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1 hour ago, USDepartmentOfSavagery said:

FLA clinched a playoff birth. That helps. 

Not sure how much, they still may have a reason to win against the canes if the Islanders beat Montreal tomorrow. If Canes beat Fla with Islanders beating Montreal, Fla would fall to WC 2 and have to play Boston in the first round. 

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34 minutes ago, Harbingers said:

Thought the Sabres would have more fight, you kicked them out of the wildcard hunt. 

Yep.

Now it all comes to one game.

 

Canes are still in control of their own destiny here. 

They win, the Division is theirs.

They don't, the Division goes to NJ (if they beat Washington). 

 

You guys face off against a tough Panthers team

Devils face off against a Washington team that got beat down by Boston and I doubt they'll be in a happy mood come Thursday.

 

 

 

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Pittsburgh Penguins fired GM Ron Hextall and President of Hockey Operations Brian Burke this morning after the team failed to make the playoffs for the first time since 2006.

The team is old to begin with, but looking at the contracts- holy poo. The oldest guys on the team have the longest and biggest contracts on the team:

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Malkin was done before the season started and the Pens are on the hook for $6.M for the next 3 seasons!

Carter is 38 and under contract until he's 40. And look at the blue line:

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Letang for another 5 years at $6.1M?!? He's 35 now, ffs. Yet, Dumulin is a UFA, and he's probably the #2 D-man on the roster.

The Pens are in serious trouble. They're old and their cap-strapped. They may not be relevant for another 5 years or so. And, by then, Sidney Crosby will be gone.

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2 minutes ago, Anybodyhome said:

Pittsburgh Penguins fired GM Ron Hextall and President of Hockey Operations Brian Burke this morning after the team failed to make the playoffs for the first time since 2006.

The team is old to begin with, but looking at the contracts- holy poo. The oldest guys on the team have the longest and biggest contracts on the team:

image.thumb.png.854457c2f48aa192d8a9ace541c2a599.png

Malkin was done before the season started and the Pens are on the hook for $6.M for the next 3 seasons!

Carter is 38 and under contract until he's 40. And look at the blue line:

image.thumb.png.4d94d232aaa8be4a009ecdbaf15d2385.png

Letang for another 5 years at $6.1M?!? He's 35 now, ffs. Yet, Dumulin is a UFA, and he's probably the #2 D-man on the roster.

The Pens are in serious trouble. They're old and their cap-strapped. They may not be relevant for another 5 years or so. And, by then, Sidney Crosby will be gone.

They did win 2 cups though. And made the playoffs for what, 16 straight years? Their current situation is worth that kind of success imo. 

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2 hours ago, USDepartmentOfSavagery said:

They did win 2 cups though. And made the playoffs for what, 16 straight years? Their current situation is worth that kind of success imo. 

it is and it isn't because while i don't disagree there--a lot of these extensions and deals were after that window was already starting to close. same thing happened to the canes after 06 we just literally ran into a young crosby/malkin in 09.  They could have done a better job of both prioritizing Malkin and Crosby (or even just Crosby) and filling the rest of the roster out with cheaper returns on guys like Letang/Malkin etc. They just did everything to keep everyone even/while they started to all age out together.  If it had gotten them one more cup I get it but this line of thinking never worked out after the 2 cup runs and now they inevitably will likely have to trade everyone including Crosby to get to a point to start a rebuild

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46 minutes ago, backINblack28 said:

 They just did everything to keep everyone even/while they started to all age out together.  If it had gotten them one more cup I get it but this line of thinking never worked out after the 2 cup runs and now they inevitably will likely have to trade everyone including Crosby to get to a point to start a rebuild

Yes.

All the older vets are killing their cap for years while they have 5-6 younger guys who are all UFAs after this season. Not to mention firing the GM and President of Hockey Operations sure looks like the beginning of a complete fire sale.

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3 hours ago, Anybodyhome said:

Pittsburgh Penguins fired GM Ron Hextall and President of Hockey Operations Brian Burke this morning after the team failed to make the playoffs for the first time since 2006.

The team is old to begin with, but looking at the contracts- holy poo. The oldest guys on the team have the longest and biggest contracts on the team:

image.thumb.png.854457c2f48aa192d8a9ace541c2a599.png

Malkin was done before the season started and the Pens are on the hook for $6.M for the next 3 seasons!

Carter is 38 and under contract until he's 40. And look at the blue line:

image.thumb.png.4d94d232aaa8be4a009ecdbaf15d2385.png

Letang for another 5 years at $6.1M?!? He's 35 now, ffs. Yet, Dumulin is a UFA, and he's probably the #2 D-man on the roster.

The Pens are in serious trouble. They're old and their cap-strapped. They may not be relevant for another 5 years or so. And, by then, Sidney Crosby will be gone.

Thanks for the heads up. I hadn't heard about Pittsburgh Penguins firing GM Ron Hextall and President of Hockey Operations Brian Burke this morning. 

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