So during the game last night Kevin and I were talking about general Pens stuff, and he brought up a very interesting point...where could Janne fit on this current team? I started thinking about it, as of right now, we have more than enough forwards on our team, and not many of them have 2 way contracts. Making matters worse, I think everybody but Sykora (and i guess Satan) are 3rd/4th liners... I do not think they will bring the J man up to the big leagues if he is just gonna be a 3rd or 4th liner (barring any injuries)... So Janne really has to turn it up and really make an argument that he can come here and be that mythical "winger-for-sid" that we have been looking for the past 3 years...
Update:
Just found this on the post-gazette Q&A, Dave Molonari answered a question about who should be on Crosby's line, and he got to Janne...
All of which means that Janne Pesonen, an accomplished scorer in his native Finland who was the final forward sent to the Penguins' farm team in Wilkes-Barre before the regular season began, might well be the best candidate in their organization to produce goals with any regularity if he's placed alongside Crosby at some point in the future.
His analysis is quite interesting, read it
here
