Salary Cap: Salary Cap + Roster Building | Cap Details + Links not yet in First Post | Trade Deadline 2.25
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Mr Jiggyfly
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Riptide said:
That’s not true, sorry.
TB was thrust into a more offensive role last season and tripled his goal scoring. JR admitted he was ready to start this season, but there was “no room”.
Guess why there was no room...
JR botched that signing and it screwed TB over and TB got frustrated. Pretty much reality.
Now TB is trying to secure a roster spot he would have already nailed down months ago if Grant wasn’t brought in.
Not sure how anyone can say it was a good signing when the guy blocked TB, wasn’t a gritty guy like they believed, and he didn’t even finish out the season.
It was a mistake, it’s ok to admit that.
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pistolpete11
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Grant was the 13F. Putting Blueger in that position would have been a bad idea. Grant was a perfectly serviceable player C/W that was signed for league minimum. Even if you didn't like him, calling that a mistake is nitpicking the most minor of mistakes.
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I'm never updating that 1st post, @Randy Butternubs . Never. 
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Seriously????
Thanks for constructing this roster, Jimmy! Every game is a struggle thanks to you! I guess 20% of the roster is just happy having a job in the NHL. Here is to you, gramps.
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The second he wanted there to be room, there was room.
Its that simple. The waived Grant on at least one i think 2 seperate occasions. He wasnt blocking anyone.
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Grant played in 25 games, which would have been plenty of valuable time for TB to find a role.
And it’s not nitpicking, as this discussion is spun off of a much larger post pointing out JR’s missteps the last two years and this was an example of him poorly evaluating a player. Grant was a bad signing that now has a young guy still on the roster bubble, and what bothers me more than that, he scouted this player very poorly believing him to be a physicial presence. Just like he believed JJ was an offensive defenseman.
That’s worrisome, even if people want to bury their heads in the sand about it.
Happy Birthday JR! All the love from the board.
Now try to undo the mess you've made of the last 18 months and go out and add a top 4 defenseman to play with Schultz and a middle 9 LW who can play with Malkin if Plan ZAR doesn't pan out.
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Do we realistically even have the assets to accomplish that? I tend to doubt it. I could see a depth defender and maybe a 2hd line LW, that might be doable.
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Or grab Zuc (asking price was a 2nd+prospect) at 50% and put Rust at Malkins LW, then trade Maatta+1st+Addison for Fowler.
Jake-Crosby-Zuc
Rust-Malkin-Kessel
Dumo-Letang
Fowler-Schultz
^ Play the living f*** out of that top 4 and don't give much time for the 3rd pairing so we limit JJ's f***ery bleeding us goals.
Yes, we realistically have the assets to accomplish that.
And, I think JR is willing to spend them.
The real question is WHO he targets, especially given his track record the last 18 months.
One can debate whether the Pens should spend those assets or target those names, but this makes it clear the Pens do have the pieces to address their two big needs.
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That's just the way it worked out, though. He could have just as easily ended up getting next to zero games. But there were injuries and he stepped out of the press box for a few stretches. That's what 13F do.
Muzzin.
Oh yeah, JR was sleeping.
Probably Martinez is the guy I'd target. Same hit as Olli. But, I was on the Muzzin train 2 months ago with a few others here.
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