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LATEST PENGUINS RUMBLINGS
Patrick Marleau being front and center on the NHL’s Rumor Mill is nothing new but the difference now compared to the past is Marleau (Full No Trade/No Movement Clause) is the one driving the bus in that he wants out of San Jose.
Kevin Kurz of CSNBayarea.com reported Tuesday night Marleau is prepared to go to three teams: Anaheim, Los Angeles and the New York Rangers.
Bob McKenzie reported Wednesday that some NHL executives have speculated Chicago and Nashville could also be approved teams.
Marleau, 36, remains a productive player, can still fly down the left side, can play any role, and despite the narrative that he’s a poor playoff performer, Marleau has a 103 career playoff points, including eight goals in his last 18 playoff games.
At age 36 and a $6.7 million cap hit for this season and next, being able to facilitate a trade to one of the few contenders on Marleau’s shortlist is the difficult part.
That’s one reason Marleau who did not have an agent, recently retained powerful agent Pat Brisson of CAA Sports to help facilitate a trade.
Are the Penguins bound to emerge on Marleau’s expanded list?
Brisson heavily involved in the Marleau situation is as close as it gets to Sidney Crosby when it comes to a player/agent relationship. While the Penguins were not one of the initial teams the Marleau camp gave to the Sharks To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
Who’s in your CAMP?
i’m unsure. i’m thinking general grant, general meade, and abe lincoln.
#TheFrenchAreAssholes
I miss the two-PP unit days, you know when Crosby and Malkin were split up.
You mean when the pp was even less effective and more disfunctional than it is now. They don’t need split, if Sid isn’t willing to stay below the goal line he needs removed.
But we know Sid will never be re iced from the Power Play. Anything we can do to limit his playing time on the PP in for. Actually, I’d settle for removing Letang.
The PP is bad because you have a Jr’s coach who doesn’t have the balls to tell Sid to get down low. Getting more PP time for Kunitz, Bennett and Bonino isn’t going to make either PP unit better.
MJ’s experience level has no impact on the pp or where Sid plays, it’s about a coach valuing his paycheck and wanting to stay employeed, there isn’t a coach in the world that is going to do anything different unless Sid agrees to it. Benching Sid only cost the coach his paycheck quicker.
Most dysfunctional organization in professional sports.
Finally some people are waking up
Don’t know if any of this is true, however it would be quite funny to see Eric abandon Jordan in Carolina. He apparently talked Jordan into spending the prime of his career with a struggling franchise. I guarantee you Jordan is wondering what the hell did he do to himself? He can spend all summer with his brothers and now he miss the playoffs every spring.
He has his cup and $60 million. He doesn’t care.
Another boring game….oh well. Everyday is one day closer to a roster overhaul. It might not be until 2022 but at least it is one day closer.
The pens should trade their 1st round pick for marleau. He’s over 35 and would push the pens over the edge and give them the perfect jolt!
Pens don’t have a first
I’d be ok with Marc Crawford who would let them play offense. These games are a tough watch when there’s other sports on the same night.
This team needs MT back
No it doesn’t. It needs a coach that will maximize the production from their most talented players. The idea that our defense is so piss poor that to make up for it, we’ll make everybody more accountable in the defensive is dumb. Penguins leadership has made the decision (paying crosby, malkin, letang, trading for kessel) that they want run and gun offense….so let them have it. If they wanted a defensive team, they would have signed some D instead of having a washed up Scuderi and bum in Lovejoy back there. Let them try and win 5-4 games and entertain!
It’s painful to watch this team trying to enter the zone on the pp.
Did anyone else notice after the first goal when Maata glared over at Crosby and kinda threw his hands up like what are you doing over there instead of supporting us and picking up Hartnell?
Hey zerofool I hope when your prime minister gets the chance to watch the news he changes his mind and stop importing those rag heads to this country
Will you please shut the fuc(k) up?
You’re ignorance is fucking astounding. You do realize those so called rag heads are fleeing the country because of the same shit we saw yesterday you arrogant little conservative cuntbag. This was not the work of refugees you colostomy bag
I’m curious where all the people that defended them not addressing the defense in the off season went? Not much after the Kessel deal when many were planning the Cup parade there were a handful of us out there that were unhappy they choose not to address the D, I believe the line was “offensive depth is the issue not the defense” but yet somehow now they have all jumped on the “this D sucks” bandwagon. I still stand by my original stance that the team would be better if they would have gone with a lesser move like Oshie… Read more »
I think when there’s an opportunity to get an elite sniper like Kessel, you have to make that deal. There’s term on the contract and this isn’t an aging star. I think my issue is more what didn’t happen after that trade. I really don’t know how hard they tried to move Scuderi. In spite of all the statistical evidence to the contrary, I think there are still people in the organization who see him as a valuable “piece” – as evidenced that he remains in the lineup while Clendening has been banished to the press box for almost the… Read more »
I don’t disagree with your point about acquiring Kessel if you get the chance but I don’t really think that was the situation, they made acquiring an elite sniper the priority which is what led them to the situation they are in now. A top 4 defenseman was the bigger need and should have been the top priority, I’m not even sure I would have considered an elite sniper a need let alone a priority but them making it one resulted in them not being able to address their true needs. I still contend that the Kessel move was more… Read more »
The French are assholes.
