He might have been hired to lead a rebuild, but the star player on the team don't want to rebuild so...
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WeThreeKings
Demidov is a HAB
Kyle Dubas is just John Chayka with a better PR team.
red devil
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WeThreeKings
Demidov is a HAB
No idea why another team didn't outbid them on that... gonna turn in another Forsling here.
Pompeius Magnus
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Certainly not a huge risk to take, unless he's got a terrible attitude. Not 3 years ago he was one of the maybe 10 top Dmen prospects around.
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salbutera
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John Henry made it clear when he bought the Pens, Crosby would never be traded and retire a Penguin. Dubas reiterated the same when he was named Prez.
Crosby, Ovy… same battle, both are seen as franchise saviours
le_sean
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Yeah but you can sell the players around them. Malkin doesn’t have much left, Letang. They could have got Crosby some youth.
salbutera
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That would royally piss off Crosby which defeats the entire mandate
In the not very distant future the Penguins will repeat their historical cycle of being a lottery team and somehow getting the next Crosby.
le_sean
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Then Sid doesn’t really care about winning I guess. He’s done it twice which seems to be enough for him.
salbutera
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Pens on their way to Make Beliefs 2.0
Sid’s departure would have a devastating effect to the org, business comes first - they can slowly acclimatize their fanbase into accepting the next rebuild once Crosby reitres …. until then they can keep milking the cow.
JianYang
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Perhaps there is a handshake agreement that if the penguins start selling off these old dogs around Crosby that he will also explore other options.
A contract extension alone does not rule out the possibility IMO that Crosby may finish his career on another club or clubs.
I didn’t follow the draft that closely this year
I seem to remember hearing that Cole Hutson was going to be a top pick this year and he went late in the second
Same concerns as his brother?
I seem to remember hearing that Cole Hutson was going to be a top pick this year and he went late in the second
Same concerns as his brother?
#2 used to be the backup number in some of the eastern european countries in the 80's.
First time I saw Hasek playing for the national team, cirka 1985, he wore #2.
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the Pens wanted a GM that could sell em snake oil that they were still a playoff team. They're stuck on that Bergevin Mediocrity loop.
We should try acquiring one of their first round picks. The bubble will likely burst within the next 3 years.
Dubas was pretty visibly out of his depth in Toronto. He leaned really hard into analytics, and I agree to a point. There is much more analytics data available for the regular season, and most analytics guys try to use as much data as possible, so they end up going with the hypothesis that someone who is good in the regular season will be good in the playoffs and any data to the contrary is a sample size problem.
He seems like a nice guy, and I guess we'll find out if he's a smart guy. The Leafs organization is sufficiently dysfunctional, controlling, and dramatic that it's tough to say how badly Dubas did. The team looks good on paper and in the regular season.
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I was so hyped on him when he was drafted. I'm actually a bit surprised that no one was interested in trading for him.
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Boqvist will never be a player you can match up against top lines like Forsling. He's good offensively but brings little else to the table. Good situation for him in Florida though. He might play bottom pairing and take some of Montour's and OEL's PP minutes.
WeThreeKings
Demidov is a HAB
Nobody thought Forsling could do that either. There was a reason why he was put on waivers. Boqvist has enough pedigree and traits to have a similar development arc.
Scintillating10
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3 times. Loyalty seems to be big with him. Sometimes people believe their team better than it is
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