History
2005-06: Vishnevskiy was selected 68th overall in the 2005 CHL Import Draft by the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies and made an impact for them right away. He had nearly point per game from the blue line and earned a spot on the QMJHL’s Rookie All-Star Team (and in the CHL Top Prospects game). However, he was a surprise omission from the Russian U18 World Championships team. His departure for North America probably had a lot to do with the decision to leave him off the squad. Vishnevskiy did play for Team Russia (’88) in the Five Nations Tournament.
2006-07: The Stars used their first-round pick (27th overall) in the 2006 NHL Entry Draft to select Vishnevskiy. He returned to the Huskies and once again lead the club’s defensemen in points. He made some minor strides towards improving his defensive play and jumped from a plus-1 to a plus-9 -- scoring less on a worse team. Vishnevskiy also appeared in two games for Russia in the ADT Canada-Russia Challenge.
2007-08: On July 18, 2007, the Stars signed Vishnevskiy to a three-year entry-level deal. He was returned to Rouyn-Noranda once more where he had a point per game (45 in 45) but did not have as strong of a playoffs. He was nominated as a second-team QMJHL All-Star for his regular season efforts however. He also joined the Russian team for six games in Canada-Russia Jrs. Super Series, but only notched one goal during the series. Vishnevskiy was once again left off the World Juniors (U20) roster, this time because of a knee injury.
2008-09: Vishnevskiy got his first taste of professional hockey with the Peoria Rivermen this season. His numbers weren’t exactly awe-inspiring (19 points and a minus-5 in 67 games). For much of his time in Peoria, his play wasn’t exactly inspired either. Vishnevskiy seemed almost bored with his time in the AHL. If there’s one thing that kept him busy, however, it was improving his defensive play over the course of the year – which he did. But it wasn’t until he was recalled to Dallas for the last three games of the season did we see what’s to come for the talented and dynamic Vishnevskiy.
Talent Analysis
A fluid skater, Vishnevskiy has all the offensive tools to become a powerplay quarterback in the NHL. He’s undersized and only average in his own end, two things that will work against him at the professional level. However, he has the vision and skill set that enable him to be a great puck-mover. Reads plays well and has the skating ability to stay in the play defensively, but isn’t consistent enough in that regard. Needs to figure out a way to handle power forwards effectively.
Future
Potential: Second pairing offensive defenseman and power play quarterback, similar to Lubomir Visnovsky.
With Sergei Zubov’s future in some question, Vishnevskiy may have shown enough in his short stint to be penciled into the 2009-10 Stars starting lineup.
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Profile Last Updated: September, 2nd 2009
On CBC they said Turco isn't going to resign,there stacked with D prospects Nikanen,Grossman,Fistric,Larsen ETC.would you do it ? would the Stars do it ?
Last edited by Royal Canuck: 10-22-2012 at 04:40 AM.
Personally I think it's going to come down to who Dallas' scouting staff feels is the best goaltender. There's a couple of guys available right now, with Dallas being the only active buyer, but none of the sellers have an immediate rush to trade. So I'd imagine Dallas is going to take a long look at Halak, Schneider, and a couple others, pick who they believe will be the best going forward, then make a fair offer to that team.
Personally I think it's going to come down to who Dallas' scouting staff feels is the best goaltender. There's a couple of guys available right now, with Dallas being the only active buyer, but none of the sellers have an immediate rush to trade. So I'd imagine Dallas is going to take a long look at Halak, Schneider, and a couple others, pick who they believe will be the best going forward, then make a fair offer to that team.
Dont forget Dan Ellis, (much compared to Turco for his style of play) is a UFA this summer
Dan being much more established with PLayoff success and number one status on an NHL team.
Halak seems like a good goaltender, but i dont think he will be bought up this deadline, more towards the Draft, when we see who is placed where, n who needs what.
idk much about this kid, but what you list isnt bad, Not much NHL experience either,
not sure if i like the injuries he has had, missing the juniors is a bummer, i look at the WJC as a real step in a young players development,
But imma look more into this kid,
Overal good proposal. not many Cory Schnieder proposals are.
On CBC they said Turco isn't going to resign,there stacked with D prospects Nikanen,Grossman,Fistric,Larsen ETC.would you do it ? would the Stars do it ?
on the trade board they talked about jamie benn for schneider which i like.
I wouldn't do it considering that kovy is a free agent after the season
Yeah, unless Kovalchuk is signed, I wouldn't be too comfortable with the deal, especially if it is Hodgson going the other way. A signed Kovalchuk (reasonably priced), and no question, the deal is very good for the Canucks.
And back to the topic at hand, I remember reading a trade proposal like this one a while ago, and IIRC Stars fans weren't too keen on a straight up swap for the two players. Talent-wise, the deal is probably fair, though Dallas could extract a more "valuable" resource for Vish instead of an unproven goalie (even if he is very good) unless their management is high on Schneider.
Busted up Bieksa's 7th man spot for bigger Valabik.
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IMO the focus has to be defensive help but I'd love to add Kovalchuk to the mix.
I'd have no problem moving Schneider, Bieksa and picks for Kovalchuk but that's not likely going to get it done.
If the asking price for Kovalchuk and say Scott Neidermayer were the same then no doubt I'd go with Kovalchuk but realistically speaking there are teams such as LA that could afford to give up more and they've got a better chance at resigning him.
