OtherThingsILike
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As I understand it, Friedman is supposed to be a really good skater, so there's at least some chance of this working out. I suppose it could be just Hextall bringing in guys who failed on the Flyers though.
Oh good, another “good skater” player that sucks at everything else. Remember we had to hear about the skating and speed of the warm body free agents we signed heading into the season? The skating means nothing if they aren’t good players.As I understand it, Friedman is supposed to be a really good skater, so there's at least some chance of this working out. I suppose it could be just Hextall bringing in guys who failed on the Flyers though.
Oh good, another “good skater” player that sucks at everything else. Remember we had to hear about the skating and speed of the warm body free agents we signed heading into the season? The skating means nothing if they aren’t good players.
Hopefully he does other things beyond skating well.
No, I just don’t see the purpose behind this move. We have more pressing needs, and now Hextall has me worried he is going on some Flyer reclamation journey after making this head-scratcher decision.Do you legitimately wake up every morning saying “boy I’m glad the Penguins did something today so I can bitch about it?” Seriously I don’t think I have ever seen a post of yours that isn’t just bitching about everything. If you hate every move they make this much stop following them. I mean holy shit are you miserable
See, I really hope you're right with this, but I thought the same thing about Ovechkin and he apparently wants a decent raise on his next deal.
Logically I can say "why do you care about making more money when you've already made tens of millions in your career?", then I think about what I'd do in their shoes and I can't reasonably expect them to do that.
No, I just don’t see the purpose behind this move. We have more pressing needs, and now Hextall has me worried he is going on some Flyer reclamation journey after making this head-scratcher decision.
I do like him taking a chance on a waiver player, but I’d like to see a forward brought in.
Oh good, another “good skater” player that sucks at everything else. Remember we had to hear about the skating and speed of the warm body free agents we signed heading into the season? The skating means nothing if they aren’t good players.
Hopefully he does other things beyond skating well.
See, I really hope you're right with this, but I thought the same thing about Ovechkin and he apparently wants a decent raise on his next deal.
Logically I can say "why do you care about making more money when you've already made tens of millions in your career?", then I think about what I'd do in their shoes and I can't reasonably expect them to do that.
I mean, you could read the scouting reports and watch the footage and you'd have the answer to your question.
No, I just don’t see the purpose behind this move. We have more pressing needs, and now Hextall has me worried he is going on some Flyer reclamation journey after making this head-scratcher decision.
I do like him taking a chance on a waiver player, but I’d like to see a forward brought in.
No, I just don’t see the purpose behind this move. We have more pressing needs, and now Hextall has me worried he is going on some Flyer reclamation journey after making this head-scratcher decision.
I do like him taking a chance on a waiver player, but I’d like to see a forward brought in.
See, I really hope you're right with this, but I thought the same thing about Ovechkin and he apparently wants a decent raise on his next deal.
Logically I can say "why do you care about making more money when you've already made tens of millions in your career?", then I think about what I'd do in their shoes and I can't reasonably expect them to do that.
Mentioning injuries to justify running with a bad roster composition isn't exactly a great justification in my eyes.
Unless they have like 2 defensemen injured, I really don't see how running with 9 defensemen who require waivers is a good idea. And that's not even including POJ, who would likely get called up to the NHL roster in case of an injury.
don't discourage him. His perspective is one of the major draws to this board for me. See, every once in a while I have the thought creep in that maybe my perspective is totally outlandish. then I come read what PensX puts out there for the masses and I get to feel like I'm not the weird one anymore. I need this.Do you legitimately wake up every morning saying “boy I’m glad the Penguins did something today so I can bitch about it?” Seriously I don’t think I have ever seen a post of yours that isn’t just bitching about everything. If you hate every move they make this much stop following them. I mean holy shit are you miserable
No, I just don’t see the purpose behind this move. We have more pressing needs, and now Hextall has me worried he is going on some Flyer reclamation journey after making this head-scratcher decision.
I do like him taking a chance on a waiver player, but I’d like to see a forward brought in.
No, I just don’t see the purpose behind this move. We have more pressing needs, and now Hextall has me worried he is going on some Flyer reclamation journey after making this head-scratcher decision.
I do like him taking a chance on a waiver player, but I’d like to see a forward brought in.
Well, AO’s commercial value is a lot higher than Geno’s, but just the same it would seem pretty absurd for him to genuinely ask for a raise, IMO.
In any event personality wise they’re cut from different cloth.
Doesn’t mean I disagree with your point. They don’t owe anything, but I’d be more worried about Geno wanting to finish with Metallurg while still having gas than asking for an outrageous amount to stay with the Pens.
Anyway - that’ll be a thing come June 2022. We’ll see.
There was ample reason to doubt JR's decisions over the last few years, but a new GM deserves the benefit of the doubt.
Let's give Hextall a chance. Friedman seemed to be very well-liked by the Flyer fanbase, most of whom think he was an obvious choice to play on their bottom pairing over Hagg and Braun.
And again, while scouting reports and videos are imperfect things, people are pretty unanimous in saying that he's got good mobility and an element of sandpaper in his game we don't have. I don't expect him to be anything more than, at most, a 3rd pairing RD if he pans out, but people pay through the nose for gritty d who can skate. Hell, people pay through the nose for gritty d who CAN'T skate.