Confirmed with Link: Penguins sign Frederik (sorry -- Freddie) Tiffels to 2-year ELC

[shureshot66]

Several people in the prospects thread this spring were hoping/predicting this to happen, especially after having some success in international play. Should be better off developing in Wilkes-Barre this season.

Oh, also he's apparently "Freddie" now officially.

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[Ogrezilla]

 

[Randy Butternubs]

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I think he's that speedy German.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

 

[Le Magnifique 66]

Good, he was pretty good in the Worlds

I think he could be a decent bottom 6 player, especially with his speed

 

[EVGENIMERLIN]

Kids got wheels. Easy hoping he would turn into a poor man's Hagelin before we went and traded for Hagelin. Decent ELC. Hope he can hit his ceiling

 

[Peat]

More fuel for our speed addiction.

 

[Deutschland Dangler]

Excellent, I was getting worried he'd wait until free agency.

Had a little coming out party in the Worlds this year when he made the roster out of nowhere after a series of impressive exhibition games.

Biggest asset is obviously his foot speed.

 

[ncm7772]

Thought the same thing at first.

Well, you guys are saying he's fast, so that's good.

 

[Ogrezilla]

sounds good. Let's go prospects.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Congratulations to František Truffles!

 

[sawtooth420]

Fancy Truffles looked decent at worlds. Hope he gets to WBS this year.

 

[UnrealMachine]

Wow, good call by jmelm and others.

 

[Shrimper]

Need to keep that supply of Germans going

 

[JimmyTwoTimes]

WBS is gonna be stacked. Until the pens take away their players again

 

[Coach Travis]

Excellent. Looking forward to seeing him get a shot in the bigs.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

With all the Germans coming, pretty soon we will need one of these driving around PPG Paint's arena.

I don't know him but from the description he fits what the Pens have been building here.

 

[Darth Vitale]

With all the Germans coming, pretty soon we will need one of these driving around PPG Paint's arena.

I don't know him but from the description he fits what the Pens have been building here.

My neighborhood would like to trade conditional 2017 2nd +

...for the beer trailer.

 

[HandshakeLine]

German beer is unremarkable, like their sausages. Anyhow, this thread is about Francois Turducken our newest porkspect.

 

[Freeptop]

Excellent. Looking forward to seeing him get a shot in the bigs.

At first, I misread that as "Looking forward to seeing him get shot in the legs" and I just thought, "yep, that would definitely happen to a player affiliated with the Pens."

 

[Coach Travis]

At first, I misread that as "Looking forward to seeing him get shot in the legs" and I just thought, "yep, that would definitely happen to a player affiliated with the Pens."

 

[madinsomniac]

Reminds me of the "All ur german are belong to us" signings from a few years back lol

 

[jmelm]

Yayyyyy!!!!!!!!


Jacob and I had some heated discussions about this. Very, very happy the Penguins got this done. I wouldn't be surprised to see him get a few games this season as one of the first call ups in case of injury, and think he has the chance to be a full time NHLer perhaps as soon as the 18-19 season.


Really look forward to seeing this guy play as a C for us in WBS. Sunny and Blueger are good but not great prospects, so I feel even more confident now that we have added depth at the center ice position.

 

[wej20]

Don't see him jumping over Blugers or Sundqvist next season.

 

[jmelm]

Don't see him jumping over Blugers or Sundqvist next season.

Absolutely not. Sunny will be in the NHL as 4th line C or RW. Bluegers will be a top 2-line C in WBS, and Tiffels could be a 2nd/3rd line C in WBS.


My point was that Tiffels makes me feel more confident about our C position since I'm hoping one of these three guys can eventually establish themselves as a legit 3rd C. Or if not, at least one or more can be solid bottom 6 contributors.