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Bottom 6 can’t score? Hextall is going to trade for Patrick Kane so that the top 6 can score even more goals to make up for it
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Eric the Mauve posted:I agree there are defensive issues, mainly springing from the fact the team has for years systematically gotten rid of the kind of fast puck moving dmen that work best in Sullivan's system and stocked up on the exact opposite kind of dmen. But this looked like a struggle-for-the-8-seed roster going into the season and, lo and behold, they're struggling for the 8 seed. Bad coaching is not the problem here, extreme age and egregious lack of depth are the problems here. Honestly everyone they've brought back with the exception of Letang and maybe Rust have been good to great. It's all the other moves that are killing them. Petry and Rutta for Marino and Matheson was the most sideways move. And the whole bottom six sucks. And their goaltending hasn't been good enough. And special teams are killing them. Just a lot of holes. Down to just +2 goal differential. Gonna be minus after playing the Oilers I imagine.
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Feb 21, 2023 03:58
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I live in daily dread of what feels like the inevitable trade of four draft picks and Ty Smith for Patrick Kane, as Burke/Hextall belatedly scramble to save their jobs and Kane is the splashiest name they can snag with the meager futures capital they have to offer. Once it happens, I can then live in daily dread of the Penguins finishing 11th in the conference and the Blackhawks owning two Bedard lottery tickets.
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Feb 21, 2023 03:58
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The Dirty Burger posted:Bottom 6 can’t score? Hextall is going to trade for Patrick Kane so that the top 6 can score even more goals to make up for it Not if Kane plays in the bottom 6! :Head tapping guy meme: (I do not want Kane anywhere near the Pens)
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Feb 21, 2023 03:59
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Rust in the bottom 6 is not a terrible solution for the issues at hand but good god, we really need a Mikael Backlund/Jordan Staal-esque 3C who can eat those lovely minutes more than anything.
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Feb 21, 2023 04:01
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Taking a team that thrived on speed and then slowing it down with even less capable players in the bottom 6 and the defense has done wonders. I look forward to more of the same.
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Feb 21, 2023 04:01
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If there's one thing the Penguins need more than anything right now, it's for Brian Dumoulin to stop playing for them.
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Feb 21, 2023 04:01
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rex rabidorum vires posted:Taking a team that thrived on speed and then slowing it down with even less capable players in the bottom 6 and the defense has done wonders. I look forward to more of the same. Definitely has all the feel of him doing something really boring at the deadline.
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Feb 21, 2023 04:07
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Pens should trade for Jack Rathbone
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Feb 21, 2023 04:27
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must be annoying to be a GM for a team like Buffalo that has SIX games in hand on Florida and the Islanders and needs to decide what they're doing at the deadline
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Feb 21, 2023 04:37
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Sabres have a tough schedule coming up, lotta good teams and only a few cupcakes.
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Feb 21, 2023 04:44
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gently caress the penguins tho
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Feb 21, 2023 13:20
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grack posted:Pens should trade for Jack Rathbone The latest example of a Canuck prospect having a tough three game stretch and management deciding to end his career as a result.
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Feb 21, 2023 13:43
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Chad Sexington posted:gently caress the penguins tho
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Chad Sexington posted:gently caress the penguins tho
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Feb 21, 2023 14:09
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secret volcano lair posted:must be annoying to be a GM for a team like Buffalo that has SIX games in hand on Florida and the Islanders and needs to decide what they're doing at the deadline Kevyn Adams seems to be leaning toward doing nothing because he doesn’t want to break up the vibez. Then again, their blue line is pretty thin so trading for a defenseman wouldn’t hurt. I wouldn’t say Jacob Bryson or Ilya Lyubushkin have particularly strong vibes. They have a lot of good prospects but idk if he would be willing to sacrifice any of them for the possibility of immediate success. SilvergunSuperman posted:Sabres have a tough schedule coming up, lotta good teams and only a few cupcakes. I made a post about this earlier but they’d have to win like 2/3 of their remaining games and almost all of them are against good teams in the East. They won the last two thankfully so they’d have to win about 18 of their remaining 28 games. It’ll be tough but the fact that they are even still in the running in late February is a huge improvement over the past decade. Some fans will be bummed if they miss the playoffs but this was always meant to be another development year, the playoffs would just be the icing on the cake.
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Feb 21, 2023 14:50
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secret volcano lair posted:must be annoying to be a GM for a team like Buffalo that has SIX games in hand on Florida and the Islanders and needs to decide what they're doing at the deadline Buffalo isn't good enough to be buyers at the deadline, but is playing well enough that they shouldn't be sellers either. They have a great future and a long window but this season they're competing with a bunch of bad teams for the last wild card spot with a tough schedule. Nobody they add is going to put them in a position to beat Boston. If they make any moves, it should be a lateral one that shores up depth for this and next season. Detroit is in a tough spot because they're in the race too, with an equally tough schedule, and have to decide between selling Bertuzzi or holding on to try to make the playoffs. There's a real risk of losing him for nothing, but we also don't need more depth players, we need top end talent, and there might not be anything better coming back than a 2nd round pick.
