Confirmed with Link: Pens sign Sergei Gonchar to PTO
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DoktorZaius
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Doesn't that mean it's more likely that he'd accept less, as long as it's a 1 way deal? At this point in his career, he's gotta just be hoping he's got what it takes to still play in the NHL, and for the Pens.
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Another incentive would be that a Pens-friendly contract would help him land an off-ice job afterwards.
You hearing that Tocchet?
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I hope Gonch and Pouliot hang out a lot this pre-season. Even if he's battling a spot hopefully there is some osmosis
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Pens twitter has each goal for Pens. Think that's all...nhl.com still has nothing because the stream was **** and CBJ site could only upload the 1st period because the stream was ****.
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What a terrible image.
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Hope we don't sign him, but he signs with us as a special PP consultant assuming he retires.
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Yeah he wasn't good last night. He wasn't Scuderi level bad, but he wasn't much better. He actually contributed while sucking ass defensively instead of doing nothing and sucking ass defensively.
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Gonchar would improve and help the pp, but that's about it. He still the same guy who creates turnovers and isn't physical. If he is signed, than Scuderi must be gone
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Right but there is no way Gonchar is getting top PP minutes over Letang and Pouliot should be on the 2nd PP. I don't really see a role for him here.
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i got chills last night watching gonchar on the pp. i am all about moving on from loser vets, and i wasnt even a particularly huge fan of gonchar when he was here but he has a soft place in my heart.
now that i think of it, its probably because the memory of gonchar never really had a chance to be sullied in the same way thats happened with guys like fleury, kunitz, dupuis, adams, etc. sort of sad how our heroes from 2009 can become such goats.
now that i think of it, its probably because the memory of gonchar never really had a chance to be sullied in the same way thats happened with guys like fleury, kunitz, dupuis, adams, etc. sort of sad how our heroes from 2009 can become such goats.
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Jesus...sweet baby Jesus. Against basically an AHL Carolina team. In the pre-season.
I dunno. That's bad. That goes very much against the adv stats doctrine we've seen the organization shift towards. Yes it's only one game and in the pre season...but we have young kids that can do better than that.
I think it's a Scuds vs Gonch...and as horrific as it sounds, Scuds may win that...
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From what I noticed at the game last night:
Gonchar kept screening Fleury instead of boxing out opposing players. I'm pretty sure the first goal against even bounced off Gonchar to deflect into the net... So that was bad.
On the power-play, though, man, he was a sight to see. Excellent anticipation of where the puck would be so he was able to keep the puck in the zone more, and his ability to move the puck to a teammate's stick (and not to an opponents') was still as good as ever.
As others have said, I'd rather the team hired him as some sort of power play consultant instead of as a defenseman. Failing that, if they could unload Scuderi, keep Gonchar as a 7th/8th defensemen, and only dress him when the power play needs a boost... and dress 7 D on those nights so that Gonchar only needs to come off the bench when they have the man-advantage. Let's just say that I'd prefer he was signed solely for an off-ice role. Vastly prefer it.
Gonchar kept screening Fleury instead of boxing out opposing players. I'm pretty sure the first goal against even bounced off Gonchar to deflect into the net... So that was bad.
On the power-play, though, man, he was a sight to see. Excellent anticipation of where the puck would be so he was able to keep the puck in the zone more, and his ability to move the puck to a teammate's stick (and not to an opponents') was still as good as ever.
As others have said, I'd rather the team hired him as some sort of power play consultant instead of as a defenseman. Failing that, if they could unload Scuderi, keep Gonchar as a 7th/8th defensemen, and only dress him when the power play needs a boost... and dress 7 D on those nights so that Gonchar only needs to come off the bench when they have the man-advantage. Let's just say that I'd prefer he was signed solely for an off-ice role. Vastly prefer it.
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Yep, I've said that about Orpik specifically for a while, but also Scuderi now. I wish I didn't have to watch them so much after their declines. I think my opinion of Orpik has already largely recovered, but Scuderi may be tarnished for good. I'm hoping Kunitz is moved soon too.
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I don't know if I have that kind of nostalgia for Gonchar right now. We saw him at his peak, and I'm thankful. But 2010 against the Habs soured him for me, and then after embarrassing him as a Senator, I certainly never wanted him back. It doesn't really strike me as a surreal bit of closure to see #55 on the bench like it did when, say, Kevin Stevens or Rob Brown came back. I just see it as an unwise roster move.
Loved Gonchar, but after Scuderi, I'm just not in the mood for this kind of comeback.
Loved Gonchar, but after Scuderi, I'm just not in the mood for this kind of comeback.
