What will Daniel Sprong's fate be after 9 games?

[Coastal Kev]

He will be traded for a package of veteran players...... #experience.

 

[Sideline]

He should stay, but he will be demoted because reasons.

 

[Burgs]

Send him down. No point in wasting one of his ELC years on what is looking to be a dysfunctional team that won't win a playoff round. This team is badly coached and already has too many RWs. If Sprong stays beyond 9 games he'll be stuck in the bottom six, lose his PP time and confidence, and eventually will be sent back to juniors in December anyway.

 

[#66]

Let him play in important games and win.

I dont want him being comfortable with losing and I want him to have a stars chip on his shoulder.

 

[eXile59]

I think you send him back and let him get the playing time. He's not going to get it here.

 

[Zen Arcade]

I agree with Burgs.

He'd likely be better served by going back down, the team is so poorly coached that he'll just get garbage ice time regardless of performance.

 

[joeyjake5]

If MJ thinks scuds is a great PKER and a calming influence on the rest of the D, then with that thinking in mind, DS will go back to juniors unless he scores at least 3 goals in the next 4 games.

 

[Black Label]

Send him down. He will never get regular play time with this team/coaching staff so no use burning a year of his ELC.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Send him down. No point in wasting one of his ELC years on what is looking to be a dysfunctional team that won't win a playoff round. This team is badly coached and already has too many RWs. If Sprong stays beyond 9 games he'll be stuck in the bottom six, lose his PP time and confidence, and eventually will be sent back to juniors in December anyway.

Yeah. This pretty much nailed it.

He deserves to be in the NHL based on his talent and hard work. But this team doesn't seem like a good environment for him in a few different ways. And it's really hard to see a way that the scenario described above doesn't play out.

I realize health is never truly a thing with this team. But I don't think it'll much matter.

 

[66-30-33]

I'm sure they will send him back. Get him away from MJ and his stupidity aswell.

 

[Iffyiffiffer]

“We're here to win,” Rutherford said. “Whatever guys we can put together to give us the best possible chance to do that is what we're going to do. I already know ways of making room"

 

[Ragamuffin Gunner]

“We're here to win,†Rutherford said. “Whatever guys we can put together to give us the best possible chance to do that is what we're going to do. I already know ways of making room"

where/when was this?

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

The Pens will likely send him down which I feel is the wrong move. He's obviously good enough to play in the nhl full time and I feel like juniors won't really be a challange for him which could slow his development. On the other hand, if he stays he will likely be misused because the team is run by a bunch of idiots.

 

[Penguinzilla*]

Pascal Stonehands practiced today, there won't be room for Sprong.

 

[Iffyiffiffer]

where/when was this?

http://triblive.com/sports/penguins/8917294-74/penguins-gonchar-contract

It was referring to a washed up player so the Pens will pretend Rutherford didn't say this, though.

 

[Penguinzilla*]

where/when was this?

It was at bingo

 

[Speaking Moistly]

“We're here to win,†Rutherford said. “Whatever guys we can put together to give us the best possible chance to do that is what we're going to do. I already know ways of making room"

I'll believe it when I see it, and if that move isn't one of the 30+ $3M+ club then they can f*** off.

 

[T1K]

He'll get sent down

 

[Pete Gas]

Too much complaining from some people here, Maatta was kept up if Sprong continues to play well he will stay.

 

[JTG]

Sprong should absolutely be kept. Doesn't mean he will be

 

[Ogelthorpe]

I think Bennett being injured again is what will keep him here.

 

[Dennis Reynolds]

Too many people have advocated sending Sprong to juniors to "work on his defensive game," which is laughable. He'd be playing in the Q, not the OHL or WHL. If anything, the defensive game is the primary reason the Penguins SHOULDN'T send him down. The Q is a free-for-all. It's more likely that he'd develop bad habits than learn anything.

However, keeping him up is a tough call. If I were coach, he'd have been with eithre Sid or Geno this entire time, and would be given every opportunity to succeed. But with this staff, knowing how little he'd be playing if he stayed, I don't feel like keeping him would make any difference.

 

[Ugene Magic]

Too many people have advocated sending Sprong to juniors to "work on his defensive game," which is laughable. He'd be playing in the Q, not the OHL or WHL. If anything, the defensive game is the primary reason the Penguins SHOULDN'T send him down. The Q is a free-for-all. It's more likely that he'd develop bad habits than learn anything.

However, keeping him up is a tough call. If I were coach, he'd have been with eithre Sid or Geno this entire time, and would be given every opportunity to succeed. But with this staff, knowing how little he'd be playing if he stayed, I don't feel like keeping him would make any difference.

So you would demote Kessel or Hornqvist?

 

[JTG]

The only way I could justify sending him back is if they do it with the premise of him learning how to be a left winger.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

So you would demote Kessel or Hornqvist?

I think he means play him as a left wing (which he's apparently done in juniors).