AHL: W-B/S Penguins Thread (Cap Details + Links in First Post)

[FreeBobbyFarnham]

 

[Tom Hanks]

Miletic, Wilson, Lafferty, Elliott and Angello are cranking out the points early on this season.

 

[Andy99]

This picture is making me vomit....

 

[Jacob]

Their graphic incorrectly says Miletic is a right shot.

 

[FreeBobbyFarnham]

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Well that escalated quickly.

 

[FreeBobbyFarnham]

Impressive start from Miletic so far with 6 pts (3+3) in 6 AHL games. Lafferty and Angello are doing pretty good for themselves too.

 

[WayneSid9987]

The lines were:

Wilson-Johnson-Hayes
ZAR-Lafferty-Militec
DiPauli-Bleuger-Horvat
Lindberg-Olund-McGrath

Summers-Elliott
O'Neill-Trotman
Taylor-Prow

Dunno if Angello has an injury or...
I'm assuming he does.

Lines last night were:

Wilson-Johnson-Hayes
ZAR-Lafferty-Militec
DiPauli-Bleuger-Lindberg
Jospehs-Olund-McGrath

Summers-Elliott
O'Neill-Trotman
Abt-Prow

Peters was in goal.

Angello's still out. Day-to-day Upper Body.

 

[Southpaw123]

Really impressed with Militec, guy is hungry. Bummed about Angelo as he was on a roll, hopefully its not too serious. Glad to see Zar and Lafferty playing hard, they will def be in the mix for call ups. As far as some of the others, Hayes is a big boy but gosh he's slow at time. Dont see him getting a call up anytime soon.

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

Purely judging from the boxscores, it doesn't look like ZAR or Johnson are doing much to put themselves in good position to be the first call-ups.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Purely judging from the boxscores, it doesn't look like ZAR or Johnson are doing much to put themselves in good position to be the first call-ups.

Too bad for them. But others should see it as an opportunity to make themselves more visible to a potential 4th line role of 6mins and an entire 3rd period benching.

 

[Speaking Moistly]

Purely judging from the boxscores, it doesn't look like ZAR or Johnson are doing much to put themselves in good position to be the first call-ups.

What’s weird I said I thought Johnson looked great in the preseason and like he’d taken a step.

 

[Peat]

What’s weird I said I thought Johnson looked great in the preseason and like he’d taken a step.

He's gone back to C which could be part of it. Or it could be that there's one line in WBS doing most of the work (although I think ZAR's been on the Lafferty line too?)

 

[Tasty Biscuits]

Too bad for them. But others should see it as an opportunity to make themselves more visible to a potential 4th line role of 6mins and an entire 3rd period benching.

Pickin' up that NHL paycheck is no joke however.

 

[Speaking Moistly]

He's gone back to C which could be part of it. Or it could be that there's one line in WBS doing most of the work (although I think ZAR's been on the Lafferty line too?)

Maybe. I thought he’d found his way back to the wing a few games ago but it looks that that was wrong. It might just be sample size or not fitting on lines right now. Blueger hasn't produced a tonne either in the assist front.

Hopefully ZAR is Hornqvisting things and playing an important role without getting points.​

 

[Shady Machine]

Maybe. I thought he’d found his way back to the wing a few games ago but it looks that that was wrong. It might just be sample size or not fitting on lines right now. Blueger hasn't produced a tonne either in the assist front.

Hopefully ZAR is Hornqvisting things and playing an important role without getting points.​

I only saw one game live in Cleveland, but ZAR did nothing to separate himself from everyone else. He does some nice things around the net, but the intensity is not there to be anything close to Horny IMO. He has some NHL tools, but I'm just not seeing anything there that puts him above a few other baby Pens wingers.

 

[Peat]

I only saw one game live in Cleveland, but ZAR did nothing to separate himself from everyone else. He does some nice things around the net, but the intensity is not there to be anything close to Horny IMO. He has some NHL tools, but I'm just not seeing anything there that puts him above a few other baby Pens wingers.

Did any forward look like they were putting themselves above their peers that game?

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

You don’t want to hear that about ZAR or Johnson. Important guys to have success here because you want to able to attract other top college FAs. The Penguins will always be in the mix, but it’s nice to be able to point to your most recent pickups as successful pros.

 

[Shady Machine]

Did any forward look like they were putting themselves above their peers that game?

Not really to be honest. I saw some flashes from Lafferty and Angello. I will say it confirmed to me that Hayes is not an NHLer (although I'm sure others already knew that). Johnson with a few bursts of speed, but didn't do a ton. DiPauli had a few flashes too.

Blueger makes some real heady plays, but again, doesn't stand out. Of course, Test Tube looked like an AHLer too, which was weird to see.

In fairness, it took me at least the first period to remember everyone's numbers.

Oh also, I did like Trotman's game, but that's the AHL level so hard to know how it translates.

 

[Speaking Moistly]

I only saw one game live in Cleveland, but ZAR did nothing to separate himself from everyone else. He does some nice things around the net, but the intensity is not there to be anything close to Horny IMO. He has some NHL tools, but I'm just not seeing anything there that puts him above a few other baby Pens wingers.

*sigh* The story of ZAR, tbh. He had that goal scoring run with Crosby, which isn’t totally irrelevant yet, but other than that he doesn’t do much to stand out. A small part of me keeps hoping he’ll start to live up to that Hornqvist lite description. The broken jaw also probably hurt the first chunk of his season at least.

 

[steelcityassault]

*sigh* The story of ZAR, tbh. He had that goal scoring run with Crosby, which isn’t totally irrelevant yet, but other than that he doesn’t do much to stand out. A small part of me keeps hoping he’ll start to live up to that Hornqvist lite description. The broken jaw also probably hurt the first chunk of his season at least.

He'll play physical for a few shifts and then start laying off.. Kind of weird for someone who describes himself as playing a "New York City" style

Nathan Gerbe lit him up for having his head down. Never would have expected that in a million years

 

[Shady Machine]

He'll play physical for a few shifts and then start laying off.. Kind of weird for someone who describes himself as playing a "New York City" style

Nathan Gerbe lit him up for having his head down. Never would have expected that in a million years

Yeah that was a legit hit.

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

He'll play physical for a few shifts and then start laying off.. Kind of weird for someone who describes himself as playing a "New York City" style

Nathan Gerbe lit him up for having his head down. Never would have expected that in a million years

Nate Gerbe blew him up?

That's gotta be demoralizing.

 

[Southpaw123]

Not really to be honest. I saw some flashes from Lafferty and Angello. I will say it confirmed to me that Hayes is not an NHLer (although I'm sure others already knew that). Johnson with a few bursts of speed, but didn't do a ton. DiPauli had a few flashes too.

Blueger makes some real heady plays, but again, doesn't stand out. Of course, Test Tube looked like an AHLer too, which was weird to see.

In fairness, it took me at least the first period to remember everyone's numbers.

Oh also, I did like Trotman's game, but that's the AHL level so hard to know how it translates.

 

[Southpaw123]

You are spot on about everyone. Hayes has def left the building with regard to being an NHL player!!