brakeyawself
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The general rule of thumb is 1lbs of lean muscle per month. He's listed at 184lbs, if he can get to 190lbs by September that would be excellent.
Let him develop in the Khl
Get more minutes, get pp time, get more points
We have to stop rushing prospects who haven't even dominated a league before the NHL. Poehling I agree with cause he is considered one of the better players in the NCAA. But Kotkaniemi? I think this was a premature move and it would be similar with Romanov. Not terrible to their development in terms of "ruining them" but it's not smart asset management IMO.
For kk, I thought Laval would have had been an amazing development place. Now that he didnt look too much out of place, I was right. He would have probably helped the team make the playoffs as well.
Makes no sense to rush him. He's developing well but did not dominate the KHL. So let him play another year in the same situation and then we see where he stands after next season.
After seeing Kk and Mete struggle at certain poi ts this year, i'm very open to having out waiver eligible players develop, and dominate, lower levels. Especially if we're able to land quality ufa's. That way, when the young guys are really pushing the envelope, we can trade from our depth of vets and acquire quality assets like extra 1st and 2nd round picks. The last two years respectively, Mete and Kk mainly made it because we were f_ _ _ ed without them.
As in, i would have no problem with mete, juulsen, poehling, and kk spending a year in laval because we signed Karlsson, Gardiner, Duchene or Hayes, and Panarin or Anders Lee or Nyqvist, etc...
Agree 100%! Unfortunately, our management team has a different plan and strategy. They will open the door and allow any prospect to force their way on the team even if it's in a bottom 6 role. To be fair to them, they are not the only ones.
It is crazy when you think about, Poehling was tied for 70th in the NCAA in points, and then goes to the NHL and scores 3 goals and a SO goal that almost didn't happen because Julien put Weal out instead of him as the 3rd shooter.
Trade this bum now! Loser attitude!
he will pretend to try, he laready has an excuse ready since his end of season PC (wives).I'm really looking forward to free agency. I think bergevin will try. However i could easily see him getting outbid on term by other teams.
Trade this bum now! Loser attitude!
Like every other team in the NHL...Agree 100%! Unfortunately, our management team has a different plan and strategy. They will open the door and allow any prospect to force their way on the team even if it's in a bottom 6 role. To be fair to them, they are not the only ones.
He is going to be a very good two way player. This means he will be a polarizing figure as the dumb fans will complain that he doesn't put up enough points and the intelligent fans will have to endure the idiocy of the former. Kind of like it is with Danault now.nice. I don't know. You have St. Cloud Poehling who people are LEGITIMATELY wondering if he has a shot and then you have NOT SC Poehling who can't go a few games without getting a hatty. I feel like Jerry watching George squint his way to spotting dimes but also eating onions. Can't get a read on him. He's gonna be a good player but I don't know if he's gonna be a difference maker. He can definitely make our team better at least.
We need him, Suzuki, Brook, Romanov et al. hitting our most optimistic projected ceilings to really get us up there if we can't get a game changer or two as a UFA or in this draft (and next).
Great f***in post!!!!!!!!He is going to be a very good two way player. This means he will be a polarizing figure as the dumb fans will complain that he doesn't put up enough points and the intelligent fans will have to endure the idiocy of the former. Kind of like it is with Danault now.
Who did people want instead?I literally started posting here again because of Poehling. The hate he was getting after being drafted was some of the worst this board has ever seen. In fact I can't recall a first rounder who ever was met with a worse reaction after being drafted on this forum. Glad he's shutting the haters up.
Just thinking, I wonder what would have happened if he would have played the three games prior....