Fordy
Registered User
- May 28, 2008
- 26,814
- 2,969
i support claiming players with talent and grit that may have been overlooked by new management at their team
sorry if this is controversial!
sorry if this is controversial!
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.
McCann can try to prove himself next to Geno-Rust. Might help us in the long run if they work out really well because then we can run a Zucker-Bluegar-Tanev third line.
longer term...longer term in Penguins timeline, I am afraid means more than 4-6 weeks...thats day to daythat’s good news...if he had torn ACL or some other broken ankle with ligament damage then he’d be out for the remainder of the season, or they give a 4-6 months time line...sounds like he’s out 4-6 weeks
that’s good news...if he had torn ACL or some other broken ankle with ligament damage then he’d be out for the remainder of the season, or they give a 4-6 months time line...sounds like he’s out 4-6 weeks
I'd hesitate trying to get too much meaning out of Sullivan's "longer term".
It's so vague that it's meaningless.
I think we see Zucker again next season.
I think he will be staying over being picked by Seattle.Not in a Pens jersey though.
Edit: and I don't mean that to be anti-Zucker inherently, just there's going to be some movement especially with the expansion draft and I think "Zucker as a Pen next season" is at best a 50/50 proposition.
I think he will be staying over being picked by Seattle.
I don't think we let Zucker be exposed, we paid quite the price to get him here.
He's a good player, just doesn't really fit with Malkin.You 1000% trade a guy like that before you expose him. Not even a question really.
I'd hesitate trying to get too much meaning out of Sullivan's "longer term".
It's so vague that it's meaningless.
if zuc is out the rest of the yr. why would Seattle take a chance on him. coming back from a injury? should be safer and better picks.I think he will be staying over being picked by Seattle.
if zuc is out the rest of the yr. why would Seattle take a chance on him. coming back from a injury? should be safer and better picks.
Mainboards suggested a Dumo for Domi swap. Not opposed. Wonder if a Zucker for Domi swap helps us more?
I don't think Zucker's getting exposed but it could happen. He's not Hextall's guy like he was Rutherford's. Let's look at it - say he ends up outside the top six, someone comes and takes that spot with Malkin while he's out, here's the options
1) Trade. This is kind of the ideal one but the trade market prior to the last expansion draft was pretty crap because of Vegas ensuring no side deals among teams taking protection deals. Could well be the same.
2) Pay to protect or direct attention elsewhere. This is probably going to be pretty expensive unless we can direct them to a LD playing really well. Plenty of teams paid more to protect guys than they would have to replace them.
3) Take it on the chin. This is painful but it's 5.5m of cap cleared with nothing back, we wouldn't lose any actual top 6, we wouldn't lose a player we were really using and so on.
If Zucker's forced out the top 6 and the trade market's bare and the price Seattle wants is high, is 3 really off the table?
Mainboards suggested a Dumo for Domi swap. Not opposed. Wonder if a Zucker for Domi swap helps us more?