mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness

[Gaucho]

[faftorial]

Translates to:

"Thanks for your time #29 Filip Hållander

Interview with Filip coming soon on our YouTube channel"

[Lemon Berry Lobster]

Is that the workout freak that they wrote a million articles about?

[meecrofilm]

No that was Kasper Bjorkqvist.

Hallander could potentially be a nice boost to the middle-6 moving forward.

[Trip McNeely]

No, that was Kasper Bjorkqvist. Hallander was the prospect that was part of the Kapanen trade and then we got him back in the McCann trade

[King Colby]

Well he was second in the Swedish league in both goals and points so maybe there’s something there.

[King Colby]

He also went 0-0-0 in six playoff games this year

[mikey]

Still don't see him being more than a 4th liner...watched a good chunk of that overtime game he had against Frolunda, he got a breakaway in the 2nd OT I think starting from his own blueline, just missed a five hole winner...but I don't think his stats there are transferable to here. Hell, from what I saw, he's more of a guy that hangs around the net. He hustles. But whatever...I don't care if he comes back or not...

[mikey]

Might be out there. Someone told me 2 year deal for Hallander.

[Lemon Berry Lobster]

You better credit Jesse, he reported this prior to you

[King Colby]

Kinda nice to see 2 and 41 getting meaningful minutes. Hopefully they can both break camp in the top 9 next year

[Trip McNeely]

Kinda nice to see 2 and 41 getting meaningful minutes. Hopefully they can both break camp in the top 9 next year

It’s two games of course, but I see them doing it. They still need to somehow nab a high end top 6 player but having these guys makes the top 9 look so much more tolerable. If Novak is decent and with Geno in there its actually pretty solid

Defense is such an issue though. I’m not sure what they need to do to fix it

[Gaucho]

Sign better players.

[Gaucho]

Better yet, sign good players. Signing players better than Graves won't do it.

[Trip McNeely]

Better yet, sign good players. Signing players better than Graves won't do it.

Agreed.

With this cap space, I don’t want to see a ton of players signed. I want 2 players, one forward and one defenseman, where most of our cap spending goes to. Then fill out the rest of the squad with youth or some of our shitbag veterans

[King Colby]

This team goes nowhere with 1.5 useful defensemen and 0.5 useful goalies

[Trip McNeely]

This team goes nowhere with 1.5 useful defensemen and 0.5 useful goalies

Pens gotta hope Jarry gets it together or Murashov is really a stud because there’s nothing on the free agent market next year

I think the Pens have 4 defensemen that will be on next years roster that are NHLers: letang, EK, Timmins, and Pickering. Brunicke probably still a year away. So I might be off with only one legit FA acquisition. They might need two on the back end

[willeyeam]

Keep grzclyck if possible

[Gaucho]

ugh

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

lol @ hoping Jarry gets it together. Dude has had several years to get his **** together

[King Colby]

Keep grzclyck if possible

Meh. He’s not a top four.

[willeyeam]

Keep grzclyck if possible

Meh. He’s not a top four.

Good point. Probably will need to sign a higher caliber guy. We really should have traded him

[MalkinIsMyHomeboy]

I read from a well respected scout that he could be the #4 dman on a really good team

[Lemon Berry Lobster]

[MR25]

Lizotte was absent at practice, as was Tomasino (but he was expected)