At some point in time, you’re going to have to get picks back and I’m assuming he’s gonna move Kakko to do so. They can’t be relying on Chytil.
The President trophy means SH*T if you don't win and take advantage of the better matchups and home ice. And he did give up a 2nd rounder for a player the Pens scratched and demoted. Please stop already. In the past 4 seasons, he has had one season where he scored more than 16 goals. And he has been okay in the playoffs not great, one playoff season with more than 14 points is not great. What good is it re-signing Igor, Lindgren, Lafreniere if the team is sh*t anyway and not good enough to win. Does it really matter big picture...the answer is a resounding NO.
Your fucking lost 94. Marchessault is a PP specialist who had two good playoff runs. Wake the fuck up. You have to be in your early 20s or 30s. You can’t possibly be this stupid. He’s also 5’9 just exactly what we need to get through Florida. Dumbass.
you have so many repeating posts about how much Drury sucks,... beating a dead horse... my point is...his hands are tied...you are assuming it was Drury who leaked the information...ever think that maybe Trouba leaked it knowing he was going to get traded and didnt want to go? So he couldnt move Trouba...has a couple of RFA's to sign...his hands are tied... unfortunately with this cap the Rangers cant overpay for another vet and hope he works out... i so remember how many people were killing Drury for Vinny T ..that seemed to be a good deal...you had to overpay for Z because there wasnt many options... people wanted Kreids resigned..well..that happened.. Bread was a pre Drury contract. These guys are not moveable the only asset that has real value that can bring back alot is Fox.
No surprise the Pens ate 25% as they know they stole a 2nd from Drury. And let me be clear on Smith, and everyone should view it this way, if he was added to be the 3rd line RW I would maybe be somewhat okay with the trade. But he was added to be the 1st line RW because Drury missed on all the players who are actually 1st line RW's, then had to deal a 2nd to get a guy who isn't a # 1 RW. Please understand that it makes the trade terrible IMO.
Question for you Al, you are a good and very reasonable guy. You are good with Drury and his moves, and panic at the trade DL? You are good with his move today being to deal a 2nd for Reilly Smith to be our # 1 RW? Seriously asking, not trying to be a jerk.
The team lost in six games in the conference finals to the team who won the cup and he’s crying like a fucking pussy about free agency. This is the problem with the Madison Square Garden crowd. They’re a bunch of fucking spoiled brats and dumb fucks who aren’t true fans who basically just sit there and go to games cause they can afford to go. I’ve never seen a bunch of bigger candy asses about free agency than what’s on this board right now. They have absolutely no fucking clue what players we have to sign next year or they’re just not paying attention to it.
Every year it’s the same shit with retards like 94. Trade all our picks and prospects, sacrifice our future and go big name hunting. I’m not happy we gave up a second round pick, but I believe that if they don’t achieve their goal this year they’re going to dump at least three players in the off-season. Or perhaps some at the deadline.
Go give Igor $12M, and Miller and Laf huge money, and Lindgren good money this year. What does it matter if the team isn't good enough to win a Cup anyway, which I thought was the goal. Instead of taking advantage of the last year of a reasonable cap hit for Igor, Drury F's up the Trouba deal and pisses him off and deals a 2nd for a bottom 6 RW to be our # 1 RW. Come on now.
Again, I know it is difficult for you, but neither 94 said deal all the picks and prospects. You repeating your nonsense lies doesn't make it true. And you are the one on board with dealing a 2nd for Smith, I am not. So again, your nonsense is just that, nonsense.
A 2027 2nd rounder for a Reilly Smith with 25% retained on an expiring deal is not a terrible trade. Fills out the roster for next year while also keeping room available and options open for the following offseason. It’s a deadline-type move done earlier to allow that line to gel. Not a coincidence that Panarin-Trocheck-Laf, our best line, started playing together in November. I also wouldn’t focus on him being “1RW”. Kreider/Mika have shown they can produce with a guy who might not be a true "1RW" but plays a shoot-first rush game and get get involved in the corners. (think Vatrano). Lafrienire is our 1RW and he is about to be paid as such. If anyone was expecting Marchessault for 4 years, or Stamkos for 4 years, or Bertuzzi for 4 years, or anything like that, while Kreider and Panarin each have years left and Laf is about to break the bank, well that’s on you. The only deal out there that would have made sense to me for a top 6 RW was Arviddson, and he stayed out west for 2 in EDM. Waiting to see if an improvement is coming on D. That remains the biggest issue for the short term. I’d also like to see a backup plan to Chytil. Cannot go into the season counting on him to play 82+16. Otherwise, nobody else in the East seems that much better. Maybe the Devils but they still suck.
