News Article: One thing the Penguins can always count on is Craig Adams in the lineup

[Winger for Hire]

Pittsburgh sports media is dumber than Bylsma and Shero. That is quite impressive. That is something that is nearly impossible to achieve.

It's quite easy to achieve when those two have their hands up the media's ***** making them say what they want.

 

[NeedleInTheHay]

Maybe someone can refresh my memory but did Craig Adams really play all 4 ECF games last year?

 

[MrBurghundy]

Maybe someone can refresh my memory but did Craig Adams really play all 4 ECF games last year?

Probably. He's never been a healthy scratch IIRC.

 

[Jag68Sid87]

Maybe someone can refresh my memory but did Craig Adams really play all 4 ECF games last year?

http://www.forecaster.ca/demos/hockey/player.php?1837

Adams played 15 playoff games last spring. We played 15 playoff games last spring (6 against NYI; 5 against Ott and 4 against Bos).

 

[NeedleInTheHay]

Probably. He's never been a healthy scratch IIRC.

That's real messed up.

 

[MrBurghundy]

When was the last time Adams has been a healthy scratch in his career? Or in other words, when was the last time he had to fight for his job?

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

When was the last time Adams has been a healthy scratch in his career? Or in other words, when was the last time he had to fight for his job?

When he was put on waivers before the Pens picked him up. That's the last time his actual play on the ice dictated him playing or not.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

This thread has admittedly made me a little depressed.

That video of Malkin up there was the proverbial straw.

 

[Darth Vitale]

Shelly go take an extended vacation and write the great American hockey novel. You're better at fiction.

 

[billybudd]

Whether Adams has had any actual competition or not, he's always working as if he's afraid he's about to be sent to Wheeling. Complacency is soooo not his problem. He's always giving you everything he's got.

His problem is he's too slow to play and doesn't have the size, hands or toughness to maybe look past that a little. That he's "good on the PK" in an organization that's swimming with faster guys who are also "good on the PK" just isn't enough.

 

[MrBurghundy]

Whether Adams has had any actual competition or not, he's always working as if he's afraid he's about to be sent to Wheeling. Complacency is soooo not his problem. He's always giving you everything he's got.

His problem is he's too slow to play and doesn't have the size, hands or toughness to maybe look past that a little. That he's "good on the PK" in an organization that's swimming with faster guys who are also "good on the PK" just isn't enough.

I never said complacency or effort was his problem. I was wondering when the last time was he actually had to fight for his job. Not that he had to, but when he wasn't guaranteed a spot.

 

[Ragamuffin Gunner]

When he was put on waivers before the Pens picked him up. That's the last time his actual play on the ice dictated him playing or not.

Whatever team waived him must be kicking themselves. They could never win a PO series w/o Adams.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Yeah, it's really telling to see the kind of death-spiral Chicago has been on since letting Adams walk.

Must be all that vaunted PK ability.

 

[Jag68Sid87]

I wish more people would point out that the team that waived Craig Adams has won the Stanley Cup twice in four years.

That's just as salient as his Cups in Carolina and Pittsburgh, no?

 

[rkhum]

A few weeks ago Pierre McGuire raved about Adams. Pretty much he was full of it you all say?

 

[Winger for Hire]

A few weeks ago Pierre McGuire raved about Adams. Pretty much he was full of it you all say?

Pierre, full of it? Most certainly.

 

[billybudd]

Pierre, full of it? Most certainly.

Pierre was trash-talking the Finnish women's team on NBC tonight.

 

[KIRK]

I wish more people would point out that the team that waived Craig Adams has won the Stanley Cup twice in four years.

That's just as salient as his Cups in Carolina and Pittsburgh, no?

And a lot more recent.

 

[hiptanaka]

He pretty much just kills penalties and that's about all he does.

And he's hardly good at that, either.

 

[AjaxTelamon]

We should have Megna on the PK, he's done it in the A. We'd have a few shorties this year if he was, and he would actually be able to get into passing lanes rather than just trying to get in the way of shots.

 

[Captain Hook]

And he's hardly good at that, either.

He's good on the pk. No matter how much we don't like him we can't take that away from the guy. He by far plays the most minutes of anybody on our team on the PK and it's the #1 ranked unit in the league. He isn't a threat to score short handed, which I don't like, but the unit is great at stopping other teams PP's and that's the most important thing.

 

[Jag68Sid87]

He's good on the pk. No matter how much we don't like him we can't take that away from the guy. He by far plays the most minutes of anybody on our team on the PK and it's the #1 ranked unit in the league. He isn't a threat to score short handed, which I don't like, but the unit is great at stopping other teams PP's and that's the most important thing.

And it would still be very good if Adams suddenly stopped playing for us.

The unit survived Jordan Staal's loss, it could handle losing Adams.

 

[wgknestrick]

Our PK is much more coaching system and D staff than it is forward's skill. Losing CrAd does nothing to the bottom line.

 

[Winger for Hire]

Any NHL/AHL player can be good on the PK. It's not like there's a special skill set needed to kill penalties. Especially the way Fleury is playing while short handed.

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

The idea that "anybody can be taught to PK well" is just plain wrong. Some guys simply have a natural predisposition for it, and it isn't an automatic that anyone can pick it up.

We do, however, have a lot of guys who are good at it. That's the argument for moving Adams. The one thing he does pretty well isn't in short supply here.