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PocketNines
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I'd love Armstrong to go to Toronto so his pure bad faith lies about not being able to operate as GM in a situation where players are "more powerful than the owner" are TOTALLY seen by everyone for what they are.
Thallis
No half measures
Athletic has long article on Pens. Total clown show. Hextall comes off as complete moron.
Bluesnatic27
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There was a time when I thought he was a good GM that was given a terrible situation in Philly. I thought he was let go too early before he could start making moves to improve the team after its rebuilding phase.
He wasn't given the greatest situation in Pittsburgh either, but my God did he do himself no favors with the moves he made.
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I wouldn’t like the situation there where the Fenway/Red Sox group bought the Pens as it screams of simply being a corporate maneuver with profitability over winning Cups…but yes, Hextall comes off as an out of touch moron in that article.
Shows up to a meeting with the new ownership group on his plan for the on ice product for the next few years and he simply says, “it’s in my head” What??? Frantically puts a document together after being ordered to put it on paper.
Then waives and trades guys in the middle of the dad’s trip, one of which found out via social media while all the players and dads were out to dinner together. No wonder the floundered. The atmosphere and morale had to suck.
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Pro sports is becoming predictable and boring
The only problem is that the guy talking the cross check is another dbag: Mark Stone.
Benn was stupid. There are better ways to spark a dbag vs dbag fight.
So if Vegas completes the sweep, Benn will get to relive his humiliation at the start of next year when he still has a game left on his suspension? I am all for this.
If the playoffs ended now and Vegas was the winner Eichel would probably win the Conn Smythe, but I think the world where Petro wins that trophy is becoming more and more likely as these playoffs take shape.
If Petro shuts down Tkachuk and they beat Florida and has some decent numbers he's got a good shot. He's built up "the narrative" around him throughout the playoffs so far, and Vegas' forward performance is balanced enough that could end up being a tie breaker at the end.
TheDizee
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Drubilly
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I didn’t think he was awful in Philly. I thought he had a vision of building through the draft but other executives and ownership wanted to compete sooner. I thought he was let go because of irreconcilable differences. No?
he was clearly worse in pittsburgh, but philly has been a mess for years and he fit right in with that.
stl76
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I wonder if the Draisaitl lumberjack-ing could hurt Pietro in Conn Smythe voting.
Possibly. Pronger was on the short list of the 2007 Conn Smythe, but was suspended for one game during the WCF and one game in the Finals and ultimately lost out to Niedermayer despite many thinking Pronger was more worthy. I’m sure the suspensions didn’t help his case.
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joe galiba
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so, we are going to owe the Leafs 5 first round picks?
Lmao Tkachuk is such a superstar and people on this board try to convince themselves trading for him would have made us worse.
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