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

[steelcityassault]

From the head dude of the AHL:

But what about the PensGear guy?

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Hmm

Even funnier, some guy in the AHL beat McDavid as well and he lost balance before he finished so he would have actually had a better time than McDavid, which he already did.

This notion that McDavid is this insanely fast player is always some funny narrative on this board. Dude is fast, no doubt, but he is not the fastest. Like I said, do a team by team competition for each of the same drills and you get a better idea of who is actually faster than whom.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Whatever happens with Blueger this year, at least he's doing everything he can to put himself in the conversation for 4C next year. Hard to imagine we sign another Derek Grant this summer.

You severely underestimate the incredible stupidity of this franchise.

 

[Jacob]

I still think McDavid is the fastest player I've ever seen play. But that includes being able to handle the puck and make plays at top speed and going from 0-60 better than anyone I've ever seen. There's so many facets to skating ability that lapping the rink without the puck is just not really a good measure of it in my opinion. Even just mistiming a cross-over can add like a half-second to your time.

 

[wej20]

I still think McDavid is the fastest player I've ever seen play. But that includes being able to handle the puck and make plays at top speed and going from 0-60 better than anyone I've ever seen. There's so many facets to skating ability that lapping the rink without the puck is just not really a good measure of it in my opinion. Even just mistiming a cross-over can add like a half-second to your time.

Yep, McDavid is the fastest hockey player. This is hockey after all, not short track speed skating.

 

[Nakawick]

Even funnier, some guy in the AHL beat McDavid as well and he lost balance before he finished so he would have actually had a better time than McDavid, which he already did.

This notion that McDavid is this insanely fast player is always some funny narrative on this board. Dude is fast, no doubt, but he is not the fastest. Like I said, do a team by team competition for each of the same drills and you get a better idea of who is actually faster than whom.

I mean, 3 years in a row as the fastest skater. That is quite reasonable no?

 

[Honour Over Glory]

I mean, 3 years in a row as the fastest skater. That is quite reasonable no?

In that group of players. Sure. Not league wide.


And I hope blue gets some games finally.

 

[LOGiK]

In that group of players. Sure. Not league wide.


And I hope blue gets some games finally.

Pretty obvious he's the best of that sample size. Fastest skater in the league?! Nah...
And besides that is just skating in circles. It's like Nascar for hockey fans.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Pretty obvious he's the best of that sample size. Fastest skater in the league?! Nah...
And besides that is just skating in circles. It's like Nascar for hockey fans.

I'd love to see the speed numbers for guys like AA, Rust, Hagelin, etc...then compare.

Otherwise, sure, he's the leagues fastest in a group of 30 people.

 

[LOGiK]

I'd love to see the speed numbers for guys like AA, Rust, Hagelin, etc...then compare.

Otherwise, sure, he's the leagues fastest in a group of 30 people.

Not even 30. Out of that 30 there were less than 8.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Not even 30. Out of that 30 there were less than 8.

Yeah, exactly. It's stupid.

 

[FreeBobbyFarnham]

 

[FreeBobbyFarnham]

 

[FreeBobbyFarnham]

 

[WayneSid9987]

Blandisi @ C.
I'd prefer he gets up with the big club tho. He or Angello.

 

[Tasty Biscuits]

Macoy Erkamps?

 

[Jacob]

Some honky we got from Belleville a few weeks back.

 

[FreeBobbyFarnham]

 

[Tasty Biscuits]

Prow is a scoring machine this year.

 

[The Old Master]

the kids are really starting to look very good …. maybe the cuppered is not so bear.

 

[Jacob]

Prow is older than Oleksiak.

 

[Southpaw123]

Does anyone want to take a moment and give mid-season grades?

 

[WayneSid9987]

Does anyone want to take a moment and give mid-season grades?

A rough rating of the younger prospects minus the Deas/Bluegs/Blandisis/Haggertys/other vets:

Shown really good stuff to some good stuff:
Prow, Angello, Johnson, Lafferty, Militec

Meh:
Taylor, Olund

Incomplete:
DiPauli(another injury plagued season for him. he was going good when he went out too.)

 

[Jacob]

DiPauli & Prow are both UFAs.

 

[FreeBobbyFarnham]