NHL offseason transactions

[Mezro]

Originally posted by Va Beach VH Fan
[B]FLASH !!!

PENS ARE SPENDING MONEY !!! PENS ARE SPENDING MONEY !!! :D :D

Really happy they grabbed Recchi, and for a 3 year deal !!!
[B]

Bye bye Rex...the Flyers fans will miss you.

Mezro...some good additions by the Pens..even though it pisses me off:p

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Originally posted by Snoo
Yeah. I'll never forget Mario crossing the blue line and just throwing his gloves, stick still in them, as far as he could and wildly swinging. This season, watch how many people DON'T fuck with Mario. Who is going to want to face the power play that went from last in the league to 8th in the last few weeks, and is now ADDING Lemieux, Recchi, and Kovalev? It'll be even more ridiculous than right before we traded Kovalev and the power play was at a 35% success rate.

Good point Snoo, that power play was really starting to click last year, WITHOUT Lemieux...

The steal of the year was grabbing Jackman from the Leafs (thanx again FullBugger )...... He and Tarnstrom together on the PP made that pretty damn lethal....

Who knows how they're going to work the PP this year, because Recchi is great working the point as well... Maybe have one of the D-men shift to the 2nd PP unit...

In terms of people messing with Mario, for the 1st time in a long time, they got an enforcer that can actually fight, Ryan Van VandenBussche... Those days of guys like Oliwa and McKenna are over....

[Snoo]

Shame we didn't want Barnaby back for whatever reason. Now he can score consistently, and still mix it up. I wonder when Theo Fleury is gonna be reinstated...we gave Kevin Stevens a third chance too. It looks like for the first time in a l while, we'll be able to have two above average power play units. For the past few years, the top power play unit usually tried to stay out the full two minutes. Lasse Pirjeta turned into quite a weapon on the power play, he was a steal too. We're still aggressively going after Zhamnov. Kovalev in some circles is even confirmed as all but signing. So I envision something like Mario, Morozov, Fata, Recchi, Jackman/Pirjeta, Malone, Zhamnov, Tarnstrom, Kovalev. It'll be fun to see us getting one power play every three weeks because everyone is afraid to take a penalty.

[lucky wilbury]

it's still a shock that the pens ,who were on the verge of folding, are spending and the b's still sit on the sideline's. go figure

[Snoo]

Heh, not for Pittsburghers. We have been dreaming of this day for years, ever since we first started dumping salary.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Originally posted by Snoo
Heh, not for Pittsburghers. We have been dreaming of this day for years, ever since we first started dumping salary.

Fuckin' A bro....

Grab that slots license, and they'll be spending cash like the Rangers....

[lucky wilbury]

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?ID=90934

Penguins sign UFA VandenBussche


TSN.ca Staff



7/12/2004

PITTSBURGH - The Pittsburgh Penguins have signed free agent right wing Ryan VandenBussche. In accordance with club policy, terms of the deal were not announced.

VandenBussche, 31, recorded five points and 120 penalty minutes while appearing in a career high 65 games with the Chicago Blackhawks last season.

The 6-0, 205 pound native of Simcoe, Ontario spent parts of seven seasons in Chicago, recording 17 points (7+10) and 592 penalty minutes in 263 games with the Blackhawks.

riginally selected 173rd overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1992 Entry Draft, VandenBussche has combined for 19 points and 660 penalty minutes in 290 games with the Blackhawks and New York Rangers.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Like I said, good move, an actual enforcer that can fight....

5 points in 65 games ?? Me and Poj could score 5 points drunk on 7 dollar beers at the ESA....

He must be a Buchberger admirer.... Just kidding Bucky.....

[lucky wilbury]

now the pens are after stumpel. ej hradek said somthing interesting: he thinks the pens are loading up on people jsut so they can make the team attractive engouh to sell. he pointed out that the pens were in such bad shape money wise they couldn't even be audited a few years ago and now their spending money.

[lucky wilbury]

double post

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Originally posted by lucky wilbury
now the pens are after stumpel. ej hradek said somthing interesting: he thinks the pens are loading up on people jsut so they can make the team attractive engouh to sell. he pointed out that the pens were in such bad shape money wise they couldn't even be audited a few years ago and now their spending money.

Oh, bullshit....

It's like getting your tax refund, it's fucking spent before you get it !!! [ALL married motherfuckers know EXACTLY what I'm talking about !!!]

The slots bill passed in PA...

Obviously, the local politicans have given a secret "wink-wink" to Mario that the Pens will get the one slots license alloted in the city of Pittsburgh....

That slots license will be a fucking windfall for the Pens....

And let's face it, they're not going after the Tier 1 free agents, although the Recchi signing is damn impressive....

But you know that Recchi could have signed elsewhere for more money...

Kovalev, if he signs here, will take less money as well....

But he knows that he's been an average player everywhere else BUT Pittsburgh....

As for Stumpel, I've always thought he was a underated player also.... But if they get Kovalev or Zhamnov, that should be it....

[Full Bug]

Originally posted by Va Beach VH Fan

The steal of the year was grabbing Jackman from the Leafs (thanx again FullBugger )......

True, that was quite the steal.....I am interested to see how the Pens do this year.....

[Snoo]

The ESPN hockey analysts are totally full of shit. Remember a year ago when Morganti, who is supposed to be top dog, was saying he knew for a fact that Mario was about to sell and sign with the Rangers?

[lucky wilbury]

they need just to get the cba fixed so we can see the teams take shape faster then they are. one things for sure though nhl 2005 comes out just before the cba expires and i'll be right there getting my copy so i'll have either a: a new hockey to play while watching the new season b: the only hockey i'll see all year or c: one of the few copies of the game that get sold because there is no hockey next year

[Snoo]

You don't like the ESPN series? I still play all those Sega NHL games, but these days, Sega kills them.