Waived: Wild waive Teemu Pulkkinen (cleared)
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He's always been a boom or bust prospect. Shame that it looks like it is trending towards the later.
gretskidoo
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Goalie guy
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Lol what? that we have better over all players that pushed him out of a spot? I would much rather have AA on the team than him.
gretskidoo
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Pulkkinen is beyond useless on a 4th line.
The Helm and Vanek signings are what is pushing Mantha to the AHL and Frk/Pulkkinen to waivers.
ThatGuy22
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Sure. But they also lost Frk and Pulkkinen so they could keep Steve Ott's corpse.
i thought mn needed 4th line penalty killers but whatever maybe he can find a spot with all the finns. mn penalty killing might be iffy this year.
Birko19
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If you think the loss of Pulkkinen and Frk is going to effect our depth, think again. These guys were heading back the the AHL, we have no room for them in the big club. I'm happy they got claimed, I hope they succeed and be NHL regulars.
McFlyingV
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Were Frk and Pulkkinen going to play on the 4th line? Didn't think so. That would be a disaster. I don't think they'll miss the weak small forward with a big shot who can't skate all that much.
Oh sweet. Just what I wanted to happen. They gonna put him with Granlund for their junior hockey history.
He was passed up by AA, Mantha, Lil Bert, and Svech. There's a reason he was waived even with the high chance he would be claimed. He most likely would've been waived when Jurco comes back from injury too, either him or one of Sproul/Ouellet.
McFlyingV
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Wait you think Wings fans should be upset about losing Teemu freaking Pulkkinen?
But but he scored over 30 goals twice in the AHL!
So did Matt Fraser, how's he enjoying Sweden?
ThatGuy22
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Well, Pulkkinen is likely to play 4th line in Minnesota. But that 4th line is going to be deployed to score with O zone starts based on how it's being constructed. It's a skilled 4th line.
BusQuets
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Yeah Detroit doesn't have luxury to do that due to their terrible depth. Wild can.
TheSauceBoss
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Absolutely not, and it's a solid move by them. I just personally don't think he'll have a successful NHL career. But I really hope he can turn it around, hes a good kid and a hard worker.
Yeah, the fact that you had to claim a throw away from another team clearly shows off how deep your roster is.
BinCookin
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Really?
I have been curious whether or not a strategy like that can work.
Who will be on the Minn 4th line?
And how do you think this strategy will work?
