not likely never know the whole story.

[@hunterleudke259]

I wish Steve would let him get more chances and not trade him

[@Ohio_Isnt_Real]

sounded like Vrana didnt want to be there

[@Pix3lPalace]

@@Ohio_Isnt_Real ya but he did get traded to a worse franchise

[@icedo1013]

@@Ohio_Isnt_Real It sounded to me more like he was ready to give it another shot once he got out of the PA program.

[@Unscheduledsandwich]

Two teams he left on bad terms . I’ve said it once to say it again real Xavier Laflamme vibes. Hopefully he figures it out in St. Louis but it’s definitely him.

[@sixthday132]

Yep, basically Washington paid us to take him, and we paid St. Louis to do the same. Bad vibes all around.

[@nnNUBSss]

I said this exact thing about him reminding me of Laflamme as soon as he went to the players assistance program. It wouldn't surprise me if management made it mandatory for him to go. Can't wait for the spittin chiclets to interview him on what really happened in the future. .. maybe we'll never get the full story.

[@theramplocal]

I wld love if vrana found his game and became the player we all know he can be, also if he resigned w the blues after next season, same w kapanen, they def have the skill set

[@augustsmith9633]

There's plenty of room for speculation of who was right and who was wrong, but we will never know the reasons why so it's best just to move on tbh. He's gonna be good wherever he goes; he's got the talent to succeed.

[@apprenticephil649]

10 mil for 26 points? Yzerman got hosed on this one

[@augustsmith9633]

We took Husso, Fabbri, and Walman. I think we will survive; relax.

[@johngolfer9244]

It's not what he does with the puck....it's what he does without the puck. I think the perception was he's not a two way player and doesn't fit into the Lalonde system,

[@Nall412]

Bingo

[@laurencec2353]

He obviously has talent probably more than he realizes but there’s a reason Washington and Detroit dealt him. The fact that he still seems clueless on whatever the reason is tells me he still hasn’t figured it out.

[@Ecliptonian]

I don’t think Buchnevich had a career revival he was one of the rangers best players the season before he got traded to STL

[@sixthday132]

For those of you blaming Detroit or Yzerman, lets not forget that this Vrana is a grown man who has put himself in the position he now finds himself in. What's important is that we now pray for the man to defeat his demons and put his life back on the proper trajectory. He deserves the chance and I hope he succeeds. Lets put the blame where it belongs though.

[@robertcole9085]

He’s addicted to painkillers.

[@debisusan4338]

I hated that Yzerman and Lalonde treated him so badly and I cannot forget it! Bring him up and don’t let him play for 3 games, why??? I am cheering him on!!!!

[@augustsmith9633]

Oh gosh Debi we traded him to a playoff/ stanley cup contender team!! We are so diabolical!! This organization has really gone downhill!!

[@Nall412]

Ummm? Treated him so badly? Where’s the proof.

[@Nall412]

@@augustsmith9633 people go on as if Detroit were physically and mentally abusing the kid. Lmaoooo

[@debisusan4338]

@@Nall412 Yes I believe that.He at least deserved a chance to see if he could come back. It's not as if we don't need another scorer like Vrana!

[@gordoncheswick4169]

The worst trade return for this type of scorer - EVER! I have no idea why SY was steaming so bad to get rid of Vrana. He was signed thru 2024 - so play him - then trade him at the TDL in 2024! That Players Assistance reasoning must have been pretty bad!

[@augustsmith9633]

You'll never know if he made a bad bad choice or not so don't criticize him until you know the facts.

[@jimlahey7066]

We don’t know why vrana was sent to player’s assistance, all we know is he didn’t show up to the season correct and ready to go. Nothing but unprofessional, good riddance

[@silver3344]

I will never understand why we didn't ride his contract out. It was a terrible move not to as Vrana's entire career was hanging in the balance because he has to perform this next year, and in Vrana fashion - he will. Except, the blues will benefit from it. I blame Yzerman first and foremost, but primarily Lalonde. It was a terrible managerial and business decision. The guy is starting to rub me the wrong way as he has this idea of control and where he came from, but... to me, Vrana was worth more to the org than Lalonde was. It's just an overall sense of priggishness that you could sense was oozing from staff that needn't not even exist. Kind of the like the middle manager in life who, despite you doing well, going above and beyond, producing profit for the company, and making that individual manager look better, they scold you for taking a day off that you're entitled to. It's that type of peon-brained personality that calls shots who ends up ultimately being a detriment to a successful program - whoever's primary influence it was.

[@Georgie_4E4]

I laughed at this

[@silver3344]

@@Georgie_4E4 There is no laughing when we tawkin' bout bidness.

[@augustsmith9633]

Dude what kind of shrooms you eating on your trip on that mountain of an ego? Holy crap! lmao dude got traded to a playoff contending Stanley cup team ya fool. You act like we took em out back for lashings in between games. You're probably are still crying about Fil and Bert as well aren't ya? Dudes don't work out in every organization. Take a fricken Xanax.

[@silver3344]

@@augustsmith9633 No, I'm not. Those were solid trades. I wouldn't even be remotely upset if we didn't retain salary to be honest. It's a straight charity grab for St. Louis at a time we need to obtain assets more than ever. Vrana is a first or second + more at next year's trade deadline. It was a bad business decision regardless of perceived personalities in the locker room. Again, if we didn't retain salary and lock up a retention spot (you only get 3) for next year I wouldn't even care. In a rebuilding team, it was a not so smart move.

[@nadaduo1765]

yzerman fouling it up again lol buffalo got good before the wings and they were an absolute joke 2 years lol

[@Georgie_4E4]

When you pick 3-4 players out of the top 50 for the last 7-8 years, you’d hope they would start hitting eventually…also what else did Yzerman “foul up”?!

[@InvincibleMegaBeast]

What a dumb azz

[@nadaduo1765]

​@@Georgie_4E4passed on zegras & caufield in 2019, edvinson 6th over wyatt johnstone, guenther & others, picked cossa over wallstedt, the chariot contract, nedilijkovic, vrana situation, traded bertuzzi cause he mismanaged the cap, he sucks lol

[@nadaduo1765]

@@InvincibleMegaBeast can't handle the truth lol , 7th in the atlantic

[@SHEAINTALADYIFSHEAINT280]

Lol Buffalo really isnt any better than the Wings. Neither one is a threat and neither one is is going to the playoffs.

[@500stoney]

Yzerman really F’d this one up. Pretty much par for the course. Sorry mindless “Yzerplan” cult followers but your boy is not up to the job

[@caseyczarnomski8054]

Vrana didn't get a chance because Yzerman has 0 tolerance for off ice problems. Doesn't matter if he's the next Crosby, Yzerman didn't want him.