BlindWillyMcHurt
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- May 31, 2004
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I'm watching a team that is a few adjustments and a healthy D from being back amongst the best teams in the league.
Oh.
Well... I respect your wildly optimistic opinion. But I can't agree.
If they actually do the right thing and scrap the bloat they created last Summer this Summer... then I'll consider a partial-rebuild that can lead to great things within the realm of possibility. Maatta also has to continue working miracles and come back next season as good as ever. Malkin has to get healthy (lol!) and needs help on his line. The depth lines need an almost full rebuild... especially since most are on one year deals. And the cap is likely going to stay about the same or even be reduced. THEN there is Letang and whatever his situation is.
On top of everything else... the team MUST bring the right people in to make these decisions. None are currently employed by the team and to say that the Penguins have been HIGHLY resistant to meaningful change and quick to find excuses would be a bit of an understatement. AND THEN you have to consider that in order to get a lot of this done... they will have to do some trading. But... with what assets, exactly? And have you seen the FA winger crop? **** City.
So you can at least see where I'm coming from, I hope.