*This post is in response to my friend Rick Buker’s latest post on Penguins’ Goaltenders
When was the last time a Pittsburgh Penguins’ prospect made any national, top ten prospect list for any position? I can’t even remember. Certainly, not during the nightmare Mike Sullivan, black hole era.
Jake Guentzel did turn out to be a star, but he was a 3rd round draft pick who finished his career out in college before turning professional. Sullivan tried burying him in the minors like so many other prospects in his first pro season.