Salary Cap: Pens 2024 Summer Thread: "Thus, knocking us out of these superior numbers when we emerge! Mr. President, we must not allow a non-playoff bound gap!"

[Malkinstheman]

Was the EK trade really that big a risk, though?

I mean... this team sure made it LOOK that way by somehow chopping like 50 points off his totals from just one year prior or whatever and generally looking like they have no idea how to use him. I get that. But it shoulda been a slam dunk. And they traded literally their garbage for it plus a middling first. On the outset I didn't see much risk.

Just getting rid of Rutta+Granlund costs you a 1st. IMO the EK trade had to happen. Hextall f***ed up the team so bad

 

[Gurglesons]

Just getting rid of Rutta+Granlund costs you a 1st. IMO the EK trade had to happen. Hextall f***ed up the team so bad

Granlund just put up 60 in 69.

Rutta was fine.

"but Granlund was on a bad team".

Yeah, he would've been on a bad team here.

 

[Andy99]

Man, I just went through like 6 pages from this morning and it’s all depressing…is anything good happening for the Pens? lol…

 

[Gurglesons]

Man, I just went through like 6 pages from this morning and it’s all depressing…is anything good happening for the Pens? lol…

 

[Sideline]

Man, I just went through like 6 pages from this morning and it’s all depressing…is anything good happening for the Pens? lol…

We haven't done any new dumb stuff

 

[Gurglesons]

We haven't done any new dumb stuff

Yet.

 

[Darren McCord]

Granlund just put up 60 in 69.

Rutta was fine.

"but Granlund was on a bad team".

Yeah, he would've been on a bad team here.

Granlund sucks

He played almost a minute more than Crosby did last year a game. And he go 23 points on their top pp.

He would have been on the second pp here and got like 14-15 min game. He would have been lucky to hit 30 points.

 

[Turin]

Was the EK trade really that big a risk, though?

I mean... this team sure made it LOOK that way by somehow chopping like 50 points off his totals from just one year prior or whatever and generally looking like they have no idea how to use him. I get that. But it shoulda been a slam dunk. And they traded literally their garbage for it plus a middling first. On the outset I didn't see much risk.

I can’t for the life of me understand why anybody would think that was a bad trade. Jeff Petry alone would have cost that 1st to dump lol

 

[Gurglesons]

Granlund sucks

He played almost a minute more than Crosby did last year a game. And he go 23 points on their top pp.

He would have been on the second pp here and got like 14-15 min game. He would have been lucky to hit 30 points.

Yeah why would we want a powerplay specialist..?

 

[Darren McCord]

Yeah why would we want a powerplay specialist..?

Ya for sure let’s get the one who put up 0 pp points in 21 games with the pens. Maybe he would have assisted on Harkins only goal on the season if we put them both on the top pp

Your grasping at straws

 

[Gurglesons]

Ya for sure let’s get the one who put up 0 pp points in 21 games with the pens.

Your grasping at straws

Wonder what the issue there is.................

 

[OnMyOwn]

Man, I just went through like 6 pages from this morning and it’s all depressing…is anything good happening for the Pens? lol…

I got on here and saw a bunch of new pages…only to see it’s the same few posters saying the same things a hundred times haha. I started just scrolling until I saw twitter links instead of reading the back and forth.

 

[Darren McCord]

Wonder what the issue there is.................

A coach who sucks and an awful GM who traded for a 2nd for a guy who had no value without talking to his own coach.

 

[HandshakeLine]

No problem, it's only like $13 at Denny's.

Thanks Obama

 

[Malkinstheman]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1806401023159734418

Dallas adding Guentzel would be nuts. Instant cup favourites

 

[Gurglesons]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1806401023159734418

Dallas adding Guentzel would be nuts. Instant cup favourites

Removing Suter made them one lol.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

I'll never forget going to a Denny's somewhere outside of Pittsburgh while being VERY hungover and listening to the corpulent couple one table over from ours tell the waiter how much more they liked it here than the one in Cranberry because the portions were so much bigger and could his wife please have a chocolate sundae to top things off with more hot fudge than ice cream.

Murica.

 

[HandshakeLine]

I'll never forget going to a Denny's somewhere outside of Pittsburgh while being VERY hungover and listening to the corpulent couple one table over from ours tell the waiter how much more they liked it here than the one in Cranberry because the portions were so much bigger and could his wife please have a chocolate sundae to top things off with more hot fudge than ice cream.

Murica.

Tbf Cranberry is a septic pig’s anus. Good thing we moved the practices there.

 

[Deport Ogie]

Tbf Cranberry is a septic pig’s anus. Good thing we moved the practices there.

I like being near Cranberry without being IN Cranberry. Eff the general populace there but it is handy for a number of things.

 

[Gurglesons]

I'll never forget going to a Denny's somewhere outside of Pittsburgh while being VERY hungover and listening to the corpulent couple one table over from ours tell the waiter how much more they liked it here than the one in Cranberry because the portions were so much bigger and could his wife please have a chocolate sundae to top things off with more hot fudge than ice cream.

Murica.

Don't let those people know about Hoss's.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Don't let those people know about Hoss's.

They looked more like Golden Corral fans, to me.

Cracker Barrel on Sundays when they're feelin' fancy.

 

[Jag68Sid87]

Guentzel is not a secondary scorer. The Stars have plenty of scoring. Florida's secondary and tertiary scoring also dried up against Edmonton. It is the playoffs. That happens.

The main reason why Dallas lost to Edmonton is because they made life way too comfortable for McDavid and Draisaitl. They are nowhere near gritty enough.

To that end, rumors of them adding William Carrier, who played for DeBoer in Vegas, makes a ton of sense.

 

[Gurglesons]

Guentzel is not a secondary scorer. The Stars have plenty of scoring. Florida's secondary and tertiary scoring also dried up against Edmonton. It is the playoffs. That happens.

The main reason why Dallas lost to Edmonton is because they made life way too comfortable for McDavid and Draisaitl. They are nowhere near gritty enough.

To that end, rumors of them adding William Carrier, who played for DeBoer in Vegas, makes a ton of sense.

what is he?

 

[Turin]

Guentzel is not a secondary scorer. The Stars have plenty of scoring. Florida's secondary and tertiary scoring also dried up against Edmonton. It is the playoffs. That happens.

The main reason why Dallas lost to Edmonton is because they made life way too comfortable for McDavid and Draisaitl. They are nowhere near gritty enough.

To that end, rumors of them adding William Carrier, who played for DeBoer in Vegas, makes a ton of sense.

Agreed. They were baby poop soft

 

[Empoleon8771]

I don't think $4 million a year for Domi is "bad" but I don't know why you'd ever give him a 4 year term.

With that being said, Domi for 4 years at $4 million is a deal I'd hate a lot less than a bunch of other UFA moves this team could make. I'd like that Domi deal to be the Penguins 3C a hell of a lot more than paying Wennberg $3+ million over 4 years.