This stat is surprising. That's the same number as Buffalo.
What does PIT do?
No 1st, pressure to compete now with Crosby, Letang and Malkin still in the mix but they also need to be developing guys for the future and eventual re-tool/re-build
What does PIT do?
No 1st, pressure to compete now with Crosby, Letang and Malkin still in the mix but they also need to be developing guys for the future and eventual re-tool/re-build
If I were them I'd take the PR hit from fans and try to get as much as I could for those 3 guys and do a full rebuild. I don't think they're winning another championship with them so might as well accelerate the rebuild/retool rather than go through a long overhaul like Detroit. That'll never happen though.
What Pittsburgh always do, sell off anything of value and tank for the next big thing.
A little Owen Power, some Shane Wright, a dash of Matvei Michkov and they’ll be on their way.
That's the weird thing. That stat is actually slightly more impressive than it looks on the surface because they're never f***ing winning after the 2nd period.Tell me about it. This team it’s so frustrating to cheer against. How many times are they going to come from behind to steal 2 points?
If I were them I'd take the PR hit from fans and try to get as much as I could for those 3 guys and do a full rebuild. I don't think they're winning another championship with them so might as well accelerate the rebuild/retool rather than go through a long overhaul like Detroit. That'll never happen though.
They're not a good team. General mishmash of players that don't fit well together with an aging core that's not what it was in the past.
A long overhaul is inevitable. Their top guys are still reasonably young and they could still contend with a minor retool. Trading their core at this point would be really premature, in my opinion.
Five years from now, to give them one last opportunity at a cup? Maybe.
Yikes.Oh yeah? well the Ducks haven't won a single game where the opposing team has scored more than ONE goal
Why? The amount of legit prospects/young players they could get from teams in win-now mode for Crosby, Malkin and Letang would easily expedite the rebuild, and without even needing to rely as much on their own scouts to make sure they hit on the picks. If they traded those 3 away, yeah a couple years missing the playoffs would be a given but I think they could pretty easily avoid a long overhaul by getting a ton of assets for those guys. Whereas the Red Wings dynasty just fizzled out and now they're going on 5 years missing the playoffs and that'll likely wind up being at least 6 or 7 years.