NHL Around the NHL 2018-19 V - Pens trade Brassard+ for Bjugstad+

[TCB]

Breaking: Penguins pull Brassard from lineup moments before gametime, trade coming?

Still… something about this seems fishy…
Brassard, who is 31 years old and slated to hit the open market as an unrestricted free agent this upcoming offseason, has been linked to the Edmonton Oilers, Buffalo Sabres, Calgary Flames, Boston Bruins, Winnipeg Jets and Montreal Canadiens in trade chatter in recent weeks.

 

[missingchicklet]

Pens working TB over. 3-0 in the first 9 minutes.

 

[Bruinaura]

3-0 Pittsburgh already.

Those uniforms are hid-eeeee-ous.

 

[Bruinaura]

Lots of crap going on

 

[missingchicklet]

Lots of crap going on

This is going to be a fun one. Letang really got lit up there. 5 on 3 for the Pens.

 

[Olden McGroin]

Malkin throwing some punches, one of the league's biggest cheap shot artists

 

[GloryDaze4877]

Lots of crap going on

Yeah, getting real ugly.

I hate the Pens, but Paquette is an absolute POS. Just ran Letang when he was facing the boards and a dangerous distance away.

 

[GloryDaze4877]

Malkin throwing some punches, one of the league's biggest cheap shot artists

I agree that Malkin is one of the worst “sneaky dirty” players in the NHL.

That said, Paquette is just plain dirty.

 

[Bruinaura]

I agree that Malkin is one of the worst “sneaky dirty” players in the NHL.

That said, Paquette is just plain dirty.

I despise them both lol

 

[Olden McGroin]

I agree that Malkin is one of the worst “sneaky dirty” players in the NHL.

That said, Paquette is just plain dirty.

For sure, he'll pick his spots, like coming up the ice behind the play when the ref isn't looking he'll give you a slash

 

[RussellmaniaKW]

omfg Pierre

 

[RussellmaniaKW]

omfg Pierre

love that Dan Carcillo turned out to be a great dude post-hockey career

 

[Bruinaura]

Malkin and Stamkos "fighting"

 

[ODAAT]

TBay looked awful tonight now with a few late goals

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

Malkin and Stamkos "fighting"

I've always liked Malkin more than Crosby.

But he definitely gets away with a lot and only seems to really fight these types of players. Bergeron, Stamkos....

 

[Salem13]

OHMY LOL at Khudobin between Benn and Sabers bench

 

[Bruinaura]

This Subban show....

 

[WestCoastBruinsFan]

he'd be the best D man on the Bruins and many other teams. He has a legit shot at the Norris this year. I'm not sure what more it takes for him to be a #1

Try playing defense or is that too much?

 

[BourqueFromORRk4277]

keep in mind the Leafs added a big gun in Tavares so it's
Tavares & Muzzin
vs
Carlo

at least until Sweeney gets off his ass and addresses the gaps in this team's lineup that have existed since at least October.

They also lost JVR(30 goal scoring wing), Pleks, and Bozak who had a very good series against us last year, so that evens it up a bit. Although, the latter two probably equal our loss of Nash, and Nash.

Also, hopefully, McAvoy isn't skating on one leg again this year.

 

[BourqueFromORRk4277]

omfg Pierre

Seems like he is just joking around with her. Maybe to calm her nerves since she's going to be on live national TV for the first time as an analyst?

 

[BruinDust]

Seems like he is just joking around with her. Maybe to calm her nerves since she's going to be on live national TV for the first time as an analyst?

She did a pretty good job I thought. Seemed well spoken.

 

[PatriceBergeronFan]

She did a pretty good job I thought. Seemed well spoken.

She tried but randomly stopped mid sentence filled with ums.

Going into a commercial break she asked on mic how she was doing and Millbury or someone said she was doing fine.

Nerves perhaps but the entire thing felt forced. Before 1st intermission I thought they had a teenager on the broadcast for some reason.

It's not an easy job no doubt.

 

[AngryMilkcrates]

Seems like he is just joking around with her. Maybe to calm her nerves since she's going to be on live national TV for the first time as an analyst?

This is the feeling I got. He was not talking down to her(Don't think he meant to at least) but saw she was super nervous and looking around a lot before the camera time, so he was focusing her on the task at hand. Seen bosses do it with new employees, seen coaches do it with new players all the time.

Knowing what I know of Pierre I am willing to give the guy the benefit of the doubt. He's not a jerk.

 

[BMC]

I would think that he just wouldn’t comment at all?

I think that if he was asked and refused to comment that would lead to speculation that there is dissension in the front office and if this guy wants any chance of keeping his job he certainly wouldn't want to be the source of that speculation, at least not publicly.

 

[GloryDaze4877]

I think that if he was asked and refused to comment that would lead to speculation that there is dissension in the front office and if this guy wants any chance of keeping his job he certainly wouldn't want to be the source of that speculation, at least not publicly.

So, if he doesn’t comment, he’s the source of dissension, but when he says he likes the deal, your response was “what’s he supposed to say”?

Sounds like he can’t win in your book regardless of what he does?