AHL: WBS Penguins Thread: Youre a prospect until youre 30 and youll like it!

[The Great Mighty Poo]

Any word on anything resembling a call up?

 

[Jacob]

Heh, guess Smith is still with WB/S. Since Carolina doesn’t have an AHL affiliate he must be staying here.

 

[Grouch]

Any word on anything resembling a call up?

Puusty not playing so most likely recalled.

Also Ty Smith traded but playing tonight?

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Heh, guess Smith is still with WB/S. Since Carolina doesn’t have an AHL affiliate he must be staying here.

They would have to loan him to Springfield or Chicago and I'm actually shocked the Wolves wouldn't agree to add him to stack their team even more for the Cup, since they actually want to win and don't care about development as much.

Keeping him in WBS where he's doing well makes sense in that scenario, but the dipshit owner of the Canes ended their partnership with Charlotte in 2020, they made sense given it's in Carolina as well, but that's the Panthers affiliate now and the Canes have no affiliate of their own.

Checkers btw play in an arena called Bojangles, lol.

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

Puusty not playing so most likely recalled.

Also Ty Smith traded but playing tonight?

Carolina doesn't have an AHL affiliate, he's property of Carolina, but assigned to Wilkes.

 

[Jacob]

Only tuned in in the 2nd but Poulin is playing well. I was never down on his skating but even that is noticeably better than a few years ago. He has lighter feet. Jumps out of those stops and turns.

 

[Jacob]

Not our guy but Belpedio is a f***in’ gamer. Flipped Ansons on a hip check and going cuckoo on Joshua in front of the net.

 

[WickedWrister]

 

[Your Boy Troy]

Not our guy but Belpedio is a f***in’ gamer. Flipped Ansons on a hip check and going cuckoo on Joshua in front of the net.

I caught a little bit of him on the Flyers this season, and he was good. If he’s a UFA this summer, sign him.

 

[Jacob]

Blom with back-to-back starts. Don’t recall him getting b2bs yet this year, doubt he ran into it much in Finland either.

Fine with me. Throw the kitchen sink at him and see how he responds.

For some reason Gauthier isn’t backing him up but rather some other guy from Wheeling, though it appears Gauthier’s healthy and playing in Wheeling. Maybe to get him more starts, too.

 

[WickedWrister]

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

*Laughs in Jansen Harkins*

 

[Gumbercules]

Baby Pens signed D Phillip Waugh to a tryout out of Mercyhurst. Probably won't make it far, but on occasion a guy on an AHL deal will work his way to the NHL. Listed as 6'4, 210.

Phip Waugh Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com

Statistics of Phip Waugh, a hockey player from McLean, VA born Jan 10 2000 who was active from 2019 to 2024.

www.hockeydb.com

 

[Jacob]

McLean VA? Parents must be CIA.

Major: Competitive Intelligence with a minor in Cyber Security

Yeah he glows.

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

McLean VA? Parents must be CIA.

Major: Competitive Intelligence with a minor in Cyber Security

Yeah he glows.

lol at anyone on a CIA salary living and raising kids in McLean.

 

[Freeptop]

lol at anyone on a CIA salary living and raising kids in McLean.

CIA contractors, on the other hand...

According to a friend of mine who works in the three-letter-agency world, pretty much anyone competent jumps starts off with the government to get the security clearances, then jumps ship to the contractors pretty quickly for better pay - and still work for the same agencies, doing the same basic work.

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

CIA contractors, on the other hand...

According to a friend of mine who works in the three-letter-agency world, pretty much anyone competent jumps starts off with the government to get the security clearances, then jumps ship to the contractors pretty quickly for better pay - and still work for the same agencies, doing the same basic work.

Your friend hit it on the nose. Not sure about 3 letter work; but had a bunch of friends start out out of college in defense contracting in the mid 90k range (pre crazy wage inflation). Couldn’t believe the pay for the WLB and hours. They get every other Friday off too.

I was also being sorta facetious. You probably could’ve done it in North Arlington/Mclean/Great Falls with 2 people pulling down solid but unspectacular pay 20 years ago. Now? No chance. You can’t buy a home for less than a million bucks in those submarkets.

Northern VA is very nice but also really expensive. As I get older definitely feeling the desire to bail to a cheaper southern market.

to keep it somewhat prospects related- Waugh scored a lot of goals for a D.

 

[MrBurghundy]

Anybody have a good way to watch WBS games they can PM me?

 

[Grouch]

Anybody have a good way to watch WBS games they can PM me?

AHLtv…..pay the $7.99 day pass (or $39.99 team pass) and support the league

 

[Jacob]

Yeah I pay for it like a sucker.

 

[Jacob]

Ponomarev, I’ll call him Pony, looks good. Just had a couple chances. Looks good at getting open, not just in the O zone but everywhere.

 

[Turin]

Making my forum identity a Ponomarev stan

 

[Rudy Russo]

Blomovist with the shutout tonight 3-0.

 

[Turin]

Shutout for Blomqvist. Think that moves him into top 5 in AHL save%.

 

[Al Smith]

Shutout for Blomqvist. Think that moves him into top 5 in AHL save%.

This makes like three times in the past few weeks that the Pens or Baby Pens have beaten Cal Petersen. Kyle Dubas needs to figure out a way to get him in the opposing team's net every game.