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

[Andy99]

lol…of course he is…who else would pay him this much money and what other coach wouldnt strap his ass to the bench? Someone needs find a way to get him an equipment allergy…fast

 

[Josey Wales]

Sidney Crosby: "I think that's something that we’ll have a lot of time to dissect it and learn from it. But hopefully, we're a motivated group because of going through this."
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Sidney Crosby: "I just hope that we learn from this, you know? I think that's the biggest thing. Regardless of the situation, whether you win or you lose in the first round, second round, whatever – you’ve got to learn from it.". Captain Milquetoast

 

[BusinessGoose]

Welp, see ya later!!! (Lloyd Christmas tone)

(Hextall and Burke, that is)

Ex-Flyers, although slow and dangerous behind the wheel of the org, can still serve a purpose. I'll be right back. Don't you go dying on me.

*jump cut*
I got robbed by a sweet old goalie on a motorized cart. And I didn't even see it coming!

 

[HandshakeLine]

a team composed of kids who never turned in their homework promising this time they'll do their homework over spring break.

 

[BillyOcean]

Jeff Carter had a 73.1% defensive zone start %. I'm astounded. I just assumed it was in the high 50s.

Imagine sticking a square peg in a round hole and riding that baby for 13+ mins a night. Jesus christ.

 

[MayorofWBS]

Can't wait for the perp walk of failed GM corpses to interview. Should be fun....

Best thing that could happen for the fan base is a big move up in the draft lotto. It's the only thing that might make the summer interesting for this team.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Jeff Carter had a 73.1% defensive zone start %. I'm astounded. I just assumed it was in the high 50s.

Imagine sticking a square peg in a round hole and riding that baby for 13+ mins a night. Jesus christ.

Yeah Carter sucks at this point but Sullivan completely exasperates the issue by forcing Carter into a role he just doesn't fit in.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Yeah Carter sucks at this point but Sullivan completely exasperates the issue by forcing Carter into a role he just doesn't fit in.

Jeff Carter had a 73.1% defensive zone start %. I'm astounded. I just assumed it was in the high 50s.

Imagine sticking a square peg in a round hole and riding that baby for 13+ mins a night. Jesus christ.

As I said all year, Carter should have gotten the Jason Spezza in Toronto treatment. 4th line minutes with mainly sheltered usage and second PP time, with the occasional D-zone faceoff because of his ability on draws. Not used as though he's a legitimate shutdown 3C.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Yeah Carter sucks at this point but Sullivan completely exasperates the issue by forcing Carter into a role he just doesn't fit in.

It’s not even like he was the best internal 3C option. Poehling handily outperformed him when Carter was out in that spot.

 

[SomeDude]

I heard the reason the team waited overnight to fire him is he put his phone on airplane and fell asleep in the hotel room before they could speak with him

You know that man had been avoiding phone calls from Boston area codes for weeks.

 

[FunkySeeFunkyDo]

Oh I counted just fine. I was factoring in the fact that we didn't make the playoffs, therefore we are not winning anything this season.

This year makes 5. We won a series in 17-18.

 

[Pens x]

You know that man had been avoiding phone calls from Boston area codes for weeks.

Does he even have a phone? Was that one of Burke’s jobs to answer the phone?

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

I'm just glad the team full of guys nearing 40 is gonna learn from this experience and build on it moving forward.

Good for them.

 

[HandshakeLine]

I'm just glad the team full of guys nearing 40 is gonna learn from this experience and build on it moving forward.

Good for them.

Man, so much vet experience, but we should probably add some more just to be safe.

 

[Andy99]

Anyone who doesn’t think that his voice, as likely the longest tenured Pens employee at the table and one most closely working with the new GM team, won’t be given the most weight is delusional

 

[TKalltheTime]

So, we’re drafting nothing but 34 year old PKers?

You think they are really going to go that young?

