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Prospect Info: Pittsburgh Penguins Prospects Thread: 2023-2024 Edition

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td_ice said:
We may not have the best prospects in the NHL but our system would be hard to beat for best name selections. Be that first or last names.

Jagger Joshua
Zam Plante
Cooper Foster
Kirill Tankov
Cruz Lucius
Chase Yoder
the newly added, Scooter Brickey.
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What was the one draft name brought up a while ago on here that was so Pittsburgh?.. I can't remember but it was perfect
 
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SEALBound said:
Just spitballing here, but Yager's shot is tremendous. Dude is truly becoming a shoot-first goal scorer. I wonder if in a rookie season, you could put him at the wing to start and then eventually move him to center once he has his footing in the NHL. This would be similar to what they did with Jordan Staal. In 06-07, he spent the majority of the year on Malkin's LW and he potted the 29 goals (career high). Helps to have an elite playmaking center but I wonder if you could put Yager with Sid or Geno to act as the trigger man, much in the same mold as Jake. Adding a playmaking wing and a shooting wing to someone like Sid would be really interesting to see.
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Put Yager with Sid and Bunting, who can clear space and go to the net.

Put Malkin with Rust and a solid two-way center to take the load off Geno.
 
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steelcityassault said:
What was the one draft name brought up a while ago on here that was so Pittsburgh?.. I can't remember but it was perfect
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Some other notable beauties:

Kalle Kangas
Chase Yoder
Judd Caulfield
Jan Drozg
Anton Zlobin
DesertedPenguin said:
Put Yager with Sid and Bunting, who can clear space and go to the net.

Put Malkin with Rust and a solid two-way center to take the load off Geno.
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I would support seeing how that works in camp and in pre-season.

I do think getting a younger center with good legs is important for Geno. Moving him to the wing but still allowing him to do whatever he wants could really boost his twilight career.
 
SEALBound said:
Some other notable beauties:

Kalle Kangas
Chase Yoder
Judd Caulfield
Jan Drozg
Anton Zlobin

I would support seeing how that works in camp and in pre-season.

I do think getting a younger center with good legs is important for Geno. Moving him to the wing but still allowing him to do whatever he wants could really boost his twilight career.
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td_ice said:
Hmmmm.....I can't come up with it. But I'm sure someone here will.
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Brickhouser or something lol
 
Yager is probably 2 years away from his debut still (at minimum).

Probably not worth thinking too hard about where he'll play. By the time he gets here the roster could look much different.
 
Pancakes said:
Yager is probably 2 years away from his debut still (at minimum).

Probably not worth thinking too hard about where he'll play. By the time he gets here the roster could look much different.
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Well, I think he'll be ready in 25-26 if that's what you mean? I don't want him here next season UNLESS he's just killing it in TC.
 
Ryder71 said:
Well, I think he'll be ready in 25-26 if that's what you mean? I don't want him here next season UNLESS he's just killing it in TC.
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25-26 would be pretty early imo. Not impossible but he probably has at least one more year of junior followed by one year in WBS. So I'd say 26-27.

Maybe he can fast track that if he has an amazing camp. But I doubt this team is going to rush it's top offensive prospect. They really can't afford to ruin Yager.
 
Pancakes said:
25-26 would be pretty early imo. Not impossible but he probably has at least one more year of junior followed by one year in WBS. So I'd say 26-27.

Maybe he can fast track that if he has an amazing camp. But I doubt this team is going to rush it's top offensive prospect. They really can't afford to ruin Yager.
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25-26 Would be his 3rd year removed from the draft. But hey, if he needs more seasoning that's fine. I think we'll be relevant sometime around '28 anyhow. I'd also give Koivunen until 25-26 as well. Likely needs a year to adjust over here.
 
Ryder71 said:
25-26 Would be his 3rd year removed from the draft. But hey, if he needs more seasoning that's fine. I think we'll be relevant sometime around '28 anyhow. I'd also give Koivunen until 25-26 as well. Likely needs a year to adjust over here.
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Jake reached the NHL in his fourth year post draft and he's the best forward prospect we've drafted in the Crosby era.

So I dunno. Obviously it depends on the prospect. Guys like Seth Jarvis made the NHL really quickly so it can happen.

I just hope the Pens don't rush this kid if he's not ready.
 
There’s plenty of reason to be cautious on Yager. His season hasn’t been that good. More like about what you’d expect from a mid-round pick in their post-draft season. Halfway between earth-shattering and disappointing. He was also pretty much invisible in pre-season. Even on the PP. Nothing to be concerned over but it told me he still had a ways to go.
 
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Jacob said:
There’s plenty of reason to be cautious on Yager. His season hasn’t been that good. More like about what you’d expect from a mid-round pick in their post-draft season. Halfway between earth-shattering and disappointing. He was also pretty much invisible in pre-season. Even on the PP. Nothing to be concerned over but it told me he still had a ways to go.
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Mid round pick? Do you mean mid 1st rounder? Lately he's been killing it. And his progression from last year to this year has been pretty impressive. 12 points in his last five games.

Pancakes said:
Jake reached the NHL in his fourth year post draft and he's the best forward prospect we've drafted in the Crosby era.

So I dunno. Obviously it depends on the prospect. Guys like Seth Jarvis made the NHL really quickly so it can happen.

I just hope the Pens don't rush this kid if he's not ready.
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I wouldn't rush him either. Heck I'm suggesting they wait another year, I don't view that as rushing him at all.
 
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Ryder71 said:
Mid round pick? Do you mean mid 1st rounder? Lately he's been killing it. And his progression from last year to this year has been pretty impressive. 12 points in his last five games.
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Not really. He looks fine, but he's obviously living a lot off of Firkus' big year.

Nothing about Yager makes me think "star". He's probably at best a Travis Konecny / Jared McCann type.
 
Something I find interesting about Yager is that everyone mentions how he rounded his game out to be more of a playmaker last year and that’s why his goal scoring dropped, but he actually shot more his draft year (233 in 67 games vs 188 in 63) than his pre-draft year. He shot at a much higher success rate in his D-1 year (18%) than his draft year (12%) and has gotten closer to that number this year (17.5%). I know his assist numbers did jump drastically last season, which im sure had to do with playing with a good finisher, but hopefully his low goal total last year was more poor puck luck than his ability to score and dish the puck as a dual threat, which is the “type” of output you definitely want to see from a centerman. His type of output this year is at the very least somewhat encouraging.
 
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Gurglesons said:
I'd gladly trade him tbh. He's not going to be a foundational piece in our rebuild.

Honestly, have more hope for Pickering topping out than Yager from a "long term" stand point.
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Yager isn’t going to bring much value back. Who are trading him for? Unless your top 10 pick you don’t have much value D+1 year.

Konecny has 30 points as a 19 year old. If you can get that from Yager starting next year than play him in the NHL so his value goes up first.
 
Gurglesons said:
Not really. He looks fine, but he's obviously living a lot off of Firkus' big year.

Nothing about Yager makes me think "star". He's probably at best a Travis Konecny / Jared McCann type.
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I never he was a star, did I? But he still made a nice improvement. Still needs another year of seasoning.

Gurglesons said:
I'd gladly trade him tbh. He's not going to be a foundational piece in our rebuild.

Honestly, have more hope for Pickering topping out than Yager from a "long term" stand point.
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That's because you're terrible at evaluating talent.

And trade a promising 19 yr old when we're that old? Don't be ridiculous.
 
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