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 Kr55
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Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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| Skookum Jim wrote on Sat, 03 January 2026 12:40 |
Skinner wins another game today vs. Detroit.. I watched some of the game.. Skinner didn't have to make one tough save.. Pittsburg's forecheck and defensive structure was SMOTHERING.. Detroit didn't one scoring chance in the last 12 minutes ..
I was left thinking.. If Edmonton had either Pittsburg's or Detroit's bottom 6 forwards .. and replaced Nurse with somebody else from either teams top 4 D pairs.. they'd be unstoppable.
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Pens set a franchise record for least shots allowed in a road game. I've watched some of the other Pens games, and they had lots of atrocious defending events. Seems more of a case of Detroit just taking a game off. Maybe they are like us, allergic to leading a division.
But hey, not like we have any goalies right now ourselves. This Jarry guy better be back soon.
"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
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Kr55
Messages: 12517
Registered: May 2002
Location: Edmonton
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Uhhh, what?
NHL News @PuckReportNHL
FULL TRADE: Penguins acquire Sam Girard and 2028 2nd round pick from Avalanche for Brett Kulak. No salary retained. #LetsGoPens #GoAvsGo
Dubas got a better player and a 2nd round pick for our cap dumped player?
That's messed up man. Girard is more expensive, so if you just accept our team is always up against the cap and such a trade would be impossible for us to make, maybe hurts less. But, of course need to ignore all the cap we've wasted, even in the last year.
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"We need to get better immediately. That starts today"
- Lowe, 2013
"Next year I would forecast as another developmental year"
- MacT, 2015
5 x $5,000,000
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Skookum Jim
Messages: 5826
Registered: March 2006
Location: Burnaby, BC
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| Kr55 wrote on Tue, 24 February 2026 10:36 |
Uhhh, what?
NHL News @PuckReportNHL
FULL TRADE: Penguins acquire Sam Girard and 2028 2nd round pick from Avalanche for Brett Kulak. No salary retained. #LetsGoPens #GoAvsGo
Dubas got a better player and a 2nd round pick for our cap dumped player?
That's messed up man. Girard is more expensive, so if you just accept our team is always up against the cap and such a trade would be impossible for us to make, maybe hurts less. But, of course need to ignore all the cap we've wasted, even in the last year.
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Sounds like Avs are making cap space for a tradeline deal upgrade.. Kulak is probably no worse than Girard.. maybe better.. and he's an upcoming UFA
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Jay
Messages: 1191
Registered: January 2007
Location: Edmonton
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| Skookum Jim wrote on Tue, 24 February 2026 13:23 |
| Kr55 wrote on Tue, 24 February 2026 10:36 |
Uhhh, what?
NHL News @PuckReportNHL
FULL TRADE: Penguins acquire Sam Girard and 2028 2nd round pick from Avalanche for Brett Kulak. No salary retained. #LetsGoPens #GoAvsGo
Dubas got a better player and a 2nd round pick for our cap dumped player?
That's messed up man. Girard is more expensive, so if you just accept our team is always up against the cap and such a trade would be impossible for us to make, maybe hurts less. But, of course need to ignore all the cap we've wasted, even in the last year.
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Sounds like Avs are making cap space for a tradeline deal upgrade.. Kulak is probably no worse than Girard.. maybe better.. and he's an upcoming UFA
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The Jackson/Bowman era has been a complete and total disaster. Every move they execute makes the team a little bit worse.
Unfathomable that they just "threw in" Brett Kulak who is a steal of a deal for what he brings and has elevated his play every year in the playoffs. And they added a second just to get zero salary retention on Tristan Jarry. I thought it was an awful trade at the time and it's looking worse now.
Then again I'm not surprised anymore. I'll admit in the summer of '24 I was optimistic about this management team but they are somehow failing to clear the insanely low bar left by Hollarelli.
The penguins somehow turned an overpaid goalie a year away from the minors (who likes to throw his teammates under the bus) into Sam girard, Stu Skinner and 2 2nds. lol
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