mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness

Postby **NTP66** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 2:48 pm

It's the old "eye test". Arguably, they've only looked passable in the Vegas game, and even then it was clear DeSmith had to bail them out a few times.

This. They just don't look good right now. I know it's early, and that they should pick things up, but at the moment they look like poo.

Postby **dodint** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 2:50 pm

I wish it was 1993 where they won all the games for like the first quarter of the season then went on to....oh.

Postby **meow** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 2:50 pm

It's the old "eye test". Arguably, they've only looked passable in the Vegas game, and even then it was clear DeSmith had to bail them out a few times.
This. They just don't look good right now. I know it's early, and that they should pick things up, but at the moment they look like poo.

And it's ok to look like crap now. That doesn't mean they should do something crazy like trade Maatta or trade Maatta or even trade Maatta.

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 2:51 pm

Not panicked - as we don't have a top-4 d-man and we're playing our 3rd string goalie.

But at 2-1-2, we're on a 98 point pace. That's a roll of the dice on the playoffs based on last year.
2 win in 5, not a good look for winning a series...

Lots to work out early on...

Postby **NTP66** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 2:54 pm

It's the old "eye test". Arguably, they've only looked passable in the Vegas game, and even then it was clear DeSmith had to bail them out a few times.
This. They just don't look good right now. I know it's early, and that they should pick things up, but at the moment they look like poo.
And it's ok to look like crap now. That doesn't mean they should do something crazy like trade Maatta or trade Maatta or even trade Maatta.

Oh, absolutely. I've been an ardent supporter of Maatta from day one, and trading him to acquire a RHS like I have seen suggested elsewhere is just absurd.

Postby **Lemon Berry Lobster** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 2:58 pm

At least we stay level headed over here. The pens section of HF wants to trade Kessel and is saying Sid is done.

Postby **NTP66** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 2:59 pm

If you took LGP, dunked it in a toilet, and then lit it on fire, you'd have HF.

Postby **Lemon Berry Lobster** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 3:01 pm

...what kind of toilets do you have in philly?

Postby **dodint** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 3:02 pm

Troughs. And by troughs, I mean streets.

Postby **NTP66** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 3:04 pm

Troughs. And by troughs, I mean streets.

Streets, doors, basically anything that can be peed on is.

Postby **willeyeam** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 3:07 pm

TRADE EVERYONE

Postby **Lemon Berry Lobster** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 3:21 pm

Troughs. And by troughs, I mean streets.
Streets, doors, basically anything that can be peed on is.

Explains why you aren't exactly a bucket of sunshine at times...

Postby **Troy Loney** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 3:37 pm

I'd entertain firing Sullivan.

Postby **Gaucho** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 3:41 pm

Postby **Troy Loney** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 3:43 pm

Solid history of responding to in season replacements.

Postby **NTP66** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 3:43 pm

Dafuq?

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 3:44 pm

Not even an option to consider at this point...

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 3:45 pm

Solid history of responding to in season replacements.

Need to wait until mid season though.

Postby **Troy Loney** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 3:47 pm

Obviously SSS, but it does seem like the tenure of coaches here tends to get progressively worse. I'm more inclined to think that things will at best stagnate here with Sullivan, as opposed to this team returning back to 2016 form.

Postby **dodint** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 3:48 pm

Why?

He's put on some weight. Fat and happy. Doesn't want it enough anymore. Isn't hungry.

Postby **NTP66** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 3:50 pm

Fat and happy, and isn’t hungry? You make no sense, dodint.

Postby **dodint** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 3:56 pm

Because he's full. How far do you want to take this metaphor?

Postby **NTP66** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 4:00 pm

I don’t know when the next game is, so keep going.

Postby **NTP66** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 7:01 pm

lol, from Friedman’s 31 Thoughts:

10. Justin Schultz is expected to return this season, but remember that Penguins GM Jim Rutherford likes to make his moves early. Not sure how confident they are in Olli Maatta, so he’s probably in the defenceman market anyway.

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Wed Oct 17, 2018 7:11 pm

That would be a shame...but this is the first thing that gives me pause. Including Bob McKenzie, Friedman may be the most connected man in the biz right now...

They might already have too many of Maatta, but my mind immediately goes to Carolina...they owe Justin Faulk $12 million total this season and next, but with a smaller cap hit, he has a modified no-trade, he had a dreadful season last year, but he's another Letang type...

There's a couple connections here: played with Bryan Rust at the USNTDP, Brian Dumoulin at the World Juniors, with Jack Johnson in international tournaments and of course, Jim Rutherford took him with a top 50 pick in 2010...

There's also the Recchi to Carolina connection, he still has a lot of friends there...