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...who?

We all knew it the second it happened.

There were so few games yesterday that, by accident, I watched them all...today there's a million...

So with no fans in the stands you’d think they would make sure there are games to watch every night, at least early on.

But no, tonight there is only Ottawa at Van at 10 pm. Wednesday Chicago/Preds and Ott/Van, and Friday only BJ’s/Chicago.

Tuesday and Thursday everyone else plays.

Marketing geniuses.

Came here to post roughly the same. Morons.

I may have wept at my desk watching that.

We've been tremendously blessed to have the great players over the last almost 40 years. Spoiled, really.

Unreal

He will remain my all time favorite athlete until the day I die. Absolutely amazing

So....what's going on with Malkin? He seems very pouty lately (no, I didn't borrow that from DK's article today). Any reason for concern about a negative influence on his mates?

lol no

I’ve heard he wants aht, as in traded

Is Malkin dying alive?

I thought Geno has looked better the last two games?

@mikey

Today's watch was the 1999 game 6 vs NJ. The Jagr on one leg game to save the franchise.

Double-J with some many double shifts that game. Legendary.

Blue helmet stickers are back.

Is Letangs head up Dumo's ass?

2015-16 to 2019-20 (last five years), NHL defensemen points:
1. Burns 346 pts (398 games, spent some time at forward as well)
2. Karlsson 300 pts (339 GP)
3. Hedman 291 pts (370 GP)
4. Carlson 289 pts (359 GP)
5. Josi 284 pts (379 GP)
6. Krug 256 pts (363 GP)
7. Letang 252 pts (317 GP)
8. Klingberg 251 pts (360 GP)
9. Yandle 251 pts (397 GP)
10. Barrie 242 pts (368 GP)

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Points per game, same criteria (min. 100 games):
1. Karlsson 0.88
2. Burns 0.87
3. Carlson 0.81
4. Letang 0.79
5. Hedman 0.79

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9th in EVP in that span. 12th in PPP in that span, 4th in ATOI.

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Last two seasons, NHL defensemen goals:
1. Hamilton 32 g (129 GP)
2. Letang 31 g (126 GP)
3. Werenski 31 g (145 GP)
4. Josi 31 g (151 GP)
5. Weber 29 g (123 GP)
6. Pietrangelo 29 g (141 GP)

8th in points in that span. 7th in points per game. 2nd in ATOI. 35th in missed shots. 18th in takeaways/60. 47th in hits.

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I'm not saying he's great, I'm not saying that he doesn't do infuriating things, I'm not saying that I didn't want to light him on fire after that missed 2 on 0 in OT...

The idea that he's not valuable to us...or not valuable league wide is just not correct. If Letang was made available, there'd be a line around the block for him...a #1 RHS d-man with only one more year left on his deal...? Please, that's like walking down the street in a bad neighborhood wrapped in hundred dollar bills...

I'd be very surprised, even if you tried to liquidate him (which would remove us from playoff contention immediately) in this economy, if you couldn't get a 1st, 2nd and a B/C+ prospect, and probably a roster player back to offset some of the money...

I'm more interested in number of injuries.

All those numbers tell me that the Pens should get a very nice compensatory package for Letang. But a couple of solar flares and a solar wind to be named later will only serve to muck up telecommunications.

Blasting him into the sun jokes aside, I advocated for trading him prior to the end of his current contract signing and my opinion hasn’t changed over those years, only to be bolstered by what happened during the ‘17 Cup run. If you can get a gold mine for him now, Rutherford should strongly consider it.

I just thought this should be here.