I literally just posted how he wasn’t a PP specialist and gave you actual stats. You are giving opinions. You are a fucking retard.
Smith is not terrible. Dont mind him on the top line or the 3rd line but he needs to play like a top 6 guy if this team is going to compete for a Cup again. Cant have the same problem - nobody that can gel with the two Houdinis
Its not as easy as you are making it... am I happy..no i would have loved to get Stamkos but...not going to bankrupt the future with yet another overpaid vet on the wrong side of the mountain. We need to be reasonable as no one here is a fly on the wall in Drury's office. You making assumptions based on your raw feelings right now. One way to look at all of this... we again were very close to a final, losing the eventual champs, again... you have to believe that Fox and Trouba both had crippling injuries...to me Fox was as much a disappointment in this playoff run as Z was in the Florida series. A healthy Fox and Trouba we could have and should have won against the Panthers. The cap is just as much as an opponent than any other gm in this league right now. Chytil injuries are just as much a problem as the cap as coming off the Devil playoff series you were hoping for big things from Chytil Kakko and Laffy... you are asking Drury to be David Cooperfield while having his hands tied behind his back
So then no GM should ever be blamed for the previous regime or making things worse. You’re a dumb fuck. Truly are. IQ of a tomato. This team didn’t win the Cup so, according to you, it’s a waste of a year. Fine. I’ll go along with that. So we need to get better. Instead of getting better we have destroyed the team chemistry possibly with this Trouba shit and haven’t made any impactful moves. We traded away a 2nd round pick for a middle of the road player to a division rival. How in the hell is that a good deal???? I’m aware of what we SHOULD sign next year, not have to sign. You are worried about giving a guy 5.5M who has shown he can produce 5v5 unlike Kreider and Mika who you bashed endlessly all year and playoffs long. You want to give 12M+ to a goalie who is all world, but hasn’t won anything yet and the NHL has shown lesser goalies can win with a more complete team in front of them. Do I want Igor gone? Absofuckinglutely not! I want his number hanging in the rafters! But if we give him all that money, that means that in the future we will be unable to sign/resign important pieces. We will all be on this board screaming at each other like we were on the ESPN boards with Hanks teams. And you are once again saying if we aren’t good enough we will dump players and get picks back. Exactly who will be doing these trades? Drury? He has shown he gets his pants pulled downed countless times in trades or is incapable of pulling the trigger when necessary. We were supposed to be rid of Trouba and have cap space. How’d that work out? We traded for AHLers at the trade deadline when we had a legit chance to try and win it all. Now, once again, here we are watching several teams add real pieces to better themselves with real players and we added an AHL center and a RW that scored a whopping 13 goals last year. Maybe he works out and I hope he does, but there are analytics people have posted online about him last year that showed the Pens were better with him off the ice than on it.
I have not seen one person say we should have signed Stamkos for $8M. That was a HUGE overpay for Nashville. Marchessault is who most everyone is upset about us not getting and for that price. Like I said, I’m curious as to what’s happening. Is it Drury is incompetent and can’t get it done or is it that players just don’t want to come here? Seems weird we could lure one free agent worth a damn here when we were so close to the finals.
By the way dump, here’s your “PP specialist’s” stats for the past 5 years. Total goals: 140 PP goals: 31 Yep. Screams PP specialist.
Did i say all GM's.... i said Drury has his hands tied... you are being a monday night qb .... which move would you have bettered than what the player received.... and lets go from there.. We had approximately 11.8million available with only 4 dman signed You would probably need 3 to 4 million to sign Lingren and Schneider to get to 6 dman leaving roughly 8 to 9 million to sign someone else Would you have given more to Stamkos... 4 years 32 million basically ending your spending Would you have given Marchessault 5 years at 25 million... more years or more total salary...again ending your spending you have not much flexibility if you sign either one come deadline day What was your plan other than complain after the fact?
He has no plan. He's a dumb fuck who never wants to give prospects a chance. The same core team that got the team to the presidents trophy is coming back. Smith is on board. Wennberg and Roslovic are RFA's. First, they need to sign Lindgren and Schneider. Othmann like Cuylle got a year in the AHL. He should be on this team next year and his game like Cuylle's is built for the playoffs. However, it's hard as a rookie to produce in the playoffs. Cuylle hopefully will become a Matteu type. Sykora should be a serious contender for the 4th line. Trouba is going to get bought out if Drury can't trade him. That is the strong rumor.
