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Malkamaniac wrote:MRandall25 wrote:How can you say an Orpik-Martin shutdown pairing won't work if you haven't seen it on the ice yet?
BECAUSE ITS FUN TO MAKE ASSUMPTIONS BEFORE THE SEASON EVEN STARTS!
Idoit40fans wrote:Malkamaniac wrote:MRandall25 wrote:How can you say an Orpik-Martin shutdown pairing won't work if you haven't seen it on the ice yet?
BECAUSE ITS FUN TO MAKE ASSUMPTIONS BEFORE THE SEASON EVEN STARTS!
To be fair, I think its unlikely that it would work.
Malkamaniac wrote:In regards to Byslma, it's only a matter of time before the Pens need a disciplinarian at the helm to wrangle them back in.
Hockey is crazy fickle when it comes to players and coaches not listening to each other.
Troy Loney wrote:It's not like the Devils and Kings had 6 Lidstroms vs 7 Niedermeyers at the back end.
Malkamaniac wrote:In regards to Byslma, it's only a matter of time before the Pens need a disciplinarian at the helm to wrangle them back in.
Hockey is crazy fickle when it comes to players and coaches not listening to each other.
shafnutz05 wrote:I'm willing to give Martin at least two periods before I excoriate him.
Malkamaniac wrote:Idoit40fans wrote:Malkamaniac wrote:MRandall25 wrote:How can you say an Orpik-Martin shutdown pairing won't work if you haven't seen it on the ice yet?
BECAUSE ITS FUN TO MAKE ASSUMPTIONS BEFORE THE SEASON EVEN STARTS!
To be fair, I think its unlikely that it would work.
Pretty much, but they haven't even played a game yet. To just automatically write them off is a little obtuse, imo.
sil wrote:I just want to address one of the original comments...the Geno floating comment. I wouldn't necessarily call it that, as he was pretty emotionally involved in that playoff series, but he was defensively non-existent. However, you could pretty much say the same thing for any penguin not named James Neal and Jordan Staal in that series too.
I won't just be looking at Malkin, but the whole forward lot when it comes to actually disciplining themselves to play at both ends.
shafnutz05 wrote:Rangers win the Cup this year....book it
DocEmrick wrote:I don't understand how a team can fit in Nash, Gaborik, Richards and Boyle in the salary cap. Add in Del Zotto (still on an entry level contract?), and Lundqvist, and you might as well strike the salary cap and let the big markets get richer while the small markets continue to suffer.
shmenguin wrote:DocEmrick wrote:I don't understand how a team can fit in Nash, Gaborik, Richards and Boyle in the salary cap. Add in Del Zotto (still on an entry level contract?), and Lundqvist, and you might as well strike the salary cap and let the big markets get richer while the small markets continue to suffer.
i don't understand the implication here. the rangers' roster has nothing to do with their market size. they have a lot of young players and a lot of cheap players. plus, their stars make less than our stars.
Idoit40fans wrote:sil wrote:I just want to address one of the original comments...the Geno floating comment. I wouldn't necessarily call it that, as he was pretty emotionally involved in that playoff series, but he was defensively non-existent. However, you could pretty much say the same thing for any penguin not named James Neal and Jordan Staal in that series too.
I won't just be looking at Malkin, but the whole forward lot when it comes to actually disciplining themselves to play at both ends.
You could definitely say that about Jordan Staal that series. Didn't notice it as much with Neal, but Neal isn't expected to be a plus defensive player.
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