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Prospect Info: Pittsburgh Penguins Prospects Thread: 2023-2024 Edition
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Rudy Russo
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"Your stepmom's cute."
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"Remember when she was a senior and we were freshmen?"
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Randy Butternubs
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I have Yager with the higher ceiling but not by much. McGroarty has the higher floor and is more ready.
Gurglesons
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We are posting on a message board so we all extremely old.
Jacob
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At a glance Kingston looks like they'll be middle-of-the-pack or so. Quite a few returning players, but they weren't great last year either. Don't see much in the way of PMD so maybe Pieniniemi has an opportunity to see more offensive situations than he would back home or even on another CHL team.
Darren McCord
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Like I said in the other thread. I think if McGroarty hits his ceiling, it is a harder skill set to find than Yager.
A McCann vs Horny type thing. Not saying Yager is McCann or McGroarty is Horny. But the idea that one will out up more offense but the other brings an element that is hard to find.
Also who would show up in the playoffs?
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Caputi was fired last season. He was a god-awful coach.
Although I haven't followed much in the off-season, so re-hiring him would be the type of move a shitstain organization like the Frontenacs would do.
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farscape1
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Sorry i havent kept up but how is Vasily Ponomarev, Ville Koivunen, and Cruz Lucius looking? Worried bout that Jake trade might of been really just for Bunting and these 3 were just giving to us to clear Carolina's prospect litter.
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Granted I've literally not watched any of them play...
Ponomarev is likely NHL ready. Bottom 6.
Koivunen had a pretty good season in Finland. Not sure how that translates to North America.
Lucius is producing fairly well for his college team. But I think his team is low scoring and someone has to score for them. That's all I know.
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Jake trade was the numbers game with the draft pick RD and Bunting and prospects. It gives the organization needed depth and potential NHL players down the road. Ponomarev looks to be close to making the big club. I would have preferred Morrow at RD but Dubas make the best deal he could. All in all, I like the LW top 3 with Bunting, DOC, and the new guy.
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We got quantity but not really quality, but with our shitty prospect pool that’s fine.
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I think both Koivunen and Ponomarev could make the team if it wasn't for the glut of bottom 6 trash, Hayes, Accari and Eller. Nieto too but he is done.
I expect Dubas will move a couple vets if he can. Eller and Acciari. Cap space and creating room for a couple younger players is where the next moves are.
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I think Pono is a good bet to be an NHLer but has low upside. I think Koivunen has higher upside but low chance of reaching it. And Lucius is a scratch-off.
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None of the players in the Guentzel trade play more than 100 games with PIT IMO.
Aligned.
I watched a few of Koivunen's games after the Penguins traded for him. There's definitely NHL potential in there, but he was a little raw. He's not so dangerous offensively that you just have to make room for him and take the good with the bad. A year in the AHL get top 6 minutes is probably the right place for him.
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Ya I don't disagree. Just saying that these guys could probably make the hop if needed. I think it will be good to have them in WBS though. I also think McGroarty starts in WBS if no players are injured. Then the pens hope a team needs a forward and takes Accari or Eller.
I think Eller goes before the season or in the first month.
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It would be great if Poulin made a real case for himself on the big club this year.
When he was first drafted, his upside looked a lot like McGroarty's does now.
When he was first drafted, his upside looked a lot like McGroarty's does now.
Gurglesons
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There’s no spot on the roster for him. Sullivan and Dubas won’t waive Beauvillier for a player like Poulin regardless of how well he plays.
