AHL: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins: '24-'25 The Players Sully Hates

[Malkinstheman]

Jarry is starting again tonight

 

[Pancakes]

Jarry is starting again tonight

I got confused for a second as I didn't think the Pens were playing then I realized I'm in the wbs thread lmao

 

[Malkinstheman]

WBS with a terrible PP and 1 shot so far in the first 12 mins. Apparently theyve been watching tape of the NHL Pens lol

 

[Al Smith]

Jarry is starting again tonight

TJ matching saves with Cal Petersen. That should build his confidence.

 

[Ulf5]

TJ matching saves with Cal Petersen. That should build his confidence.

THE Cal Petersen?

 

[Malkinstheman]

TJ matching saves with Cal Petersen. That should build his confidence.

Hes honestly been pretty good. Whether that carries into the NHL, yeah not sure about that

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Hes honestly been pretty good. Whether that carries into the NHL, yeah not sure about that

Maybe. But if he does, in classic fashion, they'll be like "Can't trade this guy!" as opposed to the correct line of thinking, which is "He has value, move him *now*."

 

[Malkinstheman]

Broz wins it in OT. Jarry stops 33/34 and has a 0.946% in 4 games. I think his conditioning stint ends on Saturday so he might be called back now.

 

[Turin]

Good on Jarry for not shitting the bed so far except for that one goal

 

[Gurglesons]

Broz and Koivunen working out in WBS is nice to see.

McGroarty being a ghost down there is not.

 

[Solution]

I am not sure if this should go here or the Penguins' Prospects thread, but Wheeling won last night with Sergei Murashov getting the win.

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[eXile3]

Broz and Koivunen working out in WBS is nice to see.

McGroarty being a ghost down there is not.

Looking at the box score he had 4 shots. Maybe he’s still figuring out the pro game.

 

[Ulf5]

Looking at the box score he had 4 shots. Maybe he’s still figuring out the pro game.

More games, less points than both Imama and Johnstone. Yikes. Let's hope he's a fast learner.

 

[SomeDude]

Looking at the box score he had 4 shots. Maybe he’s still figuring out the pro game.

Wasn’t the main appeal to getting him was that he was supposed to be pro (NHL) ready?

 

[eXile3]

More games, less points than both Imama and Johnstone. Yikes. Let's hope he's a fast learner.

I mean they’re 28 years old? He’s 20? They should.

Wasn’t the main appeal to getting him was that he was supposed to be pro (NHL) ready?

I don’t ever recollect Dubas saying that’s why he acquired him. I know that’s been a common narrative but it seems like it was invented by the internet.

 

[Ulf5]

I mean they’re 28 years old? He’s 20? They should.

That's absurd. They're borderline AHL players. They absolutely should not have more points than a recent 1st round pick. Even in such a small sample size lol.

 

[SomeDude]

I don’t ever recollect Dubas saying that’s why he acquired him. I know that’s been a common narrative but it seems like it was invented by the internet.

It certainly was a common narrative by all the prospect “experts” who ranked him high on the lists they created which 99% of everyone else based their opinion of him.

 

[Sike Mullivan]

Broz and Koivunen working out in WBS is nice to see.

McGroarty being a ghost down there is not.

Years from now we will look back on the 2024 trade of Jason Krog for Eric Tangradi.

 

[Sike Mullivan]

Wasn’t the main appeal to getting him was that he was supposed to be pro (NHL) ready?

I think it was more the experts saying he is a year older so in theory a year closer to being ready.

 

[SomeDude]

I think it was more the experts saying he is a year older so in theory a year closer to being ready.

It was more the “experts” saying he was pro ready as a 20 year old and HFboards comparing the d+1 stats of one guy to the d+2 stats of another guy.

I just don’t think he’s a play driver at the next level. He put up some points on a pretty deep and skilled Michigan roster. He is going to (hopefully) be a complementary winger and we have 0 skilled centers in the system to play with him and make him productive. Or, he’s just the next highly drafted big depth winger ala Mike Rupp.

 

[eXile3]

It certainly was a common narrative by all the prospect “experts” who ranked him high on the lists they created which 99% of everyone else based their opinion of him.

It was but the closets thing I saw Dubas say is he will help both “short term and long term”.

 

[SomeDude]

It was but the closets thing I saw Dubas say is he will help both “short term and long term”.

I’m not really referring, or caring, what Dubas thinks of him (although he’s 0 for 1 so far on that.)

I’m focusing on everyone who claimed Rutger was/is so clearly a much better prospect than a guy like Yager just due to a bunch of prospect rankings.

Go look at prospect rankings from 10 years ago and see how accurate those ended up.

 

[Sike Mullivan]

It was more the “experts” saying he was pro ready as a 20 year old and HFboards comparing the d+1 stats of one guy to the d+2 stats of another guy.

I just don’t think he’s a play driver at the next level. He put up some points on a pretty deep and skilled Michigan roster. He is going to (hopefully) be a complementary winger and we have 0 skilled centers in the system to play with him and make him productive. Or, he’s just the next highly drafted big depth winger ala Mike Rupp.

So you're saying he would be perfect with someone like...Brayden Yager? But really outside of a cant miss top 3-5 pick, I have no issue with a guy who can top out at a Kunitz level producer. Assuming they have the pieces to for a guy like McG to complement....

 

[SomeDude]

So you're saying he would be perfect with someone like...Brayden Yager? But really outside of a cant miss top 3-5 pick, I have no issue with a guy who can top out at a Kunitz level producer. Assuming they have the pieces to for a guy like McG to complement....

Any guys they draft now will not be in the NHL by the time Rutger is like 24 and probably requests a trade out of here too.

I don’t see the logic of doing a prospect swap of a C for a W when centers are considerably more valuable all things equal. You would have to be doing it with the idea the winger is going to be a tier higher than the center and I just don’t see it.

 

[The Old Master]

So you're saying he would be perfect with someone like...Brayden Yager? But really outside of a cant miss top 3-5 pick, I have no issue with a guy who can top out at a Kunitz level producer. Assuming they have the pieces to for a guy like McG to complement....

i think we will get our center this year so it won't be as bad as it looks.