Rob Rossi seems to be the anti-Cassandra. Stuff he said about the Penguins never came true. And then he writes last week on the Pirates (geez he's bad when writing about other sports), saying that he was sure they wouldn't collapse, after which they lost 5 straight, finally breaking the streak tonight.

He made a poor choice, just like Hossa did when left the Pens
- Barnaby36

Seriously? NYC late teens/early 20's making bank....Not many better places for that stage. If I were a rookie, SOCAL, VAN, NYC, CHI, Boston would be near the top. Pitt not so much when you're young and single. Once you have a wife and kids...diff story.

Hossa wasn't completely wrong. Pens sucked till the deadline, they had to fire the coach and made a big trade just to make the playoffs. It was a different feel back then. That team wasn't expected to win, that's why it was exciting to watch. Wings were a solid bet at the time. I don't blame him. Wish he was still here though.

At that price, hes definatley missed. I still hope the pens make a push for bobby ryan next year, especially with kunitz and dupuis only having a few good years left

Seriously? NYC late teens/early 20's making bank....Not many better places for that stage. If I were a rookie, SOCAL, VAN, NYC, CHI, Boston would be near the top. Pitt not so much when you're young and single. Once you have a wife and kids...diff story.


- sammy87

If that is his motivation for signing in NYC then he is going to be a bust. Like an Alexander Daigle level bust.

Seriously? NYC late teens/early 20's making bank....Not many better places for that stage. If I were a rookie, SOCAL, VAN, NYC, CHI, Boston would be near the top. Pitt not so much when you're young and single. Once you have a wife and kids...diff story.

Hossa wasn't completely wrong. Pens sucked till the deadline, they had to fire the coach and made a big trade just to make the playoffs. It was a different feel back then. That team wasn't expected to win, that's why it was exciting to watch. Wings were a solid bet at the time. I don't blame him. Wish he was still here though.
- sammy87

Great post all around.

Would have loved to signed Hayes, buy read on the NYR blog his Cap Hit is going to be $3.75M due to a $900K base w/ $2.85M in easily achievable incentives. Too rich for my blood.

Bell and Blount just proved why I love hockey and am growing more and more tired of the NFL.

Interesting read...

Even if you buy that Sutter's teammates held him back this year, remember that he had Cooke, Kennedy, Morrow, Iginla, and Bennett last year in the regular season and the playoffs, and still got crushed. And even this year, we can average his WOWY numbers to see how he did with competent linemates. Sutter spent at least 35 5v5 minutes with Crosby, Malkin, Neal, Bennett, Stempniak, Megna, Dupuis, Jokinen, Gibbons, and Kunitz this year. His average CF% with that group was 44.5%. Not good. He spent at least 50 5v5 minutes with Neal, Bennett, Stempniak, Megna, Jokinen, Gibbons and Kunitz. His average CF% with those players was just 48%. This isn't a teammate problem.