GDT: 2024-2025 Training Camp

[Gurglesons]

How did McGroarty look?

He could be in the NHL.

Would be surprised if he is.

 

[Al Smith]

How did McGroarty look?

I thought for his first game against NHL talent he held his own, but I didn't see anything that screamed he should be on the roster on opening night. He'll be better served getting regular shifts in the A for awhile.

 

[WickedWrister]

45 definitely is not ready, but yeah he's oozing top 4 potential.

If Brunicke ends up being a top 4 D that makes the Guentzel trade a little more palatable.

 

[Jacob]

 

[canadianguy77]

I thought for his first game against NHL talent he held his own, but I didn't see anything that screamed he should be on the roster on opening night. He'll be better served getting regular shifts in the A for awhile.

The question is will he sour on this org too?

 

[Ryder71]

Sully is a f***ing moron. So it makes sense.


Don’t have a lot of hope for this team, but the East in general is awful this year.

Won't be awful enough, and that's a good thing for our long term future.

 

[Gurglesons]

Won't be awful enough, and that's a good thing for our long term future.

Must be cool to root against the team you root for.

 

[Empoleon8771]

I thought for his first game against NHL talent he held his own, but I didn't see anything that screamed he should be on the roster on opening night. He'll be better served getting regular shifts in the A for awhile.

I think this sums it up perfectly. He looks good but not "he needs to be playing in the NHL right now" good. He can absolutely play in the NHL as a bottom-6er right now, but he's not forcing the team to play him there right now.

I had this thought when watching him in the prospect tournament (where he was also very good), but I think he's better off getting a half season in the AHL and then coming up straight to the top-6. He can play in the NHL right now on the Penguins 3rd line, but I'd rather him spend half a year in the AHL and then go directly to Crosby's line just like Guentzel did.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Well. Sullivan has his excuse now to send half these young players down.

What makes you think he ever needed an excuse or even a reason? He pencilled in his line-up the moment he got the veterans he needed Dubas to get him, the rest is just for show.

Must be cool to root against the team you root for.

Must be cool to call out blokes that aren't happy the team continues to keep a dipshit coach and parade him around like he's still the saviour of this franchise for some reason and the only way they contend again. I don't fault any Penguins fan for being mad and rooting against them for the purpose of hoping it provokes drastic changes where it's needed most - Coaching.

It doesn't make anyone less of a fan, they are still a fan, just not willing to be hopeful when the past few years shows there's not much this team is actually willing to do to make you want to cheer for them like they care from an ownership, upper management, and coaching standpoint. The players deserve better.

 

[Gurglesons]

Must be cool to call out blokes that aren't happy the team continues to keep a dipshit coach and parade him around like he's still the saviour of this franchise for some reason and the only way they contend again. I don't fault any Penguins fan for being mad and rooting against them for the purpose of hoping it provokes drastic changes where it's needed most - Coaching.

Pretty sure Ryder thinks Sully and Dubas are great.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Agreed. Puju isn't gonna get any traction with his play if he doesn't get to play regularly and preferably more than like 6 minutes a night.

If they're just looking at him as a 13th forward I think there's better options. But I could see putting him into the top 12 if he earns the opportunity.

Yeah it's still wild to me that the coach kept parading out Harkins and when we saw Puljujarvi play, he was also doing the hard work along the boards and could actually score. Meanwhile Harkins didn't PK or really drive offense at all and he ended up getting 40+ games because of some bizarre rationale by this coach. He did the same with Ruhwedel for years, while we saw prospects like POJ who needed minutes, just stagnate and barely develop because they should have been in the AHL either getting a ton of games or being played while up, not be treated like the next 7th-8th defenseman that Sullivan did with them.

So all the blokes that want Pulju to succeed, it's a shame because he deserves to get the games for how hard he's worked to get back to being able to play and then get used worse than literally a player that didn't do anything including score a goal has got to be shitty.

Pretty sure Ryder thinks Sully and Dubas are great.

Oh you were replying to him, yeah he's on ignore, I once forgot to log in and accidentally read the shit he had to say and was reminded why this board is better with him on ignore.

I was very surprised he wasn't taken off the ice after getting smooshed like that up high.

I am very curious about what happens with him after this, for any update for his injury. Because to have concussion spotters miss an obvious one like that is beyond pathetic.