ZeroPucksGiven
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OT: Around the NHL - Summer Edition
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Vejmelka for Vezina
Amazing what J.S. Giguire, coaching a stacked Red Wings roster, and then coaching the world's top Olympic talent will do for a coach's reputation . . .
For the record, I do think he's a good coach. However, the game has caught up to him and he doesn't see the need to adjust. So...
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Not much of a cap guy, but I don’t think they have space to add a league minimum guy even.
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Vejmelka for Vezina
He probably realizes that, being 40 and everything, few teams are interested in him and that league minimum is all he can get.
EDIT: misread your question, and wow... the Sharks don't even have the cap to sign him for that little.
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Vejmelka for Vezina
He trotted out Frederik Gauthier - he of 6(!) career goals - when his team was down a couple goals in the 3rd period of Game 7 against Boston. That's the scenario where you shorten the bench and ride your horses.
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Well that was inevitable, I guess. I wonder how short DeBoer’s leash is if results don’t improve
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Big Friggin Dummy
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Watching pretty much any team in any game around the league and it's immediately made apparent just how far behind the Penguins are. Roster-wise, style-wise, quality-wise.
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I know injuries are a factor, especially in Geno's case, but this team's been circling the drain and getting worse for a while. This was always a possibility with the amount of turnover and new guys, coupled with the preexisting problematic players on the roster already.
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The Pens should not be this bad, though. Yes, the roster has issues, but too often it's the execution (or lack of) and effort that's killing this team.
Are they a Cup contender as currently constructed? No. But, IMO, there's enough decent pieces that they should at least be capable of looking like a middle of the pack team. Right now they look like a lottery pick is in their near future.
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A lottery pick is way better than the alternative, which is "middle of the pack, barely miss or barely make the playoffs only to get embarrassed".
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We just need this.....
2020 NHL Mock Draft & Simulator | Tankathon
Edit: clicking on it again took away the Pens winning lottery for Lafreniere
If we dont make playoffs and end up with him or Byfield, etc? Would be well worth it.
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I clicked it once, had the Pens winning.Not only would getting 1OA be amazing, the hockey world would implode.
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Not only would getting 1OA be amazing, the hockey world would implode.
Haha....HF would finally crash for good. Riots in Philly, New York...and so on.
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