Recalled/Assigned: The #Pens have recalled defensemen Cameron Gaunce and Steve Oleksy from the @WBSPengu

[ruunto71*]

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[Fordy]

uh, yuck

 

[Asuna]

sooooo

dumo letang
daley ruhwedel
gaunce oleksy

?

 

[ruunto71*]

Pouliot has to be pissed

 

[gdsmack267]

Pouliot has to be pissed

Probably has his agent calling and asking to where hes getting traded to

 

[jboyd919]

sooooo

dumo letang
daley ruhwedel
gaunce oleksy

?

Cole?

He was out last night, but wasn't he just under the weather?

 

[Cherpak]

Cole?

He was out last night, but wasn't he just under the weather?

Cole played last night.

 

[SEALBound]

sooooo

dumo letang
daley ruhwedel
gaunce oleksy

?

Dumo-Letang
Cole-Daley
Guance-Ruhwedel (protected)

would be my guess.

 

[Shrimper]

Pouliot has to be pissed

We need physicality tonight.

 

[Asuna]

Cole?

He was out last night, but wasn't he just under the weather?

oh yeah. i knew i was missing someone

 

[Shady Machine]

I forgot Ruhwedel was still up. Not surprised they didn't call up Pouliot. Unless he is really ready, I wouldn't call him back up. He's been yo-yoing up and down and hasn't played all that well in his time here this year.

 

[DegenX]

Cole played last night. 25:48

 

[Al Smith]

Pouliot has to be pissed

Maybe he's still having nightmares about how god-awful he was the last time the Pens played in Columbus.

My guess is that in calling up 2, they don't expect Schultz back anytime soon.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

I forgot Ruhwedel was still up. Not surprised they didn't call up Pouliot. Unless he is really ready, I wouldn't call him back up. He's been yo-yoing up and down and hasn't played all that well in his time here this year.

From the Post Game:

Pouliot has no one to blame this year but himself. He has a right to be pissed last year that he was playing pretty well then got benched for Schultz for the rest of the year, but this year, it's all on him. He should be dominating the AHL and he's not. He's been worse than the other call ups in his time with the Pens this year.

Yup. I didn't even bat an eye when I saw he missed the call. Frankly he hasn't even outgrown the AHL level, yet.

It's in his best interests to find some consistency, anyway. And part of that isn't getting shuttled back and forth from the AHL to the NHL with little playing time, results and the ensuing confidence at the latter stage. Let's face it... he's looked largely dismal at the highest level. And that does him or the team no good.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

Cole played last night.

 

[UnderratedBrooks44]

Dumo-Letang
Cole-Daley
Guance-Ruhwedel (protected)

would be my guess.

Same here. Oleksy can be a liability more so than the other two IMO.

 

[PensandCaps]

Ew. The defense combos are gonna suck tonite. Hopefully schultz is fine for the next game.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

My worry is that the Penguins are already poor in transition and now they've lost their 2nd best d-man in transition.

 

[Giskard]

I like what I saw from Guance and Ruhwedel in the previous games, but after that is another step down to the Oleksy's like.
Let's hope that Schultz is not out for long too.

 

[Le Magnifique 66]

Gaunce played very well during his last call up, he can fill in for a few games. Hopefully Schultz is not out for too long. That would not only hurt but pretty much rush JR into making a move IMO

 

[jmelm]

A damning assessment of of Pouliot, it seems.

 

[Mattpilf]

Pouliot is a bad fit against a CBJ team that's going to try and throw more hits off camera than on camera and run into Murray... 5+ times tonight.

He might get some time, but I can see why he's not getting any right now.

Also they might do Cole-Ruhwedel and Gaunce-Daley. Being an away game would be harder to shelter them and they can't just play these defensemen 25 minutes again. They've spread the defense around before when we had injuries, and I think mostly on away games.

 

[billybudd]

A damning assessment of of Pouliot, it seems.

Probably. But it's also worth remembering that DP dropped an absolute bomb of a game the last time he got in there against the Jackets. I'm not looking it up, but it felt like he was responsible for 5 goals or so

 

[StaalForOne]

A damning assessment of of Pouliot, it seems.

I don't think it has to be. He would benefit from gaining more confidence in his game in the A.

After going pointless in his first 9 AHL games he has had 13 in his last 18. He could be just hitting his stride now.

 

[Shady Machine]

Probably. But it's also worth remembering that DP dropped an absolute bomb of a game the last time he got in there against the Jackets. I'm not looking it up, but it felt like he was responsible for 5 goals or so

Yeah he got outraced by Hartnell if I remember correctly and was just brutal all night.