26Mats
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Official Tank Thread
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It's going to be a long year
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They don't have a single 'superstar' just a bunch of good hockey players that are big, tough to play against, and care a whole lot.
Probably similar. Nothing wrong with Carlsson and Fantilli. Carlsson needs a real coach and Fantilli decent linemates.
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He's certainly not the player you hope for when you get a top pick, you want to fail for a generational talent.
Just hoping for a franchise 'star' player, for once in my life
26Mats
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Yes, most teams have to draft top 5 multiple years within a 5 to 7 year period to get a generational talent. That's how it was for the caps, pens, oilers, and avs.
habsfan891
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I'm trying to embrace the tank, but it's tough. Would be okay with a little bit more success than what we're seeing right now.
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The Pens certainly made no bones they were going to get Sid no matter what, even sat their good players and goalie to make sure they tanked for Crosby. I hate that franchise so much
HabsCode
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I was to young to remember pre Crosby hockey era (started following NHL with Crosby/Ovechkin debut) but how could Pens have tanked for Crosby, wasn’t 2004-2005 a lockout?
Tabarouette
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it was an unusual lottery but it was still weighted to favor the couple of tankers from the previous seasons
Tkachuk has 2x100pts season and Barkov is one of the best 2 way center in the league. They are ''superstar'' in the league. Reinhart is having another monster season....
HabsCode
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Yeah but I don’t understand the sitting their players and goalie part to tank for a Crosby. I mean they did this in 2003-2004? How could they have predicted it would have an impact on Crosby lottery?
Habs
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Nah. Superstars sell tickets when they come to town. People could care less about either of those two, but they will pay more to see Crosby, McDavid , Ovy.. the league only had a few 'superstars' the rest are just really good players. Barkov isn't marketable, he is a 'star player' but no 'superstar'. I think our opinion of 'superstar' is way different.
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Can’t believe they sacrificed kulture for that. Did the team ever get over it?
Grate n Colorful Oz
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Can’t believe they sacrificed kulture for that. Did the team ever get over it?
You build a winning culture by stacking high end talent that have compete already built into them. N'est-ce pas?
Say what we may to mock the Pens, they've long mastered the art of the tank. They are the tank masters.
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We were 2nd for production from backend last end. That was largely led by Matheson's 60+ points. Matheson has no goals this year yet. But, we also got scoring from Guhle, Savard, Kovacevic & Barron.
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I think most (pundits) refer to the draft-strength as 1st rounders.. this year there seems to be a fairly sizable drop off after top 7.. as such it is considered a weaker draft.. however, for bottom feeding teams like us, we still get the pick of the litter - it just comes down to the late 1st picks. Either way, we're still coming out of this year with a legit top 6. Desperately needed.I keep seeing posts about how the McKenna draft is supposed to be better.
