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Forum: Armchair-GMMay 15, 2023 at 11:21 a.m.
Thread: 5 guys Id want at pick 14
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>pensfan21</b></div><div>Because you need youth and prospects to win the cup. That's part of the reason we've been declining, because we have no young talent to infuse into the lineup and the young talent we did have Hextall traded them away. We are not going to win the cup just signing a bunch of free agents and trading the 1st for a goalie. That's not how you build a cup winning team. We need to get extremely creative and find a way to get younger. Trading away our highest draft pick in years is not going to fix this team. We need to get young through the draft and through trades not involving the 1st if we can, and if we are extremely lucky then these players can help Crosby Malkin and Letang at the tail end of their careers.</div></div>

That's just insanely silly thinking. You are absolutely 10000% wrong. You win the championship with established players. Sometimes you get lucky and a young player turns out to be amazing but they are FEW AND FAR BETWEEN. Montreal has to be one of the youngest teams in hockey, how'd they do? How did the young devils do? How did the young leafs core, the young oilers core? The young canucks?

That's just non knowledgeable hockey fans. Fans who just read their favorite blogger, watch the games and parrot them. If the penguins use the 14th overall pick this year to choose a player - they have slammed their window shut. You just resigned Rakell, Rust, Letang &amp; Malkin. You've made a commitment to the core. They will not be around in 6-8 years when this 14th overall pick is an impact player in the NHL. You trade these prospects and picks for players who CAN PLAY. Not for players WHO SAME DAY MIGHT BE ABLE TO.

Do you know what happens when Sidney Crosby calls it a career, likely in 5 more seasons? This team crashes and burns. There is not a retool opportunity, there is no small rebuild. It's to late for that. In 5 years, you move on from everything that has value, you tear it all down, and you start over. There was an option to have this team setup for a post crosby era, Jim Rutherford chose not to go that route &amp; than Ron Hextall chose to do NOTHING but crush the teams competitive window since.

Someday you'll get it, go back and watch the 2003 Pittsburgh Penguins.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 14, 2023 at 3:00 p.m.
Thread: 5 guys Id want at pick 14
I will never understand the part of this fanbase that wants to use the first round picks. If it's not a top 5 pick, they should be moving it. This core has 4 years left, five if they're lucky. You trade these picks for someone to help you NOW. I know a LARGE majority of the vocal fanbase wasn't around to see the dark years from 2001 - Crosby, but this rebuild will be much, much worse than that. The likelihood of them making the playoffs next year is high. They'll be competitive for the remainder of Crosby's career. That means AT BEST, they're picking somewhere from 16-31 lets say for the next 3-5 years. The prospects they have are not great, they're not even bottom six regulars in the NHL. They have a couple nice goalie prospects and pickering who MIGHT be a solid 2nd pairing option someday but we're talking about YEARS from now. Nobody they draft at 14 this year is going to help this core, and the chances are they likely won't ever be impact players anyway.

Use the little assets you have to make savvy enough moves to help this core MAYBE make one or two more runs. They deserve it, we have been SPOILED as fans of this franchise.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 10, 2023 at 10:31 a.m.
Thread: Things I would do if I was the GM
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>pens1991</b></div><div>Very unlikely pens get Compher with Landeskog done now, he's most likely signing in Colorado.

LA will most likely move what they need to sign Gavrikov.

I'd take Hill but guessing Vegas resigns.

Too much on Zucker and Pacioretty coming off more Achilles issues... nah</div></div>

I'd absolutely 100% take the risk to sign Patches for a discount on a one year prove it contract.

Zucker is going to be somewhere in the 5-6M range. He's a UFA top 6 winger that just scored 27 goals in 78 games. Along with the forecheck and physicality he brings, this number is in the right ballpark for him.

Compher is a pending UFA and the injuries to the avalanche doesn't change his ability to test the open market, same thing goes for Hill &amp; Gavrikov.

I'm not sure why people are acting like these players are restricted to the teams they currently play for.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 22, 2023 at 7:29 p.m.
Thread: Back to the playoffs
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>IconicHawk</b></div><div>Penguins after getting a good prospect:

After all why not?

Why shouldn’t I trade him?</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>IconicHawk</b></div><div>Penguins after getting a good prospect:

After all why not?

Why shouldn’t I trade him?</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>IconicHawk</b></div><div>Penguins after getting a good prospect:

After all why not?

Why shouldn’t I trade him?</div></div>

These are the takes I hate about the penguins. Who gives a **** about Owen Pickering? You committed to winning the minute you resigned the core + rakell. You have very little assets and a player like Pickering isn’t about to benefit this team for 4,5 years.

In four or 5m five years, Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin &amp; Kris Letang will all be retired. At that point, regardless if you traded the picks &amp; b level prospects or not, you are in a full sail rebuild that will see this team be absolutely terrible for atleast 5 years.

Trade the prospects, the picks and go for it.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 21, 2023 at 6:52 p.m.
Thread: Back to the playoffs
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Victor24</b></div><div>I have this fight about Saros and Demko all the time so I'll cut it off at the pass. Yes, both goalies look good and could very well be elite. Their problem is in games played. Saros has 2 seasons of &gt;40 games (Demko has 1). Sample size plays a factor.

We can disagree if you'd like but the numbers (while great) are not a large enough size to be called elite. And not elite goalies don't fetch as much as you'd think in trades.

If Saros has another strong season with 50+ games, he would be worth more. But, then again he would only have 1 more season of control. So...</div></div>


That’s just a crazy take brother lol you can’t dock him for backing up Rinne. He’s got 286 GP in his career, a 2.58GAA &amp; a 9.19sv%

Saros saved 46.7 goals above expected this year, that led the league. Last year he was 6th, the year before that - 5th. Whoever you’re having this fight with about him, stop having it because you are wrong lol
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 22, 2022 at 3:23 p.m.
Thread: Hopeful off season
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ceeque84</b></div><div>if you want the Oilers to take Dumo, you'd have to take Keith back... otherwise they dont have the cap space or a roster spot available to make that happen.</div></div>

I don’t think you’ll see Keith on an NHL roster next year. He’s shot, he’s retiring.

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ceeque84</b></div><div>if you want the Oilers to take Dumo, you'd have to take Keith back... otherwise they dont have the cap space or a roster spot available to make that happen.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ceeque84</b></div><div>if you want the Oilers to take Dumo, you'd have to take Keith back... otherwise they dont have the cap space or a roster spot available to make that happen.</div></div>
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 19, 2021 at 7:49 a.m.
Thread: Talking about retool
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>pharrow</b></div><div>If this team retools it will be from FA.
I have to think the coach goes before any players at this point. He's lost the room. I just don't think they want to make that move mid season. Which is the real issue.
I don't see him here next year. But I think next year this team looks totally different on the 3rd line because Hextal will pick better bottom 6 players than JR did.




This isn't true at all. Matheson has looked good so far.
If he continues playing that way Seattle will take him, most the penguins add is a 2nd or 3rd to make sure.</div></div>


Every single underlying number that we use to evaluate a player shows us that Matheson has been bad this year.

He’s made a couple nice plays over his last two games. It doesn’t excuse him from being a below replacement level defender in the nhl his entire career.