Prospect game thoughts

[RisslingsMissingTeeth]

Listened to the first of the 3 prospect games. First thought was how terrible the radio announcing was. If it were TV, then it would've been fine as the non-calls of what was happening would've been captured by my eyes but for radio...no.

Ottawa scored 4 goals but there was never mention of who was on the ice when they were banging in rebound after rebound. For a vaunted D corps, it sure sounded like Ottawa guys were wide open around the net.

Pittsburgh forwards look small on the roster and I heard mention several times of them getting boxed out on rebound chances. Not good.

Lastly, the Sylvester that scored seemed to be involved on a regular basis. Interested in him.

[FreeCandy44]

So your saying cancel the Stanley Cup parade for this year?

[columbia]

And years to come.

[MarioLives]

No surprise that the Pens prospects are a bit hurting. The Pens have either traded or
Picked very low in the draft for years. That is why winning now is so important.

[HockeyDaddy]

I would not read too much into the outcome of a game that featured a group of players playing together for the first time. This "tournament" is not all about winning, it is about evaluating talent.

[Beveridge]

BLOW IT UP

[KBone]

So... the Bloom is off of the Rookies' Roses?

[pekkasteele]

Is there no game summery anywhere on the interwebz?

[sil]

This seems like a super-thin veil of analysis to cover an ongoing bone-pick about the pens not reaching in the draft for bigger bodies. Let's wait and see how strong these guys are when they get anywhere close to NHL-ready.

[BurghersAndDogsSports]

This seems like a super-thin veil of analysis to cover an ongoing bone-pick about the pens not reaching in the draft for bigger bodies. Let's wait and see how strong these guys are when they get anywhere close to NHL-ready.

Agreed but its going to be a hot topic moving forward so any piece of the pie, no matter how small, is going to be looked at probably more in depth than usual. GMRS tossed a lot of eggs into one basket on these similar type of defensive prospects. It's not an issue of will it work, it has to work for the Pens.

Add in that puck moving defensive prospects a lot of times have longer learning curves and higher rates of not reaching potential this is going to be a scorching hot button topic.

Was reading Pensblog the other night and they had a screen shot of the Pens d players at this tournament. Understand they are bloggers but the sentiment is shared by a lot fans: Our defensive is going to be lights out when these guys reach the NHL.

Question is not only will they but when will enough of hem be ready to really contribute as a group?

[RisslingsMissingTeeth]

Wow. These responses are all head-scratchers. Sounds like a lot of people have reading comprehension issues. I start a thread to talk about how poor the radio announcing was and make some comments about what I was able to gather from the radio call and everyone responds with ridiculous statements about the future of the Pen's organization?

Do you really believe anyone looks at a prospect game as a projection of where their team is headed? You look at a prospect game to see if your prospects are grading out as advertised or to see if anyone catches your eye. I didn't see one response from someone wanting to discuss the game itself which is kind of why threads are created. Odd.

[Crankshaft]

Wow. These responses are all head-scratchers. Sounds like a lot of people have reading comprehension issues. I start a thread to talk about how poor the radio announcing was and make some comments about what I was able to gather from the radio call and everyone responds with ridiculous statements about the future of the Pen's organization?

Do you really believe anyone looks at a prospect game as a projection of where their team is headed? You look at a prospect game to see if your prospects are grading out as advertised or to see if anyone catches your eye. I didn't see one response from someone wanting to discuss the game itself which is kind of why threads are created. Odd.

Well, if they can't even put together a decent radio broadcast, how the hell are they going to field a decent team?

[BurghersAndDogsSports]

Wow. These responses are all head-scratchers. Sounds like a lot of people have reading comprehension issues. I start a thread to talk about how poor the radio announcing was and make some comments about what I was able to gather from the radio call and everyone responds with ridiculous statements about the future of the Pen's organization?

Do you really believe anyone looks at a prospect game as a projection of where their team is headed? You look at a prospect game to see if your prospects are grading out as advertised or to see if anyone catches your eye. I didn't see one response from someone wanting to discuss the game itself which is kind of why threads are created. Odd.

In fairness you titled it about the game (which a prospect game people are going to duscuss....prospects) and made a comment about the pens vaunted defense prospects that could be open to interpretation.

Anyways, that is my point above. Gotta get used to it the next few years. Anything prospect related is going to end up being a direct discussion to our defensive prospect pool. It's just how it's going to be.