Salary Cap: Pens '24-'25 Salary Thread: The Crosbicles Volume XIX

[Big Friggin Dummy]

I don't think FSG even thought they had a chance at Dubas when they extended Sullivan. The extension certainly has nothing to do with Dubas' power to fire Sullivan if he wishes. I'm sure FSG doesn't want to pay out all that money. But they have to be smart enough to put in his contract that it's void if he's hired elsewhere. At least you would think.
And as we've seen, people in the hockey world are enamored with Sullivan.

I don't think money's the issue. Sullivan's owed like $17M or something isn't he? That's something like 0.001% of FSG's collective net worth.

The real problem is they don't know shit about hockey, don't care about the team beyond having something else in their portfolio, and figured they were getting a hockey prodigy in Dubas who would handle everything for them when in reality he's just a dipshit.

 

[Pancakes]

Speaking of Dubas DK claims that KD was in Montreal watching Habs vs Blues last night.

Lebrun did say earlier this week that Montreal was looking to add to their roster.

 

[Darren McCord]

Speaking of Dubas DK claims that KD was in Montreal watching Habs vs Blues last night.

Lebrun did say earlier this week that Montreal was looking to add to their roster.

Only player of value we hasn’t they might want is probably eller

 

[Sideline]

Speaking of Dubas DK claims that KD was in Montreal watching Habs vs Blues last night.

Lebrun did say earlier this week that Montreal was looking to add to their roster.

Dubas is on Canada's 4 Nations staff. He was probably scouting Binnington.

 

[Gurglesons]

Speaking of Dubas DK claims that KD was in Montreal watching Habs vs Blues last night.

Lebrun did say earlier this week that Montreal was looking to add to their roster.

If they are going to keep Sullivan, which seems like fact since he wasn't fired today.. they better start selling off players before they get injured ala Jake last year / Rust already..

Plus as we are seeing with Bunting. The longer you let the Sullivan stink get on a player the lower their value will go.

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I mean all of this was reported. Dubas got fired because he couldn't manage up, wanted full control and kept going behind Shanahan's back and asking for it. Then he had a presser where he came across as dimwit and had the audacity to go back to Shanahan and say he needed more money to stay in Toronto.

Honestly, Dubas' handling of his contract negotiations in Toronto was pretty much exactly how he's handled every other professional situation with his two GM jobs. Completely contradicting narratives and very little foresight.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Just for shits and giggles, keeping up with this team's performance through 20 games this season versus the previous two.

2022-23: 10-7-3, 72 GF, 65 GA
2023-24: 10-10-0, 61 GF, 52 GA
2024-25: 3-6-1, 30 GF, 43 GA thus far

 

[DearDiary]

Speaking of Dubas DK claims that KD was in Montreal watching Habs vs Blues last night.

Lebrun did say earlier this week that Montreal was looking to add to their roster.

Dubas also skipped the Pens/Habs game and flew over to watch the Sens/Kings

 

[BusinessGoose]

Just for shits and giggles, keeping up with this team's performance through 20 games this season versus the previous two.

2022-23: 10-7-3, 72 GF, 65 GA
2023-24: 10-10-0, 61 GF, 52 GA
2024-25: 3-6-1, 30 GF, 43 GA thus far

Obvious reaction #1:

Just for shits and giggles, keeping up with this team's performance through 20 games this season versus the previous two.

2022-23: 10-7-3, 72 GF, 65 GA
2023-24: 10-10-0, 61 GF, 52 GA
2024-25: 3-6-1, 30 GF, 43 GA thus far

Obvious reaction #2:

Dubas also skipped the Pens/Habs game and flew over to watch the Sens/Kings

I mean, would YOU watch a pens game?

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Just for shits and giggles, keeping up with this team's performance through 20 games this season versus the previous two.

2022-23: 10-7-3, 72 GF, 65 GA
2023-24: 10-10-0, 61 GF, 52 GA
2024-25: 3-6-1, 30 GF, 43 GA thus far

The fact the offense is just as shitty as last year's (pace) but the defense has gotten much, much worse is hilarious to me.

Yep, but coaching isn't the issue. Nope.

 

[Andy99]

It’s a sad day when Stefan Noesen has more goals than Geno and Sid combined lol…

 

[Darren McCord]

It’s a sad day when Stefan Noesen has more goals than Geno and Sid combined lol…

ZAR has more goals than crosby

 

[BusinessGoose]

ZAR has more goals than crosby

I have more goals than Crosby

 

[Empoleon8771]

I never want to see Crosby play for another team, but I'm honestly almost sad that they re-signed him simply because they won't nuke the team like it should be nuked as long as he's here. There's still this idea of owing it to Crosby to keep the team competitive when they should just firmly burn it down and trade anyone of value they can.

This team doesn't have many valuable players right now, because so many guys on this team just have ugly deals. I'd love for them to trade Rust and Rakell for picks, but are many teams taking on a 31/32 year old player with 3.5 years left? I'm unsure of that. I think Rust would be an easier guy to get a good return for, but that deal lasting until he's 36 is pretty gross. Bunting would bring back a nice return if he wasn't playing like liquid garbage, but he is.

Pettersson is really the only guy that seems to have any worthwhile value right now. Malkin would if they'd trade him, but they won't trade him. It just stinks to be a rebuilding team with a bunch of bloated contracts that you can't really get many assets for even if you wanted to move them.