Waffle Fries
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Cause no one in FA is under 30 unless you wanna blow your load on Stastny
What about the guy we just traded for that shares his birth year?
Cause no one in FA is under 30 unless you wanna blow your load on Stastny
Why isn't Sid allowed to play with guys under 30?
4.5 for Vrbata is hella too much...but I could live with it...
What about the guy we just traded for that shares his birth year?
I feel like Hornqvist will fit in better with Malkin and Kulemin in those lines, and Sid could use a sniper. I really like the sound of Kulemin-Malkin-Hornqvist.
When you see what others will be getting on the market, no it's not. He's a consistent 20 goal, 50 point winger since basically 2007. Those aren't going to be cheap. Hemsky is asking for $5 million or so, so I don't think $4.5 for Vrbata is high at all.
Interesting.
But the change will be cultural, too. And there will be no exceptions, not even Crosby and Malkin. When I asked the people at that table, for example, if Hornqvist could play with Malkin, the unanimous -- and strikingly passionate -- response was that Crosby and Malkin both need to do more to improve their linemates rather than vice versa.
CAPGEEK.COM ARMCHAIR GM ROSTER
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FORWARDS
Nikolai Kulemin ($3.250m) / Evgeni Malkin ($9.500m) / Radim Vrbata ($3.250m)
Chris Kunitz ($3.850m) / Sidney Crosby ($8.700m) / Patric Hornqvist ($4.250m)
Nick Spaling ($1.500m) / Dave Bolland ($4.750m) / Beau Bennett ($0.900m)
Steve Bernier ($0.775m) / David Steckel ($0.750m) / Jack Skille ($0.750m)
Jayson Megna ($0.874m) /
DEFENSEMEN
Kris Letang ($7.250m) / Paul Martin ($5.000m)
Rob Scuderi ($3.375m) / Jeff Schultz ($1.200m)
Robert Bortuzzo ($0.600m) / Simon Despres ($1.200m)
Brian Dumoulin ($0.832m) /
GOALTENDERS
Marc-Andre Fleury ($5.000m)
Jeff Zatkoff ($0.600m)
BURIED
Craig Adams ($0.600m)
LTIR
Olli Maatta ($0.894m)
BONUS OVERAGE
$0
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(estimations for 2014-15)
SALARY CAP: $69,000,000; CAP PAYROLL: $68,755,792; BONUSES: $68,333
CAP SPACE (22-man roster): $244,208
And that's my last one
Let's not bring back Vitale...
The Penguins are optimistic they will eventually sign Fleury to a new deal, but talks with his representatives are unlikely to intensify before the regular season. General manager Jim Rutherford has said he is a fan of Fleury, who has won at least 35 games in six of nine seasons since assuming the No. 1 goalie position.
Fleury, 29, has expressed a strong desire to remain with the Penguins. He currently carries at $5 million salary-cap hit.
Martin, 33, also has a $5 million cap hit — and he was rated by the previous coaching staff as the Penguins' top defenseman the past two seasons.
However, the Penguins believe Martin prefers to test free agency next summer. Also, Rutherford believes it is time to start playing the most NHL-ready among the franchise's crop of top defensive prospects.
“We have the great core with Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, and we'll build around that,” Rutherford said.
We don't want the Horny Kid line
No, Horny will def fit better with Geno IMO too.
He seems like a Kuni 2.0, no point having 2 of em on the same line.
If he's in camp... he's already up, and needs to clear to be sent down. I don't think they can start with him in WBS without having to go through waivers.
Interesting.
But the change will be cultural, too. And there will be no exceptions, not even Crosby and Malkin. When I asked the people at that table, for example, if Hornqvist could play with Malkin, the unanimous -- and strikingly passionate -- response was that Crosby and Malkin both need to do more to improve their linemates rather than vice versa.
I'm so split on that. On one hand, it's absolutely awesome that they want to play the young D full time. Sounds do refreshing compared to the old regime. However, Martin walking would be terrible and I don't want to re-sign Fleury until he proves he can play in the playoffs again.
Sid and Geno need to play better but I disagree strongly with the point that article made. Sid and Geno need more help from their linemates, not the other way around.
I don't want to re-sign Fleury. Luckily it is Rossi writing the article so it's probably BS.
Sid and Geno need to play better but I disagree strongly with the point that article made. Sid and Geno need more help from their linemates, not the other way around.
Sid and Geno need to play better but I disagree strongly with the point that article made. Sid and Geno need more help from their linemates, not the other way around.
But the change will be cultural, too. And there will be no exceptions, not even Crosby and Malkin. When I asked the people at that table, for example, if Hornqvist could play with Malkin, the unanimous -- and strikingly passionate -- response was that Crosby and Malkin both need to do more to improve their linemates rather than vice versa.
That quote is really, really concerning to me. I can't believe that the FO would actually think that way, and let it get out. I'd be interested to hear what more Crosby could've done with Kunitz and Dupuis; was there another Olympic team that Kunitz didn't make?