NHL 2017-2018 Season: Penguins already sucking dick
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StoiCynic
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Hayes (2C), Kreider (1W), Grabner (Leading Goal scorer), Shatt and Staal all out of the lineup due to injuries. Basically we are an AHL team atm, cool.
Credit where it is due, Shattenkirk on his 40 pt. pace with a torn meniscus since September is pretty nice. He has been struggling the past 5 weeks, but was on fire early on.
Credit where it is due, Shattenkirk on his 40 pt. pace with a torn meniscus since September is pretty nice. He has been struggling the past 5 weeks, but was on fire early on.
Merrith
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He put up points for us too, although it's hard not to QBing our PP anytime Ovechkin gets hot.
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Not lately. Lot of fans joking about acquiring Mike Green somehow to play in the bottom pair and to QB the PP...despite Carlson having a career year, he still has trouble hitting that pass to Ovechkin for the one timer sometimes. PP has been hit and miss of late. Oshie not being Oshie since he got hurt hasn't helped, and frankly Backstrom has been underwhelming most of the year.
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We'll see how it goes come playoffs. Gotta give GMGM credit though, he picked the right 4D's and middle 6 guys with upside
StoiCynic
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Them even making the playoff is kind of amazing considering they were expected to be dead last, but I agree top brass did some amazing scouting overall (though the salary cap helped a ton with certain exposed picks). Can't discredit the players though. In a league that is getting more and more dictated by advanced stats and metrics, it's nice to see players over achieve with chips on their shoulders like they have something to prove. They also have a ton of leadership in that locker room, which has been quickly getting replaced by younger, faster, flashier kids.
Just a really cool story overall, hard not to pull for them. Minus MAF. Fuck that dude.
Just a really cool story overall, hard not to pull for them. Minus MAF. Fuck that dude.
Merrith
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Hahaha. So with you on MAF. Honestly though, while no one expected this (obviously) level of success, the expansion draft and rules were set up EXTREMELY in their favor to get some quality players. Also teams making deals to protect guys (or have them draft specific guys who maybe teams wanted to shed their contracts) armed them with a ton of picks too. I've seen some stories though where GMGM's plan is kind of in shambles now because he was expecting to be able to deal certain guys at the deadline (attractive guys or expiring contracts as rentals for other teams) and now they kind of aren't sellers, they may even be buyers of a sort. Obviously it's a good problem to have, but figuring out which guys to move or sign after this season will be tough.
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Some of the deals they made around the expansion draft were just legit insane.
'Columbus Oh --- In exchange for selecting forward William Karlsson in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft, the Columbus Blue Jackets have traded their 2017 first round pick, 24th overall, a second round pick in the 2019 NHL Draft and forward David Clarkson to the Vegas Golden Knights, club General Manager Jarmo Kekalainen announced tonight.'
So Colombus gave them a 1st round and 2nd round pick for Vegas to choose the current 6th top scorer in the league. Thats starting to get pretty close to the Eric Lindros standard of steals.