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That's mostly ok. It's moveable down the line too. Decent enough.
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rex rabidorum vires posted:That's mostly ok. It's moveable down the line too. Decent enough. I assume there is a NMC, but when the Pens climb into the tank that won't likely be an issue, yeah. Guentzel and Jarry are both up next summer. Can't imagine they're going to be able to keep Guentzel if Letang and Malkin both return. Which makes me pretty certain at least one of them won't.
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Getting a ppg winger for $5mil is nice, but how is he gonna look once Crosby and Malkin eventually gently caress off? And the 3-4 years after that
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Probably not great. Much like when he was with Malkin and woops no points. Even as he slows and drops off he'll probably be a useful middle 6 guy. Retain and flip or someone else can always use a winner. He has PK'ed some and his shot/passing has improved tremendously. Idk he's the new Kunitz whatever.
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The Dirty Burger posted:Getting a ppg winger for $5mil is nice, but how is he gonna look once Crosby and Malkin eventually gently caress off? And the 3-4 years after that Like a player on a different team for those tank years. Crosby is around for 3 more years no matter what. After that who knows.
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Mage_Boy posted:Crosby is around for 3 more years no matter what. Or until his next and final hotbrain.  If Malkin wants the moon then the Pens can survive him walking. Letang on the other hand, if it requires 5x8 to re-sign him then do it, when tank time comes you retain half and move him. There is no path to a deep playoff run in the remainder of Crosby's career without Letang. Eric the Mauve fucked around with this message at 02:05 on May 22, 2022 |
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The Dirty Burger posted:Dreger mad about (I assume) Friedman tweeting the details? Because you only have 140 characters or whatever and that takes up space.
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I Demand Integrity in Sports Journalism
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The Dirty Burger posted:Getting a ppg winger for $5mil is nice, but how is he gonna look once Crosby and Malkin eventually gently caress off? And the 3-4 years after that Yeah but who cares how it looks when Crosby is done? It's rebuild time at that point. They'll be bad.
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Why didn’t I get credit for this important news https://twitter.com/DarrenDreger/status/1528165126075039745?s=20&t=pO3wvRCmpTuZD6KYNvcMcQ
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https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1528464941396656130?s=20&t=Rn_czucWl9TNzp6r0cXmsg I don’t think any team should sign players over 35 to multi-year deals but if you’re gonna do it that’s the right amount If it happens someone in the D corps has gotta go. I don’t much care who really. E: Actual numbers: https://twitter.com/dalter/status/1528465988336898054?s=20&t=Rn_czucWl9TNzp6r0cXmsg At that amount sure, go crazy Koopa Kid fucked around with this message at 21:05 on May 22, 2022 |
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https://stanleycupple.nhl.com Stanley Cupple 4/7, 2022-05-22 ⬜️⬜️🟩🟩⬜️⬜️🟩 ⬜️⬜️🟩🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️ ⬜️⬜️🟩🟩⬜️⬜️🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ ⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ ⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ saw this today on the TNT cast and it's kinda fun.
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DO YALL WANT A BOXC posted:https://stanleycupple.nhl.com my brain completely took a poo poo and i forgot what division teams were in. Stanley Cupple 7/7, 2022-05-22 ⬜️⬜️🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️🟩 ⬜️⬜️🟩🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️ ⬜️⬜️🟩🟩⬜️⬜️🟩 ⬜️⬜️🟩🟩⬜️⬜️🟩 ⬜️⬜️🟩🟩⬜️⬜️🟩 ⬜️🟩🟩🟩🟨⬜️🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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I don't like to thread gatekeep, you guys can talk about whatever you want But please god I don't want to be inundated with the loving wordle squares here, too. Please reconsider sharing them, I beg you, go ahead and play the game, but I beg you to reconsider posting scores, I BEG YOU let's nip this in the bud
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goldrush posted:I don't like to thread gatekeep, you guys can talk about whatever you want It's ok, I don't understand wordle either.
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AsInHowe posted:This is fun, and they just started using guys outside of the playoff teams, like today speaking of non-playoff teams, this came up on my feed the other day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXtDvGYtqeI and I really like to see it. didn't know he had it in him that regularly. I would be worried on the reverse hits in the playoffs. he's getting away with those in the regular season since guys aren't going full-speed, but he's gonna get a rep and someone is gonna take his number on it. even bigger hitters still try to avoid incoming ones. I would worry about an injury from trying to counter-hit too much
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goldrush posted:I don't like to thread gatekeep, you guys can talk about whatever you want one million percent this
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I like the Leafs re-signing Gio. A multi-year deal for someone heading into his age-39 season is iffy, but at that price, who cares? Plus, I liked Gio on the Leafs. He's nowhere near the player he was, but he's still a useful defender. He also brings ~veteran presence~. Maybe him and Spezza will give all the boys a good talking to in-between periods. How long will he stay useful? I can't even predict if he'll be useful next season. But I am fine with it.
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rex rabidorum vires posted:Yeah let's just check how Chara did this year in Long Island.... There's a few differences there
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I didn't particularly want Giordano back but at a completely bury-able 800k only a miserable pedant could possibly give a poo poo. The worst thing that could happen is that he sucks and gets played anyway, but that's true of any signing. Keefe was smart enough to banish Ritchie to the 4th line and then the Marlies once it became obvious that he was useless.
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rex rabidorum vires posted:Would that be one of them won a cup? Chara was older, bigger and had more injury history
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I said it when there was rumours of him coming back to Calgary around the trade deadline but Gio is still a good pick for a third pairing guy at that money. He was always in crazy good shape and he’s a decent defender. He just want worth the money and the position Calgary had him at and why I was perfectly fine with Seattle taking him. Leafs got a good deal.
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eXXon posted:I didn't particularly want Giordano back but at a completely bury-able 800k only a miserable pedant could possibly give a poo poo. The worst thing that could happen is that he sucks and gets played anyway, but that's true of any signing. Keefe was smart enough to banish Ritchie to the 4th line and then the Marlies once it became obvious that he was useless. It's a zero risk move. Any team in the league would kill to have him as their 6/7 at $800k.
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Ginette Reno posted:https://twitter.com/TaylorHaasePGH/status/1528521940402585601?s=20&t=XtHY_9vpCTvrzfxJ1iE5wA Letang likes to drink soda. Malkin's car is green.
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ThinkTank posted:It's a zero risk move. Any team in the league would kill to have him as their 6/7 at $800k. My issue with these signings, and Spezza and Simmonds are great recent examples, is that the play of someone in their late 30s can drop from acceptable to unplayable basically any time without warning, and then the coaching staff is faced with the choice of benching a famous, well-liked hometown player. Which they’ve demonstrated is pretty hard for them to evaluate objectively, based on the last couple playoff rosters. It’s absolutely a low risk, high upside deal if the organization is willing to cut them but if they’re not it is an issue if they fall off. People always say the #6 D or #12 forward doesn’t matter but as someone who’s watched bit players put this team in the hole in the playoffs year after year that’s absolutely not true. You don’t need those guys to make huge plays but you absolutely can’t afford to let them bury you, and if Gio loses even half a step that’s exactly what he’ll do. e: and I should clarify I like the signing, but I don’t trust Keefe/Dubas to make the right call if it goes sideways
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eXXon posted:but at a completely bury-able 800k only a miserable pedant could possibly give a poo poo. drat you know rex well
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