Future for our WBS d-mans?

[Pens4Life]

Do you guys think that Despres,Bortuzzo,Strait,Sneep,Samuelsson can crack the Penguins roster in next few years?
Despres I have no doubt,he will,maybe next year already.. but others I doubt.. We have all guys on long term contracts.

[tfrizz]

Strait looked alright against the Caps on Monday. We'll get to see more of him tonight, obviously.

[WWGRD]

I think all of those prospects you listed will be NHL players, yes.
Despres, Samuelsson have top-4 potential.
Sneep, Bortuzzo, and Strait have top-6 potential.

[JTS66]

Despres will be up next year for sure.. he is killing it!!

[Tybrus]

Despres will be up next year for sure.. he is killing it!!

I have no knowledge of how he was doing, but I thought people were disappointed with his World Junior play?

[K2]

In order of likelihood, IMO the list goes

Despres
Bortuzzo
Strait
Samuelsson
Sneep

Sneep and Samuelsson are long term projects, Despres should really serve at least a year's apprenticeship in the A, and Bortuzzo and Strait are both a year or so away IMO. Really surprised Bortuzzo wasn't brought up over Strait, but Strait looked decent in his stint.

Welcome back, P4L, where the heck have you been?

[Pens4Life]

K2
Job,family,soccer... Life goes F quickly

[K2]

K2
Job,family,soccer... Life goes F quickly

I hear ya man...a job's bad enough, can't fathom a wife and kids just yet