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jogr4909 wrote:steve ott for third line. konopka for fourth. Grit and faceoff prowess. get parise's rights today using extra picks and sign the man. 1 more NHL ready D man, draft a goalie to groom and let's go pens !
columbia wrote:I'd be happy to see Konopka as a Pen.
jogr4909 wrote:steve ott for third line. konopka for fourth. Grit and faceoff prowess. get parise's rights today using extra picks and sign the man. 1 more NHL ready D man, draft a goalie to groom and let's go pens !
ffemtreed wrote:TK and sutter on a third line will not work well. Neither of them at a big banger that wins the corner battles that are needed. TK is horrendous on the forecheck and he has lost some of his footspeed from a couple years ago. He isn't quite good enough offensively to play the top 6 in Pitt, doesn't fit in with our current third line and make too much to be on the 4th. TK needs to go to a young team who needs a 2nd line winger that has a good center. I wouldn't be opposed to moving cooke as well this summer and completly rebuilding our third line. We got Sutter already who wins the faceoffs and does a lot of the little things right and plays the center role very good. Now we need two bangers to dump pucks in chase them down and destroy the other teams D in the corners without taking stupid penalties. They also need to be good on the PK as well.
Nothing against TK, but he just doesn't have a good fit on this team, kinda like talbot 2 years ago.
Now get our 4th line to a point where they can cycle down low and eat some clock and not be a liability out there and we should be good to go. Asham should be there on the wing, he is a perfect fit. Vitale has proven to me he is capable centering the 4th line, he just needs to win the key faceoffs, not sure what his % was last year but it seemed to me he lost the key draws. So that leaves a 4th line wing open. Adams was great a couple years ago but Vitale has replaced him and he doesn't deserve to be sitting in the box, again a young team looking for leadership should be all over CFA for a 7th.
So we have
Hole Malkin Neal
Kunitz Crosby Dupius
Cooke Sutter Hole
Asham Vitale Hole
Letang Orpik
Martin Hole
Niskanan Despres
I am suggesting Ryan(1st line), Sutter( D pairing), Tootoo (4th line) and I am trying to think of someone good to fill that 3rd line spot.
lemieuxReturns wrote:
to get bobby ryan, you are going to have to give up some real assets.
Also, no need to get rid of Cooke. He played well last year, and contributed offensively as well. I think this year he will bring back some of the physical play a little bit also. He started to do that towards the end of the year.
Tootoo will drive fans crazy with the bone-headed penalties. We really can not have any more players that are prone to taking a penalty at the worst time. With Orpik and Kunitz now joining that party, we would constantly be on the PK.
Fire0nice228 wrote:Matt Carle for the right price
Brandon Prust @BrandonPrust8
I wish management wanted me back as much as the fans.. Thanks for the love everyone
bhaw wrote:Brandon Prust @BrandonPrust8
I wish management wanted me back as much as the fans.. Thanks for the love everyone
Yeah, I'd say he's pretty sure he's not coming back...
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