Prospect Info: Detroit Red Wings Prospect Rankings (#8)
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Pulu then Marchy then Bäckman.
Voted Pulu over Sproul because I feel Alexey has similar offensive numbers but is vastly superior defensively. Pulu is ahead of all three in terms of production and "readiness". Pulu reminds me of a more physical and stronger Hudler. Great shots and great playmaking.
Voted Pulu over Sproul because I feel Alexey has similar offensive numbers but is vastly superior defensively. Pulu is ahead of all three in terms of production and "readiness". Pulu reminds me of a more physical and stronger Hudler. Great shots and great playmaking.
AA for me,
fast, skilled, decent sized centre/winger who can score to me sounds like a very good long term upside kind of guy
fast, skilled, decent sized centre/winger who can score to me sounds like a very good long term upside kind of guy
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JohanFranzenstein
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Went with Marchenko. He seems about interchangeable with Backman for me - I see similar ceilings and a similar likelihood of getting there. The guy who I struggled with was Athanasiou. I think his upside is the highest of those listed, but he's also less likely to get there than Backman or Marchenko.
WesNichols14
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Pulkkinen, its not even a question, he should have been off the board 2-3 picks ago. he is NHL ready and has a decent potential for a scoring winger. if he was 6 ft he would have been off the board at 4 but 2 inches has people overlooking him. he is the BEST player currently in Grand Rapids and its not even close. and I'm including Sheahan down there because he is not as impressive when he's in Grand Rapids as he is in Detroit.
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Not too sure about that. The scouting staff has been saying AA will make the NHL on his speed alone since the day he was drafted. Always has been just a question of in what capacity it will be.
When you factor in the fact that he is now 6'2" and 200 lbs to go along with that speed, I think he's a pretty safe bet.
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Maybe. Pulkkinen is a ppg player pretty much in the AHL right now, almost broke Selannes scoring record as a rookie in SM-liga, and has a lot of talent offensively. Really doesn't get enough credit, he was looked at as a 1st rounder going into his draft year, similarly to AA.
I understand peoples concern with the amount of young wingers we have, but should that really count against Pulkkinen in a poll that determines who our best prospects are at the given moment. And how many of those guys have a 100 mph slapper and shoot right handed? Pulkkinen fits a niche perfectly as a RH trigger-man that the Wings have lacked for some time.
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We all love Tatar, right?
Tats and Pulkks are about a year apart, and the season Pulkks is putting together very closely resembles Tatars year in GR last year statistically.
Pulkkinens GR season for ages 21-22 (2013-2014)
42 pts in 51 gp for ~.82 ppg
Tatars GR season for ages 21-22 (2012-2013)
49 pts in 61 gp for ~.80 ppg
Based on this ^^^^ vote Pulkks for #8
Unless you hate Tatar 
Tats and Pulkks are about a year apart, and the season Pulkks is putting together very closely resembles Tatars year in GR last year statistically.
Pulkkinens GR season for ages 21-22 (2013-2014)
42 pts in 51 gp for ~.82 ppg
Tatars GR season for ages 21-22 (2012-2013)
49 pts in 61 gp for ~.80 ppg
Based on this ^^^^ vote Pulkks for #8
Unless you hate Tatar We all love Tatar, right?
Tats and Pulkks are about a year apart, and the season Pulkks is putting together very closely resembles Tatars year in GR last year statistically.
Pulkkinens GR season for ages 21-22 (2013-2014)
42 pts in 51 gp for ~.82 ppg
Tatars GR season for ages 21-22 (2012-2013)
49 pts in 61 gp for ~.80 ppg
Based on this ^^^^ vote Pulkks for #8
There's just no room for Pulkkinen with all the wingers ahead of him.
Backman is the easy pick here, he's already ahead of Marchenko in almost every facet and he has a higher ceiling
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How does that change where he ranks among our prospects?
I contest that it shouldn't.
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I'll only believe this the very season it happens. I have a hunch that the Wings value Pulkkinen more than most posters here. Plus, I think Babcock will keep him in a Hudler-style role for a good while too. He'll play 3rd/4th line and get PP time for a season or two. I think there's room for him to do that. By then, the Wings depth picture should be radically different.
His value goes down because he plays a redundant position/role. Part of how I (and a lot of people) rank these guys is how close they are to making an impact at the NHL level where they are projected. I don't see Pulkkinen being able to crack a top 6 winger spot anytime in the near or relatively distant future. There's Zetterberg, Franzen, Nyquist, Tatar, Jurco, Mantha all in front of him, Mantha being the only debatable one.
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