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Feb 21, 2023 15:08
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Detroit should figure out what they are doing with Larkin before they do anything else. If he isn't staying then letting him walk for free would be awful asset management Edit: rip my duckey av 
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Feb 21, 2023 15:19
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HE'S STAYING gently caress YOU LALALALALALA
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Feb 21, 2023 15:23
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Chad Sexington posted:gently caress the penguins tho
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Feb 21, 2023 15:46
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BRAKE FOR MOOSE posted:Buffalo isn't good enough to be buyers at the deadline, but is playing well enough that they shouldn't be sellers either. They have a great future and a long window but this season they're competing with a bunch of bad teams for the last wild card spot with a tough schedule. Nobody they add is going to put them in a position to beat Boston. If they make any moves, it should be a lateral one that shores up depth for this and next season. Any buying Buffalo does would be to help them just make the playoffs at all. I don’t think anyone believes they could win a series but just ending the drought would be a huge accomplishment.
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Feb 21, 2023 16:24
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fawning deference posted:This but the Devils and the Rangers It's really annoying that pretty much no matter what the Devils do for the rest of the season they could still make their season a complete disaster in the first round of the playoffs.
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Feb 21, 2023 17:00
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A really weird take on a team that has been in the playoffs one (1) time in the last 10 years
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Feb 21, 2023 17:07
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I mean it would suck, but that's like saying the 2005-2006 Rangers season was a disaster, it would be great just to get back in with a team that looks like it's entering a long window of contention.
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Feb 21, 2023 17:09
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Losing to the Rangers in the playoffs would be such a giant helping of poo poo that it would really make me forget the rest of the season. (On the other hand they could win that series too)
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Feb 21, 2023 17:10
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mcmagic posted:It's really annoying that pretty much no matter what the Devils do for the rest of the season they could still make their season a complete disaster in the first round of the playoffs. The contrast between DAS coming out of their rebuild this year vs RAS last year is hilarious. Are you just expecting a hall pass out of the first round?
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Feb 21, 2023 17:10
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mcmagic posted:Losing to the Rangers in the playoffs would be such a giant helping of poo poo that it would really make me forget the rest of the season. (On the other hand they could win that series too) it really has been a long time since you've made the playoffs. this is big time Loser Mindset. you gotta go in and hope that, even if you lose, Miles Wood or whoever brains one of our players and causes us to lose in the next round. no risk it no biscuit baby
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Feb 21, 2023 17:13
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Matt Zerella posted:The contrast between DAS coming out of their rebuild this year vs RAS last year is hilarious. Are you just expecting a hall pass out of the first round? Nah. i could deal with losing to any team other than the Rangers. I have too many ranger shitheads that I have to interreact with irl.
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Feb 21, 2023 17:15
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ThinkTank posted:The latest example of a Canuck prospect having a tough three game stretch and management deciding to end his career as a result. It's pretty clear that Rathbone is never going to get a shot with the Canucks, and he would be a legitimately good piece for the Pens. It'll never happen, though.
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Feb 21, 2023 17:16
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Devil's are in the learn to win via losing phase of team building
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DO YALL WANT A BOXC posted:it really has been a long time since you've made the playoffs. this is big time Loser Mindset. you gotta go in and hope that, even if you lose, Miles Wood or whoever brains one of our players and causes us to lose in the next round. no risk it no biscuit baby Hell, they may even be able to concuss someone like Panarin and sneak by completely undeservedly
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Feb 21, 2023 17:19
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Jamwad Hilder posted:I think it's Jonathan Cheechoo El Gallinero Gros posted:C'mon. Both are good answers. Jacques Richard had 160 goals in his career, and 52 in one season. His GPG for his career is 0.29 Cheechoo had 170 goals in his career, and 56 in one season. His GPG for his career is 0.34. Leeman had 199 goals in his career, and 51 in one season. His GPG for his career is 0.30. For me, Cheechoo and Leeman at least had other seasons where they scored 30 goals (Cheechoo did it once, and Leeman did it twice). Richard only hit 27 one other time, and the rest of his goal totals are under 20. I have been thinking about who is the most anonymous 40-goal scorer. And, for guys this century, it may be Brad Boyes. Kulemin may be the answer for most anonymous 30-goal scorer this century. There's too many players before 2000 to consider. Twin Cinema fucked around with this message at 17:26 on Feb 21, 2023 |
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DO YALL WANT A BOXC posted:it really has been a long time since you've made the playoffs. this is big time Loser Mindset. you gotta go in and hope that, even if you lose, Miles Wood or whoever brains one of our players and causes us to lose in the next round. no risk it no biscuit baby You have the guy who tries to hand out concussions on your team my man.
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Good Soldier Svejk posted:Hell, they may even be able to concuss someone like Panarin and sneak by completely undeservedly i know! this rules when it happens. this used to be Devils' Whole Thing. how quickly they forget...
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Feb 21, 2023 17:26
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Jacob Trouba is a saint
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Feb 21, 2023 17:26
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The money play is Wood torpedoing Shesterkin.
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Feb 21, 2023 17:27
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Rotten Cookies posted:Jacob Trouba is a saint So is Mother Teresa.
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Feb 21, 2023 17:28
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mcmagic posted:Losing to the Rangers in the playoffs would be such a giant helping of poo poo that it would really make me forget the rest of the season. (On the other hand they could win that series too) You really need to stop letting us know how much it’s going to bother you if the Rangers beat your team because I’m going to be even more unbearable. Honestly the Devils have little to really complain about, great season, great outlook for the future, the constant hand-wringing and doomposting is really pathetic but that’s fandom I suppose!
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Feb 21, 2023 17:33
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WeaponX posted:You really need to stop letting us know how much it’s going to bother you if the Rangers beat your team because I’m going to be even more unbearable. At least you can go in assuming you're going to win before you lose.
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Yeah leave the doomposting to the experts, the Penguins fans
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