The (excellent) arrival of Alex Nylander exposes what really matters to management.
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I hope Alex goes to free agency, signs a sweetheart 1 year deal for league minimum, and absolutely lights it up somewhere other than Pittsburgh, scoring 30+ goals. This guy never got a chance here, and will never get a chance here. With such a depleted prospect pool we refuse to even utilize the ones we have.
DK: spot on re: Jeff Carter, nice guy, but the legs and puck handling skills clearly have diminished and he is no longer a player who gives the Pens a better chance to win–should be a healthy scratch.
The channel where Pens fans go to die… the "boos" start here.
I hope our legends can enjoy their twilight years in Pittsburgh and not feel bad because of crappy fans. Who are we, Philly?
Nottttt looking forward to the next stretch of games. "Battleship sunk" for lack of better phrase
Jeff Carter is ready for the beer league.
Hextall, Sullivan, and Burke need to watch this video
What is screwy is the pens have dominated the isles all year just to blow a third period lead on weird goals. And I'm keeping with carter for now because he is trending better the last few games with a goal and 2 assists in last 5 games and a plus one for what that is. as the season gets near the end he seems to be climbing in intensity a bit and has rings to prove he can do it in the playoffs. It would be much better for us to have Carter come back around to who he was last year. That wasn't that long ago and isn't a stretch. If he falls back off I'd switch.
5 and 1 in last six, your axe with carter has everyone still complaining about the team pushing to within 6 points of third after not having a starting goalie for half the year.
Isn't simply and purely about Carter being good at face-offs? (Even though he lost a few in overtime against Columbus). Could it be about "locker-room chemistry"? Could it be about him being "big" in front of the net? I am just grasping at straws here :).
Same as Puustinen last year.. Played one game, played pretty darn good and never saw NHL roster again..
Sully sucks ass with these young good AHL players..
Just wait until next season when Carter is still in the lineup…
You always hear that the Pens have no depth in the AHL or real prospects, but I don't remember anyone raving about Guentzel, Rust, etc. until they got called up and were given an opportunity. The Penguins need to let these young guys (DOC, Nylander, Puustinen, etc.) play. That starts with removing Hextall/Burke and moving away from older, slower, unproductive players.
Coach Sully with the effusive comments about how Nylander plays great defense….How about having a defense that plays great defense ??? Pens have lots of players with offensive skills…Good defensemen make forwards look even better. I think people too close to something sometimes lack big picture points of view. We do not have a playoffs caliber defense. At least Carter does things like clear the crease better than most of our d men…he is still strong enough for that kind of duty, and the Pens are not deep in the center position (grasping at Carter straws here)