GDT: Free Agency Day 1: You're from Boston? Come on down

[Gurglesons]

Well Sportsnet doesn’t think so…tumbledown the rankings is in store…we’re one of the four worst teams in the league lol

NHL Power Rankings: Off-season movers and shakers

With the major off-season events in the rearview mirror, most of the upward trajectory in the NHL seems to sit with the middle and upper-middle class, writes Ryan Dixon, in this edition of the NHL power rankings.

www.sportsnet.ca

You don't get it. We have a plan.

 

[eXile3]

ZAR still getting NHL contracts.

 

[Tom Hanks]

Well Sportsnet doesn’t think so…tumbledown the rankings is in store…we’re one of the four worst teams in the league lol

NHL Power Rankings: Off-season movers and shakers

With the major off-season events in the rearview mirror, most of the upward trajectory in the NHL seems to sit with the middle and upper-middle class, writes Ryan Dixon, in this edition of the NHL power rankings.

www.sportsnet.ca

https://x.com/i/web/status/1809252496851738920

 

[Pancakes]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1809252496851738920

Last year's model didn't do so hot if memory serves.

That said wouldn't be surprised to see it play out that way in the metro.

 

[The Old Master]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1809252496851738920

an injury or two, and we can do better.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Right in the mushy middle. Not good enough to matter or bad enough to matter. Sounds accurate.

 

[McGroarty2]

Right in the mushy middle. Not good enough to matter or bad enough to matter. Sounds accurate.

Actually 22nd in the league, would be picking at 11.

 

[Gurglesons]

Actually 22nd in the league, would be picking at 11.

Woah. Rebuild is over.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Actually 22nd in the league, would be picking at 11.

YMMV but to me anything outside of the top ten in an NHL draft is where you start rollin' the dice. Maybe that's splitting hairs a bit at 11th overall. But to me... again within the context of the NHL... that's not a premium pick.

If we gotta be bad I wish we could just be really, really bad. But Sid is here so that's unlikely. Hence we circle back around to my main point... why are we doing this, again?

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

I think this team's definitely capable of ending up picking in the top 10 next draft, particularly if age catches up to Sid in a noticeable way or he gets a lengthy injury. I'd be really surprised if Sid's PPG season streak didn't end this year.

But the East is real top heavy and then there's a lotta aggressively mediocre slop in the middle, so I also wouldn't be surprised if the Pens hung around the WC race again.

Hoping they tumble, and badly. They're locked in being losers from here on out until Sid retires, so lose enough to actually get the good picks for a change.

 

[Tom Hanks]

Right in the mushy middle. Not good enough to matter or bad enough to matter. Sounds accurate.

 

[Gurglesons]

what did you want dubas to do this summer?!!?

 

[Ugene Magic]

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I can see the Pens shaving at least 10 points off that to get them to 77.

This projection shows them only dropping a point off last seasons total of 88.

No Jake, no replacement, no how they improve or simply plateau.

 

[Andy99]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1809252496851738920

Ok…11th worst here lol

 

[Andy99]

I can see the Pens shaving at least 10 points off that to get them to 77.

This projection shows them only dropping a point off last seasons total of 88.

No Jake, no replacement, no how they improve or simply plateau.

Also chances our best player stays healthy again for 82 games?

 

[Borgir]

Question is, where in those rankings would we be if only we had Ryan McLeod?

 

[Turin]

If the Pens powerplay gets to 17% they will make the playoffs.

 

[Ulf5]

Actually 22nd in the league, would be picking at 11.

Woah, look at the Caps go, doing it right. 4. More. Points.

 

[K Fleur]

If the Pens powerplay gets to 17% they will make the playoffs.

Jarry is the tank trump card if this happens

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Jarry is the tank trump card if this happens

Just gotta hope the Pens have clinched a playoff spot by January.

 

[Andy99]

Woah, look at the Caps go, doing it right. 4. More. Points.

They aren’t Cup contenders most likely but they haven’t given up on propping open Ovi’s window yet by infusing younger players in the lineup, even by trade…they aren’t trading for 32 year old Kevin Hayes or a washed up 30 year old D man lol

 

[Ugene Magic]

Actually 22nd in the league, would be picking at 11.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

The Caps have no window. They're in the same boat as the Pens. PLD sucks. They'll probably be marginally better than Pittsburgh, but they're still trash.

 

[canadianguy77]

We’re probably about that same as last season. Likely a little worse. No JC is huge. The flow of the games will be different just from that. But it’s another year so we likely see more drop off from the big guys.

If Graves can get his shit together, the backend will be pretty solid. But man, we badly need a superstar winger. If we had two, they might even make the playoffs. I predict they’ll finish right around where they have the last 2 seasons. Basically another year of purgatory.

 

[The Old Master]

The Caps have no window. They're in the same boat as the Pens. PLD sucks. They'll probably be marginally better than Pittsburgh, but they're still trash.

they have better prospects than us