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I watch 70-80% of Griffins games every season while never ever missing a Wings game, and I'm high on both players, but definitely a LOT higher on Jurco. I think Pulkkinen has the potential to be a pretty solid player in the NHL, I hope he can become somewhat of a power play specialist and use that amazing shot along the left faceoff dot, a la Ovechkin. But in the end, I see him more as a Jiri Hudler type, 2nd or 3rd line player. Jurco on the other hand, I think has the potential and all the tools to become something really special. I think he has the ability to become every bit of a player in the mold of a Marian Hossa. He has the size, he will gain the strength, he has the drive, he definitely has the hands and foot speed, he has a pretty decent shot that will get better, I think he is going to be a top line two-way player in this league for a long time.

Helm is one of the best 3rd line centers in the NHL. Glendening is a border line NHL player. That's like saying Lucic is like Shanahan because they're both big wingers.

Jurco is going to be the man!!

Jurco plays with an edge...just ask Alexei Emelin.

Mrazek will only be fairly cheap so long as we keep him in the minors until he has to move up. Just think if we would have brought him up last year after he won the Calder cup, he would be demanding more money at the end of this season. I do agree that the goalie situation we have here is the least of our concerns.

I'm on a smart phone, or I would've reported it.

Obviously I hope they both turn out, it would be awesome for teemu to be a 30 goal scorer.

Hmm, while I think his game on the surface might seem one dimensional (I.e Slaphot) I haven't seen that myself. I mean, at this point I feel Jurco's game is more well rounded (considering how he's adapted to the physical side and shown a willingness to use his body). But I think that Teemu has good speed and he's got a nose for the net and that instinct for goal scoring that you just can't teach. What I guess I'm getting at is, both are different players. Comparing them as the same player is worthless because they are not. Jurco looks like he might become a good two way forward with excellent size and a physical element to his game while Pulkkinen appears (at least right now) to be more offensively minded and a power play specialist who could pot 30 goals.

Yes. I've followed both pretty closely,... Pulks looks slow and awkward skating to me. And everyone's clamoring for bigger stronger players, which teemu is not.

Great article. Re-affirms my belief that we should give Mantha at least half the year in GR

Obviously Points are everything.Pulk has a good shot, But that's about it. Jurco has size, speed, grit, and amazing hands. And sorry for thinking you're a troll,but saying Teemus going to pass jurco on the depth chart seems crazy.

With over seven years experience at LGW, I'm sure you've heard that success in the minor leagues doesn't necessarily correlate to the same level of success (or any at all) in the NHL. Jurco took a while to warm up to the AHL and Pulks did quite well integrating, which explains some of the discrepancy. Jurco spent a lot of time shifting the focus of his game from a dangler to someone who plays heavy and wears down on the opposition. Pulkinen has been able to rely on his cannon, which has made for a smoother transition for him, but I'm not convinced he's going to be that kind of force in the NHL. The players are bigger, faster, and there's less time and space to get that bomb off, and I'm expecting Pulkinen's adjustment to take longer and be more difficult than Jurco's with the transition to the NHL, because Jurco has already embraced the faster, heavier style of play, and I haven't seen much of it from Pulks yet.But who knows how things will turn out. I wasn't calling Sheahan to steal a roster spot this year and look what happened.

Interesting schedule. Glad to be done with the Leafs before the new year, hate dealing with my bozo friends

They didn't. It's showing what the top players from that draft would go at, so they are saying we basically got a top 5 pick with franzen, even though he was picked 97th overall

Richards did not out play franzen.For proof, see the Richards thread. also. Stop turning every thread into something about franzen. This thread is about tootoo being bought out, not another franzen hate thread.

Lol Franzen drafted 4th overall, behind Malkin, Ovechkin, and Rinne. Love it! Eat it all you Franzen haters! LOL

There is definitely a double standard there...It's awfully hard for me to judge a woman for their attraction to any male athletes when weighed against the thoughts that go through my head when I see women's tennis.

Someone could've reported it so it would be brought to a mods attention. We don't see every single post in every forum, especially in the offseason. Reports help us clean up things like that quicker. I don't know that the thread needs to be pinned. The activity should keep it near the top if there's anything going on.

Dale Weise has re-signed with Montreal for two years. Too bad he'll only see one of those years, since Milan Lucic is going to ******* kill him next year.

It's getting kind of ridiculous how many options at center there might be this year. Kesler, Spezza, B Richards, O'Rielly, Stastny, Legwand, J Thornton, Bolland, Grabovski, Ott, Roy, O Jokinen

BULLCRAP YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG PUCK IS LIFE WHO DUNKED ON YOU WHAT IS THIS EVEN I CAN'T OFFENS

I'll take your word for it because I play the nothing lol.

If the Avs draft Griffin McCarty, I'm checking myself in to asylum.

Claude Lemiuex... so I could hit him in the head with a baseball bat