Salary Cap: Pittsburgh Penguins Salary Cap Thread: Cole's House of Pain

[Gurglesons]

Boston
NYI
Philly
Pitts/Wash

Go peak at Boston’s defense and the fact Marchand will be barely healed from a hernia surgery and Pasta is out.

Also NYI lost Greiss and Toews and have yet to sign Barzal.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Good sauce is good sauce, mate.

Go peak at Boston’s defense and the fact Marchand will be barely healed from a hernia surgery and Pasta is out.

Also NYI lost Greiss and Toews and have yet to sign Barzal.

Boston looking to sign a 50yr old Chara for another year.

 

[Ryder71]

Good sauce is good sauce, mate.

Boston looking to sign a 50yr old Chara for another year.

Chara at 65 (and this isn't hyperbole), better than Ceci defensively.

 

[Shady Machine]

Go peak at Boston’s defense and the fact Marchand will be barely healed from a hernia surgery and Pasta is out.

Also NYI lost Greiss and Toews and have yet to sign Barzal.

Ah good point on Boston. Forgot about injury issues.

I guess we will see. I’m not all that confident in this team but maybe that’s pessimism speaking and not reality. Admittedly I haven’t paid a ton of attention to the moves of every other team this “off season”.

 

[Gurglesons]

Chara at 65 (and this isn't hyperbole), better than Ceci defensively.

Chara has been carried by McAvoy the past couple seasons. I take Ceci over Chara at this point despite Ceci sucking ass.

 

[Ryder71]

Chara has been carried by McAvoy the past couple seasons. I take Ceci over Chara at this point despite Ceci sucking ass.

I'd take Chara simply for his strength and huge wingspan. Ceci couldn't move a baby from in front of the net.

 

[Gurglesons]

I'd take Chara simply for his strength and huge wingspan. Ceci couldn't move a baby from in front of the net.

I mean, you do know the reason Cody Ceci has been in the NHL for this long right?

 

[Ryder71]

I mean, you do know the reason Cody Ceci has been in the NHL for this long right?

No clue, do tell.

 

[Gurglesons]

No clue, do tell.

He's big and weighs a lot.

 

[Ryder71]

He's big and weighs a lot.

Right, that doesn't mean he uses his size well though.

 

[Gurglesons]

Right, that doesn't mean he uses his size well though.

Still an odd thing to criticize the player for.

Like, I'd prefer this big guy over this other big buy because of his strength and height.

 

[Ryder71]

Still an odd thing to criticize the player for.

You realize I'm comparing him with Chara, one of the biggest players to every play, right? So, in that context it makes perfect sense.

 

[SEALBound]

First off I don't care what you think. Secondly, your assessment on players and this inane narrative of yours concerning name recognition is absurd. Hino isn't a huge name, TVR isn't either. It's not about name it's about ability.

But performance wise, the difference between guys like Jank, ERod, Ceci, TvR, and Hino are a wash. You just like one name better than the other. That's what I'm saying. That's my inane narrative...I guess...

 

[Ryder71]

But performance wise, the difference between guys like Jank, ERod, Ceci, TvR, and Hino are a wash. You just like one name better than the other. That's what I'm saying. That's my inane narrative...I guess...

Performance wise I prefer Hino who's pretty tenacious on the forecheck. I think there's value to the little things that players do that aren't necessarily in the numbers and away from the puck. Those things matter also.

 

[SEALBound]

Right, that doesn't mean he uses his size well though.

That's what she said.

 

[Ryder71]

That's what she said.

Well played, gotta admit.

 

[PensandCaps]

Could've had Soderberg or Haula at the same price as Janko and Erod. lmao, JR really messed up this off-season.

Two legit Good 3Cs available for nothing and he doesn't get them, instead signs Ceci.

 

[Pens x]

Could've had Soderberg or Haula at the same price as Janko and Erod. lmao, JR really messed up this off-season.

Two legit Good 3Cs available for nothing and he doesn't get them, instead signs Ceci.

Haha don’t poke the bears around here.

It’s clear JR dramatically misjudged the free agent market this off-season. But you’d never know that from reading most of the posts here.

Signing fringe NHL players instead of guys like Soderberg, Haula, etc. should be a fireable mistake.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Chara at 65 (and this isn't hyperbole), better than Ceci defensively.

I mean, you're beyond wrong, but stick to that narrative.

Ceci is a depth player that if our coach has actually grown from the last 3yrs, won't play him as a regular and if he's earned the right to be a regular and plays well, then we win and why would we be mad at that?

Ceci was trash when his usage was above what he should be playing at, in other places like Toronto and Ottawa, they were using him in top 4 roles at times, you think that's his problem or his usage problem? That's like being mad at Jack Johnson for being John Marino's partner. Guess who played him there.

If Ceci's entire role is to fight for a #6 job with Riikola, Ruhwedel, and Trotman and he is rotated in with R&R, then so be it. But in a usage of 12-14mins max and in a PK role, he's probably fine and that is hardly something to really freak out about.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Could've had Soderberg or Haula at the same price as Janko and Erod. lmao, JR really messed up this off-season.

Two legit Good 3Cs available for nothing and he doesn't get them, instead signs Ceci.

That's the best Pens X and Ryder71 impersonation I've seen so far.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

He's big and weighs a lot.

Throws more elbows than a Monday Night Raw taping.

 

[Ryder71]

That's the best Pens X and Ryder71 impersonation I've seen so far.

I actually was thinking, ''damn, did someone else say that''?

 

[Ryder71]

I mean, you're beyond wrong, but stick to that narrative.

Ceci is a depth player that if our coach has actually grown from the last 3yrs, won't play him as a regular and if he's earned the right to be a regular and plays well, then we win and why would we be mad at that?

Ceci was trash when his usage was above what he should be playing at, in other places like Toronto and Ottawa, they were using him in top 4 roles at times, you think that's his problem or his usage problem? That's like being mad at Jack Johnson for being John Marino's partner. Guess who played him there.

If Ceci's entire role is to fight for a #6 job with Riikola, Ruhwedel, and Trotman and he is rotated in with R&R, then so be it. But in a usage of 12-14mins max and in a PK role, he's probably fine and that is hardly something to really freak out about.

I'm not as worried about Ceci as I am the bottom six. That said I'm not in favor of signing him.

 

[Ryder71]

Haha don’t poke the bears around here.

It’s clear JR dramatically misjudged the free agent market this off-season. But you’d never know that from reading most of the posts here.

Signing fringe NHL players instead of guys like Soderberg, Haula, etc. should be a fireable mistake.

As far as potential 3C gets we could have gotten, those two are the ones I've used the most (Haula and Soderberg). It's great to see someone else who actually has a clue as well. lol

I think Shady also mentioned Haula.

 

[Gurglesons]

Did you guys know we missed out on Haula and Soderberg?

Not sure many people know Haula. He was a perfect 3C for Minnesota and did a great job in Vegas at 2C. Has some injury concerns, but could’ve been a real steal for us.

Soderberg has aged out, but for a mil we should have definitely took the chance.

Anyone else feel like we really screwed the pooch here?