GDT: | Pens vs Sabres | 1700hrs EST | Last one before the big dance

[Pancakes]

I love Heinen's game. He just makes a good play with the puck almost every time. Not a flashy player but there's real value in a guy who just always makes plays.

 

[3ladesof5teel]

Good play by both Kappy and Smith there.

Smith seems to be a pretty smart player with skill, thats going to be helpful, you already see some of the passes hes making and hes not thinking the game hes reacting

 

[Fiji Water]

Scratching my head at Devils fans who called Smith a bad skater

 

[Empoleon8771]

Wish POJ would of made it a hard choice and forced managements hand.

Happy for smith though.

Nah Smith has been excellent in the pre-season. POJ would have had to be top-4 quality to beat out Smith for a spot.

It would have been nice had POJ done that because they could have traded Pettersson then.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

because they could have traded Pettersson then.

Could they have though?

 

[vodeni]

Poehling is not showing me anything, hope he'll come around

 

[The Old Master]

Nah Smith has been excellent in the pre-season. POJ would have had to be top-4 quality to beat out Smith for a spot.

It would have been nice had POJ done that because they could have traded Pettersson then.

we need poj to look good so we can get something

 

[Zirakzigil]

Nah Smith has been excellent in the pre-season. POJ would have had to be top-4 quality to beat out Smith for a spot.

It would have been nice had POJ done that because they could have traded Pettersson then.

I’m happy Smith earned a spot with good play. Just wish POJ would of also had a great camp and forced some decisions to be made.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Could they have though?

If they were willing to pay enough, probably

 

[AuroraBorealis]

Pilut does not equal "Pilot"...

Mears pls

 

[NikolaiCakebreaker]

44 looking like Orpik just blasting guys into his own goalie

 

[Randy Butternubs]

If they were willing to pay enough, probably

It's a shame Rutherford boofed the team's cap that one season where Pettersson took a team friendly 1-year deal. If he were to able to sign him for 6 years at ~$3.5M he'd be more tradeable.

 

[Kristopher Letang]

I’m gonna have to check Kappy’s junior highlights lol I have a feeling his "skating and stopping" move used to work all the time back in the days and he never learned other tricks He does the same shit over and over with no success.

 

[Ugene Magic]

I missed the Smith goal....

 

[The Old Master]

I’m gonna have to check Kappy’s junior highlights lol I have a feeling his "skating and stopping" move used to work all the time back in the days and he never learned other tricks He does the same shit over and over with no success.

if we had a coach .... it would be fixed.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

My GF on Archibald: "He's got a weak chin."

 

[Peat]

Clean forgot this one was on, team looking as good as the score?

 

[Gurglesons]

Scratching my head at Devils fans who called Smith a bad skater

He was injured multiple times last year.

Clean forgot this one was on, team looking as good as the score?

No. But better than they have all preseason.

 

[Ugene Magic]

My GF on Archibald: "He's got a weak chin."

He's the Mathew Broderick of the NHL.

 

[Empoleon8771]

I think POJ has been very decent today, but "very decent" isn't the kind of showing that he needed out here.

I'm just not sure what to do with him. You're going to get basically nothing for him if you trade him, so do you try to get him through waivers and waive him? You risk losing him to waivers if you waive him, but I think there is a very real chance POJ ends up back on waivers later this year if someone else claims him on waivers. That's exactly what happened with Cholowski last year IIRC.

 

[The Old Master]

I think POJ has been very decent today, but "very decent" isn't the kind of showing that he needed out here.

he's playing for the scouts, and a bottom pairing spot. no mistakes is what they are looking for.

 

[Peat]

I think POJ has been very decent today, but "very decent" isn't the kind of showing that he needed out here.

I'm just not sure what to do with him. You're going to get basically nothing for him if you trade him, so do you try to get him through waivers and waive him? You risk losing him to waivers if you waive him, but I think there is a very real chance POJ ends up back on waivers later this year if someone else claims him on waivers. That's exactly what happened with Cholowski last year IIRC.

If he's got what it takes you don't get him back, if you get him back he probably doesn't have what it takes.

I think either you need to do some roster jiggery-pokery and keep him and hope he grows while riding a lot of pine, or accept that a slice of bread is better than no bread and trade him.

 

[DearDiary]

My GF on Archibald: "He's got a weak chin."

Sounds like she's giving you a hint. Time to start mewing before she latches onto another Timmy

 

[AuroraBorealis]

Nice pass Zuck

 

[Empoleon8771]

If he's got what it takes you don't get him back, if you get him back he probably doesn't have what it takes.

I think either you need to do some roster jiggery-pokery and keep him and hope he grows while riding a lot of pine, or accept that a slice of bread is better than no bread and trade him.

Honestly, I think the reason to keep POJ is more about D depth than him being this high upside defenseman. It's why I've mostly had the stance of getting whatever D depth you can for him.

If they can redo the Pouliot trade with him, I'll consider that a win.