BobRossColton
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Montembault is definitely a goalie I wish the avs would've pursued..
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Bill Peckerskull
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Bender
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For Game #1 AT HOME to get embarrassed like that....pathetic.
They are not making the playoffs again this year.
BaconNater
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They pulled off 3 cups. I'd settle for some garbage years if they could pull off another one
How are we still blaming Dubas for this? At the very least you kinda have to shift SOME of the blame to his successor.
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We're talking about the Pens, not the Leafs
Ohhhhhhh well he didn’t quite build that team either. I’ll admit the moves he has made have been…not great.
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I'll trade Ross Colton's chicklets to wipe out a goal against Justus any day.
[edit...somebody forgot what thread they were in while watching the game.]
[edit...somebody forgot what thread they were in while watching the game.]
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McMetal
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Dubas never intended for the Pens to be good this year, no matter what he said publicly. His priorities were to make sure Sid retires as a Pen and kill time until his rebuild can start. Expecting him to retool that roster into something good on the fly while carrying the 17.6 million dollar reanimated corpses of Letang and Karlsson as his top pair is like asking him to jump to the moon.
It's the inevitable life cycle of any great team. It happened to Detroit, it happened to Chicago, it happened to Pittsburgh, it's happening to Tampa, and it will happen to the Avs. Good drafting can forestall it for a while, but every team needs to rebuild sometimes. The alternative is the Minnesota Wild lifetime of mediocrity. I would much rather watch a bunch of superstars set records for a while and pay the price later than finish between 10th and 18th in the standings every single year. When the Avs suck again, at least I'll have the memories of a Cup win to console myself with. San Jose and Nashville didn't even get that.
It's the inevitable life cycle of any great team. It happened to Detroit, it happened to Chicago, it happened to Pittsburgh, it's happening to Tampa, and it will happen to the Avs. Good drafting can forestall it for a while, but every team needs to rebuild sometimes. The alternative is the Minnesota Wild lifetime of mediocrity. I would much rather watch a bunch of superstars set records for a while and pay the price later than finish between 10th and 18th in the standings every single year. When the Avs suck again, at least I'll have the memories of a Cup win to console myself with. San Jose and Nashville didn't even get that.
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I'd much rather trade the stars when the window is closed to kickstart a rebuild right away. The only goal should be winning the Stanley Cup.
Ownership is forcing the core to stay in Pitt (they fired a guy for not wanting to re-sign Malkin) and to ‘try’ to be in playoff contention. Dubas signed on with the time horizon of riding these guys to retirement and getting the full chance to rebuild it from the ground up his way. It probably won’t work, but judging him by how the Pens do this year ignores the whole situation.
Nobody wants to be the guy who traded away Sidney Crosby. And I guarantee ownership would never let him.
McMetal
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Those are your priorities, but just understand that you're in the minority. If you polled Avs fans at large (not just the hyper engaged ones on this board) the vast majority of them would RIOT if the Avs traded MacKinnon, Landeskog, and Makar next summer. Lots of people fall in love with their players, and get an extra thrill to see a star play with only one team for their entire career. I guess you don't understand that, but trust me, many, many people wouldn't share your sentiment.
I really hope Rooney is okay, he did not look good by any means. I think he was totally blacked out.
It's great to see the Penguins getting abused on home ice, they are the Oilers of the East for me. Gifted franchise with no actual skills of building teams, just tanking in generational drafts.
It's great to see the Penguins getting abused on home ice, they are the Oilers of the East for me. Gifted franchise with no actual skills of building teams, just tanking in generational drafts.
Logan Thompson, but no way Vegas trades him to us.
BobRossColton
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Duh, I meant when he was available. No chance he is moved just like no chance Montembeault is moved after the Habs traded Jake Allen away.
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I see the 2025 Stanley Cup Champion Edmonton Oilers are starting the season without any hangovers.
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Montembault, Stolarz, Lyon, hell, even Adin Hill who was a very good #3 goalie for years would've been a safer bet than this f***ing tandem.
And FTR Hill wasn't that great last night either. But when he needed to make the big save, he did.
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