I don't know who Adam Burish is.
Three huge wins without Sid the Kid. He's definitely expendable now. I'd trade him in a heartbeat. Come on Ray Shero, you have three days to make this happen! Ok, back to reality now...any human being who considers themselves a hockey fan and thinks that the Pens should trade one of the top three players in the world is insane (I guess that means Bob Smizik isn't right in the head, go figure.) I cannot take the fact that fans ride guys like Crosby and Staal so hard. THEY ARE 21 AND 20 YEARS OLD, respectively. Let me reiterate that, in case you missed it. 21 AND 20. What were you doing when you were that age? Probably skipping your Pysch 101 class because you were too hung over from the beer pong tournament the night before. Take a look around at the rosters from other teams. Not too many teams have kids that are this age putting up numbers and playing vital roles for their teams. These guys can't even see their prime yet, and yet they have their team primed to make another playoff run, one year after reaching the Stanley Cup finals. Patience my friends. These guys are still learning on the fly, learning what it takes to win in this league. I have utter faith in Ray Shero, the man is learning which types of players he needs to assemble to play with these guys. Crosby, Malkin, Staal, MAF...these guys are the core, the future. Dan Bylsma seems to get it, and is letting these kids play the way they need to play to gain confidence and be successful. There's still a part or two missing for the Pens to compete this year, but to do away with one of the vital cogs would be suicide.
Ryan Whitney watch:
Saturday, 2/28. W @ Dallas. 0 G. 0 A. +1. 20:34 TOI. 1 hit.
Just for the record I was always a fan of the Kunitz trade, he's so hot right now.
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I'm not a hockey expert by any means. I probably know the least about the sport of all that follow this blog. That being said, I watched a Red Wings game this week and the one difference I see between them and Pittsburgh is that Detroit has big bruising forwards. On every line it seems they have a forward that is 6' 4'' that skates like he is 5' 10''. I don't know if the Pens can afford to get a few guys like that and keep their core group of players together. At what point does getting rid of 1 or 2 of them to get 5 bigger stronger guys outway keeping that core together. Unless you foresee Crosby turning into the MJ of hockey and being able to win with any group of guys you throw in the ice with him. Hockey having multiple lines of guys will make that more of an improbably but if that's what they are banking on I don't think they will be back in the finals for at least 3 more years, and that is if Sid can stay healthy. We've already seen him injured a few times in his young career.
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