Pens need to fire HCMJ and JR and hire dudes that are even more passive. HCDB and RS where not passive enough, now we got HCMJ and JR, it's not enough. We need to get more passive.
All not-funny-sarcasm aside... I was driving to my beer league hockey game the other day, listening to local radio and they were interviewing Ron Francis, the 'Canes GM (I live in Raleigh, NC). He was ALL about character and effort. They asked him if he considered trading Skinner and he basically said, "Gretzky got traded, I'll trade anyone". He was no BS and will do whatever it takes to win. I think my point is that Lemieux is passive and everyone the Penguins hire is passive. Their team is passive. There's nothing for anyone to fear on this team. It sucks. It's like JR is trying to turn the Penguins into the old Hurricanes (very easy team to play against) while Francis is trying to correct it.
I gotta just go back to when I was a kid and enjoyed the sport of hockey and didn't care as much about winning. This team has no chance in the playoffs.
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