People need to remember Freddy is like 28 and had one good 30 game stretch in the NHL. There probably isn’t a huge gap between Gaudreau and Rodrigues.
- Victoro311

Yeah you're probably right. Erod might even be better/not suck as much....

Agreed. They both suck.
- Feds91Stammer

Theyre good 13th forwards. Would happily take either deal. Not gonna get bent out of shape that we took the cheaper, less term one.

Can’t help but think Pens are falling behind the rest of the division. Flyers are seriously improving their roster. Caps and Isles are likely already better too. Not sure there is anything the Pens can do about it either though.

Freddy G 2 years 1.2m to the wild
- pens4life-66

Freddy>Erod

Can’t help but think Pens are falling behind the rest of the division. Flyers are seriously improving their roster. Caps and Isles are likely already better too. Not sure there is anything the Pens can do about it either though.
- OB1Jabronie

I don't know about seriously...they took steps forwards and backwards with each move IMO.

I think Hex didn't clean out his desk when he took over for Rutherford and accidentally got his agenda mixed up with the one Rutherford made before he left....

Agreed. They both suck.
- Feds91Stammer

Hahaha true. I liked Freddy more though. Don't know why.

I don't know about seriously...they took steps forwards and backwards with each move IMO.
- MattStrat

Their most impactful move (Ristolanen) is a huge negative for the on-ice product. I do not give a poop about what the Flyers are doing. They suck worse than us even now when we’re at this era’s low point. It’s impressive, really.

Freddy>Erod
- 668710

Yeah..it seems last season, with Erod getting double the time, he was considerably worse in some metrics haha

https://www.naturalstattr...&td=&tgp=410&lines=single

Can’t help but think Pens are falling behind the rest of the division. Flyers are seriously improving their roster. Caps and Isles are likely already better too. Not sure there is anything the Pens can do about it either though.
- OB1Jabronie

Flyers actively made their roster worse.
Carolina actively got worse.
Rangers actively got worse.

Not really sure what you’re talking about.

Freddy>Erod
- 668710

Freddy=Erod in my opinion it’s pulling straws there.

Their most impactful move (Ristolanen) is a huge negative for the on-ice product. I do not give a poop about what the Flyers are doing. They suck worse than us even now when we’re at this era’s low point. It’s impressive, really.
- Victoro311

hahaha

Hahaha true. I liked Freddy more though. Don't know why.
- 668710

Because he's better? lol. I haven't compared the fancy stats, but just from the eye test he seemed to be much less of a passenger than ERod.

Also, given the Center issue with the Pens to start the season I would have gone with Freddy over ERod.

Because he's better? lol. I haven't compared the fancy stats, but just from the eye test he seemed to be much less of a passenger than ERod.

Also, given the Center issue with the Pens to start the season I would have gone with Freddy over ERod.
- Rinosaur

Erod is a C too though I believe. I think he played a lot of C in Buffalo.

Their most impactful move (Ristolanen) is a huge negative for the on-ice product. I do not give a poop about what the Flyers are doing. They suck worse than us even now when we’re at this era’s low point. It’s impressive, really.
- Victoro311

It’s hysterical that they even signed a goalie that was worse than both of their goalies last year lol

Flyers actively made their roster worse.
Carolina actively got worse.
Rangers actively got worse.

Not really sure what you’re talking about.
- j.boyd919

Yeah, on the whole I think the Metro hasn’t really made too much of a splash this offseason, and the teams that did make some moves haven’t really done enough to separate themselves from the pack.

Who wants to volunteer to explain to Dallas that they can only play 1 goalie in net at a time?

Their most impactful move (Ristolanen) is a huge negative for the on-ice product. I do not give a poop about what the Flyers are doing. They suck worse than us even now when we’re at this era’s low point. It’s impressive, really.
- Victoro311

For every good move Philly makes (Ellis), they make an even worse move (Risto).

So is NJ the only team to improve thus far?

That Ian Cole deal is actually pretty fine. That would have been the type of contract I would have been looking to bring in if we did a complete tear down of the left side as a stop gap 2LD.

That Ian Cole deal is actually pretty fine. That would have been the type of contract I would have been looking to bring in if we did a complete tear down of the left side as a stop gap 2LD.
- Victoro311

Just saw a comment under the JFresh WAR thingy that he led all Dmen in PDO last season...so that could contribute to his higher than expected (by me) offense there.

David Rittich to NSH, one year, $1.25M.

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The Penguins have signed Brock McGinn

The BHawks signed Khaira for 2 years? Why?

So is NJ the only team to improve thus far?
- Rinosaur

So far so good in the Metro. I'm kinda glad the Pens haven't made a terrible signing yet. A lot of these deals today are shocking with the cap being flat for the next few years.