I love how Sid and “Letang” are elite and Geno and Karl are just good players lol…did Sullivan watch Letang last season? Or is he just basing his comments on which of our core players still listen to him and want him around lol?
100% caught that dig that he put in there
I’m sure Sullivan will advocate for him to keep #71 over mediocre scrub Evgeni Malkin…
Beau could have been something special.
Lose out on 2 1st rounders.
You'd think this guy could make more money in Europe. Couldn't crack the Sharks roster last year. 40 games in the AHL. In fact only 81 NHL games since the '19-'20 season.
Agreed but I think we can say that for just about anyone making sub-$1mil. He's a 30-35pt per 82 player based on stats last year. I am really rooting for him to break out this year but from what I saw in his game, I have doubts. The harsher reality is that there are dozens of 30pt players in the league that will play for sub-$1mil. I think Puustinen will be a fine stop-gap middle-6 winger for us until some of our other younger guys come up - Yager, Pono, Koivunene, Howe, etc. I'm not saying his fate is sealed but I'm suggesting that he is more Simon than Rust/Sheary/Jake.
It's the same thing we've heard and seen play out: "We need to start accruing draft picks and young players for when the core retires. Until then, we will add sensibly priced players to help us be as competitive as we reasonably can be. If we make the playoffs, great. If we don't, oh well but we're not going to go out and buy a playoff slot that might hurt us more in the future"Everyone should just contemplate this quote from the coach, as quoted in this NHL.com story lol…it’s over, people lol
“I think the vision and the direction is crystal clear, as far as what we're trying to accomplish and how we’re trying to go about it," Sullivan said. "We believe that Sid is still playing at such an elite level. Kris Letang is still playing at such an elite level. 'Karl,' 'Geno,' these guys are competitive guys and they're good players.
"We feel like we're in a position where we're trying to surround that core group with what we can to be as competitive as we can be and challenge."
Inside look at Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL.com
Hayes among those added to support Crosby, Malkin, Letang, Karlsson in bid to return to playoffswww.nhl.com
I don't understand how you can call DOC a 3rd liner at best but then turn around and say Puustinen is "very valuable". I mean, that is in STARK contrast to what we saw play out last year.
Lol. Sounds fun to me… but on a serious note I wasn’t very familiar with his situation and if there more to it
He's wants playing time. Winnipeg is telling him to be patient.
