KIRK
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- Aug 2, 2005
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Bull****, the Pens can win a cup just like any other team. Even with Scuderi on the roster, we could afford Jokinen at $3.5 million, Kulemin at $3.25 million, Sutter at $3.5 million, Despres at $1 million and run with:
Kunitz-Crosby-Neal
Jokinen-Malkin-Kulemin
Bennett-Sutter-Dupuis
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Martin-Letang
Maatta-Scuderi
Despres-Bortuzzo
Fleury-Zatkoff
That team would have $5.4 million to fill the 4th line and 3 depth positions. That team has just as good of a shot at the cup as any other team. We can do that with Scuderi on the roster. What if we manage to trade him? It becomes even better. To say we can't win a cup next year is ridiculous.
I'm not even sure they would either want him or he would waive to go to the Islanders. It's not like they're going to be a contender anytime soon. We could still contend with him on the roster.
Sad to think that, on that 'cup caliber roster' Malkin's wingers would be far more likely to do anything to help him in the playoffs than Sid's would be, and, in a bubble, we'd call those two wingers with Sid 'the good ones'.
Oh, by the way, Scuderi doesn't have a FULL NTC. He gets to list like a dozen teams where he won't go. Anywhere else, any say he supposedly had went out the door with Ray Shero.