Well, the thing with terminated guys is that you want them off the books...you're not likely to hold them ransom for a draft pick...the team, AIUI, has to give up the pick...it's not a magical compensatory pick that just appears at the end of a round... That's what I assumed when I read that a team...

According to Pierre LeBrun via PensBurgh , the Penguins could be compensated with a 3rd round pick each for Ray Shero and Dan Bylsma should they be hired before their contracts expire. This is news to me, but picking up two additional third rounders in a deep draft that sees the Pens picking a limit...

wait, we're rehashing the "replace Sutter with Spaling" thing?

My apologies. Didn't realize it was off-limits.

Pens will have more money to retool this offseason with fewer spots to fill. Flower only goes up .5 mil, 9 come off the books in Martin and Ehrhoff alone. If they use more of the kids on the blue line, we can fill in the bottom 6 holes + a top 6 with around 10-11 mil to spend. Maatta and Dupuis (ho...

at worst, it's unprofessional. but if the refs are looking to pierre to help them ref the game, that's a ref problem - not a pierre problem. I agree and disagree. I agree that it's unprofessional and shows a full-on bias. I think we all hear biases one way or another in the form of words, but those...