Derek Roy

Sporting News overlooked Vanek at the half

I’ll admit to being a bit ticked that Thomas Vanek of the Buffalo Sabres was not on this list of the Top 25 most significant players of the NHL’s first half for the 2008-2009 season.

He was third in the league for goals scored. He was tied for first in power play goals. He went to the All-Star Game. The Sabres — should the season end today — would be a playoff team. That is a mark they missed last year, when Vanek was not playing as well as he is this year.

Of course, looking over stats for this, I discovered that Derek Roy had had six game winning goals — which tied him for sixth in the league. Not too shabby.

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