New York Islander fans, please welcome aboard 7th defenseman Thomas Pock. I don't know how to get the ".." over the "o" in his last name, but I do know you pronounce it poke, as in "can't poke check to save his life"
While he did have some offensive upside, his defensive game always lacked. He scored a lot of points in college (UMass), scoring a point per game or better his junior and senior years.
He was always on the outside as a Ranger. In fact, GM Glen Sather thought Jason Strudwick and Marek Malik were better choices than him. A lot of Ranger fans thought he should have gotten more chances, but last year he couldn't be called up presumably because a team would have grabbed him off of waivers, much like the Islanders did.
He probably will be with the NHL club this year, as he is a better choice than Jack Hillen and Brett Skinner. He will probably rotate in and out as a 6th and 7th d-man with once, former, and future Islander Freddy Meyer.
Hooray. Another marginal player to get in the way of our prospects... oh, wait. We don't have any prospects on defense. Never mind. Now, if we had taken Luke "God On Ice" Schenn in the draft, it'd be a different story.
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