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You know your team is ass when DOC is a “key guy”
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You heard him... he plans to handle their situations a little differently, Which means only limited trade clauses instead of full trade clauses.
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Reporter basically asked what will you do if you're sellers at the deadline
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Empoleon8771
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Lol someone better tell Sullivan.
Think this completely throws away the idea of McGroarty going down when healthy. If this team ever gets healthy, I think Puustinen or Glass end up on waivers.
Think it's almost definitely Puustinen, with possibly Beauvillier getting wavied if he doesn't play well.
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It means they're gonna keep drafting 15th until Sid retires after the next Olympics.
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Yeah Dubas basically said, "we don't want Rutger to be up if he's a healthy scratch, we want him developing. But ultimately Sully has final say"
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“Starts the day on the roster”
Is not exactly something that makes me think the bolded.
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Yep. He is a top 12 forward on the Penguins. I hope he gets 12+ minutes a night.
Rust to IR confirmed?
Pens play @ Winnipeg game 7 of the season, McG better be active for that one
I was talking about going but I didn't check to see when we go to the Jets.
Maybe next year. A shame since I have a McGroarty Jersey already.
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I get "this is your last chance" vibes from some of these Dubas comments.
Well yeah, if he doesn't play well he won't stay on the team. My point was more that they're not going to send down McGroarty just because he's waiver exempt. They'll waive someone worse if McGroarty is deserving of staying on the NHL team.
Also mentioned Avery Hayes as a guy who had a good camp.
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I mean yeah he’s basically saying “this shit is over if we have another Sullivan purgatory season”
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I actually like some of what Dubas is saying, here. But he never lacked for the ability to SAY the right things.
He DOES know that the coach he has helped entrench here played Harkins for like 40 games without scoring one goal just last year though, right? You can't blame that one on like... Erik Karlsson or whatever.
He DOES know that the coach he has helped entrench here played Harkins for like 40 games without scoring one goal just last year though, right? You can't blame that one on like... Erik Karlsson or whatever.
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Glad they're giving it their last hurrah with guys like Beau, Aho, Grz, etc. as their FA signings.
They already gave up, probably after Karlsson didn't excel--but that's in no way due to Sullivan's coaching. Of course not.
They already gave up, probably after Karlsson didn't excel--but that's in no way due to Sullivan's coaching. Of course not.
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A bottom 6 that can’t score, That’s how you win in this league!
It’s funny cause that’s not even how he won in this league.
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Strong words from Doober. I like applying the urgency right before the season starts.
Unfortunately the era he is talking about is probably the Crosby-Malkin era and not the Sullivan-era.
Unfortunately the era he is talking about is probably the Crosby-Malkin era and not the Sullivan-era.
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Rest of it is lip service, especially about the prospects but the “if this ends like the last two seasons, it’s over” line is a strong statement to make.
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The way he framed it, sounds a bit like Dubas wants to re-sign Doc and MP. He said that UFA decisions will be based on where the team is and where they're going but he puts those two in a different group
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I think it's more about the "contending era" and they'll really nuke the team this off-season if things don't improve. Which is a bit odd to say right after extending Crosby, but I figure Crosby was aware of this and understands the expectations for this team.
I think both are firmly "re-sign them if the team is decent, otherwise trade them as rentals".
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Okay Rust is on IR retroactive to Sunday, so he's just on IR until he's good to go.
Honestly a bit surprised for Gauthier to end up in Wheeling again, I kinda feel bad for him. He's been performing well there and probably should be in the AHL.
Did he say that about the 2023 off-season additions? I thought he had made the point more about the defense needing to be good defensively and bring speed to the table. I don't recall him mentioning those guys were brought in for offense.
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