Salary Cap: Pittsburgh Penguins Salary cap: We need some wet wipes, there's a mess back there

[Tom Hanks]

The guy isn't out there, but ideally there's someone who legit can play LD or RD and slot in as the #4 better than Johnson if circumstances with Pets require.

There was a guy who could play LD better but he went to the Caps.

Not sure if JR tried to get Dillon and sometimes I just assume that teams should just trade with us if we offer a similar price

Would have liked him to ease Dumo’s readjustment.

Dillon if it wasn’t obvious

 

[KIRK]

there’s a case to be made that Petts would be serviceable as a bottom paired defenseman. Can we say the same for Schultz? Can we pair Schultz with anyone and make him trustworthy in the playoffs? If all our defensemen are healthy what do the pairings look like?

You're preaching to the choir on Schultz. I've been calling him and Pets the HOLD MY BEER pair for a week or so.

There was a guy who could play LD better but he went to the Caps.

Not sure if JR tried to get Dillon and sometimes I just assume that teams should just trade with us if we offer a similar price

Would have liked him to ease Dumo’s readjustment.

Dillon if it wasn’t obvious

I meant one defenseman who could play EITHER LD or RD as needed.

Yes, if it was just a LD, then Dillon. Or Scandella. Oh well . . .

 

[Gurglesons]

Marleau would be a tasty add.

 

[Gallatin]

Because things are going... ready for this revelation...

Badly for a few games.

When has this board every been able to handle adversity?

Shit doesn’t work out after a few games, panic, turn on JR, Sullivan, Sid, Murray, The New Guy, whomever.

It doesn’t have to be logical, just start blaming people and give up on the Pens.

It’s literally been the MO of this board since Dec 08.

Now we have some true visionaries playing the field telling us how the Pens aren’t winning the cup, that way they look smart or something....?

Those guys drove me away after years and years on here. Now we have Ignore - the great equalizer.

 

[Tom Hanks]

Thornton+Marleau to Dallas seems like a foregone conclusion.

Pavekski-Thornton-Marleau that’d be funny

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Petts-Schultz was good for like one or two pre-season games and has sucked since.

Petts is a bottom pairing guy who struggles badly when playing above that. Schultz has been a wet fart for 2.5 years.

I desperately hope we move Schultz tomorrow. We won't because we have some absurd idea that he somehow moves the needle for us in a positive fashion, but we absolutely need to get something for him before he walks for nothing. We lose nothing by trading him, and only stand to acquire assets and cap space to potentially do something else tomorrow.

 

[sovietsanta87]

I still don’t understand the Kovy trade. Where would Kovy play on the power play? He sets up in the same spot as ovechkin.

 

[Gurglesons]

I still don’t understand the Kovy trade. Where would Kovy play on the power play? He sets up in the same spot as ovechkin.

2nd PP.

 

[KIRK]

Those guys drove me away after years and years on here. Now he have Ignore - the great equalizer.

The window has moved so far that I'm now GLASS HALF FULL KIRK on bad days and GLASS THREE QUARTERS FULL KIRK on good ones.

 

[ChaosAgent]

I still don’t understand the Kovy trade. Where would Kovy play on the power play? He sets up in the same spot as ovechkin.

Hypothetically, the second unit. Though Washington rides their PP1 pretty hard.

 

[WayneSid9987]

Sheary is 2X’s the player garbage like 12, 27, 46 etc etc

I wish this front office would have the pro-activeness to get those three plus #3, #4 and maybe soon #28 outta town as quickly as possible.
At this point i'll just pray P-OJ becomes a player Sully can't live without soon.

 

[ChaosAgent]

Marleau would be a tasty add.

Soccer moms across Pittsburgh are salivating.

Edit: but seriously I wouldn't mind Marleau.

 

[66-30-33]

Pavekski-Thornton-Marleau that’d be funny

Old man line

Would be a nostilgic 4th line for Dallas. I call Pavelski old, that means I am old...I am also a July 11 1984 birthday.

 

[Tom Hanks]

Marleau would be a tasty add.

Would he work with Malkin? Haven’t really seen him of late

 

[PensPlz]

Would he work with Malkin? Haven’t really seen him of late

He still looks like Kyle Chandler

 

[WayneSid9987]

So an updated pre-DL day want/would accept list:

-Haula
-Hoffman
-Smith
-Granlund
-Sheary
-Gustafsson
-Marleau

Can prrroooobably take off the NSH guys to shorten that list up.

 

[Invalid cuz QoC]

He still looks like Kyle Chandler

I miss me some Morning Edition with him and the cat and that friend of his.

 

[sovietsanta87]

So an updated pre-DL day want/would accept list:

-Haula
-Hoffman
-Smith
-Granlund
-Sheary
-Gustafsson
-Marleau

Can prrroooobably take off the NSH guys to shorten that list up.

what about a 4th line center that can win face offs? Denault/Glendening?

 

[Gurglesons]

Would he work with Malkin? Haven’t really seen him of late

I mean. If we had to. But, he has the versatility and two way game to be effective on all of the lines. And he can play C.

 

[WayneSid9987]

what about a 4th line center that can win face offs? Denault/Glendening?

Naw.
I passed that point after the poor 5on5 shot share continued to plummet.
Sid/G/Bjugs/Blueger/Lafferty/McCann will suffice for FO's.

 

[ColePens]

what about a 4th line center that can win face offs? Denault/Glendening?

Mike Zigomanis.

 

[SEALBound]

It would be a lot easier not a panic slightly watching contenders make trades if Jake was here.

Zucker-Sid-Kahun
Jake-Malkin-Rust

is a lot easier on the fan psyche than what we are rolling. Then it's a "do we upgrade Sid's RW" discussion.

I keep trying to keep today's game in perspective...going tit for tat with Washington while being down Dumo, Marino, Kahun, and ZAR isn't too shabby. Near as I could tell, Washington was healthy.

 

[ChaosAgent]

what about a 4th line center that can win face offs? Denault/Glendening?

As a member of the Faceoff Truther delegation, I personally accept the Patrick Marleau proposal. But I have to get buy-in from @Ugene Malkin first to reach a delegation consensus.

 

[Andy99]

Would he work with Malkin? Haven’t really seen him of late

No. I watch SJ games...he’s purely bottom six now...maybe Kunitz corpse top 6 in spot duty

 

[Mr Jiggyfly]

To be fair, and i'm guilty of this as well, we let a vocal minority ruin discussion for us. The majority of us believe in this team being a contender. It's a small 15% that make it insufferable. They are the most negative humans i've ever seen.

It was brought up today but man the x-gen years were so f*cking fun to lurk here. There would be like 30 posts but people would find positives in a loss. They'd be happy for the future. They saw the big picture and were hoping the future would come. Annnnnnnnnnnd 3 Cups later. But man the GDTs were fun to read through because even in the WORST hockey games, people found positives.

Now the Pens can be a top 5 team and still people claim they need to rebuild.

I suspect the percentage is a lot higher than that, but the fancy stats people will probably throw some NvsP bar charts at me.

There are many variables on this, but negativity is usually a sign of cowardice.

Those guys drove me away after years and years on here. Now he have Ignore - the great equalizer.

I just can’t use that feature. One poster came very close, but it wasn’t hockey related (dude was wishing cancer on Dupuis while I sat in a hospice with my moms dying from cancer... unfortunately he’s still around but I just skip over his posts...)