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Ryan Wilson
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Rochester, NY
Joined: 06.13.2013

Tuesday @ 9:09 AM ET
Ryan Wilson: One last bloom One last bloom
MattStrat
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: ...serial abuser...and misuser...of the ellipsis , NF
Joined: 12.12.2014

Tuesday @ 9:14 AM ET
Yager 10 games 8 goals 9 assists 17 points
- hfc355


Yeah, as an almost 20 year old in a junior hockey league. Nice try, old guy.
MattStrat
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: ...serial abuser...and misuser...of the ellipsis , NF
Joined: 12.12.2014

Tuesday @ 9:23 AM ET
I love MAF. He will always be a Penguin to me.

Wonder if it will be a Flower vs Bloom battle tonight haha
GalacticStone
Toronto Maple Leafs
Location: We shoulda let Uncle Billy finish the job.
Joined: 01.29.2013

Tuesday @ 10:22 AM ET
Respect to the Flower.

Even though he was robbing my teams left and right (Tampa and Toronto).

Class act and helluva goalie.
MacPatty
Pittsburgh Penguins
Joined: 05.21.2015

Tuesday @ 10:31 AM ET
Fleury should never have been traded... he meant so much to the team beyond just his play in net. Really, since he has been gone, he has won a hell of a lot more than the Pens have, hasnt felt like the same team and everywhere he has gone those teams have done better. To me, he is an all time Penguins great and should have his number retired here when he eventually hangs them up. First ballot hall of famer as well.

Imagine if back in the day we traded Murray for that rumored #6 pick from Calgary and kept Fleury in tandem with Jarry... we could have been in a much different situation.
MacPatty
Pittsburgh Penguins
Joined: 05.21.2015

Tuesday @ 10:37 AM ET
Yeah, as an almost 20 year old in a junior hockey league. Nice try, old guy.
- MattStrat


Well the difference is that Yager is doing exactly what was expected of him and McGroarty definitely is not.

This is way too early to judge a trade like this but the minute I heard about it I thought it was reported inaccurately and that we had a first or 2nd rounder coming our way with McGroarty. Hope I am wrong but McGroarty might end up an average bottom 6 winger and I think Yager ends up a really good top 6 center.
sammy87
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: CO
Joined: 05.05.2011

Tuesday @ 11:06 AM ET
Fleury should never have been traded... he meant so much to the team beyond just his play in net. Really, since he has been gone, he has won a hell of a lot more than the Pens have, hasnt felt like the same team and everywhere he has gone those teams have done better. To me, he is an all time Penguins great and should have his number retired here when he eventually hangs them up. First ballot hall of famer as well.

Imagine if back in the day we traded Murray for that rumored #6 pick from Calgary and kept Fleury in tandem with Jarry... we could have been in a much different situation.

- MacPatty


Yeah I hope they retire #29. I enjoy watching him succeed everywhere he’s been. Watching 87, 71, 58 waste here is a bit of a shame.

If they never traded for brassard they could have both wild gs.

I’ll pull for MAF tonight.
MattStrat
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: ...serial abuser...and misuser...of the ellipsis , NF
Joined: 12.12.2014

Tuesday @ 11:13 AM ET
Well the difference is that Yager is doing exactly what was expected of him and McGroarty definitely is not.

This is way too early to judge a trade like this but the minute I heard about it I thought it was reported inaccurately and that we had a first or 2nd rounder coming our way with McGroarty. Hope I am wrong but McGroarty might end up an average bottom 6 winger and I think Yager ends up a really good top 6 center.

- MacPatty




hahaha a lot of might and maybes.

What was expected of McGroarty at a professional level this season? do you mean what you personally expected? His pro career isn't even a month old yet and they put him in bottom 6 in AHL, I'm not even sure who his line mates are but I don't think I'm going to pass judgement on any of it yet even with a rough start.

By the way, if a mid 1st round pick ends up with a regular NHL shift every season, anywhere in the starting lineup, that is a successful pick/prospect.
MattStrat
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: ...serial abuser...and misuser...of the ellipsis , NF
Joined: 12.12.2014

Tuesday @ 1:05 PM ET
Yup, Flower vs Bloom confirmed.
Tojo.
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Aliquippa, PA
Joined: 11.11.2014

Tuesday @ 2:02 PM ET
hahaha a lot of might and maybes.

What was expected of McGroarty at a professional level this season? do you mean what you personally expected? His pro career isn't even a month old yet and they put him in bottom 6 in AHL, I'm not even sure who his line mates are but I don't think I'm going to pass judgement on any of it yet even with a rough start.

By the way, if a mid 1st round pick ends up with a regular NHL shift every season, anywhere in the starting lineup, that is a successful pick/prospect.

