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Forum: Armchair-GM27 août 2020 à 15 h 28
Sujet: Pens 20-21
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>lebronisdagoat</b></div><div>ur right but playing with crosby boosts those stats a lot
he still can produce without crosby but not as much as with him</div></div>

He actually barely played with Crosby this year.

Take a look at the line combos for 19-20

<a href="https://frozenpool.dobbersports.com/players/bryan-rust" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://frozenpool.dobbersports.com/players/bryan-rust</a>

To your point, he did play with Malkin and Guentzal so he wasn't necessarily driving play. But I do find it interesting that as his minutes went up and the quality of his line mate increased, his performance improved. I know that seems obvious, but some guys shrink in an increased role. Rust got better, to me, that speaks to his value.

Look at his Q2 production. He actually played his best when Sid wasn't even in the line up.
Forum: Armchair-GM27 août 2020 à 15 h 13
Sujet: Pens 20-21
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>lebronisdagoat</b></div><div>because he played with crosby
domi is the better player without question</div></div>

I think Rust is better than you're giving him credit for but I agree that a straight up trade for Domi is unrealistic.

This was Rust's best season but he's proven to be a pretty consistent goal scorer over the last 4 seasons. I do expect his goal total to decrease next season as he was scoring at nearly an 18% clip.

Even so, his shooting % sits at about 15% over the last four years. He shoots a little over 2 shots per game and even if he regresses back to 15% he's good for 25 goals in a 82 game season. (For context- league average for a good shooting percentage is about 12.5%).

A 25 goal scorer locked in at 3.5 M for 2 more years is a very good player.
Forum: Armchair-GM26 août 2020 à 17 h 17
Sujet: Taking offers for MM and McCann
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Capitalfail67</b></div><div>serious question how much better is Kappy than Kuhun.... lol like he could have just avoided all this</div></div>

I thought Kuhun was fitting in nicely. I don't know what his next contract will look like, but I bet it would have been less than 3.2 and we clearly would have kept the pick.

You knew this whole off season was gonna go sideways when GMJR stood by Jack Johnson once again after one of the worst post season performances I've ever seen. Dude just doesn't understand what needs to be fixed.

I would have much rather kept Kuhun and used the 1st to dump the JJ contract. Imagine trading it with JJ for like a 3rd round pick or something... all that sounds better than this.

You knew it was gonna cost Pitt a lot to fix the error of the JJ contract but I had no idea it would be this bad, the GM refuses to even acknowledge it as a problem.
Forum: Armchair-GM26 août 2020 à 16 h 59
Sujet: Taking offers for MM and McCann
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Capitalfail67</b></div><div>imo they could have easily got Kappy for Hallander and a 2nd round pick.. im just baffled at the cost of a 40 point 24 year old winger. idk if hes the guy that pushes them over the edge... GMJR is really banking a lot on KAppy and Sid clicking... i would have went for Domi.... i think hes more of what they need...</div></div>

I completely agree. I think they could have paid less for what they got. GMJR has to have a rep around the league as the first place to go if you want 1st Round picks.

If the team doesn't look right half way through next year they have to make a complete change in the front office. The 2022 draft is shaping up to be really solid and this dude's about to trade our first for Jack Johnson 2.0.
Forum: Armchair-GM26 août 2020 à 14 h 28
Sujet: Taking offers for MM and McCann
First things first, Toronto won the trade.

Referring to Hallander as a top 3 organizational asset is true, but a bit off base. It's probably better to think of him in the vacuum of young forward with legit NHL potential - a top 6 ceiling but most likely more like top 9 potential. All that to say, a pretty valuable if you're up against the cap but by no means a guarantee.

The 15th overall pick is what really shook me, specifically in a draft this deep. My hope was that Pittsburgh would begin the process of a soft transition into building their prospect pool.

GMJR has absolutely zero interest in preparing for the transition after Malkin's contract expires and that's what has me super concerned. I get the idea of win now, but have any of these moves actually improved their chances of winning? They've been bounced in two straight playoff series.
Forum: NHL Signings30 janv. 2020 à 10 h 59
Sujet: Pittsburgh Penguins signed Marcus Pettersson (5 Years / $4,025,175 AAV)
Pens fan here. My opinion is just as valuable / worthless as everyone else's here.

I think this is a slight but acceptable overpayment.

All the above mentioned comparables exhibit the same basic characteristics of this contract: this is the cost of a 2nd pairing defenseman.

I don't think Pettersson is anywhere near the best 2nd pairing Dman and also don't think he's a bum. What I DO know is that right now his chemistry with his team mates and his buy-in to Pittsburgh's system is working. That's more than I can say for other defenders who have passed through in recent years.

Ultimately he's a relatively young guy who may pan out, and maybe his contract is a great deal in 3 years, maybe its a trash deal in 3 years; but at the end of it all, if Pitt can make deep runs in the post season or navigate the rest of the roster moves and future signings with better clarity than this is simply what had to be done.

What were the other options? Not sign the dude? Create a charade? Have this get in the way of resigning our goalies? Alienate the relationship with the coach? Disrupt locker room chemistry?

**** it, just give him a borderline deal and see if it works.

There are more factors to consider than eye ball tests, stats, advanced metrics etc.