the Penguins are STILL gonna suck

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
my dad's going to be stoked, he always gets pissed when the pens don't have a good offensive defenseman. heard kovalev, straka, forsberg, naslund and rafalski as possible signings. gonchar is bad ass, though

straka signed with the rangers yesterday, and naslund signed with vancouver.

Originally posted by sonickteam4:

Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
my dad's going to be stoked, he always gets pissed when the pens don't have a good offensive defenseman. heard kovalev, straka, forsberg, naslund and rafalski as possible signings. gonchar is bad ass, though

for $5 million though? i am glad Boston didnt give him that much.

if adam foote is worth $4.5, five is ok. the five years is high if anything

my dad's going to be stoked, he always gets pissed when the pens don't have a good offensive defenseman. heard kovalev, straka, forsberg, naslund and rafalski as possible signings. gonchar is bad ass, though

for $5 million though? i am glad Boston didnt give him that much.

naslund is staying with canucks. and, i am digging the gonchar signing. i think the highest scoring defensemen in the league is worth the big contract. worth more than old-ass scott neidermeyer who wants even more.

just for the record, the rumors i listed have been since like the lockout began, not just today

Originally posted by LonnieBeale:

my dad's going to be stoked, he always gets pissed when the pens don't have a good offensive defenseman. heard kovalev, straka, forsberg, naslund and rafalski as possible signings. gonchar is bad ass, though

for $5 million though? i am glad Boston didnt give him that much.

naslund is staying with canucks. and, i am digging the gonchar signing. i think the highest scoring defensemen in the league is worth the big contract. worth more than old-ass scott neidermeyer who wants even more.

apparently the pens are still in the running for niedermayer too.

this would have been great if it was around 5 years ago

Pens are going to be very tough…with all due repect to the naysaying Sonick.

I'd like to see them still sign another proven goalie & get Malkin in camp & they then should be able to compete with anyone - they've got an abundance of good young players.

If only Fleury was ready. It would then be Lord Stanley's ball @ the Civic Arena.

Originally posted by The Artist Formerly Known As grotty:
Pens are going to be very tough…with all due repect to the naysaying Sonick.

sonick will believe it when he sees it.

hedberg coming back was the rumor, but i know the pens are interested in a vet goalie

looks like kovalev resigned with the habs, though

and i think Boston got Leetch.

Leetch vs. Gonchar

i may have to sit and think on this one.

I'm surprised about the Kovy signing.
Talk around here was that it was nearly a done deal (him coming back to Pitt).

i haven't been following this thread, or any of the nhl signings really, until i just saw that my former favorite player, sergei gonchar, just signed with THE FUCKING PENGUINS. that's disgusting. i will have to perform some sort of cremation service for my #55 caps jersey.

hey bede … podsednik … come on! i'm being very reasonable! dude's not even playing!

I don't think Toronto has signed anyone. They'll probably be the oldest team in history again this year.

Originally posted by BookerT:
i haven't been following this thread, or any of the nhl signings really, until i just saw that my former favorite player, sergei gonchar, just signed with THE FUCKING PENGUINS. that's disgusting. i will have to perform some sort of cremation service for my #55 caps jersey.

thats what you get for routing for the Russians.

Originally posted by BookerT:
i haven't been following this thread, or any of the nhl signings really, until i just saw that my former favorite player, sergei gonchar, just signed with THE FUCKING PENGUINS. that's disgusting. i will have to perform some sort of cremation service for my #55 caps jersey.

I don't know why you're getting all fussy…you did get J Jagr from the Pens. :D
I guess the Caps strategy of "if you can't beat them - try to be just like them" didn't work out.

Pens also rumoured to be close to signing either Sean Burke or Cujo in goal.

And Forsberg signs with Flyers

Originally posted by The Artist Formerly Known As grotty:

I guess the Caps strategy of "if you can't beat them - try to be just like them" didn't work out.

you mean trying to be one of the worst teams in hockey last season.

Originally posted by sonickteam4:

Originally posted by The Artist Formerly Known As grotty:

I guess the Caps strategy of "if you can't beat them - try to be just like them" didn't work out.

you mean trying to be one of the worst teams in hockey last season.

Don't make me show you facts

damn, flyers got forsberg. so, the flyers have added forsberg, rathje, derian hatcher and chris therian in the last day and a half.

Originally posted by The Artist Formerly Known As grotty:

I guess the Caps strategy of "if you can't beat them - try to be just like them" didn't work out.

Originally posted by sonickteam4:
you mean trying to be one of the worst teams in hockey last season.

Originally posted by The Artist Formerly Known As grotty:
Don't make me show you facts

fact away my friend. how are the Caps trying to be the Penguins and the bigger question is, why?

Originally posted by sonickteam4:
fact away my friend. how are the Caps trying to be the Penguins and the bigger question is, why?

For starters…

Why?

Since 1991 the Pens have beaten the Caps SIX times in playoff series - 2 times on their way to Stanley Cup championships.

These series wins have often occurred in stunning & heartbreaking fashion:
*Twice coming back from down 1 game to 3
*Once overcoming a 0-2 mark
*2 over-time wins during that span including the epic 6 1/2 hr game & the series ending Gonchar cough up.

The Pens have been the hurdle the Caps have been unable to overcome in their own quest to win a Cup. Losing to Pitt is almost ritualistic.

How?

So if you can't beat - join 'em or at least try to duplicate what is working for them.

from Pro Ice Hockey:

"Plenty of NHL franchises spend more stupidly and recklessly than the Capitals. But the current Washington team is defined by one fat, regrettable contract. In July of 2001, Jaromir Jagr was scooped up from the Penguins and handed a seven-year, $77-million deal. A year after Jagr arrived, Robert Lang was signed (also from the Penguins.)

The team envisioned them filling nets and seats, and spoke confidently of a â??three-year planâ? to win the Stanley Cup.

Like many such plans, this one has been abandoned early. The Capitals win more than they lose, but are renowned for their uninspired play…and the quest for glory has been usurped by a campaign to get the payroll under control."