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steelhammer wrote:Perfectly reasonable to rank the Pens as the favorites. Despite the first round embarrassment last season, our lineup is pretty ridiculous with top-end talent and several players on bargain contracts. The addition of Vokoun will put us over the top. Full confidence in 2012-2013 team.
CERV96 wrote:steelhammer wrote:Perfectly reasonable to rank the Pens as the favorites. Despite the first round embarrassment last season, our lineup is pretty ridiculous with top-end talent and several players on bargain contracts. The addition of Vokoun will put us over the top. Full confidence in 2012-2013 team.
YES?
steelhammer wrote:CERV96 wrote:steelhammer wrote:Perfectly reasonable to rank the Pens as the favorites. Despite the first round embarrassment last season, our lineup is pretty ridiculous with top-end talent and several players on bargain contracts. The addition of Vokoun will put us over the top. Full confidence in 2012-2013 team.
YES?
YES! YES! YES! {AJ smiles in approval}
steelhammer wrote:Perfectly reasonable to rank the Pens as the favorites. Despite the first round embarrassment last season, our lineup is pretty ridiculous with top-end talent and several players on bargain contracts. The addition of Vokoun will put us over the top. Full confidence in 2012-2013 team.
offsides wrote:steelhammer wrote:Perfectly reasonable to rank the Pens as the favorites. Despite the first round embarrassment last season, our lineup is pretty ridiculous with top-end talent and several players on bargain contracts. The addition of Vokoun will put us over the top. Full confidence in 2012-2013 team.
Kind of the same way I felt about the 2011-2012 team. Lots of bad stuff will happen during the season, always does. Don't go counting your chickens before they are hatched.
BurghersAndDogsSports wrote:Why does everyone say on paper we are the best team? Only at center.
Even if our goaltending comes back strong we have major issues at wing, size and grit checking line, 4th line and at least 3 or 4 of our d men.
our top end talent is sick. and gives us a shot no matter what. But these teams hat went deep in the playoffs rolled 4 lines and had no major holes on defense.
Just saying. we have some work to do this summer if we want to be favorites.
BurghersAndDogsSports wrote:Sorry I cant take any replies seriously that say on paper our defense is good or our wings are not a weakness, or we can just simply take car of the 4 th line. Or we have enough grit. I heard all these same things before the playoffs began too, dismissing what was going on on the ice.
We just got destroyed in a series in which our offense could not cycle, our defense could not stop the cycle, our pk was historically bad.
And ps these were issues thelast month of the season, we weren't not mentally prepared to play. We have great high end talent but we won't win the cup with our surrounding talent right now.
I can't believe anyone thinks that.
Pitts wrote:BurghersAndDogsSports wrote:Sorry I cant take any replies seriously that say on paper our defense is good or our wings are not a weakness, or we can just simply take car of the 4 th line. Or we have enough grit. I heard all these same things before the playoffs began too, dismissing what was going on on the ice.
We just got destroyed in a series in which our offense could not cycle, our defense could not stop the cycle, our pk was historically bad.
And ps these were issues thelast month of the season, we weren't not mentally prepared to play. We have great high end talent but we won't win the cup with our surrounding talent right now.
I can't believe anyone thinks that.
So, you're saying they need a coaching change then? Because, everything you point out leads directly to coaching.
BurghersAndDogsSports wrote:Sorry I cant take any replies seriously that say on paper our defense is good or our wings are not a weakness, or we can just simply take car of the 4 th line. Or we have enough grit. I heard all these same things before the playoffs began too, dismissing what was going on on the ice.
We just got destroyed in a series in which our offense could not cycle, our defense could not stop the cycle, our pk was historically bad.
And ps these were issues thelast month of the season, we weren't not mentally prepared to play. We have great high end talent but we won't win the cup with our surrounding talent right now.
I can't believe anyone thinks that.
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