DK’s Daily Shot of Penguins: The Cody Glass trade matters

6 comments

1. I stayed up for this one.

2. Where does Aho slot in?

3. So , more Forwards . No Defense yet again . No wonder Pens get scored against so much .

4. I commented on this before…this is Dubas MO….get a ton of players that are fringe players or cast offs of other teams….a plethora of players who are anywhere from 9 to 12th forwards or minor leaguers with hope of the 'competition' has players play above their level. It is a metric approach of 'data scientists'…..he did it in Toronto…..Toronto consistently had a horrendous bottom 6. Never competed against other teams well.
   He also rarely did it with D, and when he did, did it ineffectively.
   Pullijarvi is a fringe NHLers, but the 'moneyball' approach of taking high talent 'scrubs' is what makes him and Glass fascinating pick-ups and fills fans with 'hope'.
   I'm going to go based on past behaviour being the best predictor of future results here….a bunch of fringe players who make up bottom 6 who accomplish not much.
   Last year we were suppose to have a healthy competition that would raise the play of others…..it didn't.

5. The accumulation of picks and bodies is also what he did in the first 2 years of when he was in Toronto….gave him trade capital….that isn't bad….I just don't have faith that he will make the right trades….he didn't in Toronto….failed to ever get a good D. I'm grateful we have Crosby…he will make players look better than they do…a la O'connor who is a third liner who will play first line minutes which is crazy….reminds me of Kunitz who was a 2nd liner at best, but was on the Olympic team for Canada

6. I hate trades. I realize these guys are pros, and sometimes a trade works. But depens trade for the leftovers. Usually, they give up more than they get. Are we that bad at player development? I'm guessing so.