Hence why I said decent. He would certainly be an upgrade over Comrie
I only got to see 1 pre-season game, but I don't understand how Comrie could seem to be so effective in those games, yet look like a turd as soon as the regular season started.
I only got to see 1 pre-season game, but I don't understand how Comrie could seem to be so effective in those games, yet look like a turd as soon as the regular season started.
I think it has a lot to do with the opportunity, or lack thereof, he has been given in the regular season.
If a 500k signing that would replace Comrie makes you want to fire one of the best GM's in the business you need to rethink your approach.
I don't consider Shero one of the best in the business, yes he has done some good signings/trades, but lets not confuse him with being the sole reason this teams where they are. The teams been in a decline since he got here on balance.
I would label Shero at 500 or just above average within terms of how the team has been managed. He has just as many failure signings as good ones. I don't wanna here Crosby an the lot, a monkey could get them under contract.
Sid: I want 8.7 over 5 years.
Monkey:
Done.....
Malkin: repeat, so on, an so on.
He had the benefit of having a pretty well off team to take over.
If he makes it that long, we'll see what he does when these guy's are all gone.
Best in the business, not by a country mile. Just above average, and that's, OK, for now.
If a 500k signing that would replace Comrie makes you want to fire one of the best GM's in the business you need to rethink your approach.
Yes. I was 100% serious.
Honestly though - this guy was benched by the same coach of the team. He was also a 4th liner through the playoffs. What the hell would he even want to come for?
As long as Bylsma is our coach, this makes no sense. We either need to get someone who is good enough that the coach would be risking his own job to platoon him on the 3rd or 4th line, or skip it.
Am I the only penguins fan who thinks Miro was given one of the most unjustified hard times for his time as a penguin of any player ever?!
At times the dolt coaches were putting him on the 3rd & 4th lines, and he simply isn't that type of player, I really thought he was exactly what he was going to be here a softer goal scorer who has the ability to streak in the goal department.
Anyone who thought he was going to be a big bruising PF was simply an idiot or has never seen Satan play. He also did score some nice goals in the playoff of the cup run too when he got in there.
I thought the B's did an amazing job of signing him on the cheap and got a hell of a lot of production out of him for a prorated 700K or whatever it was.
I would glady take him if it meant it kept guys like Rupps ice time and ESPECIALLY pp time down or non-exhistant.
You don't get it: Byslma doesn't like over-the-hill goal scorers who he perceives as soft. Sykora, Satan, Comrie... they all go the same route here under Bylsma. Benched, 4th lined, etc. Those kind of guys are useless here. The only reason Billy got any love is because he had a gritty edge to his game and he was old school. There are no one-dimensional Euros out there on the cheap end of the scale that Bylsma would give the time of day to AFA big 1st or 2nd line minutes.
Satan was played on the 3rd/4th line because he sucked on the 1st/2nd line. He was given plenty of opportunities to make it work with Crosby or Malkin and he didn't. He also got plenty of PP time early on that year, which he didn't do much with either. He and Comrie both deserve all the criticism they get.
Satan was okay for Boston. Just because he scored a few goals isn't everything. He was still a liability in a lot of areas and I saw a number of games where Claude Julien was afraid to put him on the ice because of that.
I have no problem with Satan on this team if the money is right. He's got actual top-6 talent still, even if he's not the most Hellish () competitor in the world. People have a skewed view of Satan's performance here because they had a bad taste in their mouth over the whole Hossa situation. They wanted him to be Hossa's replacement, either consciously or subconsciously, and he just isn't the same kind of player. He will score you goals and make nice plays, but he's not a grind in the corners, crazy speed through the neutral zone, determined back-checking type of guy.
In short: If he comes cheap, I would welcome him back with open arms.
I have no problem with Satan on this team if the money is right. He's got actual top-6 talent still, even if he's not the most Hellish () competitor in the world. People have a skewed view of Satan's performance here because they had a bad taste in their mouth over the whole Hossa situation. They wanted him to be Hossa's replacement, either consciously or subconsciously, and he just isn't the same kind of player. He will score you goals and make nice plays, but he's not a grind in the corners, crazy speed through the neutral zone, determined back-checking type of guy.
