mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness

Postby **Gaucho** » Wed Dec 05, 2018 12:11 pm

Probably Kessel next to Guentzel.

Postby **nocera** » Wed Dec 05, 2018 12:58 pm

Long story short, ZAR sucks?

Postby **Jim** » Wed Dec 05, 2018 1:07 pm

https://twitter.com/madchad412/status/1 ... 5851842560
@dodint You coming around on Letang yet?

His trade value will never be higher...

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Wed Dec 05, 2018 1:14 pm

No question Crosby and Letang have been our two best players this year...then after that gap, I'm not sure...

Postby **Gaucho** » Wed Dec 05, 2018 1:15 pm

Horns.

Postby **NTP66** » Wed Dec 05, 2018 1:16 pm

The frustrating thing about Letang in that Philly game is that he had been playing well (IMO). There isn't much middle ground with him. He's either terrific, or so bad that I want to strangle him through the TV.

Postby **Gaucho** » Wed Dec 05, 2018 1:19 pm

So he had a bad game. It happens

Postby **NTP66** » Wed Dec 05, 2018 1:20 pm

So I get to complain about it. Deal with it.

Postby **Gaucho** » Wed Dec 05, 2018 1:23 pm

Fine with me.

Postby **NailedPenguin** » Wed Dec 05, 2018 1:46 pm

Postby **Pavel Bure** » Wed Dec 05, 2018 2:47 pm

Thoughts about trying to pry Meyers away from Jets.

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Wed Dec 05, 2018 2:48 pm

I'm guessing you mean Tyler Myers...what does he add to the lineup?

Postby **meow** » Wed Dec 05, 2018 2:50 pm

He'd bring up our average height. He'd bring down the average skin complexion.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Wed Dec 05, 2018 2:57 pm

He'd bring up our average height. He'd bring down the average skin complexion.

Yeah, you're not kidding.

Postby **Gabe** » Wed Dec 05, 2018 3:31 pm

Stumbled across this highlight video from the last Thrashers game in 2011. It's only slightly interesting because I totally forgot Comrie was a Penguin.

fun fact. I was at that game in ATL. took the drive from Charlotte when we lived there. The deal to move them to WPG hadn't yet been announced, but I remember the scoreboard said that they would be back in the fall. I think everyone in the building knew that was a lie.

Postby **nocera** » Wed Dec 05, 2018 4:07 pm

According to multiple sources, Pittsburgh “tested the market” on Phil Kessel. This one is tricky, because the Penguins appear to have decided to hold off on anything involving him for the time being, but that doesn’t mean it can’t or won’t be revisited.

https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/31- ... -nylander/

Postby **Lemon Berry Lobster** » Wed Dec 05, 2018 4:21 pm

Friedman spent a few minutes going over the conundrum faced by the Penguins at the time, and then visited present day with Murray.

“I don’t know if anybody saw what’s happening now,” continued Friedman. “He’s hurt, but there’s no question there’s something going on between the ears. And we’re starting to hear some pretty soft trade rumors with him.

https://www.nicholsonhockey.com/archive ... y-penguins
While we are on the fear monger train

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Wed Dec 05, 2018 4:29 pm

Yeah, I don't put a lot of stock in that...Murray isn't available right now...

And re: Kessel, you're always listening on a guy that has value, could be on the downside soon, has big money and is potentially looked at as a luxury item...

Postby **Lemon Berry Lobster** » Wed Dec 05, 2018 4:45 pm

Kessel accounts for roughly 85% of the skill on right wing for the Pens.

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Wed Dec 05, 2018 4:51 pm

We traded: Stefan Elliot and Tobias Lindberg to Ottawa for Macoy Erkamps and Ben Sexton

Postby **NTP66** » Wed Dec 05, 2018 4:52 pm

STANLEY CUP HERE WE COME.

Postby **slappybrown** » Wed Dec 05, 2018 8:34 pm

Having watched almost no Pens hockey yet this season, am I to understand that the Pens are now, in fact, bad?

Or is this just first two months of season malaise for a team that is uninterested in the first half of the regular season given their recent history and goals?

The internet tells me that old man Rutherford is extremely agitated and sold low on Sprong.

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Wed Dec 05, 2018 8:39 pm

Going two months during hockey season without watching hockey...? That makes me soft...

We're not doing so hot...

We may well have gotten a more effective player than Sprong will ever be...as a strong Sprong proponent, this was a good trade. If it all goes right for Sprong, we'll lose to his ceiling in time...but we guaranteed ourselves (for all intents and purposes), a quality NHL player...

Postby **slappybrown** » Wed Dec 05, 2018 9:09 pm

Yea, just hasn’t been a priority (I’m an old and can only pay attention to so many things). Post cfb regular season my interest will now pick up.

Glad to hear the Sprong trade isn’t a terrible idea on its face.

I assume the Jack Johnson signing is working out as terribly as was unanimously predicted.