I'm actually surprised Reilly Smith is doing as well as he has for the Pen's this year.
He was by far the worst player on Vegas against the Oilers last year.
Don't trade with Vegas is my recommendation. They're very good at insulating and identifying dead weight after it has served its purpose.
I wouldn't touch anyone Vegas is offering with a 10 foot pole because how they play for you will not be the same as how they play for Vegas.
Where as In Pittsburg players tend to play worse once arriving and better after leaving.
Karlsson, Graves, Eler, Accarai, Smith, Petri, Rackel to name a few recent ones.
After leaving McCann, Tanev, Rodriguez, Blueger, DJSmith, Matheson
How is Sidney Crosby having a career year?
But to the point of this, their PP is awful. Somehow their defense is good and offense is putrid
Smith is almost assuredly going to be traded. I believe the team should trade Guentzel as well and start a rebuild with the large package he would bring back.
Team isn’t good enough to win anything or, hell, even make the playoffs it looks like.
With their age, this was inevitable to happen. It is what it is. Not sure why we are so surprised by this and continue to make threads on it. The Penguins went on a run that 99% of the other teams in the league are jealous of. Now they get to feel the pain of going for it all those years.
They haven't won a round in 6 years.....have played and lost the same way for all six of those years .
This ain't new
What I meant by career year is he is on pace for 50 goals ......coaches could be expected to do......instead of his apologists putting an aging Sid as a poor me for Sullivan.
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Right lol. Crosby is having a stellar year for a 36 year old but not even close to a career season. If crosby was in his prime the Pens would be in the playoffs
Ok....he's not in his prime.....but he has scored 50 goals in a season once......he has been on pace for again this season.
Yet his team is no better than when he score 30.
And ya can't fire the players......apparently in Pittsburg you can't fire the coach either ......so losing becomes acceptable .