Pulkkinen Called Up

[Avangard]

What are peoples thoughts on his upside as well as time? I am thinking he's either up for good, or will be up for most of next year at minimum. The Wings are obviously notorious for waiting and slowly moving guys up, but I think he is what they need. He's more of a G scorer than most of the other prospects were (I could be wrong, but that was my take on guys like Nyquist and Jurco, Tatar seemed and seems to be a decent goal scorer) and Zetts has turned more into an assist guy than a 30-40G guy (IMO based mostly on stats, as I don't get to see him play a ton). Dats and Zetts aren't getting any younger and it appears Mantha needs more time to develop, so I don't see it being crazy seeing the Wings go with lines (and a total guess on my part)

Pulkkinen Dats Tatar
Nyquist Zetts Franzen
Abdelkader Sheahan Jurco

This would assume Cole is gone (not sure of contract status off the top of my head) and then the 4th line would be a mix of others.

I see Pulkkinnen having 30-30 upside but am curious as to what others think?

Pulkkinen = Tatar. With more SOG and less hits. I see him hitting 35 - 30 in two years.

[audiopile]

Pulkkinen = Tatar. With more SOG and less hits. I see him hitting 35 - 30 in two years.

As a Tatar owner I'm a bit concerned that he has disappeared while Pulk has been called up for his 10 minutes / game.

[potatoetree]

As a Tatar owner I'm a bit concerned that he has disappeared while Pulk has been called up for his 10 minutes / game.

Yea it sucks to see Detroit score 5 goals, and Tatar having a giant goose-egg. But I am not going to worry too much. Other than last game, Tatar is still shooting quite a bit. This year has been very pleasant, and next year will be a revelation to us all.

Pulkinnen is very goal heavy right now, 6 points in 17 games, 5 of which are goals.

[reeveta]

FYI: I just made the decision to go with Adam Lowry over Pulkinnen in my H2H playoffs (categories includes hits). This of course will guarantee Pulkinnen's first career hat trick so be warned.

[reeveta]

Interesting to note: in the AHL playoffs Teemu Pulkkinen has 12 goals in 9 games. Any only one assist.

[fungchen3]

Pulkkinen is like the Finnish Brandon Pirri.