Nosek not going to make the team? Thought he was highly touted.
Well, he did have a great performance in the Calder Cup playoffs, but he's mostly playing in a bottom-6 role (often on the 4th line), and he's just been kinda meh. At the beginning of camp, I would have thought that he'd get claimed if we tried to waive him, but now there might be a chance he'd sneak through.
So is Pulkkinen out/AHL? If so, how has he played to not be in?
Pulkkinen is about as one-dimensional as you can get: he's got a GREAT shot, but not much else. I don't think he'll mesh well with Gallant, in that case. Plus, of the four waiver-eligible forwards on the roster bubble, he's the only one that has previous been waiver-eligible and most of the league already knows what they'd get by claiming him. I imagine he goes unclaimed.
Will hunt be first call up?
I can see Hunt making the team - GMGM gave him a 2-year 1-way deal on July 1. The thought may have been that he was AHL depth, but he's been so great this preseason, and I'm wondering if perhaps McPhee saw something in him that the rest of us didn't.
As weird as it may sound, I think Theodore is the first call-up, since his waiver status would allow us to send him back and forth from Vegas to Chicago this season with no fear of losing him (just like the Ducks did last year with San Diego).