Segs injury creates an opportunity for others like Mavrik and Steele etc to move 1up and fill the gap . There is NO RUSH todo anything as all teams will see Dallas as bargaining from a position of weakness
The problem as I see it is that the people that were supposed to replace Pavs point production have not shown up. Robertson is on a 40 to 50 point pace instead of a point a game. The only 2 that look like they are going to pick up any are Marchment and Duchene. Nobody else even looks like they will do better than last year. Stankhoven can’t buy a goal and Bourque doesn’t seem to be who we thought he was. We need a sniper, someone who is going to cause real problems for the opposition.
Rob Rossi said yesterday on blue sky that Malkin would not agree to a trade anywhere. He has a full NMC and wants to be a Penguin for his whole career, supposedly.
Re: the game last night, I thought of something Sean Shapiro said after the Winnipeg game about Oettinger playing further out of his crease compared to Hellebuyck. If he’d been a bit deeper in the crease, I think he would have at least one of the first two. But with him being a bit more of s blocking/positioning goalie, I wonder if he’d give up more overall by playing deeper.
Just NO NO NO to Malkin or other rental. If your gonna trade , do so with future in mind . ……. Ie if you are trading Mavrik, Nils or future 1st round pick past, I don’t want a 30 to 35 yo coming back
Whoever we trade for, I'd look to build around Benn.
The top line is in place, Mush-Dutch are complimented well by either Stankoven, Bourque, or returning Seguin for the playoffs and leaves the other two to be the basis of the 4th line.
Build around Benn and trott out a mean 4 line rotation come playoffs.
Do t under estimate the Finnish team its loaded with talent from goal out . They will cause problems for all the other 3 teams
Segs injury creates an opportunity for others like Mavrik and Steele etc to move 1up and fill the gap . There is NO RUSH todo anything as all teams will see Dallas as bargaining from a position of weakness
What if we wait and the team performance worsen. The negociating position will then be weaker.
In other words, there are no guarantees that it’s better to wait.
The problem as I see it is that the people that were supposed to replace Pavs point production have not shown up. Robertson is on a 40 to 50 point pace instead of a point a game. The only 2 that look like they are going to pick up any are Marchment and Duchene. Nobody else even looks like they will do better than last year. Stankhoven can’t buy a goal and Bourque doesn’t seem to be who we thought he was. We need a sniper, someone who is going to cause real problems for the opposition.
Rob Rossi said yesterday on blue sky that Malkin would not agree to a trade anywhere. He has a full NMC and wants to be a Penguin for his whole career, supposedly.
Re: the game last night, I thought of something Sean Shapiro said after the Winnipeg game about Oettinger playing further out of his crease compared to Hellebuyck. If he’d been a bit deeper in the crease, I think he would have at least one of the first two. But with him being a bit more of s blocking/positioning goalie, I wonder if he’d give up more overall by playing deeper.
Just NO NO NO to Malkin or other rental. If your gonna trade , do so with future in mind . ……. Ie if you are trading Mavrik, Nils or future 1st round pick past, I don’t want a 30 to 35 yo coming back
A deal including Fowler and Zegras?
Stars do enjoy signing players (fowler) prior to their 1000th game...
Whoever we trade for, I'd look to build around Benn.
The top line is in place, Mush-Dutch are complimented well by either Stankoven, Bourque, or returning Seguin for the playoffs and leaves the other two to be the basis of the 4th line.
Build around Benn and trott out a mean 4 line rotation come playoffs.
I liked Trevor Zegras also, until he got injured last night AGAIN. I think that's three times within the last 2 seasons....
Anyone with thoughts on Kirill Marchenko, Brock Nelson, Nazim Kadri, Brad Marchand, Mika Zibanejad, Robert Thomas, Tyler Toffoli?
Y or N would suffice or feel free to expand on it...
Y for Marchand.