Pihlman, Berglund, Foster, Pikkarainen, Skrlac, Suglobov still in the running

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Devils' Pihlman refuses to give up hope

Sunday, September 28, 2003

BY RICH CHERE
Star-Ledger Staff

Thomas Pihlman may not be ready to play in the NHL right now, but the Finnish left winger has left no doubt in this preseason that he figures prominently in the Devils' future plans.

Still, with four preseason games remaining before the Devils must pare their roster to 23, Pihlman hasn't given up hope of making the team.

"Yes, that's my goal," said the team's third pick (48th overall) in the 2001 entry draft. "I'm not just hanging around. I'll try my best and see later what is going to happen. No pressure."

Pihlman, who has played in all five preseason games, including the 4-2 triumph over the Philadelphia Flyers last night at Continental Airlines Arena, survived a roster paring yesterday as the Devils assigned 20 players to Albany (AHL). Among those forwards still with the Devils are Pihlman, Christian Berglund, Adrian Foster, Ilkka Pikkarainen, Rob Skrlac and Aleksander Suglobov.
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Does Pihlman and Soglubov score goal in preseason game ??? How many point they have

Does Pihlman and Soglubov score goal in preseason game ??? How many point they have

PRESEASON 2003-2004 NEW JERSEY DEVILS (2-2-0-1)
POS NO. PLAYER GP G A PTS PIM PP SH GW GT S PCTG

LW 57 *Pihlman, Tuomas 5 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 5 0.0

F 56 *Suglobov, Aleksander 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 0.0

Suglobov had a really strong game against the AHL Phantoms as well.

In the trenton game and last nights game I saw Pihlman being more physical then Suglobov but Suglubov is the more flashy of the two. If either of these two do stay with the NHL club it will be interesting seeing them mature.

I take it Skrlac is the answer to a gaping fighter hole in the Devils roster?

I saw 3 of the 4 Flyers/Devils games and at this point Berglund is clearly better than the others.

Berglund deserves a spot on the team IMO.