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DocEmrick wrote:Yeah why is everyone so focused on the loss of Malone? No offense I like the kid, but Malkin's elevated play really lead to him having the season that he did. I doubt he does as well in TB. Not saying he's a bad player, but come on.
CKA24 wrote:That said, I'm mostly worried about the trade deadline. You can only trade away the young guys for so long (read - San Jose). Shero most likely will not trade prospects or picks away at this trade deadline, so who do you trade to get someone in here?
Pitts wrote:CKA24 wrote:so who do you trade to get someone in here?
They won't need anyone else here this year.
Mongoose87 wrote:Pitts wrote:CKA24 wrote:so who do you trade to get someone in here?
They won't need anyone else here this year.
If we're constantly trading to pick up the last piece for one year, we're going to suck very, very soon.
wallflower wrote:I really don't expect major trade deadline deals to be the norm with Shero
penny lane wrote:I can't recall, but is M Satan(almost wrote santa)the type of player who wants to carry the puck up the ice? Sid loves having the puck from the get-go. for the play-offs Sid and Hossa made that quirk work.
So very ready for the penguins to start returning to Pittsburgh.
DelPen wrote:I disagree with his assesment of our weaknesses. Goddard and Cooke will make players fear cheap shots against Malkin and Crosby more than Laraque and Ruutu. Cooke will destroy you and not get calls like Ruutu did. Goddard will actually get people to fight him and will also go after the Steve Downie's of the NHL and will pummel them without thinking about the code that BGL alwasy went by.
We won't miss Hossa'd goals, Satan is as gifted on offense and if Staal gets moved to LW with Sid then that makes up for the loss of Hossa's defense.
Which is better, Dupuis-Crosby-Hossa or Staal-Crosby-Satan. I think they are at worse a wash. And Fedotenko is a better player than Malone, we will miss Malone's middle weight fights but just have Kennedy take whatever roids Scuds took last year and he can take that over.
As far as Conklin goes, he played out of his mind but Fleury is still better. Teams can't worry about having players available to fill in long term. It just does not make good business sense.
Mad City Mike wrote:wallflower wrote:I really don't expect major trade deadline deals to be the norm with Shero
Unless Mario intervenes again. You're right, though. They really have little to trade for awhile now. They cashed in the Esposito chip. They dealt depth, too. And the lack of draft picks this year must be made up for with a robust draft next year. All this means is Shero will be adding spare parts and nothing more at the deadline.
Mad City Mike wrote:penny lane wrote:I can't recall, but is M Satan(almost wrote santa)the type of player who wants to carry the puck up the ice? Sid loves having the puck from the get-go. for the play-offs Sid and Hossa made that quirk work.
So very ready for the penguins to start returning to Pittsburgh.
My impression of him is more that of a sniper. I don't recall him ever being really dominant with the puck. The reason being, guys that carry the puck get hit, and Satan doesn't like that. He's more of a Palffy than a Hossa, if you want some kind of comparables.
Defence21 wrote:
Malone's value comes not in his point total, but his big frame and ability/willingness to go to the front of the net and cause problems. Power forwards are a dying breed, and he mastered it in the previous two years.
With that being said, he's not worth the money he got, and aside from his physical presence, I doubt the Penguins will miss him much. There are plenty of young guys (Kennedy, Talbot, Staal, etc) ready to move toward filling his scoring void -- though only Staal has the frame to fill the physical void).
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