tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14971098.post8133394473765923697..comments2024-03-17T21:09:46.268-04:00Comments on The Peerless Prognosticator: Spending Day One Window ShoppingThe Peerlesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10293195514553989436noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14971098.post-48834985397750427642010-07-02T14:37:12.969-04:002010-07-02T14:37:12.969-04:00"If either wins it will be due to Pitt adding..."If either wins it will be due to Pitt adding quality wingers"<br /><br />Couldn't disagree more, Eric. The Penguins have already proven that wrong.<br />They won the Cup with Fedotenko, Satan, Talbot, Guerin, Kunitz and Sykora around Malkin/Crosby as Top 6 wingers at some point of that playoffs.<br /><br />They also had Scuderi/Gill shutting things down. I'm inclined to agree with Peerless - it's who you surround them with. The Caps did well to draft/develop guys like Carlson and Alzner. The Pens prospects haven't paid off so well, so they had to bring in NHL talent to replace what they've lost in Martin and Michalek. A bunch of ways to skin a cat, and all of that.Hooks Orpikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04043702689071051472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14971098.post-89332056173476476432010-07-02T14:16:57.688-04:002010-07-02T14:16:57.688-04:00The argument I've made since Sidney Crosby and...The argument I've made since Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin were rookies has been that the trick will never be drafting a Crosby or an Ovechkin. The trick will be how well their respective GMs build a team around them. The Caps have done a good job securing Backstrom for the next decade, and Green still has a few years. But if the Caps go one and done again this season while Pittsburgh advances and New Jersey once more goes deep, then I'm going to wonder whether the Caps are doing the best job possible building a team around Ovechkin and the core. I'd hate to be sitting here typing a decade from now a post about how Alex Ovechkin is the greatest player in the history of the sport...<br /><br />...never to win a Stanley Cup title.The Peerlesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10293195514553989436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14971098.post-19502158690102579092010-07-02T14:07:57.228-04:002010-07-02T14:07:57.228-04:00Don't agree with your argument. You really bel...Don't agree with your argument. You really believe Martin or Mihalek will be the difference in a Cup in Pit or Volchenkov in NJ? If either wins it will be due to Pitt adding quality wingers and Brodeur finally having a decent postseason again for NJ. Same with us. Caps winning or losing depends on their core not any overpriced FA. That's the bigger question: at what point should we cut bait on Semin,Flash,Fehr,Laich and Knuble as Ovie and Backstrom's running mates? Those guys plus our young goalies will decide when or if we win a cup.<br /><br /><br />Eric<br />BaltimoreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14971098.post-62120723609753579602010-07-02T08:49:04.121-04:002010-07-02T08:49:04.121-04:00Koivu's deal is $2.5M per, $5 total.Koivu's deal is $2.5M per, $5 total.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14971098.post-30747073330483396122010-07-02T08:43:24.444-04:002010-07-02T08:43:24.444-04:00Yeah, ultimately we'll see. I'm not in lo...Yeah, ultimately we'll see. I'm not in love with the term the Penguins gave out, but they don't have guys like Alzner/Carlson to bring up so they need to pay for established players. I am excited they've overhauled the defense, but we'll see.<br /><br />Gonchar was 31 when he signed in Pittsburgh and a lot of people hated that contract in it's early years. By the end, they wished he had signed for longer, and in the interim he was the #1 defenseman on a Cup contending (and winning) team. It can work, but it has to be worked right, else you end up with an albatross like the Brian Campbell contract.Hooks Orpikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04043702689071051472noreply@blogger.com