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Forum: Armchair-GM27 mars à 20 h 40
Forum: Armchair-GM26 mars à 12 h 11
Sujet: Realistic Off-Season Blueprint
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Ryminister_92</b></div><div>If Pittsburgh really saw as much in Poulin as you’re saying then he’d have played more games before he was 23. That’s generally the territory where you wanna know what you have in a guy especially when he’s a 1st round pick of yours.
They have guys like Puljujarvi, Benstrom, and Puustinen that could all be sent down and give Poulin a shot right now.
I’m not saying he’s a for sure guy to be traded, but I don’t think Pens new management is as high as you think they are on Poulin.
Agree to disagree at this point.</div></div>
Again learn about the player before making an ignorant statement. The reason he hasn’t played more games is because he literally missed almost all of last season because after 3 games from being sent up here, he had to go deal with a mental health issue and took a leave of absence. He is now getting himself back to game speed this year and guess what? He literally just got called up. 2nd, no Puustinen can’t be sent down because Puustinen is a regular part of the lineup and doing well himself. Puljujarvi and Bemstrom are literally in and out of the lineup…so again he isn’t going to come up and be a healthy scratch or be in and out of the line up. They’ve got guys like Puljujarvi, Bemstrom, Harkins (when healthy), Gruden, etc that can do that. He’s either going to be up here to play or he will play in WBS because they are playing for the playoffs down there. 3rd Poulin just got called up…so congratulations, you played yourself. 4th that nonsense about having to play more games by 23 or you’re basically a bust to the organization is just that…nonsense. Puustinen didn’t get significant time with the team til this year after turning 24. Now he’s been playing in the top 9 ( mostly on Geno’s line). So to sum it up, if the team moves on from him in the summer, it’s for a similar prospect as a prospect swap, or to recoup a pick.
Forum: Armchair-GM26 mars à 6 h 55
Sujet: Realistic Off-Season Blueprint
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Ryminister_92</b></div><div>Didn’t have the cap space? They signed Puljujarvi to a contract and played him before Poulin. They also acquired prospects in the Guentzel deal are are playing them before Poulin. He’s 23 and a former 1st round pick, at some point you move on. Seems like the time is the summer</div></div>

Puljujarvi was a low risk move of an established nhl player, not a prospect and that was after Nieto got injured for the season. And none of the prospects in the Guentzel deal have played a game with the pens so you couldn’t be more wrong on that. Heck only 1 has played Ahl games with the pens organization and he’s only played 4 games, played on a line under Poulin, and is now probably going to miss close to the rest of the season. The pens have spent all season with at most 22 players because they have no cap space. They aren’t going to bring up Poulin to be an extra forward or be in and out of the lineup like Puljujarvi, Gruden, etc are. Same with Pono if he was healthy. The only way the pens even think about moving on from Poulin is if they land Celebrini and Yager makes the team next year too. And with that they’d recoup a pick or a prospect swap who may be younger and waiver exempt as opposed to a guy making over 2 million that probably plays 4th line
Forum: Armchair-GM26 mars à 0 h 33
Sujet: Realistic Off-Season Blueprint
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Ryminister_92</b></div><div>I’d have to strongly disagree with that. If Poulin was part of their long term plans you’d think he’d have more than 3 career NHL games by now since he’s 23 already. He hasn’t shown any consistency or fit Sullivan’s system in the past so why is next season the difference? Not to mention that next season he’ll require to waivers to be sent down so you risk losing him for nothing.
As for Jarnkrok, maybe you should get to know the player. He’s a 15-20 goal scorer that’s highly responsible defensively and can skate well. He’s loved by coaches and trusted in every situation. He’s the exact type of guy that you bring in for depth scoring which has been Pittsburgh’s biggest flaw this season. &amp; not to mention that Jarnkrok is on a great contract and has a history with Dubas.. not so sure they’d be telling anyone to go take a flying leap.</div></div>

Maybe you should know the player and situation when regarding Poulin. See I can be a condescending prick too. Poulin last year had a mental health issue and this year the pens didn’t have the cap space or room to bring him up mid way through the season after he got some games in to get back up to game speed. Next year they are free of Carter’s terrible contract. Dubas has also said they are going to start relying on the nhl ready prospects and free up some cap while also getting younger. I’d be willing to bet that Smith gets traded in the offseason, and possibly 1-2 out of Rakell, Eller, and Acciari.
Not once did I say that Jarnkrok was a bad player. I said he was a bottom 6 player, which he is. And the pens aren’t trading a solid prospect for Jarnkrok. Swap out Poulin for Gruden then yeah fine, but Poulin is most likely making the club next year.