According to Fluto, he's been recalled and will travel with team to Pitt. Hmmmm....move/trade coming?
I doubt it, it was reported that they would recall him after the juniors tourney if I recall correctly.Murby said:According to Fluto, he's been recalled and will travel with team to Pitt. Hmmmm....move/trade coming?
LinkPastrnak? Not yet
The Bruins have no immediate plans to bring top pick David Pastrnak back to Boston. The 18-year-old right winger, who could perhaps fill the void on right wing beside Lucic and David Krejci, is just back from a strong showing at the world junior tournament, where he had a goal and six assists to lead the Czech Republic.
He has played five NHL games with the B’s, picking up one assist, and can play up to nine without having this season count as a year of service in regards to future free agency, arbitration, waivers, etc. So at the least it’s a safe bet the B’s will want to check him out in four more games at some point.
“Not right away,” B’s general manager Peter Chiarelli said, “but certainly he had a good tournament. We’ve got some options with him still in regards to the games left before he burns a year. I would say he’s still in evaluation mode. We’ll see where it goes.
“He’s been our leading scoring (in Providence). His game is really improving. He’s young and still learning to play with bigger men. But what’s important is that he is learning. He’s adapting and playing a lot better.”
Potential linemate Lucic has been impressed by the little he’s seen from Pastrnak.
“He’s a great player,” Lucic said. “You could see in the games he played, he definitely created a lot of chances. One game he had seven shots; that’s hard to do.
“He’s got a lot of skill, and he’s got that confidence. If he gets an opportunity (here), hopefully things will jell.”
Why send him back? He's stabilized that top line with Krejci.cshea said:Decision time is coming up this week. Assuming he plays tonight and Thursday, they'll have to make a firm decision before Saturday's game. It's going to be a tough call. Heart probably says keep him, brain says the wiser decision is sending him back.
FL4WL3SS said:Why send him back? He's stabilized that top line with Krejci.
Let the kid play. I honestly think they're going to keep him, otherwise, what's the point of continuing to have him up? They're not going to learn any more from him in the next two games that they don't already know. It's the right call; give the kid a shot and give him planned rest to keep him fresh.
I keep hearing this argument about games played, but I just don't buy it. The Bruins can strategically give him rest if need be, but you don't take away a guy that makes your team better because he 'might' break down. That's like sitting a guy because he 'might' get injured. If it happens, it happens, but you might as well use him to help win you games in the meantime.cshea said:There's a legitimate case to be made either way. On the one hand, he's torn up the AHL (27 points in 23 games) as the youngest player in the league. In a small sample size of games with Boston, he's looked like he belongs and has produced. Those are all good things. The flip side is that he's played 35 games this season between Boston, Providence and the WJC's. The most games he's played in a single season so far is 40. The Bruins would be dumb to not consider the possibility of him hitting a wall (remember Wheeler?). Then there's the whole asking an 18-year old rookie to be a top-6 winger for a team that has playoff and Stanley Cup aspirations thing. Can he handle that? By all accounts he seems like a happy go lucky kind of kid and it wouldn't phase him, but I'm not sure I'd want to place that burden on him just yet.
By my eye, he looks ready, but there are some unknowns that will make the decision a difficult one.
cshea said:There's a legitimate case to be made either way. On the one hand, he's torn up the AHL (27 points in 23 games) as the youngest player in the league. In a small sample size of games with Boston, he's looked like he belongs and has produced. Those are all good things. The flip side is that he's played 35 games this season between Boston, Providence and the WJC's. The most games he's played in a single season so far is 40. The Bruins would be dumb to not consider the possibility of him hitting a wall (remember Wheeler?). Then there's the whole asking an 18-year old rookie to be a top-6 winger for a team that has playoff and Stanley Cup aspirations thing. Can he handle that? By all accounts he seems like a happy go lucky kind of kid and it wouldn't phase him, but I'm not sure I'd want to place that burden on him just yet.
By my eye, he looks ready, but there are some unknowns that will make the decision a difficult one.
FL4WL3SS said:I want to know how this guy fell so far in the draft and why the Bruins were the smart team that took him.
FL4WL3SS said:I want to know how this guy fell so far in the draft and why the Bruins were the smart team that took him.
Didn't see that episode and actually didn't really pay attention to last year's draft (have a baby zapped my spring/summer).TheRealness said:
Do you remember the Behind the B episode? Chiarelli was freaking out that he might not get him and was talking about trading up. I'd never seen him like that before. He was clearly enamored with him, and was very nervous about missing out. I wish I could find it on Youtube.
The Napkin said:did we ever find out who the ***** was in the "Pastrnak vs *****" thing was?
Mission accomplished?AMcGhie said:He's done a good job so far of making the decision hard. Next step is to make the decision easy.
I fully support him being scratched for 10 or so games the rest of the season. He's going to end up playing at least double the games he played last season against better competition. And he's focusing on getting bigger and stronger, probably on a more strenuous strength and conditioning program than he's ever had too. The priority should be him progressing physically and mentally without wearing down before the playoffs.The Four Peters said:Yeah he's sticking around. I think fatigue is going to be a real issue for him that I hope they monitor closely (and people don't bitch at Claude if he gets heathy scratched) but obviously he belongs here.
TheShynessClinic said:I love Pasta so far, but JSH is a top 10 talent. His biggest issue is he's brash and he's black. That doesn't fly in the NHL (see the backlash against PK).
I would have LOVED if the Bruins grabbed him. He's the kind of talent they need in the pipeline.
TheRealness said:
I'm going to go ahead and disagree with you here on Pasta. I LOVED that the Bruins grabbed him instead of JSH. Looks like an absolute theft at where they got him.
Three years ago, on a gifted Marlies GTHL team, the only difference between Ho-Sang and Connor McDavid was — Ho-Sang was the more electric player. You couldn’t take your eyes off him.