Prospect Info: Pittsburgh Penguins Prospects Thread

[wej20]

To be fair though, Rust and Wilson are having strong rookie years. Maybe one of them could carve out a top 6 role one day.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

To be fair though, Rust and Wilson are having strong rookie years. Maybe one of them could carve out a top 6 role one day.

I'm a huge fan of Rust and what he can bring to the Pens, I think right now he's good enough to be in the bottom 6, but he could be a Dupuis type in the sense that a pretty solid top 9 guy, I haven't seen enough of Wilson yet, but I do like Archibald, Wilson, and Rust.

I had hopes for Kuhnhackl but at this point, I don't know if he can even be a 1st line AHL'er, ever. Zlobin is having a rough year too...he was my darkhorse pick.

 

[WickedWrister]

what's keven veilleux up to?

 

[wej20]

It is hard to deny though that Rust, Wilson and Archibald are all quite similar.

 

[wej20]

what's keven veilleux up to?

LNAH (a goon league), he's finally a 20 goal scorer though.

 

[Shady Machine]

Yeah Rust can be an NHL player. Wilson and maybe Archibald. But all they will add is a bunch of meh to a team with a bunch of meh players.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Yeah Rust can be an NHL player. Wilson and maybe Archibald. But all they will add is a bunch of meh to a team with a bunch of meh players.

For most of those guys, it's their first year, you have to give them some time, especially the College kids since playing more than 40 games is new to them, some are probably sucking air right now.


And Keven Veilleux, the dude that looked like Lemieux's illegitimate son..what a useless bum. He could have been something, but oh well, he turned racist and stupid.

 

[deakka]

Jarrys season is over.
Didn't watch the games but looking at the stats, oil kings out shot their opponents in most if the games. Don't know the quality of the chances, but stat wise Jarry got outplayed by the other keeper.

Anyway. Can he play in wheeling w/o burning a year of his ELC? They won't send him back for next season to the WHL I hope?

 

[wej20]

He can sign a try out without burning anything of his ELC. The Wheatkings did finish top off the league, 39 points ahead of the Oil Kings so the loss isn't unexpected.

 

[Freeptop]

Jarrys season is over.
Didn't watch the games but looking at the stats, oil kings out shot their opponents in most if the games. Don't know the quality of the chances, but stat wise Jarry got outplayed by the other keeper.

Anyway. Can he play in wheeling w/o burning a year of his ELC? They won't send him back for next season to the WHL I hope?

As long as he plays fewer than 10 NHL games (regular season and playoffs), he'll get an additional year added to his contract. The way the CBA is worded, contracts actually kick in right away, but if they're signed prior to the 20-year-old season, then they get extra years added to it if they play in fewer than 10 NHL games in the regular season + playoffs. (If they sign at 18, they can get up to two years added, and if they sign at 19, they can get up to one year added).

Prospects that are already signed aren't actually on tryout deals, they're already under contract. But their contract still gets extended as long as they don't play in the NHL (which Jarry definitely won't).

Which means they definitely won't send him back to the WHL next season, since he's already signed. At that point, they no longer get the benefit of extra years getting added to his contract, no matter where he plays. I'm sure they'd rather burn next year off his contract with him in the system, rather than playing in Juniors.

 

[WayneSid9987]

You can watch all of the Wheatkings-OilKings highlights on this site(as well as all WHL). Also they do all AHL games and now ECHL.

I bookmarked it at the start of this season and i use it quite a bit:

http://www.sendtonews.com/#!highlight/sports/hockey

 

[Black Label]

It's looking like the SHL finals will be between Skellefteå and Växjö. Sundqvist vs a couple former Pens in Nick Johnson and Noah Welch.

 

[xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Holy ****, Noah Welch.

 

[Zen Arcade]

Noah Welch is a slow player that thinks he's fast, use this to your advantage Sundqvist.

 

[cygnus47]

Murray with....wait for it....another shutout... *shakes head*

 

[Black Label]

Murphy - Welch has been a solid top D pair for Växjö this season. Murphy runs the offense and Welch anchors the pair. Sundqvist probably won't see much of them, however.

 

[KIRK]

Murphy - Welch has been a solid top D pair for Växjö this season. Murphy runs the offense and Welch anchors the pair. Sundqvist probably won't see much of them, however.

