Salary Cap: Pittsburgh Penguins Salary Cap Thread - JJ is still here!!

[Jacob]

Pettersson looked pretty good on the PP.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Wait is that Galchenyuks nickname? Chucky?

That's terrible.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Only reason this doesn't work is egos over their best advantage over other teams having a constant offensive pressure throughout games.

Well that's just, like... your opinion, man.

Seriously... where does all this "ego" garbage come from with you as it relates to Crosby and Malkin? It's completely off base with zero evidence to back it up.

Wait is that Galchenyuks nickname? Chucky?

That's terrible.

I go with "Gally." I tried the Chucky thing for one post and it just didn't sit right with me.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Pettersson looked pretty good on the PP.

Yeah he got shots on net down low that were great deflection slappers and moved the puck well, especially into a wheelhouse for a quick shot.

 

[Ragamuffin Gunner]

Man, I just absolutely loathe the idea of moving Malkin to accommodate Galchenyuk. That seems completely backwards, like moving him to wing to accommodate Staal at C back in the day.

Geno isn't the one-timer threat he once was and is a great passer.

 

[pistolpete11]

Wait is that Galchenyuks nickname? Chucky?

That's terrible.

Yes, we were informed by some Montreal fans after the trade when people were calling him Galy.

I love it.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Geno isn't the one-timer threat he once was and is a great passer.

I don't think we have a one timer threat anymore.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Wait is that Galchenyuks nickname? Chucky?

That's terrible.

It should be "Sasha" or "Sash" in Russian.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Yes, we were informed by some Montreal fans after the trade when people were calling him Galy.

I love it.

Thanks, I hate it.

 

[JimmyTwoTimes]

Well that's just, like... your opinion, man.

Seriously... where does all this "ego" garbage come from with you as it relates to Crosby and Malkin? It's completely off base with zero evidence to back it up.



I go with "Gally." I tried the Chucky thing for one post and it just didn't sit right with me.

Geno and Gally sounds better.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Slavic solidarity. I'm only gonna call the dude Sasha, like it should be.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

I get the feeling I'm going to call him "Goddamnit!" a lot, myself.

 

[Ugene Magic]

Well that's just, like... your opinion, man.

Seriously... where does all this "ego" garbage come from with you as it relates to Crosby and Malkin? It's completely off base with zero evidence to back it up.



I go with "Gally." I tried the Chucky thing for one post and it just didn't sit right with me.

You don't think the stars want to be on the top PP unit?

I see it as puting out the freshest unit and that's not always everyone from the top unit. A lot of the times it is one of them drawing that PP on long shifts.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

Wait is that Galchenyuks nickname? Chucky?

That's terrible.

I like it.

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

Geno isn't the one-timer threat he once was and is a great passer.

That's true. But I'm not sure how that passing ability will translate on the left half-boards, or how susceptible we'll be to odd-man rushes if he's the last man back.

 

[Ugene Magic]

I like it.

This is the most likely outcome. Haha.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

You don't think the stars want to be on the top PP unit?

I see it as puting out the freshest unit and that's not always everyone from the top unit. A lot of the times it is one of them drawing that PP on long shifts.

I don't just mean that one example. You've been bagging on Malkin's "want" for a while. It's ridiculous. I'm just saying.

They want to be on the top unit because they are both highly competitive and want to score a goal or make a play to help their team win. Their best shot of doing that is on the powerplay... together. And you put your best players on your top unit. This team isn't so f***ing special that they get to re-invent the wheel and try to mess around with that pretty standard rule of thumb. You put each guy on their own unit and you are robbing your own team of a chance to win. Which is kind of contrary to the entire idea of even playing the game. A much more practical problem is that if the top unit gets possession and keeps it in the zone a while, the second unit is left off and Malkin (or if the reverse is true Crosby) gets held off the ice in a circumstance where he never, ever should. Then for the next powerplay... do you REALLY think the coach is going to say "oh hey the last PP the other unit got way more ice so you guys go first this time." No.

