Change is good?

by JDMaker1 on Jun 24, 2008 4:37 PM EDT

Tuesday, Jun 24, 2008 9:09 am EDT

Gary Roberts leaves Pittsburgh, but reality moves in

By Greg Wyshynski

But the shock isn't that Roberts is leaving. It's the shock that despite all the Evgeni Malkin free-agent discounts (is that Geno or Gino?), the Penguins team that played for the Cup is effectively dead.

Roberts is gone, Hossa will be gone, any number of other grunts will be gone. (And yet Therrien remains ...) What is lost on many of my Pittsburgh friends is that this is a good thing.

Your team was a bridesmaid. Complacency leads to the 2007-08 Ottawa Senators; modification means that the Penguins, going forward, can build a team that will win a Cup rather than one that might. Keeping around a fourth-liner who is two years younger than the head coach doesn't achieve that goal.

I thought this article made an interesting point about the changes taking place with the Penguins depth chart.

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Agreed – and he makes an interesting point about Roberts. Personally, as I posted today, I think it would’ve gotten to a point where Roberts would have become more a liability than anything else. I don’t, however, think the Pens will turn into the Senators. Lock up Fleury and go from there. That’s my biggest concern right now – unless they really want to bank some faith in Conklin and move Fleury for a forward, which I put at slim-to-none seeing as how they filed arbitration with Fleury and would have traded his rights away by now if that was their true intention.

FrankD from Pensburgh.com

by FrankD on Jun 24, 2008 5:00 PM EDT reply actions

It’s an interesting look – and with all the continuous reports of Pens not signing offers, it’s easy to forget that despite all that, there will be a team regardless of whether it resembles last year’s or not. And some Crosby kid…I think he’ll be there, but I have to check.

Bring hockey back to Louisville!

by JDunman on Jun 27, 2008 10:34 AM EDT reply actions

At this point as long as we sing Geno to a longterm deal I’ll be fairly happy with the FA acquisitions. I’ll be a little dissapointed if we lose Brooks “Free Candy” Orpik and Hossa.

by JDMaker1 on Jun 27, 2008 11:03 AM EDT up reply actions