I mean.. yes. Kap has been trying to figure it out since preseason ended. It's NOT going to work with him. I have no doubt he can still be a solid player. It's just not going to be here. "We can keep Kap and hope he gets hot for a month or two." ITS NOT HAPPENING HERE. I've never seen a guy fumble such easy passes. He has a noodle stick. He doesn't backcheck. He doesn't compete. What's the plan exactly? Hope and pray Sid's line scores 95% of the goals? IF we get healthy, things fall into place. Zuck takes over L2 LW. McGinn locks in a spot. Hopefully those two moves remove ZAR and Simon. Still.. a RW is needed on L2. Not ERod. Not Carter. Not Heinen. And it doesn't need to be Boeser. It doesn't need to be a perennial 30 goal scorer. Max Talbot circa 2009. That would work even. I just want someone with a pulse.Ok boys maybe I’ve had a couple too many but I still to this day have no clue how a GM in the NHL works. With Hextall in an absolute no brainer decision to shop for a top 6 scoring forward… how has a deal not been done by now? Pittsburgh as a group are in a great spot to not only make the playoffs but to compete in the east for a chance to make it to the finals. When looking up and down their lineup there are questions marks at the middle 6 RW position, bottom pairing RD, and backup goaltender. There is a clear need for one position and that is the scoring forward. You include a 1st, Kapanen, plus a prospect like Negare and you get your guy! You can’t tell me a team wouldn’t make a move for something like that regardless if he’s a rental or not. Hextall needs to stop worrying about the damn present and realize the time to win is still now and for at least the next 3 years.
I don't see the reasoning in LD swaps.
Negotiating tactics.Ok boys maybe I’ve had a couple too many but I still to this day have no clue how a GM in the NHL works. With Hextall in an absolute no brainer decision to shop for a top 6 scoring forward… how has a deal not been done by now? Pittsburgh as a group are in a great spot to not only make the playoffs but to compete in the east for a chance to make it to the finals. When looking up and down their lineup there are questions marks at the middle 6 RW position, bottom pairing RD, and backup goaltender. There is a clear need for one position and that is the scoring forward. You include a 1st, Kapanen, plus a prospect like Negare and you get your guy! You can’t tell me a team wouldn’t make a move for something like that regardless if he’s a rental or not. Hextall needs to stop worrying about the damn present and realize the time to win is still now and for at least the next 3 years.
None of those guys have a shot that Neal has. Even putting him on the 4th line with Teddy and McGinn could be seen as a positive.
The team can't keep squandering assets in this way. If they got some kind of future, sure.it’s assuming the Pens want to get out of Petts contract beyond this season…Leddy is a UFA…he’s also probably the better D man right now…you improve LD for the PO run and then you get an overpaid LD contract off the books for next season
The “future” would be cap space this summer to sign our UFAs or other UFAs…if you can move it now without hurting your team, you do it…they were reportedly trying to move Petts last summer without much luck…if they wait, it might take them spending an additional asset to move his cap outThe team can't keep squandering assets in this way. If they got some kind of future, sure.
I think all of us are just ready for it to happen! Lol we want the piece now!Negotiating tactics.
When you're buying, you slow play the discussions, maybe have a framework of a deal but not the final details, in the hopes to drive the price down.
The team can't keep squandering assets in this way. If they got some kind of future, sure.
100% agree Jim Rutherford saw something in him that clearly doesn’t work and there needs to be a change you HAVE to include him on any deal moving and hope the new piece works out with MalkinI mean.. yes. Kap has been trying to figure it out since preseason ended. It's NOT going to work with him. I have no doubt he can still be a solid player. It's just not going to be here. "We can keep Kap and hope he gets hot for a month or two." ITS NOT HAPPENING HERE. I've never seen a guy fumble such easy passes. He has a noodle stick. He doesn't backcheck. He doesn't compete. What's the plan exactly? Hope and pray Sid's line scores 95% of the goals? IF we get healthy, things fall into place. Zuck takes over L2 LW. McGinn locks in a spot. Hopefully those two moves remove ZAR and Simon. Still.. a RW is needed on L2. Not ERod. Not Carter. Not Heinen. And it doesn't need to be Boeser. It doesn't need to be a perennial 30 goal scorer. Max Talbot circa 2009. That would work even. I just want someone with a pulse.
Ok boys maybe I’ve had a couple too many but I still to this day have no clue how a GM in the NHL works. With Hextall in an absolute no brainer decision to shop for a top 6 scoring forward… how has a deal not been done by now? Pittsburgh as a group are in a great spot to not only make the playoffs but to compete in the east for a chance to make it to the finals. When looking up and down their lineup there are questions marks at the middle 6 RW position, bottom pairing RD, and backup goaltender. There is a clear need for one position and that is the scoring forward. You include a 1st, Kapanen, plus a prospect like Negare and you get your guy! You can’t tell me a team wouldn’t make a move for something like that regardless if he’s a rental or not. Hextall needs to stop worrying about the damn present and realize the time to win is still now and for at least the next 3 years.
You won’t miss much with sleepy at the helm.Just realised I'll miss the Deadline day being in the air
Taffoli has done a lot for Calgary since joining the team.. almost a point per game.. hence waiting for the deadline, why wait for that when you can improve your team now? Again, Hextalls window to win is now not in 4-5 years and it ensures no one else gets “your guy”Why should a deal be done by now? We've still got two days, getting a guy and getting a guy on the deadline itself makes no odds by now. It's not like the delay has resulted in any of the major RW positions going off the board (bar Toffoli a lot earlier I guess). If Hextall isn't happy with the deals on the table right now, he might as well use the time he's got.
As for what might change to take a deal from "not happy" to "happy" it's possibly waiting for a team to make up their mind on the price for a prime target (i.e. Vancouver with Boeser/Garland), and probably trying to find a team that values Kapanen (or Pettersson) as we want.
Who in the hell is using hfboards on an actual computer. You're total dog vomit
Taffoli has done a lot for Calgary since joining the team.. almost a point per game.. hence waiting for the deadline, why wait for that when you can improve your team now? Again, Hextalls window to win is now not in 4-5 years and it ensures no one else gets “your guy”
maybe so but i would still take him over erod or heinenI mean.. yes. Kap has been trying to figure it out since preseason ended. It's NOT going to work with him. I have no doubt he can still be a solid player. It's just not going to be here. "We can keep Kap and hope he gets hot for a month or two." ITS NOT HAPPENING HERE. I've never seen a guy fumble such easy passes. He has a noodle stick. He doesn't backcheck. He doesn't compete. What's the plan exactly? Hope and pray Sid's line scores 95% of the goals? IF we get healthy, things fall into place. Zuck takes over L2 LW. McGinn locks in a spot. Hopefully those two moves remove ZAR and Simon. Still.. a RW is needed on L2. Not ERod. Not Carter. Not Heinen. And it doesn't need to be Boeser. It doesn't need to be a perennial 30 goal scorer. Max Talbot circa 2009. That would work even. I just want someone with a pulse.
Ok boys maybe I’ve had a couple too many...
Eh. Erod hustles his butt off. Contributes defensively. Heinen is just way too high in the lineup.maybe so but i would still take him over erod or heinen
more so at center not so much at wingEh. Erod hustles his butt off. Contributes defensively. Heinen is just way too high in the lineup.
Definitely not. I'm 40 but might as well be 93You do know you can use a mouse with a Tablet?
Shhhh. Keep the secret but I've had zero ads since migrationI’m surprised you’re still posting here if you only post on mobile. HF is mobile cancer.