Ryan Wilson: Pittsburgh Gifted With Perfect Opportunity To Find Malkin His Winger Pittsburgh Gifted With Perfect Opportunity To Find Malkin His Winger

Vrbata?

We have vrbata

4 million?? No one in their right mind is offering him 4. Offer 1, he just got 14 million for free cus hes lazy and coming off a brutal couple years.

so.. no to Frolik then?

Do the damn thing, Rutherford.

Penguins trying to get a few things done today via trade, scenarios that would also create roster flexibility to get creative, keep Martin
Per depaoli

If they can ink him to a one year deal... Similar to what they did with ehrhoff... I'd be all for it! But I'm sure many teams will try to do the same.. Hopefully him and Geno are good buddies and that sways him to Pittsburgh!

Good. Hell of a lot better than giving up assets for Kessel, Sharp, or Skinner. All of whom are actually defensive liabilities.

likelihood that he would still be called lazy if his name was Josh Smith?

2 years at 7-8 million. Gives Kapanen and Sprong time to develop into your next wing.

Best tweet I saw on Semin today said something like there is no bigger divide between okd school scouting and advanced stats. The general opinion is he doesn't try hard enough. The stat people say he's a good point producer AND hid team does well defensively and possession wise while he's on the ice.

Time to use public perception to get ourselves a bargain.

This is exactly the situation for Semin I was hoping for. One year deal for something reasonable. Would go as high as 2.5

Now that he's bought out, if we sign him does this qualify as free Semin?

2 years at 7-8 million. Gives Kapanen and Sprong time to develop into your next wing.

Best tweet I saw on Semin today said something like there is no bigger divide between okd school scouting and advanced stats. The general opinion is he doesn't try hard enough. The stat people say he's a good point producer AND hid team does well defensively and possession wise while he's on the ice.

Time to use public perception to get ourselves a bargain.
- Tojo.

In truth, his shot generation collapsed last year as did his point production. I think the concern about his wrist is legitimate.

2 years at 7-8 million. Gives Kapanen and Sprong time to develop into your next wing.

Best tweet I saw on Semin today said something like there is no bigger divide between okd school scouting and advanced stats. The general opinion is he doesn't try hard enough. The stat people say he's a good point producer AND hid team does well defensively and possession wise while he's on the ice.

Time to use public perception to get ourselves a bargain.
- Tojo.

Then why couldn't we have (frank)ing traded for him and dumped off Kunitz or Spaling for him

2 years at 7-8 million. Gives Kapanen and Sprong time to develop into your next wing.

Best tweet I saw on Semin today said something like there is no bigger divide between okd school scouting and advanced stats. The general opinion is he doesn't try hard enough. The stat people say he's a good point producer AND hid team does well defensively and possession wise while he's on the ice.

Time to use public perception to get ourselves a bargain.
- Tojo.

Well said

Terrible idea. Sucked and lazy with the Caps same with CAR, why would Pitt be any different?

Scuds, Kuni, Sutter, Dupes, Spaling are all still on this roster....I guess theres no market for trash?

Word in Pgh is that Geno is not a fan and neither is Sid. Next rumor please.

Word in Pgh is that Geno is not a fan and neither is Sid. Next rumor please.
- A White

Source? Curious since ive not heard either comment on him at all before

Terrible idea. Sucked and lazy with the Caps same with CAR, why would Pitt be any different?

Scuds, Kuni, Sutter, Dupes, Spaling are all still on this roster....I guess theres no market for trash?
- sammy87

the whole point of Ryan's post is that many think he's lazy and bad, but that he really isn't.

Terrible idea. Sucked and lazy with the Caps same with CAR, why would Pitt be any different?

Scuds, Kuni, Sutter, Dupes, Spaling are all still on this roster....I guess theres no market for trash?
- sammy87

Of course there is no market for trash....thats why Semin was bought out.

Sign that man

Terrible idea. Sucked and lazy with the Caps same with CAR, why would Pitt be any different?

Scuds, Kuni, Sutter, Dupes, Spaling are all still on this roster....I guess theres no market for trash?
- sammy87

Since Rinaldo was traded for a 3rd and Martin Jones was just traded for a 1st I'd say teams are happy to overpay in picks for garbage/risk.

Of course there is no market for trash....thats why Semin was bought out.
- nurk

there's a big difference between being trash and not being worth 7 million a year.

The buyout proves that he isn't worth 7 mil a year. not that he is trash.

Since Rinaldo was traded for a 3rd and Martin Jones was just traded for a 1st I'd say teams are happy to overpay in picks for garbage/risk.
- jfkst1