FunkySeeFunkyDo
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I never saw Schultz play, but I guess he must be better than Warsofsky ...
God damn it, Shero, not again!
GMJR should sweep his office for bugs. I am sure Shero is one step ahead of the Pens. I am hopeful the Pens actually hire a GM that realizes this team is poorly constructed and now in cap hell with the stupidity of the Maatta extension. Does Chicago or other well managed franchises like Chicago sign him for 24 million based on 30 freaken games when he was healthy. I assure you the first call anaheim made this morning was to the Pens to see who they could fleece from GMJR.
So the Pens can't send Murray back down because he can't play in the Playoffs there so now he HAS to stay up, but they still like Zatkoff and want to play him too in a weird 3 goalie rotation.
There's no point sending Zatkoff down as well, he can't do anything after the season there...so I guess it's Jarry's team now with a coach that makes you want to punch stuff.
Yes Anaheim as a trade partner got Despres for a journey man D man. It is not the fact of that trade, it is the fact you only get Lovejoy back. Then you trade an expiring contract for a LW who every Ranger fan and writer has said was over paid and no way the Rangers pay that 4 million per. But GMJR takes on an additional 12 million of cost and gets zero, spit, nada back for taking on that difference.
So yes if I am Anaheim, my first call on the TDL day is to the GM who seems to be willing to do deals that we love. But no matter right. After all GMJR is making decisions that impact the franchise as if he is going to be here for 5 more years. Maatta was a reach as to the contract. Lot of optimism on his return to some level that he showed for what 30 games. See what you have next year before before you commit a 6 year 4 million dollar deal to a player who has 2 major surgeries, cancer and now daily medication. But they know more than I do so the decision is theirs to live with. All hope for the best, but that is no way to run a franchise. This is guaranteed money unlike the NFL. In the age of a salary cap, committing money for a possible return to some level of improvement is not something I condone.