Pittsburgh Penguins Prospects Thread

[cygnus47]

From the QMJHL to Pennsylvania

I remember looking at Poulin and going 'man I hope he isn't being carried by this Robert dude'. There ya go, just have both.

 

[lokomotiv15]

Robert had the 2nd highest PPG in the Q this year behind only Lafreniere at 2.0ppg on the nose. Impressive, even if it was his OA year.

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

Pronman mocked Eamon Powell to the Pens at 77 and Ronan Seeley at 108. Means nothing but both would be a great picks there imo.

 

[steelcityassault]

Athletic full mock -
77: Eamon Powell, D, USNTDP-USHL
108: Ronan Seeley, D, Everett-WHL
139: Leo Loof, D, Linkoping-J20 SuperElit
170: Juho Markkanen, G, SaiPa-Jr. A. Liiga

 

[Gumbercules]

Q regular season starts tonight. Poulin will be on a line with Benjamin Tardif and Patrick Guay

Guay is a good player that will likely breakout in a bigger role this year. He could potentially get drafted in the late rounds next week. Tardif is an overager that was a point per game last year (playing on the second line). Should be a good line.

Baie Comeau starts up tomorrow.

 

[HandshakeLine]

How does the delayed NHL start affect junior eligibility? We essentially get to see how Poulin does for a good chunk of their season until our camp starts, right?

 

[Gumbercules]

I assume whenever NHL camps start, Poulin and others will just take a leave of absence from their teams, and then return if they get cut. However, I haven't really heard anything concrete as to how this will be handled, likely because the NHL hasn't really figured out what they are doing for next season yet.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Interesting to see that Lafreniere isn't on Rimouski's roster. Apparently McKenzie said this months ago though:



It makes sense, I don't really see what he has to gain from pimp slapping the Q again this year.

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

Q regular season starts tonight. Poulin will be on a line with Benjamin Tardif and Patrick Guay

Guay is a good player that will likely breakout in a bigger role this year. He could potentially get drafted in the late rounds next week. Tardif is an overager that was a point per game last year (playing on the second line). Should be a good line.

Baie Comeau starts up tomorrow.

Tardif had really good underlying and ES numbers the past 2 years IIRC.

 

[Jacob]

Poulin 1+1 in an 8-5 loss. Is he playing RW? Boxscore lists him as RW with Tardiff as LW and Guay as C, but also shows Poulin as winning 9 out of 13 face-offs.

Closer than it sounds.. other team scored 2 ENers.

 

[Speaking Moistly]

Poulin 1+1 in an 8-5 loss. Is he playing RW? Boxscore lists him as RW with Tardiff as LW and Guay as C, but also shows Poulin as winning 9 out of 13 face-offs.

Closer than it sounds.. other team scored 2 ENers.

The team’s Twitter has him at RW. Maybe that changed in the game but I’m going to say he ended up taking face offs and playing RW.

 

[Jacob]

It’s fun to finally check some boxscores to see how the prospects are doing. Legare an assist, 9 freakin’ shots and 2nd star in a loss, Puustinen with 2 assists and Bjorkqvist with 1 assist in their first games of the season.

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

It’s fun to finally check some boxscores to see how the prospects are doing. Legare an assist, 9 freakin’ shots and 2nd star in a loss, Puustinen with 2 assists and Bjorkqvist with 1 assist in their first games of the season.

Who knew how much we'd miss boxscore watching a piss poor prospect pool?

 

[Speaking Moistly]

I’m curious to see if Puustinen can repeat what he did last season or build on it.

Who knew how much we'd miss boxscore watching a piss poor prospect pool?

So true.

Make the AHL ones go play in Europe so we can boxscore watch them too.

 

[steelcityassault]

DraftSite Preview

Team Needs: C, D, G, LW, RW
It is not necessarily that the Penguins front office doesn't embrace the draft as much as they have continued to use it as a means to bolstering their present Cup challenging as the end goal. Only a couple of prospects from the first rounds remain to develop, in wingers Samuel Poulin, Nathan Legare and Drew O’Connor. They did acquire defenseman Pierre-Olivier Joseph in the Phil Kessel trade, and he is coming on, but this franchise will be looking at any and all positions to add talent. Barring a trade for part of their NHL team roster, they will not go to the microphone until slot #76 in the 3rd round, and best player on the board will be the strategy, with hopes a centre with strong upside is still there. --Bill Placzek--

2020 NHL MOCK DRAFT

• 3
• 76
• Wyatt Kaiser
• D
• Andover High School (HS-Minnesota)

• 4
• 107
• Josh Pillar
• C
• Kamloops (WHL)

• 5
• 138
• Kirill Steklov
• D
• London (OHL)

• 6
• 169
• Brayden Peters
• G
• Calgary Hitmen (WHL)

 

[Darren McCord]

I think they have done a decent job getting defensive prospects and should focus on forwards and centers. With a main focus on centers. Their defense is signed long term as well. With half being pretty young.

Letang
Dumo
Marino
Petts
MM

Are all signed or controlled for 2 - 3 years.

Prospect wise they have a lot.

Poj
Almari
Lindgren
Lee
Maniscalco
Reilly

Plus a couple other late picks
Phillips
Airola

 

[Tom Hanks]

Goalie controversy gotta start somewhere

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

I pretty much trust whoever they pick, however it looks on paper.

Hard to know with such little sample, but Allvin has done well imo.

 

[steelcityassault]

I pretty much trust whoever they pick, however it looks on paper.

Hard to know with such little sample, but Allvin has done well imo.

Jesse Marshall is referring to Pens taking goalie Nico Daws - Nico Daws at eliteprospects.com

Age 19
Height 6'4"
Place of Birth München, GER
Weight 203 lbs
Youth Team Burlington MHA

Prospect eligible for the 2020 NHL Entry Draft
Ranked #60 by ELITEPROSPECTS.COM
Ranked #78 by FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS
Ranked #65 by TSN/CRAIG BUTTON
Ranked #88 by MCKEEN'S HOCKEY
Ranked #1 by NHL CENTRAL SCOUTING (NA Goalies)
Ranked #63 by DOBBERPROSPECTS
Ranked #64 by TSN/McKenzie

Daws plays with great positional awareness, staying deep because his size enables him to simply get in front of the puck. He doesn't leave shooters with a lot of open area, and he doesn't allow a lot of rebounds to test his speed and recovery. His posture is excellent, taking up shooting room at the top of the net. -EliteProspects 2020 NHL Draft Guide

 

[Jacob]

Daws went undrafted last year.

 

[Speaking Moistly]

MOTHERf***ER

 

[Tom Hanks]

 

[wej20]

The draft's tomorrow? 2020 is so confusing.

 

[Tom Hanks]

MOTHERf***ER

 

[Speaking Moistly]