My point about Poulin. Look, I have no illusions about him. In fact, I don't know if he will even be a Tanner Glass, a Cody Glass or a George Glass (bonus points for the reference). I think he, like most late first rd NHL picks is nothing more than roster filler. But.....when you aren't going to win, these are guys you have to find out about and then just outright cast away and not hold on to that Pirates like hope.
I'll take your word for it and would still say given the circumstances, that holding Poulin out Monday night and playing the other 12 forwards that had all been there, letting Poulin get in another practice and playing him the very next game was not an indictment of poor coaching or player utilization by Sullivan ..... as I said in one of my posts above, I'm looking forward to seeing the young prospects play and see what they have (Ponomarev called up today, let him get in a practice or two and put him in the lineup).
What is confounding, when Sullivan took over for Johnson, he relied on rookie and young vets from WBS like Murray, Rust, Guentzel, the German dude, Scotty Wilson, etc..... Now......a veteran can make 20 minus shifts with turnovers in a row and he gets shift #21 and a rookie if there is one mistake on his shift, even if he is not at fault, gets banished to the press box for weeks.
Agree and I think we will see more of the young guys play this season especially if Dubas trades off more veterans plus injuries seem to be happening ....... In Sullivan's defense, I don't think we have had young players like Rust, Guentzel, Murray in our minor league system for a while ..... we may have a few now and like you said, we need to find out if they can play !
