Channelcat
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He has been fantastic. But everyone is great in their contract year. Sadly this is pro sports.
Player Discussion: Neal Pionk Part 2
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He was very good last year as well.
He's just a good player. He may have trained harder in the offseason knowing that it was a contract year but I doubt he's sitting on the bench between shifts thinking he's going to get paid if he has a great shift.
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WolfHouse
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I love how Pionk was being tossed around the board as basically a throw in and now he's our best Dman
Yep if Chevy got us a better coach he deserves the Jack Adam’s award. A number of deals that went under the radar looking great. Especially Pionk but stastny was pretty good too.
WolfHouse
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Wellll... the Statsny deal would have been better if he signed long-term the first time...
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But in Vegas he still looked better than Hayes and Eakin...
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That’s a fun read too!
GumbyCan2
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I do recall holding out hope he could find a much higher level of play for the Jets, within a couple years.
I did read one NYR fans take on the trade and stated Pionk has way more potential than what he showed in NYR's uniform, due to his skill level of play at U M-D and his rush into top minutes, unsheltered play with the Rangers where he had _hitty coaching and poor team around him. He shared Jets were getting a pretty solid competitor whose early NHL experience was an anomoly, now that he is going to a better team with structure. Sure enough, eh! Plus, plus, plus...
for those here who think pionk will drop off once he gets paid i don;t think that will be the case. the guy was undrafted - he'll always be hungry. it's not like he was a 1st round draft pick prima donna.
if anything he should only get better. i'm thinking he can be at the level of a prime john kligberg. if anything i would rather have pionk the way he is now and will be than klingberg.
if anything he should only get better. i'm thinking he can be at the level of a prime john kligberg. if anything i would rather have pionk the way he is now and will be than klingberg.
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Great booming shot on the point. Would like to see him on the first PP unit.
Looks like we won the Trouba trade, just from performance alone. When you take into account contact demands, the trade is looking very lopsided.
Looks like we won the Trouba trade, just from performance alone. When you take into account contact demands, the trade is looking very lopsided.
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2018/19 was an outlier season for Trouba. I didn't think he ever looked like a top pair d and was baffled by that contract. I believe that there are NHL GMs who literally haven't watched the players they acquire. The Ladd signing another good example.
when'd this guy get such a lethal shot? last year he was just tossing muffins on net.
Pionk is 7th for Dmen scoring the last 2 seasons and 28th in toi/gp (all strengths)
at 5v5 he's 50th in scoring and 16th in toi/gp.....so he's getting the typical Jets PP boost in scoring.
he's gonna make big $$$
Pionk is 7th for Dmen scoring the last 2 seasons and 28th in toi/gp (all strengths)
at 5v5 he's 50th in scoring and 16th in toi/gp.....so he's getting the typical Jets PP boost in scoring.
he's gonna make big $$$
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GumbyCan2
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Give it a couple years and he will be listed at 6'-2", 199 lbs.! Ha, ha, ha...Twisted Sisters running the PR depts.
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Practice, practice, practice...shooting ice-chunks off the cliffs onto Lake Superior, outside of Duluth, early winter before new season started, before Christmas. Kids there do it all the time, going back 30+ years.
Or, maybe a beneficial end-result of Patrik Laine era was, Pionk was tired of dodging Laine lazers in practice and decided to learn how to and practice the old "lazer-bomb slap-shot"?
Teemusalami204
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pionk watching laine in practice = shanahan watching brett hull in practice. then going, "ahh so this is how it's done."
GumbyCan2
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Hopefully new core has success this season, as it "quarantine's along" and we can resign him for 8 x 6-mil$ per. Covid destruction may hopefully keep the "new contract $$ values" in line. Trouba and Wheels sure lucked out getting 8 & 8+ respectively! I doubt after whats all transpired affecting public gatherings that either would get close to these #'s again!
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Trouba placed on injured lists ..... after 14 games 0 goals & 3 assists. (8 mill)
Pionk with 3 goals and 12 assist after 18 games...(3 mill)
Pionk with 3 goals and 12 assist after 18 games...(3 mill)
