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Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 28, 2019 at 10:48 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 12, 2019 at 11:25 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 12, 2019 at 11:00 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 8, 2019 at 10:04 a.m.
Thread: Brassard for Nuge
Love it. I think Brass has done really well lately and Pearson-Brassard-Kessel might have been our best line on Sunday against Chicago - but I have loved RNH for some time now and think he would fit in great in PIT. You did a good job of explaining this move and I agree with you on most of it I just think $3m retained is a lot for EDM to swallow. It makes perfect sense capwise for this season, but if they did decide to keep Brassard then it would essentially be whatever his contract is plus another $3m. The compensation is there for the retention for sure I just think $3mil over the next two years is a lot. Easy fix though, just soften the retention to $2m and keep the trade as is, or swap out Dea for Simon (would hate to lose either, honestly).

Kassian would be a decent RW on the 4th line with ZAR and Sheahan too. Never a bad thing to have depth that can hop in and play bottom 6 minutes.
Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 19, 2018 at 11:05 a.m.
Thread: Jack Johnson is a solid top 6 D-man Change My Mind
Other stat driven facts. Kris Letang also on the ice for 30 even strength goals. Is second on the team in giveaways(turnovers) with 36. Malkin leads with 42. JJ has 11
Malkin and Kessel are a teamworst at GA per 60 min. Malkin is also a team worst at a minus 14.
Analytics would have Dominik Simon appear to the best Pens forward has he has the highest Corsi and Fenwick percentages.
So to sum up Letang is just as bad defensively as JJ maybe worse because he is a turnover machine. Malkin is the biggest defensive liability one the ice. Simon should get 8mil a year. Ok that Simon thing is obviously ridiculous and i was purposely being sarcastic so don't blow up over it but analytics and stats can be made to show anything.

I'm not saying JJ is great. he isn't. But he isn't as bad as ppl seem and not the reason the Pens have under achieved. If you thought JJ was brought into to be the stabilizing force on the defense you were mistaken and your expectations were in fantasy land. If you thought he was going to be a 4/5 defenseman that would add some snarl then you are getting what you expect. Problem is he is getting paid more than his actual role dictates. He is also playing a role that he isn't suited for due to the mess our blueline is in. His salary is the GM's fault. JJ probaly should have gotten a 1 or 2 year prove it deal. not a Long term deal with security.
Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 18, 2018 at 11:38 p.m.
Thread: Jack Johnson is a solid top 6 D-man Change My Mind
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>pharrow</b></div><div>JJ plays a physical game, he hits, but please don't excuse that for good hockey. He's awful. If he could learn that when he's the last man back he shouldn't be pinching leaving to fast breaks, and that defense men aren't suppose to wander all over the ice to lay a hit he'd be worth a damn. But that simply doesn't stick into his head. He's always out there trying to be the hero and being exposed. The team doesn't need a hero defense man, they need someone who can stop goals from going in. I'm not sure what you are talking about as far as shot suppression. Our goalies have been lit up like a Christmas tree as of lately. And he's on the ice for a part of that too.

You people are either completely blind, don't watch games, or have no understanding of what a defense man should do.
Don't get me wrong, it's not all JJ fault. But when a guy is on the ice for 30 some goals and you can directly look at him as being a reason for a lot of them you can't be serious to say he's not the problem.
You could say the same thing about letang. Against the ducks Letang was directly responsible for the goal off the face off. The penguins winger pressed forward to the next level for his defensive responsibility on the Anaheim defense man aka to stop a 1 timer slap shot, and Letang was directly responsible for the Ducks winger closest to the goal who was left uncovered. He did not engage, tie him up etc.... and he scored a goal. That goal is directly on letang who frankly got no help from the goalie who didn't stop an easy shot.
You can make direct relations to who is responsible for goals getting scored. JJ is probably more responsible for goals being scored against this team than any defense man on the ice. Followed by Letang and Oleksiak. But at least Oleksiak brings something to the table. He keeps teams honest in a way JJ will never do. He also is a pretty solid 3rd pairing guy which is all he was suppose to be.</div></div>

So because he doesn't stop every two on one he's a bad defenseman? He shouldn't even have to be in a two on one situation, if he is it means the other defenseman ****ed up or there was a bad change. Let me rank the Pens defenseman for you: 1. Letang (barely) 2. Dumoulin (extremely underrated) 3. Schultz. Those are 3 solid defenseman and everyone else is at around the same skill level; that being Maatta, Oleksiak, and Johnson. There hasn't been enough time to properly assess Petterson.

Shot suppression means preventing shots from reaching the net whether that's blocks or redirections. JJ leads the team with 57 blocks in 33 games which is almost 2 a game. He also leads the team with 98 hits and is a physical presence on the ice. He is Ian Cole for 1 mil cheaper

Now my argument wasn't that he should play 20 minutes a night or that he belongs on the top 4. My argument was that he isn't as bad as everyone says he is, the mob hate of him is unjustified, and he shouldn't be traded away for nothing just because his contract is bad. You can't seriously tell me that he is worse than Ruhwedel, Riikola, or any other guy we have in the AHL. He isn't costing us games defensively any more than Maatta, Oleksiak, or even Letang.
Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 18, 2018 at 9:01 p.m.
Thread: Jack Johnson is a solid top 6 D-man Change My Mind
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Sidstick87</b></div><div>Analytics show Crosby is very good = Crosby is very good at hockey
Analytics show JJ is very bad = JJ is very bad at hockey
- The dude is on the ice almost every time we get scored on = he is very bad position wise
** did u watch the game last nite? He went across to lay hit (didnt even hit the dude) got him self out of position and resulted in a 2 on 1 and Ducks scored.
- The dude does not understand when to pinch and when not to pinch = everytime he does it is a 2 on 1 breakaway score (like last nite) ...actually (like the last 3 games)
BUT
If he wasnt allowed to ever pinch, didnt chase guys behind the net, could shot the puck without it getting blocked, didnt push everyone that blows by him into our own goalie , and was better at hockey .... i guess he could be a top 6 dman</div></div>

Did you also see the play he made against LA or Boston last week where he swatted the puck away from an empty net? He makes good plays and bad plays. So does Maatta, Oleksiak, and Letang but every time I come on here all I see is Jack Johnson for Carolina's 6th round pick. Kris Letang made one of the worst turnovers I've ever seen an NHL defenseman make against Chicago where he tried to get the puck out, gave it right up to Kane or whoever and they got an instant one timer. Maatta, Oleksiak, and Johnson are all below average yet the one who has the least trade value is the one these simpletons say we should trade. I'd argue Johnson is better than Maatta right now.
Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 12, 2018 at 7:22 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 12, 2018 at 6:50 p.m.
Thread: Jeff Carter Fully Healthy Lineup
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>tkecanuck341</b></div><div>A 24-year old player that has yet to crack the NHL isn't a prospect, he's a failed player. The Kings have several. The Kings already have two $4M LHD defensemen that they're trying to unload. They don't want/need another. No they don't want Rust either.

Make the prospect Hallander or Almeida and make the roster player Oleksiak and the Kings might do this. They're not going to retain salary in excess of $2M for the next 4 years though. You might talk them into retaining 10% if you throw in that extra pick.</div></div>

Johnson was signed out of college ofc he's not going to be super young, but to say he's a failed player is idiotic. Sheary was once an undrafted College FA and he's had a nice career so far and he's only 26
Forum: Armchair-GMNov. 24, 2018 at 8:51 p.m.