WayneSid9987
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He is a young Patric HornqvistLetang played the two on one fine.
Beyond getting out of the way entirely, there isn’t an objectively bad way to play a two on one with players that good. If you don’t get lucky, it’s a great scoring chance either way.
And I knew people wouldn’t crap on Tanev. There were a good amount of Tanev jerseys at his return to Winnipeg and the crowd still loved him. He’s just the prototypical fan favourite, and it’s impossible to describe him to people who aren’t familiar with him. Guys who can fly and be responsible and make a play now and then are always valuable.
If Bjugstad's bland, 95% of the league is bland and it thus becomes a meaningless designation.
I think this team needs to move at least 2 players, because the young guys are showing they deserve to be playing right now and they can't even be up in the NHL with a healthy roster. The Penguins have almost no roster flexibility, they have 21 skaters who require waivers in the NHL and the Penguins don't usually waive NHLers. You need to move a few of those guys so you have roster spots/expanded roles for guys like Lafferty, Marino, Simon and ZAR.
When healthy, the Penguins appear to have something like this right now:
Guentzel-Crosby-Simon
Galchenyuk-Malkin-Rust
McCann-Bjugstad-Hornqvist
ZAR-Blueger-Tanev
Kahun-Lafferty
Dumoulin-Letang
Pettersson-Schultz
Johnson-Marino
Riikola-Gudbranson
Ruhwedel
You only need a little bit of cap space, so moving Gudbranson is probably more than enough for what you need. However, you still need to move 1 extra player to become roster compliant and you need to move a regular forward to get Lafferty in the lineup (if you want him in the lineup). That plus the fact that you're going to have to move Bjugstad eventually are the big arguments for moving Bjugstad IMO. Moving Ruhwedel in addition to Gudbranson is probably the smartest roster move, but I'd be a little concerned with taking that much away from their RD depth and Lafferty isn't in the starting lineup with those moves.
Edit: I'd also throw out the idea of moving Kahun and Gudbranson for no long-term cap back. I think you can move Gudbranson right now, but you probably only can move him in a money for money swap. However, I think Kahun may be an enticing enough addition to be able to move Gudbranson for rentals and draft picks, similar to the McCann/Bjugstad trade. Even with his struggles this year, he's still on an ELC and had a solid rookie year last year.
I dunno if he's been mentioned in the thread, but a word for Blandisi.
We kind of picked him up off the trash pile, but he caught my eye as a rookie in NJ and he's brought speed and grit in his own right. Usually makes the smart play too. He can be my 4th line call-up any time.
The 2nd assist should be abolished from hockey. It is nothing more than blind stat padding.
Having trouble identifying their victory song this season.
Short snippet of it at the beginning of the clip.
Is it Beyonce that i'm hearing?
Anyone help me out?
Hardest celly? Beau begs to differ.
Having trouble identifying their victory song this season.
Short snippet of it at the beginning of the clip.
Is it Beyonce that i'm hearing?
Anyone help me out?
When did Caps fans start posting on the Pens sub-forum?!
For a guy with his size and skillset, he is bland. He is highly skilled and he is absolutely gigantic. You would never know by how he plays. That's what I meant by that. He has the gifts to be a difference maker.
****, there should be a third assist.
He occasionally uses his size and you can't help think "Damn, if he did that 90% of the time instead of 10% he'd be the 3rd line centre every team would be clamouring for"
He's got similar offensive skills to Jordan Staal, maybe even a little better but he's not got anywhere close to Jordan's cycle game.
I remember exactly one game where I thought to myself "Holy **** this dude is turning a corner and playing like he is 6'6" and that was the first game he had to play 3C last year. He was a ****ing wrecking ball that game and manhandling guys, so we all know he can do it. He is a ton like Staal where he can use his length to his advantage, he's not overtly physical, and he has a maddening offensive game. The big difference is the level of their checking game. Jordan Staal could check the **** out of absolutely anyone in this league.
Bjugstad also has a ****in bomb for a shot. I honestly have no idea how the guy isn't a 30 goal scorer. He is just a maddening player for me. I'm probably a bit too harsh on him at times, but **** man...he has the tools.
Having trouble identifying their victory song this season.
Short snippet of it at the beginning of the clip.
Is it Beyonce that i'm hearing?
Anyone help me out?
Tanev is a Hagelin that is physical.He is a young Patric Hornqvist
That's a better comparison, although Hagelin is a better play driver IMO.Tanev is a Hagelin that is physical.
That's a better comparison, although Hagelin is a better play driver IMO.
Sweet Dreams, Beyonce
Everyone who *****ed about trading Hagelin should be ecstatic we replaced him with a younger more effective version.
That is why Hagelin is the wrong comparison. He is more like Hornqvist, willing to go do the dirty work, go to the hard areas, score the garbage goals, and play the body. Aside from speed, what makes him comparable to Hagelin?Tanev is a Hagelin that is physical.
Oh man, go read the Tanev threads from the summer. I love it.