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mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness
Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2019 3:24 pm
by mikey
Gonchars live in Dallas, two young kids...
mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness
Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2019 3:45 pm
by Dickie Dunn
What a weird place for him to live. He played like one season there. Also, he works here. And don’t all Russians want to live in Miami anyways?
mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness
Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2019 4:22 pm
by mikey
I think that's where his kids were born, if I'm not mistaken.
mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness
Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2019 5:17 pm
by NTP66
Rossi says that Geno demanded either he or Kessel be traded, according to TSN. So we can now confirm that this never happened.
mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness
Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2019 5:39 pm
by mikey
Yeah, my impression is that is a liberal interpretation of the supposed events...
mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness
Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2019 6:39 pm
by DigitalGypsy66
Rossi says that Geno demanded either he or Kessel be traded, according to TSN. So we can now confirm that this never happened.
I saw that quote originating from Rob Rossi...so, pinch of salt etc
mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness
Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2019 6:49 pm
by Lemon Berry Lobster
Rossi says that Geno demanded either he or Kessel be traded, according to TSN. So we can now confirm that this never happened.
I saw that quote originating from Rob Rossi...so, pinch of salt etc
Some one from the Iodine State should know you don't even need a grain of salt...
mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness
Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2019 7:48 pm
by NTP66
mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2019 9:19 am
by Orlando Penguin
From The Athletic article by Rossi on Malkin:
Multiple team sources say Malkin requested a trade if Kessel was to return.
Malkin denies that, but it doesn’t mean he wanted to play another game, let alone another season, with Kessel as his linemate.
He did not.
So now Kessel is in Arizona, traded away.
In June, Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford said only Crosby was untouchable in trade talks, a shot across Malkin’s bow, intended or not. Multiple team sources said Crosby, rarely one to involve himself in management matters, made it clear to the Penguins that Malkin should not be traded for any reason.
“It’s me and Geno,” Crosby said.
Malkin downplayed Rutherford’s comments. He rolled his eyes while discussing them and noted he had heard trade talk before. Privately, the trade talk stung. It hurt worse because he first heard the news while with Team Russia at the World Championships in Slovakia.
Mostly, Malkin was peeved because for the first time, his future — not just in Pittsburgh, but as a great NHL player — was being openly doubted.
“We talk (about) one bad year, you know?” Malkin says. His quick, deep sigh suggests exasperation.
Is this what the media jackals are basing their Geno trade request ‘news’ on?
mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2019 10:43 am
by NTP66
Yep.
mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2019 10:48 am
by mikey
Yeah, that was a generous, liberal interpretation of what went on...tough to get anyone to read an article these days, need an angle...if there's room for interpretation for various reasons (language, etc.), even better...give'em enough rope...
mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2019 10:56 am
by Orlando Penguin
You can INFER from what was written a number of things but if the subject denies it to the writer and it’s in the story, that’s what you have to go with. I read that article in the airport yesterday and when I landed 3 hours later, I had texts referring to Malkin having ‘demanded’ a trade. Frickin desperate clickbait taking the tenets of journalism and flushing them down the pipes.
mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2019 11:01 am
by mikey
Yeah, I gotta a bunch of texts about it too...just explained that that's not what happened...
mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2019 11:17 am
by nocera
Rossi is a joke.
Privately, the trade talk stung.
Is Rossi hanging out with Geno at his home? How would he know this? This isn't reporting.
mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2019 11:19 am
by DigitalGypsy66
Didn't Rossi travel to Russia to do a lengthy interview/book with Geno years ago? Like they have a close relationship or something? Or was that someone else...?
mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2019 12:05 pm
by Fire0nIce228
Athletic just tagged me for a 60 dollar auto subscription refresh (I got it 50% off last season to start)... at first i was like screw it not worth the effort to cancel and re sign up on the cheap, but this article makes me want to cancel all together..
mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2019 12:43 pm
by Jim
Writers writing, not reporters reporting.
mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2019 12:48 pm
by Dickie Dunn
Rossi is a joke.
Privately, the trade talk stung.
Is Rossi hanging out with Geno at his home? How would he know this? This isn't reporting.
Yes.
Didn't Rossi travel to Russia to do a lengthy interview/book with Geno years ago? Like they have a close relationship or something? Or was that someone else...?
Nope, its Rossi. They're close. Every deep dive into Geno is done by Rossi. Rossi has traveled to Russia for Geno on more than one occasion. It's weird, but he trusts Rossi and shares a lot of deeply personal **** with him.
mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2019 12:56 pm
by nocera
Welp, I stand corrected. I do not retract my "Rossi is a joke" statement, though.
mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2019 1:09 pm
by NTP66
Does he buy him ice cream frequently or sowething?
mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2019 1:11 pm
by MR25
Got an invite to Pens Summer Sticks at TopGolf.
I'm half-expecting to either be paired with Jack Johnson or someone that's going to get traded the next day.
We ended up getting JD Forrest from the WBS coaching staff. Real nice guy. Honestly probably worked out better than getting a current player. Had a couple beers, shot the ****. Lot of fun.
Felt bad for Brandon Tanev though. He was a couple booths down. I don't think the people he was with knew who he was and barely talked to him.
mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2019 4:13 pm
by mikey
Zachary Lauzon (2017 2nd round pick) has retired from pro hockey. Going back to school.
mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2019 4:17 pm
by nocera
Got an invite to Pens Summer Sticks at TopGolf.
I'm half-expecting to either be paired with Jack Johnson or someone that's going to get traded the next day.
We ended up getting JD Forrest from the WBS coaching staff. Real nice guy. Honestly probably worked out better than getting a current player. Had a couple beers, shot the ****. Lot of fun.
Felt bad for Brandon Tanev though. He was a couple booths down. I don't think the people he was with knew who he was and barely talked to him.
Man. Imagine getting invited to a pretty cool event hosted by the Penguins, wondering what Pens player or legend you'll get paired with and you end up with the assistant coach of WBS...
mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2019 4:21 pm
by Dickie Dunn
Zachary Lauzon (2017 2nd round pick) has retired from pro hockey. Going back to school.
Sucks.
mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2019 4:39 pm
by Lemon Berry Lobster
Later bro