no, I mean it’s quite clearly whose more important FOR THE MONEY we’ll be spending…you really can’t separate the two in a cap world…I mean if Kap was Marchand good for example, of course you pay him what you need to….but since he’s only a “good” player and ERod is a “good” player (wide parameters for this), and ERod brings more of what the coach wants and at a cost that’s less than Kap, the personnel decision strongly favors ERod if you have to choose between the two…
So you set a priority list that combines talent plus money, no?
Wilson's blog post talked about handing over Kapanen's money to ERod. If Erod comes in significantly cheaper, that changes things.
But even taking that into mind, given that
a) Kapanen is a lot more proven
b) Kapanen looks like an actual top six winger and not a talented centre out of position
I'm still inclined to think maybe I favour Kapanen.
we’ve seen him now with Geno for what, 40 games? There’s no “potential upside”…it is what it is at this point and what it is isn’t good enough…
This seems far too simplistic given the wide variance of Kapanen's time as a Penguin. I mean, this season's p/60 - 1.7. Nice but not shattering. Last season's - 2.82 - actually elite. Last season, Kapanen scores at a 2.97 p/60 with Geno. This season... Kapanen is still at 2.97 p/60 with Geno actually. And their on ice results are better. Which has me side-eying some of the complaints. We're cheering breaking up a combo scoring at 3.96 goals per 60 and with a 53% xGF. The results are stunning and logically we should be delighted with them.
But I think even if we ignore that and go on eyetest of the process rather than measuring the results, the idea that what we're seeing now from Geno-Kapanen is everything they can be doesn't hold up.