Confirmed with Link: It's Started! (Management firings)

[K Fleur]

No hit piece can measure up to @Pens x, through sheer persistence, getting the Sleepy nickname to stick.

 

[AuroraBorealis]

If anyone had an issue with Blueger getting traded during the Dad's trip, they can get bent. Whether that is our players or the reporters/fabulists trying to stoke it in the fans. These are professional athletes and this team has gone downhill because of this ohana bullsh1t.

And I say that as a Blueger defender

Feel the same way, and Blueger was in my top 3 favorites.
The problem was with the dad's trip being that close to the deadline.

 

[K Fleur]

Blueger blows.

I hope they let him know he was traded through AIM

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Blueger blows.

I hope they let him know he was traded through AIM

"What up Ted. I hope you like casinos and shitty buffets because you're on your way to Vegas lol -Rondawg"

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

...

Dude, it's not a soft spot. He's literally excellent at 5v5. 7% worse than Guentzel for his career, who is historically a great ES player. He has a 15% better career rate than Zucker and Rakell.
And his defense, while not special, is much better than a lot of the guys people want, like Bertuzzi or Barbashev's. It's like mid-level, which is a big step up from Zucker in that regard. I'd prefer it if L2 didn't get cratered again.

I don't suggest acquiring players based on feelings. Never have. I just look at the numbers and probability of fit.
The dude just hit 46 points with Sheldon Dries as his primary Center.

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A GOOD player at what we need our winger to do.
Nobody is coming here and putting up 60+ points in a PP2 role. Zucker couldn't scrape 50 points during the best even-strength season of his career. PP2 was brilliant, yet it still wasn't enough.

If you're looking for a 60+ point player then you're gonna have to pay a higher AAV, and it will have to be someone that the coaching staff would put on the 1st unit in Letang, Guentzel or Rakell's stead. I'm totally down with that, but let's hear some names that fit that bill.
Or that guy fills in during lengthy injuries on the 1st unit. Also possible, but that's luck based for him.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

"What up Ted. I hope you like casinos and shitty buffets because you're on your way to Vegas lol -Rondawg"

Found Sid's AIM away message, Thursday lyrics

Time to let this pass
(The time it takes, the time it takes to let go)
Time runs through our veins
(It starts and stops and starts and stops again)
We don't stand a chance in this threadbare time
(The time it takes, the time it takes to let go)

Probably in papyrus font, I'm gonna guess pink on black background.

 

[Gurglesons]

Blueger was probably ecstatic to get away from Mike Sullivan lol.

 

[Pancakes]

Doing the dad's trip during trade deadline season was a stupid idea by the team anyways. I know the players probably had a hand in choosing that as well but it was just ill conceived by all involved.

 

[ChaosAgent]

Found Sid's AIM away message, Thursday lyrics

Time to let this pass
(The time it takes, the time it takes to let go)
Time runs through our veins
(It starts and stops and starts and stops again)
We don't stand a chance in this threadbare time
(The time it takes, the time it takes to let go)

Probably in papyrus font, I'm gonna guess pink on black background.

It's probably something about Jesus but tasteful.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Doing the dad's trip during trade deadline season was a stupid idea by the team anyways. I know the players probably had a hand in choosing that as well but it was just ill conceived by all involved.

This is actually a very good summery of the season in general.

 

[Turin]

Fwiw Chris Johnston said from people connected to the situation that it’s like 98% Dubas is going to Pitts. He said he doesn’t know he would put it quite that high but that it does look very likely.

 

[BillyOcean]

Yohe and Rossi larping stories for clicks. Nothing new. Eat it up!

 

[DesertedPenguin]

Fwiw Chris Johnston said from people connected to the situation that it’s like 98% Dubas is going to Pitts. He said he doesn’t know he would put it quite that high but that it does look very likely.

It seems like unless Dubas has some family reason or just needs a break, he's a lock. It won't be because of role or money.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Neato

Anyhow, it's totally comforting and familiar that any hiring process in this organization turns into a weird dramafest regardless of who actually owns the team.

 

[FlightlessBird]

This is getting good

 

[Malkinstheman]

This is getting good

People's lack of any comprehension skills actually led to Blueger being asked about it lol. Pittsburgh fans and media are great

 

[Pancakes]

These people are all in the same room during post game press conferences. Wonder how Rossi/Yohe manage to stay civil with DK and his crew and vice versa.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

This is getting good

Likely story.

Teddy is just running interference and keeping his mouth shut for the REAL evil at work here... Ron Hextall and Morehouse. They obviously have dirt on him and are willing to use it. You can't blame Teddy for saying these things as he surely fears for his family's safety. But it's also clear he's lying.

 

[Turin]

People best prepare for Dubas to sign Blueger lol

 

[GregR]

The unAthletic have been beating the Hextall story to death for months for clicks (while totally ignoring the search for the new GM/front office story), so knowing that and who writes for them, that article being a work of fiction is not surprising in the least.

 

[bathroomSTAAL]

Kinda reinforces the praise for Haase that Blueger was willing to answer a pretty stupid question for her 3 months after being traded

 

[ThosePuckingPenguins]

Kinda reinforces the praise for Haase that Blueger was willing to answer a pretty stupid question for her 3 months after being traded

She may be the best media member/reporter on the Penguins beat. She was also the one to break the Dubas met with Sid the other night story too.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Kinda reinforces the praise for Haase that Blueger was willing to answer a pretty stupid question for her 3 months after being traded

I would have to think that a major advantage to any good journalist is having the ability to not be an absolute chore to talk to.

So I mean you can see why guys like Rossi, Kingerski and Yohe have to make shit up.

 

[FlightlessBird]

Kinda reinforces the praise for Haase that Blueger was willing to answer a pretty stupid question for her 3 months after being traded

Not only that, but on a day that he’s playing a *playoff* game!

 

[DesertedPenguin]

This is getting good

Good for Taylor for doing some direct reporting instead of acting like her boss did.

Rossi and Yohe definitely have some explaining to do.

She may be the best media member/reporter on the Penguins beat. She was also the one to break the Dubas met with Sid the other night story too.

There was some pushback on that from Mark Madden today. Madden said Dubas was definitely in town, but that he was meeting with scouts and Sid just happened to be at the complex working out. It was supposedly a brief conversation, not an interview/sit-down.

It's Madden, though, so who knows.