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He'll I'd be happy to see him be in the starting lineup for the first couple months of the season. Give him a chance to regain his confidence. It's not like he has ever had issues being a liability out there. Time to give him a legit chance to get into a rhythm. Not start one night, healthy scratch for the next weeks. Other players on this team have done a lot worse than Jurco without losing their roster spot. Even if he has to play on the fourth line, he should be playing.

Players develop differently. Jurco has shown what he can be. The kid is just one of those who needs a little time to put it all together. He'll get there. But you can't develop your scoring touch at the NHL level with out actually playing games. Even if he could just get regular 4th line minutes he would eventually figure it out.

How can a player gain any footing if he is only ever given 1 or 2 games at most at a time? He hasn't gotten a legit shot in a long time.

That OT goal was straight up a well placed shot, while screened by his own teammates. Can't fault Murray for not being 6'8" there. Agreed on the tying goal, however.

At the end of the day its a game of chicken, and most likely whoever is more desperate is going to lose. I dont think either of you are "wrong", both will try to get the best deal they can get, but likely at some point one of them will walk away, and then the other will budge (the more desperate one). Or they meet in the middle which is possible as well.

I never understood all the love for Jurco, and in continues to baffle me as more time passes. At first it was just Babcock not utilizing him properly, but then his boy Blashill became the head coach, whom he had a good working relationship with in the AHL. And then Blashill repeatedly scratched him and played him primarily in the bottom six as well. Its difficult to imagine two separate head coaches mismanaging the same player in the same way, especially when one of those coaches used him liberally in the AHL. Jurco has had opportunities in the top six and he has been unable to run with it on any of the chances he was given. To this, people respond that his opportunities weren't long enough and he needs more time to gel with his linemates. I can appreciate this to an extent, but at the same time, how long should a head coach attach an anchor to one of his top two lines to bog down the rest of the line with before he cuts the cord? If Jurco struggles on the top six for five games and we end up losing one or two of those games we're already talking about the difference between making and missing the playoffs. Should he go 10 games on the top six? 15? 20? I don't know the correct answer, but I do know that Larkin, Nyquist, Tatar, Abdelkader, even Helm had no problem making the most of the opportunity when they were put alongside Datsyuk or Zetterberg. The NHL doesn't reward potential. It rewards performance. And that's Jurco's biggest issue. Pulkkinen as well, for that matter. I would love for him to suddenly click and become the power-forward we've all been hoping for, and I'm not saying that it won't happen yet. But we can't hold the rest of the team back while we wait for Jurco to develop.

He's gonna be 24 in December , 3 NHL seasons but none were ever a full season I'd like to see him play 70+ and get some good linemates for a consistent time and not switched around all the time and play on the 4th line Top 3 lines , linemates with skill and some occasional ppl time ... He's got all the tools , just needs a consistent, real shot

Jurco would definitely benefit from a trade, but the problem is, the Wings would not. Jurco's value is at an all time low, and what we could possibly get for him, is not even close to worth what we would lose in potential. I think that because he's been around for a few years, people think he should have already reached his potential, but in reality he is still very young, and should only now start to make strides toward that potential. Like marcaractac mentioned, players develop at different rates. Nyquist and Tatar are 2-3 years older than Jurco, and neither were impact players in the NHL until they were 23(ish), which is exactly how old Jurco is going into this season. Jurco will be a good secondary scorer, and it would be a huge mistake to trade him at this point, especially in a deal just to get rid of Datsyuk's contract...

If you are an NHL caliber player you will make due with whatever chances you are given. AA didn't get the ice time he deserved and still managed to leave a mark on just about every game he played. Jurco was barely noticeable when he was on the ice.

All of the goals except for the last one were either weak or fluky. I mean, I know its that time of year when you're not going to see many pretty goals, but these shots from the point that pinball off stuff isn't something you plan. Its more like, throw to the net from far away and hope we're luckier than them. That first goal wasn't even going to be on net and it takes a perfect bounce off a Sharks defenseman and into the net. Anyways, the Sharks need to play better. They won this game but they got out shot badly again and they're not winning 3 more games like that. The Pens don't need to change a thing right now, their strategy will eventually get them the Cup.

any scenario where Z is still our #1 center is a disaster waiting to happen.

If we can trade Datsyuk's contract for a mid to late round draft pick, awesome. If we have to throw in a middling prospect, that's fine too. But if we have to give up a player like Jurco or better, I hope we just keep Pav's contract for the final year... The only way I'd be okay with giving up a player of any significance to trade that contract would be if that $5.5M is the only thing stopping us from signing a big name free agent. If the only thing Holland is focusing on is trading that contract, and he's not in on any big name free agents or trade targets, I say we should suck it up and eat the contract, rather than losing a valuable asset for nothing... As I've said before, we're not contending next year without at least one big name acquisition, so there's absolutely no need to trade that contract if we're not planning on using that cap space for any big moves. I'm hoping Holland gets very aggressive and makes some bold moves this summer, but no matter what he does, I can't imagine it being enough to make us legit Cup contenders next season... Summer check list (in order of importance)... - Trade for a top pairing defenseman (Trouba) - Trade Howard - Trade Ericsson - Trade Datsyuk's contract - Sign a top end forward (Stamkos / Okposo) If he's only able to pull off one of those (unless it's number 1), I see it as a major failure. If he can pull off 3 out of 5, I see it as a successful offseason. If he's able to somehow pull off all 5, I see us as being legit Cup contenders...

Hertl out tonight. That will hurt....L