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bwyant32 wrote:Something for us to keep tabs on as signings and moves come in over the next couple weeks. This lineup is no way projecting what they will be but to give us a realistic idea of the roster heading into the year. This is also assuming Bennett is ready for opening night:
Kunitz | Crosby | Dupuis
XXXX | Malkin | Hornqvist
Bennett | Sutter | XXXX
Megna | Sutter | Adams
XXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXX
Letang | Martin
Scuderi | XXXX
Bortuzzo | Despres
Dumoulin
Fleury
Zatkoff
Injuries
Pouliot
Maattaa
mikey287 wrote:Good idea. Just some minor housekeeping stuff. Just for handedness purposes. Let's put Scuderi or Despres with Letang. Letang should be on the right side. Bortuzzo can only play RD also.
darkstar57 wrote:What about samulesson, i believe he can't go up and down on waivers this year so he might be with the big club more so than dumlion
bwyant32 wrote:darkstar57 wrote:What about samulesson, i believe he can't go up and down on waivers this year so he might be with the big club more so than dumlion
I think Samulesson is an in-season depth guy. I like his play, I just don't see him cracking the opening day roster.
Idoit40fans wrote:Bortuzzo's ceiling is bottom pairing and more likely ends up as a fringe 6/7. Despres projects more like a minutes eating top 4 guy. I don't think that pairing makes sense.
EDIT: Or were you saying Martin/Bortuzzo? In that case, same thing. MInutes eater/bottom pair guy
Chirpin' Grinder wrote:mikey287 wrote:Good idea. Just some minor housekeeping stuff. Just for handedness purposes. Let's put Scuderi or Despres with Letang. Letang should be on the right side. Bortuzzo can only play RD also.
Mikey, do you see Despres as a potential long-term partner with Letang?
I love the possibilities with that pairing.
I know you are not a Bortuzzo fan, to be kind, but if Martin sticks around, I could see the two of them forming an effective tandem.
Or do you go Martin/Scuderi and put Bortz with one of the kids?
mikey287 wrote:Good idea. Just some minor housekeeping stuff. Just for handedness purposes. Let's put Scuderi or Despres with Letang. Letang should be on the right side. Bortuzzo can only play RD also.
darkstar57 wrote:What about samulesson, i believe he can't go up and down on waivers this year so he might be with the big club more so than dumlion
Mr. Colby wrote:mikey287 wrote:Good idea. Just some minor housekeeping stuff. Just for handedness purposes. Let's put Scuderi or Despres with Letang. Letang should be on the right side. Bortuzzo can only play RD also.
Who can play their off side effectively? Definitely martin, anyone else?I seem to remember dumoulin playing some right d
darkstar57 wrote:bwyant32 wrote:darkstar57 wrote:What about samulesson, i believe he can't go up and down on waivers this year so he might be with the big club more so than dumlion
I think Samulesson is an in-season depth guy. I like his play, I just don't see him cracking the opening day roster.
He is no longer waiver exempt (or whatever the term is) if we put him in the minor we can only call him up if its an emergency.
FLPensFan wrote:darkstar57 wrote:bwyant32 wrote:darkstar57 wrote:What about samulesson, i believe he can't go up and down on waivers this year so he might be with the big club more so than dumlion
I think Samulesson is an in-season depth guy. I like his play, I just don't see him cracking the opening day roster.
He is no longer waiver exempt (or whatever the term is) if we put him in the minor we can only call him up if its an emergency.
I get the feeling the Pens don't see him as highly as some of the others. Many assume because he is out of options he would be on the opening night roster (myself included), but in the past 2 weeks, I've seen two quotes from Rutherford and one from Botterill about young defensemen getting a shot, and it is always Despres, Dumoulin, and Harrington that they name, never Samuelsson. I think Samuelsson projects to only be a bottom pairing defenseman, and would serve as an in-season call-up if needed, while the Pens feel Despres, Dumoulin, and Harrington (and when healthy, Pouliot) all have more upside.
darkstar57 wrote:FLPensFan wrote:darkstar57 wrote:bwyant32 wrote:darkstar57 wrote:What about samulesson, i believe he can't go up and down on waivers this year so he might be with the big club more so than dumlion
I think Samulesson is an in-season depth guy. I like his play, I just don't see him cracking the opening day roster.
He is no longer waiver exempt (or whatever the term is) if we put him in the minor we can only call him up if its an emergency.
I get the feeling the Pens don't see him as highly as some of the others. Many assume because he is out of options he would be on the opening night roster (myself included), but in the past 2 weeks, I've seen two quotes from Rutherford and one from Botterill about young defensemen getting a shot, and it is always Despres, Dumoulin, and Harrington that they name, never Samuelsson. I think Samuelsson projects to only be a bottom pairing defenseman, and would serve as an in-season call-up if needed, while the Pens feel Despres, Dumoulin, and Harrington (and when healthy, Pouliot) all have more upside.
what part of he can't be called up midseason if he is placed in the minors are people missing. He'd only be able to be called up in an emergency situation which is different from the standard call up teams make.
Fine if we want to bury him in the minors for another year, but if we do that he wont be getting a cup of coffee with the big team this year
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