Edited Jun. 14, 2021 at 3:50 a.m.
Quoting: pharrow
Dude, that jackass coach wouldn't play OConnor, Angello or Zohorna when he could have to begin with. What makes you think he will play them now?
Not to mention the fact that losing Blueger is a hugh blow. They lose a great bottom 6 center there.
And for what? A backup goalie? Are you F kidding me. That's not a solution, that's shooting yourself in the foot.
I think you vastly over estimate the forward market. The fact that all you could come up with was coleman in doing this says enough in itself.
You are roughly 1 million over the cap you brought in coleman. He's not a top 6 player.
This is not a better team. If you want to work on saving cap, It starts with moving Matheson. Who is a disaster in his own zone. He gave up 8 goals in 5v5 play in the playoffs.
Can we say next.....
Not roughly over 1M. I had Zohorna as an extra forward. And the 4th line being OConnor/Gaudreau/Angello.
The 4th line changed to Zohorna/Gaudreau/Angello isn’t over at all.
Granted it would only be a 21 man roster. But most likely Geno is gonna start the season on LTIR.
Pens need to get those guys ice time and get them in the line-up.
Angello and Zohorna are both 25 years old. And OConnor is 23. They need ice time. They are NHL players. All 3 proved it this season.
Angello had 51 hits in 19 games. And limited minutes too.
You can even go Zohorna/Gaudreau/Angello and be a huge 4th line. Zohorna is European and isn’t a typical 6’6, 230 pound American hockey player. But he’s not gonna get pushed around. Just like how they didn’t push around Jeff Carter. He’s too big.
And spend the savings on the 3rd line, a back-up goalie(1B goalie) and I would like L.Schenn as the 3rd pairing RHD instead of resigning Ceci. A tougher, better defensive D-man, and better offensive d-man actually.
Again, imo Gaudreau did fine centering that 4th line when Blueger was out. And is a lot cheaper.
Zohorna/Gaudreau/Angello can play real 4th line minutes. And use the cap space on the 3rd line, a back-up goalie and a 3rd RHD.
Doesn’t have to be B.Coleman, C.Driedger and Luke Schenn. They will have cap relief not having to sign Blueger to a 2M-2.5M contract, ZAR to a 1.5M-2M deal, and get out of 4 more years of a 3.5M, 30 year old, 4th line wingers contract.
Or we have the highest paid 4th line in the NHL and a weak 3rd line again.