Confirmed with Link: Devils sign PL3

[Missionhockey]

won't be up I guess, not with TooToo in the bigs

Tootoo and PL3 are in different weight classes. Tootoo fights, but he's here primarily to agitate, add a little speed and physicality. PL3 is only here to fight. After all, PL3 has 4 inches on Tootoo. As unpopular the idea of an enforcer is, there are still people that take liberties on more skilled players and we're not fortunate enough to have a Milan Lucic that can play and enforce at the same time. I suspect that even if PL3 does get into the line up, it'll only be for one reason. I doubt he even gets a shift other than to get retribution on some other guy.

 

[GhostofKenKlee]

Fighting in this era is dumb, to have a token guy on every team to fight just means they plot fights with each other. You have guys like Lucic who are one off and how much fighting does he do? Ten fights the last two years, hardly a reason to keep a guy of Hyphenators/Barch/Boulton/Cam or any of them on a team.

 

[billingtons ghost]

Love the clueless hate.

Signing a bodyguard for Zacha (if he sees time in the AHL) or Quenneville or whoever, is NOT a bad idea.

The A is rife with guys who can't control their tempers, their sticks, their bodies and who can take out your thoroughbred with one bad decision. I don't want any of our kids fighting and breaking a hand defending themselves a la McDavid.

Lou's fault. <somehow - from beyond the ether>

 

[goonybird]

Love the clueless hate.

Signing a bodyguard for Zacha (if he sees time in the AHL) or Quenneville or whoever, is NOT a bad idea.

The A is rife with guys who can't control their tempers, their sticks, their bodies and who can take out your thoroughbred with one bad decision. I don't want any of our kids fighting and breaking a hand defending themselves a la McDavid.

Lou's fault. <somehow - from beyond the ether>

You're right. The AHL is rife with guys like PL3.

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

I'm not sure what Lou has to do with any of this or why he was brought up

 

[Billdo]

You're right. The AHL is rife with guys like PL3.

Precisely.

 

[GhostofKenKlee]

I'm not sure what Lou has to do with any of this or why he was brought up

Invoke his name with a joke and then question when others do.



You must of forgotten you started this thread and interjected his name.

zomgz lou is back!!!

 

[Bleedred]

Invoke his name with a joke and then question when others do.



You must of forgotten you started this thread and interjected his name.

zomgz lou is back!!!

To be fair, I think I was the first one to bring up Lou here.

I didn't really mean to make this about him though, or mean for the Lou talk to go beyond my post. The point I was trying to make was that if we signed PL3 with Lou as GM still, I would be afraid that PL3 MIGHT see some NHL ice time. Or more afraid than I am with Shero making the signing now, just for the fact that Lou has regularly signed these kinds of players almost every offseason. Though at the same time, we didn't have an actual one dimensional goon on this roster last year at all, nor for the better part of 13-14. Aside from when Pete wanted to ''Inject a tough guy'' into the lineup when the team needed a ''Spark''.

 

[Nubmer6]

I was trying to remember his other nickname when he was here last. It finally came to me after a few minutes of thinking:

The Hyphenator.

Anyway, I don't have a problem with burying a goon down in Albany. It's not like he's going to take away development time from a skill forward.

 

[Zajacs Bowl Cut]

Invoke his name with a joke and then question when others do.



You must of forgotten you started this thread and interjected his name.

zomgz lou is back!!!

I guess we now can't tell the difference between a joke and someone being serious

 

[BenedictGomez]

When I saw the news, I immediately checked to see if it was a one-way or two-way contract.

You must have low confidence in Shero if you thought this could be a one-way contract. I'd start the #FireShero hashtag before his first game as GM were this a one-way contract.

 

[goonybird]

I guess we now can't tell the difference between a joke and someone being serious

not enough zees

 

[njdevils1982]

speaking of hyphens …….remember the '08 devs Ateam had both PL3 and JLGP


makes my head spin


http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0043132008.html

 

[MadDevil]

speaking of hyphens …….remember the '08 devs Ateam had both PL3 and JLGP


makes my head spin


http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0043132008.html

Back when we hoarded all the lesser brothers. Two Pandolfos, a Parise, and a Gionta on that roster.

 

[Bleedred]

speaking of hyphens …….remember the '08 devs Ateam had both PL3 and JLGP


makes my head spin


http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/leagues/seasons/teams/0043132008.html

I don't have much recollection of JLGP playing on our minor league club. I didn't even realize he was ever in our organization.

I do remember him scoring a late goal to tie a game against us when he played for Columbus early in the 02-03 season. It was like one of the first games of the season. I think we tied too. Of course some lousy schlep like him tied the game.

 

[Bleedred]

He's only played 4 NHL games since that last game with us against Washington in 10-11.

3 of them were with Calgary in the 2011-2012 season, then a single game with the Penguins in the 2013-2014 season.

 

[GhostofKenKlee]

I guess we now can't tell the difference between a joke and someone being serious

Here's what I wrote

Invoke his name with a joke and then question when others do.

You must of forgotten you started this thread and interjected his name.

zomgz lou is back!!!


Who made you the judge of when he can be brought up and other's opinions. What's funny to me at least is that you brought him up and then question when others do.

 

[Skobel24]

Likely an AHL signing. Calm down.

 

[Missionhockey]

Likely an AHL signing. Calm down.

Well here's the thing, it's likely more than an AHL signing. PL3 won't be an everyday player obviously but they're going to call him up for games where they suspect some shannigans like versus the Flyers and probably the Rangers.

 

[NHL Fanatik*]

Nothing good about this signing - not even for the AHL.

In fact, this signing is a step backwards. Makes me question this Hynes character.

 

[Devils Dominion]

Nothing good about this signing - not even for the AHL.

In fact, this signing is a step backwards. Makes me question this Hynes character.

The head coach makes AHL signings?

Not Tom Fitzgerald?

 

[NHL Fanatik*]

The head coach makes AHL signings?

Not Tom Fitzgerald?

Well considering it was Hynes with the connection to this bum - Id assume he had some say in it.

 

[Banana Sandwiches]

I like this.

Of course, I like fighting, which is why I like the signing.

Probably destined for Albany, but he should make pre-season fun, and I'm hoping he gets called up for some tougher teams later in the season.



EDIT: I love the hate this is getting. This is a 1 year, 2-way contract for probably league minimum and people here are freaking out and losing their minds.

 

[Hockey Sports Fan]

PL3's been with the Penguins org in Wilkes-Barre the past two years. If this is Fitzgerald playing some sort of favorites game because "well OUR goon isn't like the rest of the guys in the league who we need to protect our players from guys like our goon" then I hate this signing even more.

 

[ForeverJerseyGirl]

If he stays in the AHL where he belongs, I won't be upset, but if he plays in the NHL where he doesn't belong, then I'll be mad.