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jfkst1
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Clackety Clack
Joined: 02.09.2015

Sep 28 @ 1:07 AM ET
Kunitz is having a strong camp and is looking awesome with Sid and kessel. At that cap hit, I'm not moving him unless he looks terrible for a consistent amount of time. If guys lik fleischman can get mid round picks, an underperforming Kunitz could still land a 2nd at the deadline.

I'd send scuderi down to the minors and let dumo, clendening,
And pouliot fight for the bottom pairing spots. It looks like lovejoy-Cole could be a 2nd pairing

- drummer829


Yeah, if Kunitz plays like he did in the first half of last season before injury he'll be fine on the top line. I understand the concern with his age, but his cap hit is not bad. I'm willing to take the risk with him as well.
Aussiepenguin
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Sydney
Joined: 08.02.2014

Sep 28 @ 4:22 AM ET
No, once he goes to the CHL he has to stay until that team is eliminated from the CHL playoffs.
- Dcoms


Yes the same as Duclair for the Rags last season - they were deliberating the same scenario but sent him down after the junior WC then traded his arse. Racists!
Aussiepenguin
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Sydney
Joined: 08.02.2014

Sep 28 @ 4:24 AM ET
Yeah, if Kunitz plays like he did in the first half of last season before injury he'll be fine on the top line. I understand the concern with his age, but his cap hit is not bad. I'm willing to take the risk with him as well.
- jfkst1


I'll second that jfkst. he's up for a big season as he will be the invisible man on that line creating all sorts of havoc.
chimpira
Pittsburgh Penguins
Joined: 02.18.2015

Sep 28 @ 8:05 AM ET
Has the pens sent made any cuts yet?
- nh4442


From today's P-G article, because the Pens play 3 games in 3 days (MTL today, TB tomorrow, and DET on Wednesday), they need a large list of personnel to play in all the games and at the same time not to over-task the star players thus risking injury. So the cuts won't happen until Wednesday.
powerhouse
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Columbia , MD
Joined: 11.28.2006

Sep 28 @ 8:27 AM ET

Looks like tonight's game is not on any TV channels?
Aussiepenguin
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Sydney
Joined: 08.02.2014

Sep 28 @ 8:32 AM ET
Looks like tonight's game is not on any TV channels?
- powerhouse


What time is the game on? 7pm?
madmike71
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Joined: 12.21.2006

Sep 28 @ 8:34 AM ET
Kunitz is having a strong camp and is looking awesome with Sid and kessel. At that cap hit, I'm not moving him unless he looks terrible for a consistent amount of time. If guys lik fleischman can get mid round picks, an underperforming Kunitz could still land a 2nd at the deadline.

I'd send scuderi down to the minors and let dumo, clendening,
And pouliot fight for the bottom pairing spots. It looks like lovejoy-Cole could be a 2nd pairing

- drummer829


It's not that I don't like Kunitz, but I think they have the depth to survive with out him. I'm not so sure you can say the same thing with the D. Of course it's moot now. But I expected more from Pouliot than I'm seeing. Still early however.
YouMeAndDupuis9
Pittsburgh Penguins
Joined: 06.09.2014

Sep 28 @ 9:09 AM ET
It's not that I don't like Kunitz, but I think they have the depth to survive with out him. I'm not so sure you can say the same thing with the D. Of course it's moot now. But I expected more from Pouliot than I'm seeing. Still early however.
- madmike71


I have to say that while I generally dont want to get rid of Kunitz or think he is done....he has gotten off to great starts two years in a row and then fallen off a cliff as the season wore on.

So we need to hold off on any judgements on him at least until halfway through the season. And especially not put a lot of stock into the way he looks in preseason.
nh4442
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: @MyDaddysInTheAF, PA
Joined: 05.28.2010

Sep 28 @ 9:34 AM ET
From today's P-G article, because the Pens play 3 games in 3 days (MTL today, TB tomorrow, and DET on Wednesday), they need a large list of personnel to play in all the games and at the same time not to over-task the star players thus risking injury. So the cuts won't happen until Wednesday.
- chimpira

Just read that article. Thanks
nh4442
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: @MyDaddysInTheAF, PA
Joined: 05.28.2010

Sep 28 @ 9:35 AM ET
I'm selling weds preseason game. Face value if anyone is interested. Sec 201 row C seats 17 and 18. I have about 10 more games left too. PM if interested. Thanks
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