Are you talking about a little place called Asssssspen?
Fat slob. Go sell some hot dogs
In johnstons defense, and for as miserable as it is to watch the current system, you can’t open it up with Scuderi and Lovejoy on your team. You just can’t. Their blue line isn’t very good. They would be exposed immediately if the pens open it up.
Wow Yoda you made sense after 100 consecutive bad posts. But still needs gaydoggs approval
The pittsburgh coach killer about to get notch 4 ? Lol
HAHAHAHA! the organization is concerned about the lack of excitement! maybe because we’ve been watching the same core group choke since the cup win and they have them all locked up until 2022! they are the morons who gave out lifetime contracts to players who should have been gone a few seasons ago! just wait. the epic collapse is on it’s way. you see how miserable cindy is. he has 2 effing goals! st.blurry also came back to earth in the last 2 games. he sucks when it matters too. SAME OLD SAME OLD!
The core hasn’t chocked since the Cup win, the team as a whole has had it’s struggles but if I’m not mistaken the only year the entire core was available was 2013 when they made the CF and that is hardly chocking, they also don’t have all of them locked up until 2022, Fleury’s contract expires afterv2018-2019. The only SAME OLD SAME OLD around here is your complete inability to comprehend facts.
Wait for the WC this spring that’s when your Russian will be on vacation mode
I really don’t see why the Pens would be looking at shedding cap space only to add another forward at this point given the situation on the blueline. Just doesn’t make much sense to me.
Whatever anyone thinks of the current system and style of play, they aren’t going to fire Johnston in the middle of a season while they’re winning games. If it happens, it’ll be after the season with the playoff exit used as a rational… assuming of course, they don’t win the Cup and then forget about it.
Only way I see this working is if we moved two forwards (like Perron and Kunitz type thing) and convince SJ to keep some salary like the Kessel deal. It would allow us to continue to look for a top 4 Dman but it would still be real tight. The only intriguing part of that scenario is it moves Perron before we potentially lose him in the UFA market. That said… 36 is a tough age to keep a contract for another year or two… Marleau was a top end player in his day so it wont be a Kunitz… Read more »
Yep, I think you got that exactly right. It’s not like Marleau wouldn’t be a nice player to have, but at this point, it’d be paying too much for past performance and any deal would take away assets and space to address the much larger concern on defense. For all that Letang is struggling, if he goes out of the lineup for any reason, I think the domino effect of redistributing his minutes would be downright ugly.
After the Calgary!
When did ownership start running the penguins like nhl 16. If they land jj or Marleau this roster is looking more like a video game or collectors item than actual team. I say that due to the team doesn’t have an identity or direction just big name faces
when are you clowns going to learn your best offense comes from your Defense if you dont have a solid Defense it makes the Offense struggle because they have to help the D often time this team Needs a Real Number 2 defense not like a wannabe number 2 like Maatta or Cole .I Dont Care how many star Offense team is stacked with . Sorry to tell u clowns but this team Relies on Letang and Fleury those 2 go down and the Team is pretty much Done
Not sure where you got my endorsement for either of those two from my posts. Also jack Johnson aka jj is a defenceman.
Moreover please see your post over an hour ago about your dream line of Marleau crosby kessel that sure screams legit #2 dman
When are you going to learn how to construct a sentence? When are you going to learn proper punctuation so that your posts are actually readable? When are you going to learn what a run-on sentence is? Why are you capitalizing random words? You are the biggest clown.
It happened the day they put appeasing the fans over winning Cups.
Yup. This team has t been a team since 2009. Collection of miserable talent.
can you imagine my dream line when i said a few years ago marleau crosby and kessel
No I can’t. Even if the Pens would somehow land Marleau it will never happen being Crosby-Kessel has already been a reality that has been proven to be ineffective.
What were the comments after the Calgary game?
Along the lines of trading changes not being a winning recipe for the team.
Glad to hear MJ is still on the hot seat. This is not penguins hockey. This season has been boring. Right or wrong whorehouse believes in a certain brand of hockey, which is not MJ philosophy
Doesn’t matter as long as they win. A win is a win. Just ask jaydogg
Its pretty clear to see the lack of excitement/emotion when a player even scores a goal on the Pens. There seems to be a palpable lack of belief from the players. They either don’t believe in the system, or there is a lack of confidence in upper management to put them in a good position to win a cup.
Interesting, I read a similar think on DKs page where it sounded like Rutherford, while concerned about the lack of production, is fully behind MJ. While I would love to see the team utilize the offence better I am more concerned with the long lapses and poor play that is too regular a part of their game. 1-0 or 4-3 I dont care as long as the Ws start looking more convincing and less like sloppy escapes
Also, as much as I liked Jordan Staal, I do find it hilarious that he was game to walk away from the Penguins in order to die in Carolina for the opportunity to play with his older brother… who is about to leave HAHA
I liked Jordan Staal too – when he was making half of his current salary. He’s not an elite player by any stretch. Nice role player – who happens to be grossly overpaid.
Oh I won’t argue that, guy got big money and I will admit I thought he would be able to reach the 70 point plateau. I thought a regular second line role would be something he would excel in because it would give him enough time to settle into the role without the juggling. I was very wrong about Staal, it is clear the success he had here was because of the line he played on here.
Sorry… “flirt” with 70!