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Wednesday, 16 November 2011 12:43

Written by Seth Rorabaugh

Welcome back Steve MacIntyre (above).

The Penguins recalled MacIntyre from a conditioning assignment with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the AHL today.

In four NHL games this season, MacIntyre has no points and two penalty minutes. In four AHL games, he has no points and 14 penalty minutes.

MacIntyre, 31, was a free agent signing this past summer. He is on a two-way contract.

Also, the team demoted forward Eric Tangradi. In two NHL games this season, Tangradi has no points. Prior to being recalled to the NHL last week, Tangradi was the AHL Penguins' leading scorer with 12 points (seven goals, five assists) in 15 games.

(Photo: Dale MacMillan/Getty Images)

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written by kpa42, November 16, 2011 - 12:56 PM

This seems almost...meh. I don't know. MacIntyre hasn't grown on me the way Godard did.

More significant to me is Tangradi got sent down. Again.

I'm starting to worry this guy's never gonna stick at the NHL level. For us, anyhow. Seems either Bylsma doesn't like him or he's lacking something he needs to hang around here. Or both.

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written by espo33, November 16, 2011 - 01:11 PM

kpa42-well where is Tang's supposed to go? There is no room and TK is back in action.

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written by kpa42, November 16, 2011 - 02:36 PM

No, I mean, it's good that he's playing regardless of the roster to which he's assigned. I think, however, I'm speaking for a lot of people following the team that he's been billed as a bit more of a talent than we've seen so far and it's kind of dissapointing that he's not playing well enough to force the big club into keeping him around, versus letting the health and circumstance of others dictate where he plays.

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written by jameshutton, November 16, 2011 - 03:22 PM

Well . . . .maybe the deal with Anaheim was really Kunitz for Whitney and the Ducks didn't really think that much of Tangradi in the first place. On the other hand, he seems to be having an improved year in WBS; as a previous poster pointed out, there just ain't room on the big club. Gotta believe big Mac coming up to be a body guard for a hopefully soon-to-be activated 87. . . . Or not. Jeez, he just destroyed that Nielsen chap the other night.

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written by scanner, November 16, 2011 - 04:40 PM

This seems like an obvious move to complement #87 coming back to the lineup...

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written by scanner, November 16, 2011 - 04:45 PM

And I agree with you kpa42, Godard was no Laraque, but he was respected and knew how to send a message. Coming off the bench to save Johnson in NY was his high point. Let's give Mac some time, he wasn't brought here to play 20min/game, and his record against big guys around the league is impressive(Godard did best him once though).

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written by gmuny2002, November 17, 2011 - 01:19 AM

Laraque just said in his book that he didn't like to fight, he had to do it just to stay in the league. Perhaps this would explain why he was so reticent to instigate anything when he was with the 'Guins.

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written by Bones, November 17, 2011 - 07:59 AM

Better for Tangradi to be on the WBS first line than to be on the Pens 4th or watching from the press box. That said, I don't think he is in the organization next year, whether then don't re-sign him or if he is part of a trade at some point. Failure to use his size and suspect skating at the NHL level. There has to be a reason why Bylsma hasn't given him more opportunities as a top-6 forward.

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