In fairness to Hextall, he actually did swing big this summer. The Matheson/Marino Petry/Rutta deals were not small moves at all. And he obviously re-signed everyone which might be a boring thing to have done but he did manage to do it which is not nothing. He had quite a big summer imo.
And still won't be scratched or waived...
Yes a win is a win, and a big win is even better. But if we want to look at it being a 60 minute effort, I am not so sure. TB won the first period 2-1, they won the 3rd period 1-0. If the Pens don't uncharacteristically have a great second period, the game is lost.
He is definitely the best defenseman who has a newborn in the year 2023 that plays LD for the Pens. I can confidently say that. Now I'm sure Pierre would have some other stat about the best D with the name Marcus born under a full moon or something like that.
Well, when you're up by 5 going to the third, You're not going to be pressing the attack as much. I think just keeping Tampa to one goal in the third was fine. You got to understand the game situation, I don't think we wanted to rub it in anymore. Don't forget we got to play these guys Thursday with Vasi being back in.
When Tampa scored with more than 10 minutes left in the third, I was honestly expecting them to turn it into a nail-biter.
Not when you have a shitty defense, despite retooling half of it over the summer, and mediocre goaltending
Buffalo currently has a worse record and 5 guys with 20 and Dahlin has the same 14 as Rust does. Ottawa has a chance to do it.
