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Forum: Armchair-GM25 nov. 2023 à 22 h 43
Sujet: Are they Available
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>pens1991</b></div><div>I don't know honestly, I believe they do. Smith is UFA the same time as Sid, you don't go out and get EK if you're not serious about going for it this season and next. We all know as long as Sid is playing at a high level the goal will be to go for it.

Agree on Jake, if he's having a strong season at the deadline he should fetch a really solid return.

I assume he figured EK would = more offense to the bottom six forwards. I bickered all summer because as great of a player as EK is, I believe the penguins could've made a much stronger bottom six by keeping Petry and moving rutta/Desmith/Granlund (buyout). I'm still not out on the team, and specifically with how aggressive Dubas has been in the past with the leafs.

Pens are 4th in team SV% behind Vegas/NYR/Boston, added to top 5 in 5v5 Xgoals. They clearly are showing positive signs.

I think a coaching change comes soon, I think Reirden goes potentially after the game tonight, and I think Dubas makes a trade in the next month.

Agree on net front presence big time hence this AGM I made as I find these guys to be pretty good Net front players.</div></div>

Seems like we agree mostly, but I am just more skeptical on their ability to still contend. If they do they need to get a major impact player at deadline that is a Hornqvist type. I loved the EK trade and think we needed it for our transition game, but we still have a lot of problems remaining. And we need to completely change our system. It will work against some of the slower teams, even good slower teams, but come playoff time we will be overwhelmed by metro. It's so fast which is why were back against metro teams. We need to completely slow it down and incorporate a trap when we need to hold a lead. We can't play fast the entire game, which is why I think we run out of steam a lot in the 3rd. Structure is what will win it for us not speed.
Forum: Armchair-GM25 nov. 2023 à 17 h 13
Sujet: Are they Available
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>pens1991</b></div><div>I don't think the pens are sellers at the deadline for a few reasons.

Outside of Jake and Ned they don't have any UFAs that could be flipped for a return at TDL. (could maybe throw in guys like Z and Vinnie, DOC and Nieto but don't believe they'd bring much back). Maybe you can move Acciari...?

Eller could be easy to move give he doesn't carry an NTC/NMC.

Everyone else will be much more difficult given age/contract and how tight the cap is across the league right now. Rust, graves, jarry rakell, much much more difficult to move and most likely impossible.

I can agree on spending 1st's might be out of the question, but Dubas making deals in the offseason for Smith and Karlsson to me signifies he's not going to give up on the core. If they go full rebuild they have nothing at all, no prospects to play, no 1st next year. I think they'll want to attempt to contend this year and next as Sid becomes a UFA after next season. They're still a top 5 team in 5v5 expected xgoals. They need to fix the powerplay.

-0/2 vs sabres on PP, lost by 1
-0/5 vs Rags on PP, lost by 1
2/7 vs Ducks on PP, lost by 1

The PP should not be this brutal given the talent they can roll out.

2nd and last in the Metro is split by 6 points... its a very very tight division right now.

They're not going to give up yet, specially with yet again how well Sid is playing.

At that point maybe they can then have guys like Yager, Pickering, Pieniniemi, Blomqvist, (maybe Broz) all up in the league</div></div>

I don't think the moves Dubas made signify that he is going all in past this year though. I think that is his hope, but he also said in the press conference that if the season goes south you have to be able to adjust your strategy at the deadline. To me I think his plan sounded like go all in this year then re-evaluate on a year by year basis. I could be wrong and none of us really know for sure.

I think Guentzel being traded is what selling would look like. If we are more than 5 points out of a playoff spot by time the TDL rolls around I would sell personally. Don't think we will give him a long term contract and at that point we don't want to lose him for nothing.

PP is a big problem, but it is not the only one. Roster is older, they don't play team defense, the team struggles to hold leads, we have no net front presence or a Hornqvist type player, etc. I just can't envision us contending, the roster is significantly better than last year but the team has an even worse record than we did at that point. To me that is worrying when it comes to an overall decline. I could be wrong, certainly hope I am.
Forum: Armchair-GM19 nov. 2023 à 12 h 50
Sujet: Thoughts on team
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>edeangel84</b></div><div>This is what I expected the team to be. The top 5 have been great (Rakell has been a major disappointment) Tanger and EK65 have been what we expected them to be and Eller has been my most pleasant surprise thus far. The 4th line and the bottom pairing are weak but that’s not a major problem unless you’re a real contender, which we aren’t. I’m happy enough with Jarry because although I’m not ever going to lead his fan club he could be worse. I’m HIGHLY disappointed with the Graves signing and I’m really worried we got hoodwinked .</div></div>

I agree with all that. I guess it begs the question though of what we do at the trade deadline if we are out of playoffs. Even if we're borderline, I don't think I'm trading a 1st unless we're almost a lock. Another year of missing the playoffs I think it's time to consider a rebuild. I think there's a good chance Dubas would do it too.