madinsomniac
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Either the pens have another signing in mind for the 50th... Or they simply wish to keep flexible for now in case something happens
Either the pens have another signing in mind for the 50th... Or they simply wish to keep flexible for now in case something happens
I'm guessing this is the case as well.
They're going after another NCAA guy, no doubt.
May or may not get them.
In the off-season, 2, 3 or 4 contracts will come off the books.
Bye, bye, Teddy. I'll miss his name being announced after a goal. One of the best names.
He was our MVP this year in my eyes, and arguably the best in the WCHA. Very consistent. Just a good all-around player--good skater, good agility, good hands, good vision, and good defensively. I don't know if his physical skill will be enough for a scoring role in the NHL, but I think he will make a home in the lineup. I hope he does well in the pros.
Bye, bye, Teddy. I'll miss his name being announced after a goal. One of the best names.
He was our MVP this year in my eyes, and arguably the best in the WCHA. Very consistent. Just a good all-around player--good skater, good agility, good hands, good vision, and good defensively. I don't know if his physical skill will be enough for a scoring role in the NHL, but I think he will make a home in the lineup. I hope he does well in the pros.
Which the Penguins now have 49 out of the available 50. The contract limit is the big reason NHL clubs want these ATO deals, coupled with the delayed start of the ELC.
ATOs have been the standard for juniors leaving college for as long as I've been following the sport. It's just how things are done. Consider it an internship with an ELC waiting at the end. If Guentzel wants to play professional hockey in 2016-17 his options are basically the Penguins or Europe, and there isn't a good reason for him to go to Europe unless he had zero interest in signing with the Penguins and had no interest in staying in college.
Bļugers just had to say no thanks to any contract with the Penguins before the August deadline past, then he could sign wherever he wanted.
Hey guys, is this meaning Bļugers will report to AHL Pens?
What is his competition there and what kind of spot could he get there to finish the season?
Kael Mouillierat – Dustin Jeffrey – Dominik Simon
Mattias Plachta – Carter Rowney – Tom Kostopoulos
Tom Sestito – J-S Dea – Josh Archibald
Adam Krause – Jarrett Burton – Patrick McGrath
You can sign an ATO and go back to college as long as you don't hire an agent, if I'm not mistaken. Guentzel has no reason to go back, so he hired an agent. He's AHL-ready. Don't take my word on it, the NCAA is ridiculous with what they consider being a 'professional', so it wouldn't surprise me if the meal stipend that goes along with an ATO would be tantamount to signing a multi-million dollar deal in their eyes.
Bļugers couldn't get the same treatment since he'd become a UFA in August if we didn't sign him...getting him under control makes sure he doesn't go elsewhere.
Which the Penguins now have 49 out of the available 50. The contract limit is the big reason NHL clubs want these ATO deals, coupled with the delayed start of the ELC.
Why isn't the 's' part of his (North) Americanized name?
Hey guys, is this meaning Bļugers will report to AHL Pens?
What is his competition there and what kind of spot could he get there to finish the season?
I'm not a linguist and I'm not Latvian, so I'm not the most qualified person to answer that, but I'd assume that the 's' is silent in this case.
A disproportionate amount of Latvian names end in an 's' and it seems almost random as to who keeps it when anglicizing things. Bļugers fully anglicized his name when he came over, so this one comes down to his choice. Honestly the only reason I refer to his full Latvian name is that I think it's cooler than the Anglicized version
Teodors Bļugers > Teddy Blueger
Fun fact: In my minimal research for this I found out that Scranton translates to Skrentonas in Latvian.
Weirdly enough, Latvian, Lithuanian and the Baltic Languages are not too distantly related to the Slavic languages. It blew my mind when I could read enough Latvian in Riga to get basic things done on holiday there. Speaking was difficult, but grammatically, they've all retained a lot of really odd Indo-European features that other languages in the group (like Germanic languages) dropped several thousand years ago.
How has he looked this year?