mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness

Postby **shoeshine boy** » Fri Mar 03, 2023 3:49 pm

I ordered a new hat from PensGear and they tossed a freebie item in the box:

Postby **skullman80** » Fri Mar 03, 2023 3:49 pm

I feel like we have both ends of the spectrum here... Some hate it all, some love it all, a few are in the middle.

I won't pretend to know what may happen, but I don't think we got fleeced per say on anything...so I guess I'll just wait and see. I don't love/hate any of the deals that much. I don't necessarily like that we keep getting older and older and slower, but it is what it is as far as that goes.

Postby **King Colby** » Fri Mar 03, 2023 3:49 pm

What if I were to tell you that the remaining cap space would be used for the Drew O'Connor callup and, hell maybe even allow a second callup

Postby **Sam's Drunk Dog** » Fri Mar 03, 2023 3:49 pm

I think Hextall turned on the auto-GM feature for the trade deadline and forgot to set a limit for defensemen.

Postby **King Colby** » Fri Mar 03, 2023 3:52 pm

I think its a START. They got rid of all but one bad contract, marginally improved for 2022-23, and retained what few assets they had for a potential summer move. I feel much better about the franchise today than I did a week ago

Postby **willeyeam** » Fri Mar 03, 2023 3:56 pm

I don't love it but I just don't think it justifies the hate it got. Maybe a B from me. Team is better than it was a week or two ago and has a better cap situation

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Fri Mar 03, 2023 3:57 pm

I don't hate it all. End of the day, I do think he managed to improve the team on paper and somehow managed to get himself out from under bad deals and free up some more space for the offseason, while also pissing some of that cap space away by eating the full cost on Granlund. I also think, based on other deals made around the league, the opportunity was there to get younger, faster, and grittier for not much more trade value and it was (potentially) passed up in favor of aging veterans. Thankfully, Granny is the only one on the roster for next season.

Postby **King Colby** » Fri Mar 03, 2023 3:59 pm

The opportunity cost was definitely a negative. This is going to be an important offseason

Postby **skullman80** » Fri Mar 03, 2023 3:59 pm

The biggest issue is no reliable backup. I mean I know if Jarry goes down we are boned anyways, but just to have someone better than CDS would be nice.

Postby **Morkle** » Fri Mar 03, 2023 4:00 pm

I think the thing here from me, is did Hextall do enough to save his job? Coming from what he did, to what he came to, which in a vacuum was to undo what he did earlier. I would think he didn't and that's a-ok with me.

He ended up doing enough to not severely damage the team going forward, considering he could have done a doozy.

Postby **Pavel Bure** » Fri Mar 03, 2023 4:05 pm

Well, if that's the case, then so-be-it and none of this matters anyways. I'd prefer a analytics focused GM who isn't afraid to take risks, but that's me.

Toronto?

Postby **nocera** » Fri Mar 03, 2023 4:16 pm

So we gonna go nuts and roll 4 D pairings or what?

Postby **Gaucho** » Fri Mar 03, 2023 4:19 pm

Dumo - Tanger
Pet - Pet
Kuli - Rutta

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Fri Mar 03, 2023 4:20 pm

So we gonna go nuts and roll 4 D pairings or what?

Jake-Sid-Rakell
Zucker-Malkin-Rust
DOC-Bonino-Granlund
Carter

Dumo-Tang
Pet-Pet
POJ-Rutta
Kulikov-Rude Beetle

It's as good of a plan as any.

Postby **Gaucho** » Fri Mar 03, 2023 4:21 pm

I think they got Kuli so they don't have to rely on PO.

Postby **Gaucho** » Fri Mar 03, 2023 4:24 pm

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Fri Mar 03, 2023 4:25 pm

If they interviewed FGMJR immediately after Allvin he would talk about the half dozen offers he got for JT Miller.

Postby **relantel** » Fri Mar 03, 2023 4:33 pm

So Ty Smith was hurt. Kulikov for depth.

Postby **Morkle** » Fri Mar 03, 2023 4:35 pm

So Ty Smith was hurt. Kulikov for depth.

I thought it was known that Ty Smith was hurt on like....Monday? He was labeled as week to week prior to the deadline, I know that.

Postby **King Colby** » Fri Mar 03, 2023 5:11 pm

We traded for Beaulieu last year. He didn't play

Postby **meow** » Fri Mar 03, 2023 5:27 pm

Is this roster better today than it was a week ago?

Yes

Postby **King Colby** » Fri Mar 03, 2023 5:31 pm

No, because Granlund is a 3 on his JFresh report card

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Fri Mar 03, 2023 5:41 pm

**** JFresh

Postby **Rx6687** » Fri Mar 03, 2023 6:27 pm

I give Hextall a B- for this trade deadline. The team is better than it was a week ago. It's hard (and costly) to rebuild the bottom 6 at the trade deadline.. but most of the rebuilding was because of bad contracts that he handed out, so no points for him there. I still think, barring some unexpected playoff run in which all of his acquisitions play amazing, that he needs to go at season's end.