Duck? no, Rabbit? no, it’s Penguins Golf (Off) season!

Tom Hanks

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Ovi’s going to break the record, go right to the locker room, change and then have a private jet nearby ready to fly back to Russia. Feel like he’d be retired if he wasn’t going for this record.

He’ll stop in Vegas first for the buffets with Phil Kessel.
 

Honour Over Glory

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Adding PLD to his line will help a ton. Washington could be a very good team if they can somehow figure their defense out.
Washington had an absolute atrocious roster this past season and made the playoffs. For Dubas to see that, still feel like his roster wasn't good enough for Sullivan to get there is an infinite source of comedy.
 
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Sully-Quinn: Idiots Squared
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Washington made the playoffs by committing to their young players.
Sullivan's reaction upon hearing of this bizarre idea:

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Sullivan - "We don't have enough young talent on this team that deserve ice time..."

Also Sullivan - Has Puustinen put up 7pts in 10 games, continues to decrease his minutes, demote him down the roster, in his last 3 games where he still put up 3pts, his ice time was 7:48 even strength on average, for a total of 9:38...

If you were to go and look at other rookies that produced like that and how they were handled, there's a very good chance they weren't demoted on the roster and their ice time didn't decrease. As a matter of fact, having that rookie positively impact a top 6 legend on the team and then promptly being removed for "reasons" is unheard of unless you're Mike Sullivan, then it's just another day at the office.

Why manage minutes when you can play your oldest talents into the ground and barely play the rest of your line up! Success!
 
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Tom Hanks

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It kind of feels like these "development camps" are just for show.

They kind of are. What happens in the regular season games determine what happens. Usually they’ll have to wait for an injury in the big club first unless they a super impressive.
 

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Development camps are to expose prospects to life in the NHL and evaluate their progress from the previous season. It's one thing to scout your players, to check up on them, etc., but it's another to work with them closely over the course of a period of time.

For older prospects, the purpose is to see how they lead. They've likely been to a couple of camps and they may be in the AHL. How do they conduct themselves around some 18-year-old just drafted in the 3rd round? How do they take ownership in drills and scrimmages?

How a player performs in prospect camp really won't have much bearing on where they're going to play in the upcoming season. Most already know they're going back to juniors, the NCAA, or whatever. Training camp is what determines whether a player close to the NHL will break through or be among the first call-ups...or get buried.
 
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Sully-Quinn: Idiots Squared
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Development camps are to expose prospects to life in the NHL and evaluate their progress from the previous season. It's one thing to scout your players, to check up on them, etc., but it's another to work with them closely over the course of a period of time.

For older prospects, the purpose is to see how they lead. They've likely been to a couple of camps and they may be in the AHL. How do they conduct themselves around some 18-year-old just drafted in the 3rd round? How do they take ownership in drills and scrimmages?

How a player performs in prospect camp really won't have much bearing on where they're going to play in the upcoming season. Most already know they're going back to juniors, the NCAA, or whatever. Training camp is what determines whether a player close to the NHL will break through or be among the first call-ups...or get buried.
I will not stand for this mansplaining wankbucketry you git.
 

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