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The end of an era
I like how Dubas has been doing the rebuild/retool. My only issue with Geno is how bad he is at winning faceoffs. This past season, he ranked 9th of the 9 Penguins who took 20 or more faceoffs. 8th was almost 10 percentage points ahead of him. If they'd have someone else take the faceoffs, maybe Tommy Novak, and let Geno play the rest of the position, that 2nd line would be more of a threat…you can't score if you don't have the pucks, and faceoffs is a big part of that.
Love that lead in. Thank you DK for saying the common sense that this great player is not the problem. That these guys love their”rebuild” but don’t get the genius of our top players.
Geno has to be the #1 point getter in NHL history playing second line minutes with second line forwards. His ppg amongst second line centers was top ten last season as well I'm pretty sure.
I've reminded a few "fans" that the Pens didn't get Sid or Mario by tanking. They got those high picks because they were a bankrupt team in a small market and were putting the best team on the ice that they could afford to put out there. They won their first back to back Cups because they hit on draft Mark Recchi, Shawn McEachern, and Jaromir Jagr and some very shrewd trading by Craig Patrick for Kevin Stevens, Ulf Samuelsson, Ron Francis, and so many others.
They got Fleury, Malkin, and Crosby, because they traded Jagr. Without moving Jagr, the Pens are perennially in that mushy middle and never bad enough to win the draft lottery.
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The sooner the better. Their play looks like they've retired already.
NOPE!!!! Malkin needs to retire after this season. He is done. Hall of famer for sure
Geno can stay as long as hed like as long as the salaries reflect his ability and as DK mentions halfway thru, he isnt blocking anyone important. Come back for 3 million as a 3C? Great. Come back one last time after that for a 1 mil at 4C? Great.
The other thing about not needing a full sell to get the young player is to acquire talent, you do not need to have the first overall pick. Matthew Tkachuk, who is the back to back Stanley cup winners most standout player, was drafted 7th overall.
Hand a young star FA the freed letang/malkin cap space, send tweet
For goodness sake, Geno should not, under any circumstances, be brought back on another contract with the Penguins. Enough is enough.
malkin should have already been retired ! he is a shell of his former star self ! the pens would be in a far better position had they traded malkin 4 years ago when some team would have wanted him !
Would had been cool to have Geno here in his first 2 years post draft. Imagine padding a few more points, he would be pushing or exceeding 1500 this year. Love Sid and Geno, but remember, Pens do not win any of the 3 cups without Geno. It takes the whole team, but he has been that critical as much as Sid. Period
Just curious… How many other #2 centres are hall of famers??
DK – Mentioning how teams build championship teams without needing those superstars begs the question, at least to me, now that Dubas has secured a bevy of picks and some solid prospects, why wouldn't he move in the direction of a team like Vegas? They have the space to fill the lineup and I'm sure there's still some allure for players to come try and win with Sid and Geno.
To answer your question, DK, there is nobody currently on the roster who would be a better #2 center than Geno, which is exactly your point.
In the current pipeline, there is nobody that looks like they'll be a good #2 center (i.e. prime Geno) within the next five years.
This means Dubas is either banking on the kids we picked up in this year's draft, future draft picks, or trade future draft picks for an existing #2 on another team.
Comparing #2 centers on all the teams, Geno is (currently) definitely top 10, somewhere 4-6. It'll take a lot of draft capital to make that trade or getting lucky with one of the top 5 #2 centers being pushed aside for a younger, better #2 on the same team (very unlikely).
Should we be concerned about Geno's retirement, or does Dubas have multiple contingencies in place to rectify that. Keep in mind, he also needs to upgrade LH def.
Malkin is their second best center, and they don't have any coming up through the minors, but you can't allow that to block you from acquiring a better one. At 39, Malkin is at the point where you have to year to year with him. If he has a good year this year, great, bring back, if not, use the cap space and sign a second line center.
"That" player is probably going to be acquired in free agency, not drafted and developed.
Thank you DK and I agree. It would be better to keep him, at least until it's time. Great show DK
Hey DK im just curious who would you rank higher. Mario Lemieux, or Zip Recruiter? 😂
37 y/0 Brad Marchand just got 5.25 on a 5 year – (+35y/o) and everyone saying FLA got a good deal.
I’m good with Geno returning if he has a good season 30-30 hell even 25-25 points.
At least in my experience, the vocal Malkin detractors love their moving goalposts. Bring up his point totals and they say it only matters what he's done recently. Explain what he's done recently and "There's a lot more to hockey than points." Ask who'd be a realistic upgrade and you get fanciful trade ideas and/or tracts about alternate timelines where a different move was made.
Malkin isn't the player he was in 2009 anymore, but he's still a good second line center.
I know geno wont leave, but i would wager that if he were to go elsewhere, hed go off and put up at least 100 pts
Geno can stay as long as he wants 🤘🤘
DK, stop subscribing the Mike Tomlin school of mediocrity. The Pens won 5 Cups by getting franchise changing talent, not by drafting 15th overall. St Louis in 2019 was an outlier. If you want eras of greatness, the team needs to be bad so you have a shot at top talent.