mikey's Thread of Penguin Randomness

Postby **Trip McNeely** » Thu Aug 05, 2021 2:56 pm

I’m a big fan of how Hextall isn’t throwing around long term deals. It’s like him and Burke are using this year as a true gauge on the long term path for the team

Postby **Jim** » Thu Aug 05, 2021 3:12 pm

1 yr x $1.725 mil for ZAR

Is it someone on this board that has an absolute hate-on for Reese?

Postby **meow** » Thu Aug 05, 2021 5:36 pm

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Thu Aug 05, 2021 6:59 pm

I head over to Pensburgh to read about what a steal that contract is for the greatest defensive forward in the history of the game and get sucked into an “article” claiming that getting Malkin and Letang signed for under $20.5MM per season combined is not just an acceptable outcome for two mid-30s aging and oft-injured stars, but would be a win based on salary cap % now versus the last time they were signed.

Somebody please permanently disconnect this absolute **** moron’s internet connection.

Postby **Jim** » Thu Aug 05, 2021 7:18 pm

I head over to Pensburgh to read about what a steal that contract is for the greatest defensive forward in the history of the game and get sucked into an “article” claiming that getting Malkin and Letang signed for under $20.5MM per season combined is not just an acceptable outcome for two mid-30s aging and oft-injured stars, but would be a win based on salary cap % now versus the last time they were signed.

Somebody please permanently disconnect this absolute **** moron’s internet connection.

Careful if you are talking about Zooks Dipstick. He will get mad at you. Especially if you point out how how he flip flops "opinion" from article to article to get more clicks, or point out the GIANT holes in his "logic" when he counters your criticisms.

But then,, big fish in a carp pond and all.

Postby **Pavel Bure** » Thu Aug 05, 2021 7:29 pm

I head over to Pensburgh to read about what a steal that contract is for the greatest defensive forward in the history of the game and get sucked into an “article” claiming that getting Malkin and Letang signed for under $20.5MM per season combined is not just an acceptable outcome for two mid-30s aging and oft-injured stars, but would be a win based on salary cap % now versus the last time they were signed.

Somebody please permanently disconnect this absolute **** moron’s internet connection.

Careful if you are talking about Zooks Dipstick. He will get mad at you. Especially if you point out how how he flip flops "opinion" from article to article to get more clicks, or point out the GIANT holes in his "logic" when he counters your criticisms.

But then,, big fish in a carp pond and all.

Close enough to Zooks

Postby **meow** » Thu Aug 05, 2021 7:39 pm

I head over to Pensburgh

Why?

Postby **nocera** » Thu Aug 05, 2021 7:59 pm

The **** is a Pensburgh?

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:03 pm

I head over to Pensburgh
Why?

I’m sure my enjoyment from things that make me angry and miserable has been well established over the years.

Also, I’m a huge fan of JFresh stat cards.

Postby **faftorial** » Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:08 pm

What was the name of the Pens blog that everyone would ridicule on lgp?

Postby **nocera** » Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:18 pm

What was the name of the Pens blog that everyone would ridicule on lgp?

ThePensBlog?

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:22 pm

Faceoff Factor? That place was garbage.

Postby **nocera** » Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:25 pm

Why did Igloo Report close down?

Postby **faftorial** » Thu Aug 05, 2021 8:31 pm

Faceoff Factor? That place was garbage.

That was it.

Postby **Pavel Bure** » Fri Aug 06, 2021 7:05 am

Is Eklund still a thing? What about Kenny Melvin

Postby **shmenguin** » Fri Aug 06, 2021 7:13 am

Are we getting older or is everybody now realizing that you shouldn’t pay attention to the opinions of strangers on the internet?

Postby **Pavel Bure** » Fri Aug 06, 2021 8:29 am

Are we getting older or is everybody now realizing that you shouldn’t pay attention to the opinions of strangers on the internet?

I think it’s more that the big players took time to adopt newer technologies and once they did we quite paying attention to any old mook with a website.

Postby **nocera** » Fri Aug 06, 2021 8:56 am

My first ever website was an Austin Powers/South Park fan page. Not a lot of people signed the guestbook. That was either late 97 or early 98…

Postby **NTP66** » Fri Aug 06, 2021 8:58 am

I still have my first GeoCities pages saved. And a SurfBest page.

Postby **dodint** » Fri Aug 06, 2021 8:58 am

Mine was a Petr Nedved tribute page.

Postby **NTP66** » Fri Aug 06, 2021 9:00 am

I had two - one for DSM stuff, and another for HDTV stuff.

Postby **shmenguin** » Fri Aug 06, 2021 9:55 am

Are we getting older or is everybody now realizing that you shouldn’t pay attention to the opinions of strangers on the internet?
I think it’s more that the big players took time to adopt newer technologies and once they did we quite paying attention to any old mook with a website.

But does anyone care what Dejan says anymore? Reliable insider access is worth reading. But a guy like Jeff Marek, for example, has been revealed over time to be a gormless hot take factory only 5% more wise than Puck Daddy. Only valuable for new facts - not opinions.

Postby **Morkle** » Fri Aug 06, 2021 10:16 am

Is Eklund still a thing? What about Kenny Melvin

I saw an actual analyst RT an Eklund twitter post during the draft and all those E4s and E5s came rushing back to my head.

Postby **Jim** » Fri Aug 06, 2021 10:20 am

Are we getting older or is everybody now realizing that you shouldn’t pay attention to the opinions of strangers on the internet?
I think it’s more that the big players took time to adopt newer technologies and once they did we quite paying attention to any old mook with a website.

The next big hurdle is getting people to accept that the "big players" and the "mooks" really aren't that different. One set just gets paid more because people haven't accepted it yet.