We could easily fit in Kovalchuk on a Hossa type of deal but if he's looking for 9+million long term then it just doesn't make sense.
Giving up Hodgson for a rental just doesn't make any sense. Even with Kovalchuk there's no gaurantee that we'll be able to get passed teams like San Jose and more importantly Chicago.
Kovalchuk puts us on a level where we can no doubt compete with either team but in a best of 7 it's tough to say what would happen.
With that being said any team that acquires Kovalchuk may get a late 1st/early 2nd round pick for his rights at the draft if they can't get him signed.
IMO the focus has to be defensive help but I'd love to add Kovalchuk to the mix.
I'd have no problem moving Schneider, Bieksa and picks for Kovalchuk but that's not likely going to get it done.
If the asking price for Kovalchuk and say Scott Neidermayer were the same then no doubt I'd go with Kovalchuk but realistically speaking there are teams such as LA that could afford to give up more and they've got a better chance at resigning him.
We could easily fit in Kovalchuk on a Hossa type of deal but if he's looking for 9+million long term then it just doesn't make sense.
Giving up Hodgson for a rental just doesn't make any sense. Even with Kovalchuk there's no gaurantee that we'll be able to get passed teams like San Jose and more importantly Chicago.
Kovalchuk puts us on a level where we can no doubt compete with either team but in a best of 7 it's tough to say what would happen.
With that being said any team that acquires Kovalchuk may get a late 1st/early 2nd round pick for his rights at the draft if they can't get him signed.
Personally even though i'd like Niedermayer i'm a little loathe now to go for the rental... moving picks has been a curse of many playoff failing teams and as long as we don't have serious injuries I honestly wouldn't mind the Canucks standing pat this season at the deadline (except maybe something VERY small like a Cullen or someone as a 3rd line center if not expensive).
Shooting for Kovalchuk is also ludicrous, but ya it's mainly due to the cost you mentioned going forward which could be crazy... but who knows?
Personally even though i'd like Niedermayer i'm a little loathe now to go for the rental... moving picks has been a curse of many playoff failing teams and as long as we don't have serious injuries I honestly wouldn't mind the Canucks standing pat this season at the deadline (except maybe something VERY small like a Cullen or someone as a 3rd line center if not expensive).
Shooting for Kovalchuk is also ludicrous, but ya it's mainly due to the cost you mentioned going forward which could be crazy... but who knows?
Yeah I agree that it's best for us to stand pat this season and maybe add a cheap peice or two if possible.
I really like the direction of this team and I honestly believe that the best is yet to come with this new core of players we've got. Gillis can put us in a situation where we can be contenders for the next 3 to 5 years but if you go after a guy like Kovalchuk, empty the cupboard, don't win anything and watch him walk away this summer then it could hurt our teams development down the line.
Not only is our core relatively young but we've still got a nice wave of younger players ready to make an impact in the next 1-3 years.
That core right there has pretty good potential moving forward and there's still some younger players like Shirokov, Rodin, and Schroeder pushing for spots over the next few seasons.
Defence is pretty much the only position that needs work but if Edler and Ehrhoff can develop into decent top pairing defencemen then it should all work out for us.
Over the next few years we'll have Oberg, Sauve, Connauton, and hopefully Andersson pushing for spots as well. If we can add a couple of top four defencemen to the mix (either UFA or trade) then it could round out our defence pretty nicely.
The key is going to be asset management IMO. We need to make sure we get good value out of guys like Schneider and possibly even Hansen.
If we can add a couple of younger defencemen for those guys and either resign Mitchell or find a decent replacement in the free agent market we can find ourselves looking pretty good over the next few years.
Then again if Gillis feels he's got a good shot at resigning Kovalchuk or if he feels this team has a good shot at winning it all with Kovalchuk this year then it wouldn't surprise me to see him pretty active in the sweepstakes.
Because it's the last year of the current CBA (there is an option available for the PA but they likely won't exercise it until after the season begins) I'm going to assume that the bonuses will count against the cap. If that's the case then we've got 3.403 million left to spend on that final defencemen and leave a little wiggle room.
Assuming we move Schneider for a young defencemen on a decent contract (let's say around 1 million dollars) then it likely frees up SOB and his 1.75 million dollar contract which gives us another 750k of cap space to go with the 3.403 we've already got.
So realistically I could see us having around 3.5 million dollars in cap space to add that final top four defencemen that we need.
On CBC they said Turco isn't going to resign,there stacked with D prospects Nikanen,Grossman,Fistric,Larsen ETC.would you do it ? would the Stars do it ?
At this price, I guess Dallas prefered Lethonen over Schneider
My favourite thread that gets bumped every once in a while is the one on the prospects board from like 6 years ago comparing Yann Sauve to Drew Doughty and people were saying Sauve would be better than Doughty
My favourite thread that gets bumped every once in a while is the one on the prospects board from like 6 years ago comparing Yann Sauve to Drew Doughty and people were saying Sauve would be better than Doughty
At the trade deadline, if Gillis wanted to trade for a younger impact player which of these three would be the most benifical to the Canucks as a team?
Jordan Stall to centre our 2nd line and Kesler to move to RW?
Drew Stafford to play RW on the Kesler line?
Jonathon Blum to paired with Edler as a RD?
All three players would be considered above average and important players to their respictive teams, but none are first line players for their team and would not be considered a franchise level player for their team. Thus each could be considered tradeable for a fair return without the need for overpayment.
