If Shero didn't make those trades and stood pat with the team he had....where would the Pens be right now? Would they have made it this far? Would they be up in the Boston series? Would they be exactly in the same position they are in right now?
I feel Bylsma needs a ton of blame for his refusal to make adjustments...having said that if your coach has a system that thrives with fast players...and you just made a trade that as whole made the team slower


None of us really know the influence of Mario on Shero. Was he pushing to load the team up with those trades? Possible for sure.
Is Bylsma really that bad with how he has used the additional players of Morrow, Iginla, Murray, Jokinen or have the new players presented a bad overall fit..which then falls on Shero's/Mario's lap.
Can you really say this team is harder to play against with the additional players than the pre trade Penguins?