Separate units for those two is stupid and always has been. I'm pretty inflexible on this topic. I for sure don't think it gives them "a better chance to win." It's just another example of massively overthinking/over-complicating a problem that isn't even really there.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Я никогда не буду говорить "Чухий".

 

[Tom Hanks]

I don't think we have a one timer threat anymore.

Sid is.

Also he’s probably working on his backhand one timer as we speak to take Phil’s spot

 

[chethejet]

Malkin is the concern. His one timer is not as potent and staying healthy as well. Nashville has Turris at 6 million and no question he is a disappointment. Trade Horny and JJ to Nashville for him and flip him with 1 million retention to the Canucks for Lievo and 1st pick. Turris at 5 million doesn't break the bank and Pens add that third line RW shot. PP is Sid Geno Rust/Lievo Letang and Jake/Bjugstad in front.

Jake Sid Kahun
Rust Geno Galenchuk
McCann Bugs Lievo
Tanev Blueger Reese/Simon

Letang Dumo
Schultz Petts
Gulbranson Riikola
Ruhwedel

 

[Mr Jiggyfly]

Well that's just, like... your opinion, man.

Seriously... where does all this "ego" garbage come from with you as it relates to Crosby and Malkin? It's completely off base with zero evidence to back it up.



I go with "Gally." I tried the Chucky thing for one post and it just didn't sit right with me.

You don’t get to where guys like Malkin, Crosby and Letang are at in pro hockey without an ego.

It doesn’t have to be a bad thing, just a quiet belief they are the best player on the ice when they step out there.

I’m sure if you gave them a shot of Everclear and asked what they really thought about a few things, the answers would be a lot different than through the filter of a live mic.

 

[Tom Hanks]

Я никогда не буду говорить "Чухий".

Does this say we need 6 Rob Scuderi’s?

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

You don’t get to where guys like Malkin, Crosby and Letang are at in pro hockey without an ego.

It doesn’t have to be a bad thing, just a quiet belief they are the best player on the ice when they step out there.

I’m sure if you gave them a shot of Everclear and asked what they really thought about a few things, the answers would be a lot different than through the filter of a live mic.

Sure, of course. But that's not what I mean. Trying to paint Malkin as some sort of malcontent, lazy-ass, selfish ego-monster seems to be in style lately but that doesn't make it true.

A good counter to that narrative would be like... I dunno... his entire career as a Penguin.

 

[TheDuderino]

Show your work, because you've already shown that your word is pretty meaningless.

Awww...look at you...back for more...

4pts in 3 games in February out of 12 games played

4pts in 2 games in March out of 15 games played

You're welcome...

 

[Ugene Magic]

I don't just mean that one example. You've been bagging on Malkin's "want" for a while. It's ridiculous. I'm just saying.

They want to be on the top unit because they are both highly competitive and want to score a goal or make a play to help their team win. Their best shot of doing that is on the powerplay... together. And you put your best players on your top unit. This team isn't so ****ing special that they get to re-invent the wheel and try to mess around with that pretty standard rule of thumb. You put each guy on their own unit and you are robbing your own team of a chance to win. Which is kind of contrary to the entire idea of even playing the game. A much more practical problem is that if the top unit gets possession and keeps it in the zone a while, the second unit is left off and Malkin (or if the reverse is true Crosby) gets held off the ice in a circumstance where he never, ever should. Then for the next powerplay... do you REALLY think the coach is going to say "oh hey the last PP the other unit got way more ice so you guys go first this time." No.

Separate units for those two is stupid and always has been. I'm pretty inflexible on this topic. I for sure don't think it gives them "a better chance to win." It's just another example of massively overthinking/over-complicating a problem that isn't even really there.

I'm on my phone the rest of the day, but, Jiggy touched on it well enough.

Sometimes guys are coddled to detriment of the teams best interests, and I don't think I singled anyone out.