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RW Teemu Pulkkinen (2010, 111th overall, Detroit) II

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Heraldic said:
Combination of small size and skating, being average at best, is fatal - in a bad sense. It's a disadvantage you can't compensate with a slapshot only. He's not going to provide anything defensively either.

Really surprised if he doesn't fall in the big hole where myriad of other players have fallen before him with similar weaknesses.
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Get him tons of Brett Hull game footage. He'll be fine if given a chance. Especially given the make up of the Wings. More puck-possession passers than they know what to do with but very few (and none at all with regards to righties) guys that just love to shoot. He's fit in perfectly on either PP unit. Find a dead spot on the ice and wait for the puck. With a shot like his you can make a career out of it.

No one thought much of Brett himself before he got up to the show and started piling on goals. Too small/slow unlike his dad.
 
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norrisnick said:
Get him tons of Brett Hull game footage. He'll be fine if given a chance. Especially given the make up of the Wings. More puck-possession passers than they know what to do with but very few (and none at all with regards to righties) guys that just love to shoot. He's fit in perfectly on either PP unit. Find a dead spot on the ice and wait for the puck. With a shot like his you can make a career out of it.

No one thought much of Brett himself before he got up to the show and started piling on goals. Too small/slow unlike his dad.
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Pulkkinen is actually pretty much the same height or a centimeter or two taller than Brett Hull. Weighs obviously less and Hull type of weight would hurt his skating too much.
 
Jussi said:
Pulkkinen is actually pretty much the same height or a centimeter or two taller than Brett Hull. Weighs obviously less and Hull type of weight would hurt his skating too much.
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And to derail a bit of what I'm sure is coming. I'm not saying he'd be Hull. I'm saying he'd be fine. No doubt in my mind he could join the Wings now and score 20g by the end of the year. That's all he'd need to do to make it and stick.
 
14 points in 13 games. Leading the Griffins offensively. Looks to have taken another step forward this season.
 
The Nose said:
Pulkkinen's skating is good, not great, and I doubt it will hold him back at the next level. I kinda wrote the guy off after his last few seasons in Europe, but he's been a beast in Grand Rapids.
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Me too, and Pulu has been feeding me crow since he crossed the pond. Couple that with Frk looking more and more like a bust and it makes me look quite stupid in retrospect :laugh:


Oan said:
When will he get a decent shot at cracking in to Wings roster?
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Would love to see Cleary waived and have Pulu get a chance in the bigs at some point this season, but that will never happen (though he'll probably get some games in if there are injuries). Either way he'll be in the NHL one way or another next season because his waiver exemption runs out after this season according to capgeek.

Teemu Pulkkinen's waiver exemption of 3 year(s) and 138 games remains in place through to the end of the 2014-15 season. However, that exemption will end immediately when he appears in 138 career NHL regular season and playoff game(s). He has played in 3, meaning he is 135 away from his exemption ending.
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http://capgeek.com/waiver-calculator/?player_submit=1&player_id=2275
 
The Nose said:
Pulkkinen's skating is good, not great, and I doubt it will hold him back at the next level. I kinda wrote the guy off after his last few seasons in Europe, but he's been a beast in Grand Rapids.
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We're talking NHL standards here, and for an NHL forward Pulkkinen's skating is below average to average. It certainly isn't "good" which one can infer to mean above average. It's improved from bad though.
 
Anchor Town said:
We're talking NHL standards here, and for an NHL forward Pulkkinen's skating is below average to average. It certainly isn't "good" which one can infer to mean above average. It's improved from bad though.
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I think people tend to overrate the difference between AHL and NHL pace. Yes it's a step up but not some massive difference. An average AHL skater doesn't necessarily become a bad NHL skater. Whatever your opinion is of Pulkkinen's skating, the fact is he has proven he can play at a high level in the AHL at a young age. With that his chances of becoming a solid, effective pro rise considerably.
 
Pulkkinen has consistently been the best player on the Grand Rapids Griffins. He leads the charge down there.

I wrote the kid off every year the past 2.5 years and been proven wrong every step of the way.
 
Henkka said:
After next injury for a TOP9 forward.
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With Babcock, never. He will go with some awful north American grinder instead, as he has done over and over. Makes me sick that Nestrasil was given up on after so much promise in favour of Dan Cleary. That says it all. He will probably end up prospering for some other NHL team.
 
malkinfan said:
With Babcock, never. He will go with some awful north American grinder instead, as he has done over and over. Makes me sick that Nestrasil was given up on after so much promise in favour of Dan Cleary. That says it all. He will probably end up prospering for some other NHL team.
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You mean like noted North American Grinders Tomas Tatar, Tomas Jurco, and Gustav Nyquist? Give me a break. Nestrasil got waived because he wasn't very good, has nothing to do with nationality.
 
Curious that there doesn't seem to be much buzz at all about Pulkkinen at Red Wings' own forum...even though he clearly leads their AHL-team.
 
Oan said:
Curious that there doesn't seem to be much buzz at all about Pulkkinen at Red Wings' own forum...even though he clearly leads their AHL-team.
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He does get some hype, but I think it has more to do with the embarrassment of riches that the Wings have on the wings. Young wingers Tatar and Nyquist lead the team in goals, both with 9 in 20 games. Tomas Jurco always outplayed Pulkkinen in Grand Rapids and is on the Red Wings right now. And then highly touted Anthony Mantha just came back from injury so he is taking up most of the attention right now. Pulkkinen is a very intriguing prospect though as he already has one of the best shots in the world. He will be with the team full time next year at the latest.
 
malkinfan said:
With Babcock, never. He will go with some awful north American grinder instead, as he has done over and over. Makes me sick that Nestrasil was given up on after so much promise in favour of Dan Cleary. That says it all. He will probably end up prospering for some other NHL team.
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After so much promise? :laugh:

Until about 3 months ago people pretty much forgot about him. He was considered a bust up until recently.

So much promise... :laugh: :laugh:
 
Dotter said:
After so much promise? :laugh:

Until about 3 months ago people pretty much forgot about him. He was considered a bust up until recently.

So much promise... :laugh: :laugh:
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Still is a bust. I dont think anyone except the odd fan here and there thought Nest was going to be a regular nhler.
 
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