Recalled/Assigned: Puempel Sent Down
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He did nothing during camp/preseason.
I still have faith in him for sure, but he needs to show more. We have enough guys who are just warm bodies on the bench.
I would have been absolutely livid if it was Prince who was sent down, and would have definitely started scrutinizing the management team a lot more.
I still have faith in him for sure, but he needs to show more. We have enough guys who are just warm bodies on the bench.
I would have been absolutely livid if it was Prince who was sent down, and would have definitely started scrutinizing the management team a lot more.
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This is the base thing for Puemps. If he does well in Bingo he'll be here within a few months I'm certain.
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He'll be back up this season. We won't be healthy all year, and he's quite obviously first in line for a call-up (not just for a top-six spot either, he'll be the first up no matter what). I wouldn't be surprised in the least to see him get half a season up here after it's all said and done.
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I wasn't really impressed at all with him in the Preseason. He seemed sort of just....there and nothing else.
This is the base thing for Puemps. If he does well in Bingo he'll be here within a few months I'm certain.
He did not show much in his limited time here so he needs to go to Bingo to work on his game. I am not as certain as you that he will be back in a few months unless there is a long term injury to a forward.
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Prince at this stage in his career still had another year in the AHL. Hoffman had like another 3. Patience.
and I like Chiasson, minus the penalties, in the bottom 6.
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Agreed
He could use some more AHL time
On the flip side he was pretty solid before getting hurt last year so there is something to be looking forward to
Puempel played well late last season until he got hurt but he had to "win" a job to dislodge someone from the active roster this season. He didn't do it and BM admitted that Prince had the inside track because of his waiver status. If Puempel had made it impossible not to dress him over someone like Chiasson he'd be here too. The better he plays in Bingo the more pressure it puts on a couple of guys here. He'll be back either as an injury replacement or due to a trade and will have a spot next year as long as he continues to push himself.
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Look, we were all expecting this in the first place. From the get-go, it was obvious that it was a "Prince or Puempel, but not both" situation. Hell, even Murray said as much.
He'll get his chance back up in Ottawa soon enough.
He'll get his chance back up in Ottawa soon enough.
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This is a moot point now but despite what everyone said, Prince v. Puempel was never a thing. Prince was 6th in AHL scoring, 5 fewer than the 2nd highest scorer. Loosing a guy like that, at his age, when you have a pain-free alternative, would have been ridiculously bad asset management. If Murray said there was a battle, it was to motivate, but Prince was never going on waivers.
I really think the uncertainty many feel about Prince is similar to what was felt about Hoff and Stone at the beginning of last year and that things are going to play out the same way. The guy is a gamer.
P.S. Sorry mods for the initial post, I'm a tad dyslexic.
I really think the uncertainty many feel about Prince is similar to what was felt about Hoff and Stone at the beginning of last year and that things are going to play out the same way. The guy is a gamer.
P.S. Sorry mods for the initial post, I'm a tad dyslexic.
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Yeah, I don't think Puempel had much of a chance. I think he could have forced Ottawa to make an uncomfortable decision with another player, if he had come to camp and just torn everyone else a new hole, but it was clear that it was an uphill battle, and the hill in question was quite steep.
Honestly: did Puempel legitimately outplay anyone above him on the depth chart in camp? I'm not talking about his potential, I'm talking about what happened over the past month. I'd say "no". Even an old guy like Neil came to camp looking 3 years younger because they knew they were on the bubble. Maybe he outplayed Smith, but Smith gets his spot by virtue of being a center.
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Yeah, the team even said that Puempel would be sent down soon and they'd bring in another AHL guy, and they'd just cycle through the farm team giving everyone a "tryout" shot with the big club... then we went on "The Streak", and nobody wanted to mess with the streak, and Puempel just stayed up.
IIRC, it's why Wideman didn't get any NHL games last season.
They also started a roadtrip to the west coast right after calling up Puempel didn't they? That makes a trade off more difficult.
