Marino and Letang play the same position. Your argument is essentially that if Marino doesn't play more minutes than Letang - who was fourth in ice time per game played last season - then this makes Marino's playing ability that of a 2nd-pairing defenseman.Their ice time does not reflect those players being 2nd line players.
Marino's does.
What's the fuss about? This contract is a steal!
He’s already the Penguins second best defender and their best in the D zone, passing Letang and even Dumoulin in that respect. Pretty remarkable to have him for under 5 mill.
4gp 0+0 and a -4. The kid cashed in - Just sayin...
Scorching take. 4 games really?
Well as the second coming of Nick Lidström as most ppl here were saying the season didnt start too well. The guy have 1 season under his belt and his tires were pumped like never before. He hadnt shown any real success on any facet before last season and suddenly get a contract like this. Still think he will be a serviceable defenseman, but I have no clue why Penguins werent able to get a 2yr "show-me" bridge-deal at 2,5-3,5M
I'm not sure how it's weird for a fanbase to be excited to have a right handed d-man who just came off of one of the most impressive rookie seasons for a defenseman in the team's history locked up long term.
You do realize Malkin has 1 point in 4 games and is -3 right?4gp 0+0 and a -4. The kid cashed in - Just sayin...
I raise you with Zarley Zalapski.
1987-1988 15gp 3g + 8a 11p +10
1988-1989 58gp 12g + 33a 45p +10
I give you that he was impressive. I just think he got a too fat contract too early. Sometimes theese kinda contract takes the drive off when you have your life set too early. I`d like to see a few good years before handing out theese
4gp 0+0 and a -4. The kid cashed in - Just sayin...
Can I see a quote w him and Lidstrom in the same paragraph other than yours?
No firm judgment but he hasn't been great at all. He has shown flashes but also had some horrible pinches and made some bad defensive decisions. He needs to improve as he may be the most important D on this team nowIf you make any serious judgements on players after four games you're a moron.
I've watched a few of the Pens games so far and sure I'll say that Marino hasnt looked too good... but honestly this season I've decided to not to start judging players till like the 7-10 game mark. I am kinda playing it off as the first 5ish games being the exhibition season.... alot of fans underestimate the importance of exhibition games to start the year and so far when watching games across the league, it has shown that those games have been heavily missed.... not to mention all players usual offseason training routines being screwed up
IMO it's unfair to judge all players this early in the season... cause if that is the case, I could easily trash talk multiple top players from every single team... but that isnt gonna happen
Well as the second coming of Nick Lidström as most ppl here were saying the season didnt start too well. The guy have 1 season under his belt and his tires were pumped like never before. He hadnt shown any real success on any facet before last season and suddenly get a contract like this. Still think he will be a serviceable defenseman, but I have no clue why Penguins werent able to get a 2yr "show-me" bridge-deal at 2,5-3,5M
He’s been one of our better players this year. GTFO by describing a defenseman on +/- 4 games into the season.