He wouldn't be wrong, but how do they fix it? I'm not sure the PP lineup adjustments will work well enough. I also don't know what kind of powerplay player would be available, they desperately need a sniper or a quality crease player.
I like when a team rebuilds, just means the they are closer to becoming a great team in the future again. Why Bob Nutting never has any success with the Pirates at all.. Does not understand PNC park was built for MLB fans to enjoy good baseball. He loves his money more than baseball and the fans at some point are just not going to show up anymore.People act like the rebuild is gonna be agony. As if this team hasn't been borderline unwatchable for like 70% of their games over the past handful of years.
Gimme that zero expectations, underdog shit while we watch the progress and development of genuine top tier prospects over this slow, death by attrition of the era 11 times out of 10.
They are reliable source sometimes... I think it is time to trade Malkin, Geuntzel for cap reasons and maybe Erik Karlsson for cap reasons... These guy cannot get it done on this kind of team anymore.
We all heard that Geno and Letang rejected Hextall’s initial offers too. This is all part of the negotiating process. Dubas gives his initial offer — which is never his max offer — Guentzel and his camp counter and they move from there.
They were forcing Karlsson in the first half of the season to play on the first unit because of who he is, but after 46 games, clearly it's not working. I think just by flipping Karlsson with Letang, Pitt would have more than 51 points right now. With a decent powerplay, this team could have easily 60 points right now.
Jesse Marshall was on the Locked On Penguins podcast yesterday discussing the PP and he’s a big proponent of the theory that the structure is the problem…sure, he says Dallas plays the same umbrella the Pens do but Hintz takes over and moves in the slot and the rest of the players (mostly younger) move around so that there are options to shoot from everywhere but that the presence of Hintz in the slot, where he will shoot, opens up other lanes…short of having someone who can do that really well and a lot of movement by others, the Pens should move from an umbrella to a 2-1-2, which puts three guys down low…he says the Pens biggest problem w their umbrella is that the half wall and top guys get easily trapped by aggressive PKs these days and they can’t get the puck down low…the change in structure would help that…he puts this on the coaches mostly
The only difference would be 58 and 71 playing hot potato at the blueline with the puck instead of EK and 71 playing hot potato at the blueline with the puck. Either way, we end up with an lot
You’re saying the same thing as I am. This system won 2 Cups but they don’t have the players to execute it anymore.
Their PP was 14th last season and the PK was 16th.
The most rewarding things in life take blood, sweat and tears to achieve. It isn't supposed to be fun and easy.
How does that mean good as gone? He rejected 6 years, lots of room left on the negotiation table to get to 8 years (which Jake rightfully deserves). Not sure how it's surprising he would reject a 6 year deal.
We're not, but we're close. I just think that it's time to completely dispense with the pretense that this team can play this system with roster changes. It's totally impossible even for Sid to play this system for 82 games now, and he's the only one who could probably do it. I'm also not a fan of the system in the abstract either, but that's because I'm not a fan of this low-event hockey; I like physicality and goals and agitation, and I'll admit it's not everyone's taste.
post on your main, dude.
