No, but we should all make satirical AVs playoff avs this year.
Why wouldn't we want a player that is constantly hyped as "the best leader of his generation"... to lead?I guess don't get the need to hear players explicitly say something that is clearly happening anyway
It's that horrible university education I got in Chicago, screwed everything up.
I was hoping we would be done with letang for the last ten years or so
It’s more likely that Sid believes this team can still compete and it’s just a matter of a few bounces. Yeah that sounds insane but his career has seen an over abundance of playoff appearances, success, and extended winning streaks. It’s a forest from the trees situation and at the end of the day, that’s why you have a front office. To make the decisions that others sometimes can’t see.
Yup, a top 5 pick would be nice. If we can just stop winning useless games like we did in LA, that would be a good start!! I think the Sharks will beat us tonight!
Sid has also always said that doesn't meddle in front office affairs. Now certainly, some thoughts and desires naturally make its way from the captain to Dubas but I would be flat out shocked if Sid ever made a direct request. It's clear the guy still wants to compete and win. If he was in the business of forcing hands, we'd be seeing Guentzel-Crosby-Rust on a nightly basis while staring at a lucrative long-term deal for Jake that all of the usual suspects here would be bemoaning every single day.
It's not Sid's responsibility to have an "organizational vision" though. That's completely inappropriate to burden him with that arbitrary expectation. I mean, to each their own, but woof.
Yeah how stupid to expect the guy who is keeping the status quo in place to have to at least answer a question about it.
But do at least try to read the post you're quoting Seal.
I would argue that moving Bunting and using the cap space to take in a cap dump + asset would be a pretty smart way to get more assets. Malkin won't complain about it, he might not even play often enough next season to notice we've replaced Bunting with some plug, and if they do mesh, you move the cap dump casualty at the TDL for even more assets.
Yeah, it's right in the mold of the Pettersson/Mynio + 2nd from Vancouver value that's been discussed at depth. I wish Akey was a bit bigger and a bit more physical but adding a RH PMD RD would be nice. Pickering and Pie on the left, Brunicke and Akey on the right is a solid foundation of d-prospects moving into a rebuild.
That's still 4 guys out with who knows who coming back. From a roster perspective, that's a very active deadline. It just lacks super sexy moves but we don't have the opportunity for that.
But realistically, who else would they sell off if he was? Beyond who you named in the post above, I'm not sure there's really much more to do. I don't think Malkin out suddenly put Rakell on the block for example.
I wouldn't call saying "I just want to go out there and try to cement my legacy on the scoring leaders" as being a leader, but that might just be me.
It's pretty rare. Re-signing Malkin is the only somewhat credible example I'm aware of. A lot of the "they can't do this or that because Sid won't let them" is fan speculation. Because we've heard that a lot and they've ended up doing a lot of it and Sid just keeps showing up for work. Latest example is they have to re-sign Guentzel to keep Sid happy. They didn't and then Sid signed an extension.
I was at one of those 8 games, dude was actually INSANE to watch. Looked like a video game player.
Fair. If he stayed though, yeah it might tank the value a bit but he could still rebound next year and be just as valuable as a rental.
Why does Bunting need to rebound? He is on pace for almost 50pts and 25goals. That his norm and also reasonable for his contract
Amazing, time to celebrate the top 5 pick we got out of the trade, the hard work is done.
It wouldn't be the mark of a leader; but it'd be honest. It's what Jágr does every single press conference here and I've come around to respecting him for it, because he's not a leader. It's what Ovie does. It's more honest than lying to yourself and the team that we're juuuuust out of playoff contention and a few more bounces and we'll make it in. It's more honest than saying "we just didn't execute enough" for the millionth time. I know he's not going to do it. That doesn't mean it isn't worth doing, the same way that Sullivan having aging stars doesn't absolve him of his coaching decisions.
