Tom Hanks
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- Nov 10, 2017
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Good? Not really, no. But Poulin, St. Ivany, Ludvig, Pono, Gruden, Puus and Blomqvist should all be in the mix for depth/platoon/backup roles at the NHL level. Pulju too even if he's a year older than your cutoff. I don't see any reason some of those forwards couldn't skate on a fourth or even third line and put up about the same numbers as you'd pay some McGinn or Acciari for.
I used the UN definition for youth (15-24)
If they are safe bets for top 6 F/top 4 D then a GM will find a way to get them up (and we don’t have them) but 4th liners/bottom pair D get promoted to cover injuries & we’ve always been close to full cap so they go back down when the injured return.
We shouldn’t have any cap issues so that barrier to entry shouldn’t be an issue for some extended looks.
Sully could be talking shit too but this season in particular there’s no excuse not to try younger players at some stage.