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How long will it take for Yzerman to actually be on the hot seat? Detroit looks like a flaming pile of garbage ...
 
BallardEra said:
Pens can't hang with the good teams. They're in deep trouble this season.
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Their fans seem to get this, but seemingly nobody else can see that the Pens can only beat bad teams. (They've beaten Detroit, Montreal, and Buffalo, and they need OT to beat Buffalo.) Their defense has been abominable. It might be the second worst in hockey behind the Sharks. I can't tell if it's early or if Letang's play has fallen off a cliff long-term, but he's been terrible.
 
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wickedwitch said:
Their fans seem to get this, but seemingly nobody else can see that the Pens can only beat bad teams. (They've beaten Detroit, Montreal, and Buffalo, and they need OT to beat Buffalo.) Their defense has been abominable. It might be the second worst in hockey behind the Sharks. I can't tell if it's early or if Letang's play has fallen off a cliff long-term, but he's been terrible.
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Crosby and Malkin both need good solid wingers to do the heavy lifting for them at this point in their careers.

Pens don't really have those types of players at the moment and it won't get easier for Crosby at 37 and Malkin at 38 as they get older.

Letang has fallen off especially in the defensive zone for a couple of years now.
 
Pens also have a terrible prospect pool. All their prospects they hyped have busted recently too.
 
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wickedwitch said:
He needs to do just enough so that the Pens make bad deals at the deadline in an attempt to make the playoffs.
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I read an article the other day about how genius the Karlsson trade was for Dubas. What a bizarre take - that losing a first rounder to get an overpaid player and miss the playoffs is somehow a triumph. Of their past 12 first rounders, this was the 8th they traded away.

Meanwhile the Capitals are swimming in homegrown first round talent that is either on the roster now or soon to be. Of course that doesn't stop the Canadian media narrative that the Capitals have sacrificed everything to get Ovie the goals record.
 
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Midnight Judges said:
I read an article the other day about how genius the Karlsson trade was for Dubas. What a bizarre take - that losing a first rounder to get an overpaid player and miss the playoffs is somehow a triumph. Of their past 12 first rounders, this was the 8th they traded away.

Meanwhile the Capitals are swimming in homegrown first round talent that is either on the roster now or soon to be. Of course that doesn't stop the Canadian media narrative that the Capitals have sacrificed everything to get Ovie the goals record.
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Caps coverage has always been painfully ignorant, the goals record has taken it to the next level.

I guess the Caps will forever be a small market team with no coverage, not even the GOAT goal scorer could change that.
 
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I hate Carolina! Despite being an inaugural season ticket holder. That is the enemy this year!
 
DWGie26 said:
I hate Carolina! Despite being an inaugural season ticket holder. That is the enemy this year!
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Been watching this game and the teams are like evenly matched. Seems like there is no one dominant team at the start of the season.
 
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