 

[Josey Wales]

Anyone who doesn’t think that his voice, as likely the longest tenured Pens employee at the table and one most closely working with the new GM team, won’t be given the most weight is delusional

If you are not going to let the Director of Player Operations or GM make the call on who the HC is get ready for Pierre McGuire Part DUH, Don't think a Multi Billion dollar group is going to let that happen, Seriously are you always Depressed

 

[Power Surge]

Anyone who doesn’t think that his voice, as likely the longest tenured Pens employee at the table and one most closely working with the new GM team, won’t be given the most weight is delusional

Duh Duh Da Da...Superrrrrr Sully to save the day.

 

[BusinessGoose]

I dunno

That quote from Sullivan sure sounds like the job description of a GM lol

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Man, so much vet experience, but we should probably add some more just to be safe.

Only if they're bottom-6 guys with term, and ideally bloated cap hits.

 

[Power Surge]

I dunno

That quote from Sullivan sure sounds like the job description of a GM lol

New GM's daily task.

-pick up Sullys coffee at Starbucks
- Pick up Sullys dry cleaning
-shine Sullys shoes then kiss his feet.
-Wipe Sullys ass

 

[Josey Wales]

I dunno

That quote from Sullivan sure sounds like the job description of a GM lol

YEAH you know about GM job

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Hextall’s legacy as Pens GM will be akin to Scaredy Squirrel.

I touched on this last summer and the Malkin Maniacs got all bent, but Hextall never wanted him back.

Yet he never had the courage to follow his own vision for this team and let the fans incessant whining force him into keeping the Get Along Gang together.

That milquetoast attitude was his undoing.

Gms have wanted to make moves that could have altered this team's course and maybe pushed for a good rejuvenation only to have ownership step in and block moves because....we're all friends!!!

JR wanted to move Letang to push for a revamp of the blue line built around Matheson and the younger lads - Mario stepped in and said no.

Hextall likely had ideas. But if it had to do with the core, you want to bet how little freedom he actually had? He signed ex Pens he had no ties to, kept the core together because Sid wanted it, etc etc.

I like how we've had two Gms that tried shit and were vetoed or very limited near the end and the biggest problem is the coach. He misused so many players that the gms had no choice but to move players to get value vs having to buy them out.

I don't give a shit to talk about the fired blokes - the biggest issue is Sullivan and he remains. Having hope when the coach is an epic f***tard is futile for me at the moment.

Only if they're bottom-6 guys with term, and ideally bloated cap hits.

But then we'll get to see them fail in the Sullivan method and usage only to go to another team and rebound and be the player we thought we were getting and see utilized as such only to see Sullivan use them like Porter and some of the worst usage in the league for 5yrs running.

 

[Turin]

It was quite obvious management thought our window ended and then we randomly pulled out a 1st overall season in the Metro during a COVID year.

No it’s not.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

This team's not getting fixed, imo. Sully's still here, and the new FO, whomever they end up being, has to find a whole lot of parts for a team that probably had their window close years ago realistically speaking.

This team needs a new scoring line winger for Geno if/when Zucker walks--and if he doesn't, then they still need a scoring line winger for Geno. They need to remove Granlund's awful contract, they need to reshape the bottom-6 (or fill it out with WBS dudes on the cheap to let them learn on the job--genuinely couldn't be as bad as it was last season). They need a partner for Letang if/when Dumo walks, and if he's re-signed, well... Then they're locking into end-of-career Scuderi. They need at least one, arguably two goalies.

And again, Sully's still around, so you know his TOI distribution, line combinations, and usage of guys (like Carter, and Granlund, etc.) to be all f***ed up.

All that being said, they needed to clean house in the FO. They need to follow up by revamping this *entire* scouting dept over the course of the next calendar year or so. Everybody needs to go; pro scouts, amateur scouts, all of 'em. The players this team has keyed in on and targeted in recent years have been f***ing awful, and as much as we all wanted the FO gone, that's just as much an indictment of the scouting crew, probably more so.