Quoting: BeautifulIdiot
Very fair, But the man who wants everyone fired isn’t fired and might get another shot, look at Benning, people were calling for his head in a far more vocal market for far longer. Contrary to popular belief, miller is a good defensive player, he didnt back check at the start of the year, but under tocchet he as fixed that and has been able to shot what he is in fact a 200 foot player, he’s also a leader and would be a great piece to get a team to the playoffs, Canucks aren’t in that position, so we would be better off to monetize him. But I understand your point, I hope for our sake that this trade gets made but I could see Hex(Stall) seeing that this is his time to shine and pulling the trigger. I wouldn’t say grandlunds contract is an albatross, he still produces, or at least before being traded he produced well
Hextall is in the process of pissing away a healthy 82 games from Sid and Geno, and one of the most effective top 6s we've built around them. Our window is either shut or close to it and he's the root cause of a lot of it. I've seen people say this is the most hopeless they've seen Pens fans, and I believe it. Chants call out in home games to fire the guy. Hard to believe he gets another shot, and if he does, I wouldn't be surprised if Pittsburgh took a page out of your fanbase's book from 2010-11.
And Miller has been good defensively, but the lack of effort from the beginning of the season leave a bad taste in my mouth. What's stopping him from doing that here? What reason do we give him to care, when the Pens are clearly clinging onto contention for dear life. For all I know, it's too late.
Similar situation to the leadership claim. The incident from December-ish of him getting mad at Delia when VAN was trying to get an extra attacker on is stuck in my head whenever the trade proposal gets brought up. Maybe you're right, you know the player better than I do. But what I've seen is not encouraging.
And no, Granlund is an albatross and another reason why Hextall should not be here much longer. 1 goal, 5 points in 20 games in PIT, and that goal was in garbage time and didn't matter. He produced in Nashville because he was in a much bigger role there. His ice time dropped ~3min/game in the change. If you've seen either JFresh's player card or the Athletic's GSVA card for Granlund at the time of the trade, both were awful. And the eye test backs it up. He's rarely a negative impact, but he's never a positive one. He's an expensive, aging playmaker, and none of those descriptions were something we needed.