News Article: Penguins extend qualifying offers: Pettersson, ZAR, Blueger, Johnson and Blandisi

[ownal]

Go back to youth and speed.

 

[Erz8771]

Cullen blah blah. So who did they not send qualifying offers to?

 

[Peat]

Collen blah blah. So who did they not send qualifying offers to?

Jeff Taylor.

Also Macoy Erkamps and Blake Siebenaler were signed to AHL deals prior to this.

 

[deakka]

2.5 - 2.8

We can't fit that under the cap

 

[TimmyD]

My favorite Adams highlight.

I will never forget the media guys on The Fan talking about that and saying “Adams is showing leadership and trying to send a message that the team needs to wake up.”

 

[Corvidae]

Cullen just needs to retire and sail off into the sunset.

He really should have done that after the B2B, or at least not have been signed here again. He hasn't been bad and is incredible for his age, but come on, step aside. The Penguins are an older team as it as these days.

 

[Mario_is_BACK!!]

He really should have done that after the B2B, or at least not have been signed here again. He hasn't been bad and is incredible for his age, but come on, step aside. The Penguins are an older team as it as these days.

Cullen doesn’t have to do anything. Rutherford needs to not be tied to him and sign him despite his showing age and cheaper players who can easily replace him.

 

[ownal]

TB will be over 30 points and +15 this season on the 4th line. Book it.

 

[Peat]

Cullen doesn’t have to do anything. Rutherford needs to not be tied to him and sign him despite his showing age and cheaper players who can easily replace him.

Cullen was league minimum last year. Doesn't get cheaper than that.

 

[wej20]

Mike Reilly just signed for 2 years @ 1.5 million with the Habs, think that means Pettersson is looking at least 2 million for a similar length deal.

 

[Mario_is_BACK!!]

Cullen was league minimum last year. Doesn't get cheaper than that.

He wasn’t young and didn’t prove to be particularly effective the year before. Wasted money and development.

 

[Peat]

He wasn’t young and didn’t prove to be particularly effective the year before. Wasted money and development.

20 point 4Cs who don't get the team badly beat on ice and are a big part of a successful PK aren't wasted money and are quite effective.

 

[ownal]

I've heard people suggesting run 13 F's and 5 D. The 13th being Cullen for Draws and PK. Yikes?

 

[Randy Butternubs]

I've heard people suggesting run 13 F's and 5 D. The 13th being Cullen for Draws and PK. Yikes?

You're hearing this where?

 

[Mario_is_BACK!!]

20 point 4Cs who don't get the team badly beat on ice and are a big part of a successful PK aren't wasted money and are quite effective.

Great, chances are you have them in the minors. If not, pick one up for cheap as the season goes on. Zero need to have brought Cullen back and history bore that result.

 

[Peat]

Great, chances are you have them in the minors. If not, pick one up for cheap as the season goes on. Zero need to have brought Cullen back and history bore that result.

Yeah, that worked out great in 17/18.

Cullen was decent last season and was a positive for the Pens. He's not needed next season, but last season would have been worse without him.

 

[Corvidae]

Yeah, that worked out great in 17/18.

Cullen was decent last season and was a positive for the Pens. He's not needed next season, but last season would have been worse without him.

They would have likely won as many playoff games either way.

 

[Peat]

They would have likely won as many playoff games either way.

Probably wouldn't have made the playoffs if they'd have Carter Rowney there instead. Which, admittedly, might have been preferrable to many.

 

[Mario_is_BACK!!]

Probably wouldn't have made the playoffs if they'd have Carter Rowney there instead. Which, admittedly, might have been preferrable to many.

Or if they'd had Teddy Blueger there they may have been better.

 

[TheDuderino]

I find it fascinating that 90% of this topic was spent on Matt Cullen. They aren't re-signing him or Garret Wilson. Pettersson will get the better contract...followed by ZAR, Blueger and Johnson. If what I've heard coming out of the prospects camp is true (raw,unrefined and medium talent) then they need to commit to those three players for at least three years.

 

[TheDuderino]

Or if they'd had Teddy Blueger there they may have been better.

The problem in the playoffs was in net. End of story.

 

[Ogrezilla]

The problem in the playoffs was in net. End of story.

we scored 1 goal three games in a row. Or are you talking about the problem being in the Isles net? Because it certainly wasn't in ours.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

we scored 1 goal three games in a row. Or are you talking about the problem being in the Isles net? Because it certainly wasn't in ours.

LOLZ, what're you talking about bro.

MM had a save percentage 0.906 throughout the playoffs. It needed to be at least 2, maybe 3, times that amount. And if you exclude that first game that went to OT, he's still only at 0.915. He needed to be twice as good.

 

[Ogrezilla]

LOLZ, what're you talking about bro.

MM had a save percentage 0.906 throughout the playoffs. It needed to be at least 2, maybe 3, times that amount. And if you exclude that first game that went to OT, he's still only at 0.915. He needed to be twice as good.

and I don't think he had a single goal

 

[Randy Butternubs]

and I don't think he had a single goal

Well if you double 0.906 that goes up to 1.812. Which, for a goalie, means he gets a shutout and scores 0.812 goals per game. He would single-handedly win games for the Pens if he just did what I said.