- MattStrat

McGroarty moved into the top 6 a couple games ago. AHL juggles lines more often than Pittsburgh, but he's played the last couple on the top line with their leading goal scorer Katchouk and Poulin or Koivunen on the other wing (one game each).
Tojo.
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Aliquippa, PA
Joined: 11.11.2014

Tuesday @ 2:05 PM ET
Well the difference is that Yager is doing exactly what was expected of him and McGroarty definitely is not.

This is way too early to judge a trade like this but the minute I heard about it I thought it was reported inaccurately and that we had a first or 2nd rounder coming our way with McGroarty. Hope I am wrong but McGroarty might end up an average bottom 6 winger and I think Yager ends up a really good top 6 center.

- MacPatty

Last year McGroarty was a top ten scorer in all of college hockey as a sophomore. There are always risks a prospect can't handle the next jump, but it's too early to get too concerned about it.

Not that you don't have a point in comparing them. This was a bit of a high risk trade for Dubas that you don't often see GMs make. But Matt is right that a guy with Yager's talent is going to put up cartoon numbers as an older player in the league (which is why they need to change the transfer agreement).
Thorny87
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Calgary, AB
Joined: 10.17.2014

Tuesday @ 7:28 PM ET
Jesus Letang a sucks right now
Thorny87
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Calgary, AB
Joined: 10.17.2014

Tuesday @ 7:28 PM ET
Puuussss
MattStrat
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: ...serial abuser...and misuser...of the ellipsis , NF
Joined: 12.12.2014

Tuesday @ 7:34 PM ET
I was just about to post what has Puus and his zero shots on net this season done to be getting PP time haha
Thorny87
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Calgary, AB
Joined: 10.17.2014

Tuesday @ 7:40 PM ET
Win a puck battle please
MattStrat
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: ...serial abuser...and misuser...of the ellipsis , NF
Joined: 12.12.2014

Tuesday @ 7:42 PM ET
Win a puck battle please
- Thorny87


It's crazy man. I said last week if I were to put a puck battle succes rate on the Pens so far this season I'd say 20% haha
Thorny87
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Calgary, AB
Joined: 10.17.2014

Tuesday @ 7:43 PM ET
It's crazy man. I said last week if I were to put a puck battle succes rate on the Pens so far this season I'd say 20% haha
- MattStrat

Just swinging their sticks like kids
Grinder47
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Somerset, PA
Joined: 10.20.2013

Tuesday @ 7:47 PM ET
Remind me again why it’s better to let Mike Sullivan collect a paycheck and wait until the teams better to switch coaches?
MacPatty
Pittsburgh Penguins
Joined: 05.21.2015

Tuesday @ 8:03 PM ET
McGroarty moved into the top 6 a couple games ago. AHL juggles lines more often than Pittsburgh, but he's played the last couple on the top line with their leading goal scorer Katchouk and Poulin or Koivunen on the other wing (one game each).
- Tojo.


Hopefully he pulls it all together. It's concerning that he wanted out of Winnipeg because they wouldn't guarantee him a NHL roster spot and now he wasn't able to get a spot in our lineup. Time will tell but my female doging and moaning is mainly because I was super excited with Yager and I felt like he is the better player even right now.
Grinder47
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Somerset, PA
Joined: 10.20.2013

Tuesday @ 8:21 PM ET
St Ivany sent down tomorrow.
Grinder47
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Somerset, PA
Joined: 10.20.2013

Tuesday @ 8:30 PM ET
I’m all for Malkin and Sid playing together but put Bunting or 72 with them. Rak isn’t cut out for grunt work. Put Rak with Eller.
MickV
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Cambridge, MA
Joined: 07.03.2023

Tuesday @ 8:43 PM ET
St Ivany sent down tomorrow.
- Grinder47


Loved him getting into a fight less than 3 strides after coming off the bench.
MickV
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Cambridge, MA
Joined: 07.03.2023

Tuesday @ 8:44 PM ET
Hopefully he pulls it all together. It's concerning that he wanted out of Winnipeg because they wouldn't guarantee him a NHL roster spot and now he wasn't able to get a spot in our lineup. Time will tell but my female doging and moaning is mainly because I was super excited with Yager and I felt like he is the better player even right now.
- MacPatty


That's of course possible but none of the prospect rankings had them even close. Yager's number this year in the WHL are consistent with what he did there last year, and that wasn't good enough to have him highly ranked anywhere (other than in Pittsburgh).
DeflatedPucks
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: NYC, NY
Joined: 04.29.2016

Tuesday @ 8:45 PM ET
Ryan Wilson: One last bloom
One last bloom

- Ryan_Wilson


he was aight
MattStrat
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: ...serial abuser...and misuser...of the ellipsis , NF
Joined: 12.12.2014

Tuesday @ 9:21 PM ET
Get a bit of momentum. Start taking dumb penalties.
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