Hockey Wilderness · Feb 20, 2017
Teemu Pulkkinen Has Earned Another Shot with the Minnesota Wild
Drafted in the fourth round of the 2010 NHL Draft by the Detroit Red Wings, Teemu Pulkkinen was picked up off of waivers by the Minnesota Wild last October. He initially played a stretch of nine games on the fourth line where he only scored one goal and didn’t assist any others before being waived again and assigned to Iowa. He hasn’t been recalled since.
And he wasn’t recalled today. Alex Tuch was sent down to Iowa after a disappointing few games, leaving an opportunity for another player in Iowa to step into Minnesota’s lineup. That player? Tyler Graovac, who has just 6 goals (with no assists!) in 44 NHL games this season.
Pulkkinen deserved to get that shot.