Waived: Teemu Pulkkinen (Assigned to Iowa)

[hirawl]

Put him second or third line and PP minutes.

When we got him he was given time in top 9, but he did pretty much nothing with it. He needs to play himself into that lineup and earn those bigger minutes and that has been a bit too much to ask here and in Detroit as well I suppose.

And honestly it's a tougher task here than with the Wings.

 

[ThatGuy22]

When we got him he was given time in top 9, but he did pretty much nothing with it. He needs to play himself into that lineup and earn those bigger minutes and that has been a bit too much to ask here and in Detroit as well I suppose.

And honestly it's a tougher task here than with the Wings.

How dare he not score all our goals in the 9 minutes he's played in our top 9 (literally his combined ice time with our top 9 Centers of Haula, Koivu and Staal. A third of that was probably in transition line change transition).

 

[Wild11MN]

Put him on PP1 if he plays. No reason not to at this point.

 

[Minnewildsota]

How dare he not score all our goals in the 9 minutes he's played in our top 9 (literally his combined ice time with our top 9 Centers of Haula, Koivu and Staal. A third of that was probably in transition line change transition).

Did he score any goals? Honest question.

Edit: In 8 games he scored 1 and was a -1. So.... take that for what it's worth.

 

[ThatGuy22]

Did he score any goals? Honest question.

Edit: In 8 games he scored 1 and was a -1. So.... take that for what it's worth.

Scoring 1 goal every 60 minutes of 5v5 ice time is a good rate. He played 67 minutes of 5v5 ice time, and scored a goal. He did what he was brought in to do and an acceptable rate.

 

[57special]

Oh please. He looked like a little boy out there. Enough with the Finnish superstar ****. Pulkkinen probably has one more chance...maybe two to make the NHL. If he doesn't make an impression, and soon, he'll go the way of Schroeder.

 

[nickschultzfan]

Pulkkinen, and his route to the NHL, reminds me a lot of Pominville.

With a few tweeks to his game, and the right situation, he could be a legit top-6 player in the league.

Although the NHL has changed a lot in the last decade.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

It's kind of a tough issue. You don't want to gift a spot to a young player, but also want to put them in good spots to succeed. And we aren't really in a situation where we can give him an extended look in a top 6 spot to see what he could do. His best shot, and it would really suck for us, would be if Coyle, Parise and Zucker were all out of the lineup for 2-3+ weeks. Until then, you can't really justify starting him in the top 9.

 

[ThatGuy22]

Oh please. He looked like a little boy out there. Enough with the Finnish superstar ****. Pulkkinen probably has one more chance...maybe two to make the NHL. If he doesn't make an impression, and soon, he'll go the way of Schroeder.

I'm not trying to say he's got a raw deal or anything like that. But that doesn't make it ok to perpetuate a myth. He got a handful of shifts in a top 9 role. There is also no one in the top 9 he should replace.

I'd be fine with him on the 4th line in place of Gabreal(or even Stewie). But BB wants to go bigger, and that's fine.

But his production was fine for the minutes he got with his linemates.

 

[ThatGuy22]

It's kind of a tough issue. You don't want to gift a spot to a young player, but also want to put them in good spots to succeed. And we aren't really in a situation where we can give him an extended look in a top 6 spot to see what he could do. His best shot, and it would really suck for us, would be if Coyle, Parise and Zucker were all out of the lineup for 2-3+ weeks. Until then, you can't really justify starting him in the top 9.

Pretty much this. If a top 9 Winger goes down for a few games, Pulkinnen should get a call up and a legitimate shot at those minutes to see what he is capable of. Basically, what we know now is that he doesn't play the type of game BB wants out of our 4th line.

 

[Minnesota]

I don't get it. Do wild have a weapon like pulks on the pp? No? Why not try it then? He ain't that bad of a player...

Put him second or third line and PP minutes.

That's literally what the Wild did with Pulkkinen earlier this season. He produced 1 point in 8 games.

 

[Wild11MN]

Why aren't waivers required this time?

 

[Wabit]

Why aren't waivers required this time?

A player does not need to pass through waivers if the player has not been on the NHL active roster for a cumulative 30 days since last clearing waivers, and has not played in 10 or more NHL games. CBA Reference 13.2(b)

 

[ThatGuy22]

Why aren't waivers required this time?

10 Games played or 30 days on the NHL roster until he needs to be placed on waivers again.

 

[Wild11MN]

Huh, somehow I didn't know that one. Thanks guys.

 

[Kaako Kappo]

That's literally what the Wild did with Pulkkinen earlier this season. He produced 1 point in 8 games.

He wasn't played in a shooter role. And that's all he has so maybe play him in a shooter role if you want to know if there's anything to him?

I do think that Pulkkinen just isn't good enough for NHL, but i kinda wanna see him as the trigger man.