How's Sundqvist looking? Have only caught few highlights, but that hasn't kept me from going out on a limb and saying he's one of this team's top six forwards the day his season ends and he comes over.

 

[Black Label]

How's Sundqvist looking? Have only caught few highlights, but that hasn't kept me from going out on a limb and saying he's one of this team's top six forwards the day his season ends and he comes over.

He looks like he is ready to play full time in the NHL, but of course he also looked NHL ready this preseason when he was sent back to Sweden. One of the announcers even said something similar during the game vs Linköping the other day.

He has filled every role that he has been put into this season for Skellefteå. He doesn't have very flashy point totals, but no players on Skellefteå do and they dominate anyway. The three biggest knocks on him in his draft year were his weight, his skating, and his PIM. He's put over 25 lbs on since being drafted (6'3" 208 lbs now). His skating has improved significantly, though I don't think it ever will be his strength with how lanky he is. And he's dropped from 3.3 PIM/game in his draft year to under 1 this year.

In the playoffs so far he's been playing on the third line LW with Erik Forssell (two-way center and the captain) and former Isles prospect Kabanov on the RW, though injuries have been shifting the lineup around a bit. He also gets some time on the PP and PK so he has been ~15 minutes of ice time per game. They actually just showed a stat in the game that is being played right now and Sundqvist was 2nd on the team in ice time so far.

He is so versatile that I could see him playing on any of the 4 lines for the Pens next year. He would be a good fit for Crosby because he is huge and can use his body to win board battles and get the puck to Sid. He can play with Malkin because he is great at getting to the front of the net and using his hands to score from in tight. He could play on the third line because he is great in a defensive role and can still chip in offensively. And if he needs to he can plug along on the third line and play physical and chip in offensively when needed. In the bottom six he would probably be best playing center, but he can obviously play LW too if needed.

 

[The Greatest 101]

6'3 208 lbs power forward in pens uniform.Is this real life?

 

[Randy Butternubs]

Nice write up. Thanks! Good to hear something positive about a prospect.

 

[Black Label]

Sundqvist with a huge goal to put Skellefteå up 2-1 in the third. If they win this game they are on to the finals.

Edit: Now they are up 3-1 with 10 minutes left, the crowd is going crazy.

 

[Le Magnifique 66]

Sundqvist with a huge goal to put Skellefteå up 2-1 in the third. If they win this game they are on to the finals.

Great to hear he is doing well, really loved this pick and loved his game from the WJ. I really hope he will be in the starting lineup next October.

 

[sf expat71]

6'3 208 lbs power forward in pens uniform.Is this real life?

Don't worry, we'll trade him Letestu soon.

 

[66-30-33]

Don't worry, we'll trade him Letestu soon.

Then BB for Lecavalier...MOAR EXPERIENCE!!!!

 

[sexyllama]

He looks like he is ready to play full time in the NHL, but of course he also looked NHL ready this preseason when he was sent back to Sweden. One of the announcers even said something similar during the game vs Linköping the other day.

He has filled every role that he has been put into this season for Skellefteå. He doesn't have very flashy point totals, but no players on Skellefteå do and they dominate anyway. The three biggest knocks on him in his draft year were his weight, his skating, and his PIM. He's put over 25 lbs on since being drafted (6'3" 208 lbs now). His skating has improved significantly, though I don't think it ever will be his strength with how lanky he is. And he's dropped from 3.3 PIM/game in his draft year to under 1 this year.

In the playoffs so far he's been playing on the third line LW with Erik Forssell (two-way center and the captain) and former Isles prospect Kabanov on the RW, though injuries have been shifting the lineup around a bit. He also gets some time on the PP and PK so he has been ~15 minutes of ice time per game. They actually just showed a stat in the game that is being played right now and Sundqvist was 2nd on the team in ice time so far.

He is so versatile that I could see him playing on any of the 4 lines for the Pens next year. He would be a good fit for Crosby because he is huge and can use his body to win board battles and get the puck to Sid. He can play with Malkin because he is great at getting to the front of the net and using his hands to score from in tight. He could play on the third line because he is great in a defensive role and can still chip in offensively. And if he needs to he can plug along on the third line and play physical and chip in offensively when needed. In the bottom six he would probably be best playing center, but he can obviously play LW too if needed.

Is this with a good front office and coaching staff? Because our current management would ruin him.