Rocco wrote:pens#1 wrote:Shea Weber Please
Is he a free agent?
Yes, drop Martin and Michalek for picks and spend the money on Weber and bring up Despres on an entry level contract.
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Rocco wrote:pens#1 wrote:Shea Weber Please
Is he a free agent?
bhaw wrote:Abe Frohman wrote:Some teams are built around stars who garner lots and lots of scoring trophies...but cannot find the necessary chemistry to excel in the playoffs. Unfortunately, this MAY be the Pens best description.
You draft well...get superstars, but FAIL to surround them with the talent needed to win in the PLAYOFFS. You overspend on some areas (CENTER, I will say until they unload one of these players), ignore others to their detriment.
Top goalie sucks in the series...top-2 stars almost invisible for long stretches...defense is soft...NO veteran leadership. PERIOD...
Massive changes are needed...a lot of dead-weight on this team.
Maybe my history is foggy, but we've already won 1 cup with this team, right? That would ultimately debunk this entire post.
DudeMan2766 wrote:Seriously, I would take a bunch of people rubbing the loss in my face 1000 times over than the people at this bar and some friends on Facebook who watch 5 games a year and are acting like theyre upset. There's a girl at work tmw ill have to deal with too, just moved here from CA, never knew what hockey was until she got here, had no idea SJ had a team even tho she lived out there, but all ill hear tmw is how mad she is at the Penguins. It's so annoying, especially when I'm genuinely upset and will be for days. I don't need that crap
mariojr wrote:In 2009, Malkin didn't have the huge contract yet, so we could afford to pay both him and Crosby. Now, I'm not sure we can keep paying them, plus Staal, Fleury, Neal, Orpik, Letang, Martin (yuk!), and Michalek (yuk again!) and still have room for good support players. I would keep Malkin over Crosby at this point.
Abe Frohman wrote:mariojr wrote:In 2009, Malkin didn't have the huge contract yet, so we could afford to pay both him and Crosby. Now, I'm not sure we can keep paying them, plus Staal, Fleury, Neal, Orpik, Letang, Martin (yuk!), and Michalek (yuk again!) and still have room for good support players. I would keep Malkin over Crosby at this point.
Agreed.
Malkin does not have the precarious health issues of Crosby, and the NHL will NOT give the Pens a suitable replacement IF Crosby retires after his next good hit.
Trade Crosby now...the Pens will get a HUGE return (doesn't have to be ALL in roster players, mix picks and players to lessen the CAP hit).
This allows Malkin and Staal to center the top 2 lines...spend the extra cap space on a wing, retool D (Despres, jettison Martin and Orpik if possible)...
youngblood wrote:I rarely post, and I would not trade him, but I am tired of hearing Crosby is "the best player in the world". He isn't anymore
youngblood wrote:I rarely post, and I would not trade him, but I am tired of hearing Crosby is "the best player in the world". He isn't anymore
pens#1 wrote:youngblood wrote:I rarely post, and I would not trade him, but I am tired of hearing Crosby is "the best player in the world". He isn't anymore
why isnt he? becuase they lost today? Some of you are nuts
youngblood wrote:I rarely post, and I would not trade him, but I am tired of hearing Crosby is "the best player in the world". He isn't anymore
André wrote:What is this talk about not affording the supporting cast? That's three years ago. Now with the new cap they do afford it, and had it (Neal, Sullivan, Kunitz, Kennedy, Dupuis). The roster's awesome. They just crapped the bed first half of the series.
Last year they were out because of injuries but the year before that they were healthy and underperformed vs Montreal.
The D and Fleury lost the series early, Crosby and Malkin underperforming in the last two games lost the comeback chance.
André wrote:On Sid I wouldn't be surprised to hear about something concerning health. His last two games were exceptionally weak and that is rarely seen two games in a row, rarely seen if he's healthy and rarely seen vs the Flyers.
slappybrown wrote:André wrote:What is this talk about not affording the supporting cast? That's three years ago. Now with the new cap they do afford it, and had it (Neal, Sullivan, Kunitz, Kennedy, Dupuis). The roster's awesome. They just crapped the bed first half of the series.
Last year they were out because of injuries but the year before that they were healthy and underperformed vs Montreal.
The D and Fleury lost the series early, Crosby and Malkin underperforming in the last two games lost the comeback chance.
I thought Malkin played pretty well in 5 and 6.
youngblood wrote:André wrote:On Sid I wouldn't be surprised to hear about something concerning health. His last two games were exceptionally weak and that is rarely seen two games in a row, rarely seen if he's healthy and rarely seen vs the Flyers.
Agree, and I do believe he will regain the title of the best
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