(Note: If this is your first visit to the blog today, read the news about Geoff Walker and Bryan Lerg first)
Keeping with my winger wish list from Tuesday and my backup goaltender wish list from yesterday, here is my wishlist for center and defense for the Wilkes-Barre / Scranton Penguins when the puck drops on the thirteenth season in October.
This is a scarce list. Reason being is that the Penguins are stacked with defensemen and centers already. You want to add to the already loaded corps if you are the Pens. So here goes presented in no particular order…
Centers:
| Name |
Last Years Team |
Blurb |
| Jeff Taffe |
Rockford IceHogs |
The Ex-WBS Penguin would be welcome back with open arms after being on bad teams (Rochester / Rockford) prior to his last stint here. |
| Trent Whitfield |
Providence Bruins |
Believe it or not, but Wilkes-Barre made a large push at the trade deadline to acquire Whitfield. Now it has all summer… |
| John Zeiler |
Manchester Monarchs |
He’s from Pittsburgh, has NHL experience and played with Geoff Walker in ManchVegas. Why not? |
| Greg Rallo |
Texas Stars |
Had 26 goals last year at center for the Stars. No center in Wilkes-Barre had more than 19 (Ryan Craig) |
Defensemen:
| Name |
Last Years Team |
Blurb |
| Corey Potter |
WBS Penguins |
The thought here is he returns if he doesn’t get a better offer from some other team. |
| Troy Milam |
Norfolk Admirals |
Offensive defenseman. Led all Admirals in goals against Wilkes-Barre last year. |
| Nathan Paetsch |
Manitoba Moose |
Can play up front or in back. Could he be a power play quarterback? NHL experience too which can come in handy if PIT’s D corps gets depleted. |
| Shawn Belle |
OKC / Lake Erie |
Physical hulk of a defenseman whom, despite never seeing him play in person, I have always been intrigued by. |
Again, these names were picked off of the Jonathan Bombulie list of the top AHL free agents. I’m playing the lottery if Wilkes-Barre nabs one of the above guys by the way.
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