PTO: [PIT] F Austin Wagner, D Mark Pysyk, and D Libor Hajek sign PTOs with the Penguins

[MMC]

 

[Detroit Knights]

good luck to pysyk. Was semi-excited when the wings signed him but with the injuries he never played. sucks.

 

[Trash Panda]

Oh Wags, what could have been.

Guy has all world speed & an in-house league brain.

 

[Gurglesons]

Oh Wags, what could have been.

Guy has all world speed & an in-house league brain.

So he's perfect for Mike Sullivan's Penguins lol.

 

[SingnBluesOnBroadway]

Man Hajek was progressing so well until we sent him to development hell with the Rangers.

Atta boy! Never let the truth get in the way of a hot take.

Yes... because the Rangers clearly can't develop defensemen or goaltending...

Shhhhh……this doesn’t fit the narrative.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

So he's perfect for Mike Sullivan's Penguins lol.

If you like a guy who can beat Karlsson and McDavid in a straight line foot race and then fire the puck into the stands, you'll LOVE Wagner!

Really though I was a little bummed he hadn't put it together, hope he can in Pittsburgh. Good team guy, will drop the gloves, fast, will hit and hit hard at times...just absolute brick mitts.

 

[Khelandros]

For everyone saying good on the Pens for looking at PTO to fill out the opening night roster, these three signings where probably 100% to meet the veterans minimum for pre-season games, and they will all be let go after that.

 

[Sky04]

Atta boy! Never let the truth get in the way of a hot take.

That is the truth though, the Rangers are garbage at development and constantly need to overpay FA's and still end up nowhere. Sorry it hurts?

How's your first overall doing?

 

[SingnBluesOnBroadway]

Odd you did ask about the Norris and Vezina winners……

 

[OtherThingsILike]

So he's perfect for Mike Sullivan's Penguins lol.

No? Players without much of a hockey IQ rarely work out well here under Sullivan.
Unless the idea of what you're saying is that GMs keep acquiring speedy, low-IQ players for Sullivan. Then that would make sense.

 

[IamNotADancer]

That is the truth though, the Rangers are garbage at development and constantly need to overpay FA's and still end up nowhere. Sorry it hurts?

How's your first overall doing?

Not a hill you wanna die on. Just admit you wanted to try and be funny and simply brainfarted the fact that the Rangers are pretty good at developing Ds and Gs.

You'd look a lot smarter if you did a mea culpa instead of trying to insert weird alternative facts.

 

[ChaoticOrange]

Ah Libor Hajek... The guy I always sign as UFA in NHL 23 after my fantasy draft, since he's the highest potential d-man available.

That's my extent of knowledge about him.

all I know about him is bernmeister threw him in every single trade offer for about four years

 

[Sky04]

Not a hill you wanna die on. Just admit you wanted to try and be funny and simply brainfarted the fact that the Rangers are pretty good at developing Ds and Gs.

You'd look a lot smarter if you did a mea culpa instead of trying to insert weird alternative facts.

Yeah getting kids who came from college development programs really shows how good their development is. But hey they are the Lightnings farm team so it's all good.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

If you like a guy who can beat Karlsson and McDavid in a straight line foot race and then fire the puck into the stands, you'll LOVE Wagner!

Sullivan's drooling as reads this.

 

[SEALBound]

Need Tatar too. Come on Dubas!

 

[IamNotADancer]

Yeah getting kids who came from college development programs really shows how good their development is. But hey they are the Lightnings farm team so it's all good.

Whatever fits your narrative and helps you get through the day

 

[nyr2k2]

Hajek was actually developing really well his first pro season and looked very good his first handful of games. Then he had the shoulder separation and it seemed to fall apart--he was never particularly good again after that, even in Hartford.

 

[Czechboy]

Hajek hanging by a thread... I honestly thought galvas, Kral and Hajek would be full timers by now.

Europe, Europe and PTO (Probably Europe)

 

[Calad]

Hajek looked pretty good in his first NHL showing with us, he had 6 games then hurt his shoulder. He never played or looked anywhere close to that ever since.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Need Tatar too. Come on Dubas!

At this rate you must be able to get him for super cheap, so they might as well just give him a contract and call it a day.

 

[Dust]

If you like a guy who can beat Karlsson and McDavid in a straight line foot race and then fire the puck into the stands, you'll LOVE Wagner!

Really though I was a little bummed he hadn't put it together, hope he can in Pittsburgh. Good team guy, will drop the gloves, fast, will hit and hit hard at times...just absolute brick mitts.

Was hoping he'd develop a bit more, he's still very much the same player he was in junior. Blazing speed, absolutely zero finish. Thought maybe he'd turn into that physical pk specialist/4th liner with the Kings but he never really progressed at all.