In short: If he comes cheap, I would welcome him back with open arms.
Am I the only penguins fan who thinks Miro was given one of the most unjustified hard times for his time as a penguin of any player ever?!
At times the dolt coaches were putting him on the 3rd & 4th lines, and he simply isn't that type of player, I really thought he was exactly what he was going to be here a softer goal scorer who has the ability to streak in the goal department.
Anyone who thought he was going to be a big bruising PF was simply an idiot or has never seen Satan play. He also did score some nice goals in the playoff of the cup run too when he got in there.
I thought the B's did an amazing job of signing him on the cheap and got a hell of a lot of production out of him for a prorated 700K or whatever it was.
I would glady take him if it meant it kept guys like Rupps ice time and ESPECIALLY pp time down or non-exhistant.
Would you want to give him 3.5 to find out again? He was paid to produce, and fell short on many occasions that saw him being shuffled all throughout the line up.
You don't get it: Byslma doesn't like over-the-hill goal scorers who he perceives as soft. Sykora, Satan, Comrie... they all go the same route here under Bylsma. Benched, 4th lined, etc. Those kind of guys are useless here. The only reason Billy got any love is because he had a gritty edge to his game and he was old school. There are no one-dimensional Euros out there on the cheap end of the scale that Bylsma would give the time of day to AFA big 1st or 2nd line minutes.
To be honest, this is one of my issues with Bylsma.
As useless as Comrie has been this season, I still don't want to write him off until he's given a *regular* shift with Crosby. Only then, if that doesn't pan out, would I be glad to be rid of him. But for whatever reason, Bylsma doesn't want to try it for more than maybe 1 or 2 shifts a game.
Of course Comrie's going to be terrible when he's played in a checking role, or given 10 minutes or less a night beside grinders. Considering the mixing and matching Bylsma likes to do, would it really hurt that much to, say, play Comrie on Crosby's wing for a two or three game stretch? It would then allow them to move Dupuis to the LW, and move Kunitz down so Malkin has a solid winger to play with.
I dunno. Maybe it's just wishful thinking on my part. But I just don't like the fact that a guy with decent talent (but obvious flaws, otherwise he wouldn't sign at the league minimum) would sign here for cheap, only to be misused. Even if Comrie's a waste of a uniform for this team, it might send a bad message to any other skilled guys who would otherwise take a discount to play with Sid. Why would they, if when they do get here they get relegated to 4th line while grinders play alongside Sid?
Would you want to give him 3.5 to find out again? He was paid to produce, and fell short on many occasions that saw him being shuffled all throughout the line up.
Who the hell said he would be making anywhere NEAR 3.5 again!? All of our talk ( miro supports ) were prefacing that he would be CHEAP 500k-700k.
And when he was signed to that 3.5 cap hit it was for ONE year and at that point in time a lot of the core guys raises' haven't kicked in and the cap wasn't much of an issue as it is now, and like it or not he helped this team win a cup.
I was watching the Oilers-Rangers game on Sportsnet and they said Miro Satan has 3 offers on the table right now and is in the process of deliberation.
They mentioned the Penguins as one team that might have interest, but this may have been pure speculation as opposed to being based on any legitimate info.
SportsNet mentioned it yesterday too, but they didn't have any insight. They just said, "the Penguins need wingers, so...".
This CANNOT happen, imo. For one thing, Bylsma won't play Satan. Secondly, we've been there and done that. He's not a guy who left for money or opportunity. He left because he bottomed out. Yeah, he had a nice bounce-back in Boston last season, but the Bruins don't play the same style at all. They're more passive, which is what Satan needs at this point.
I heard he could be headed back to the Sabres, actually.
Who the hell said he would be making anywhere NEAR 3.5 again!? All of our talk ( miro supports ) were prefacing that he would be CHEAP 500k-700k.
And when he was signed to that 3.5 cap hit it was for ONE year and at that point in time a lot of the core guys raises' haven't kicked in and the cap wasn't much of an issue as it is now, and like it or not he helped this team win a cup.
Exactly.
Different time, different situation. 3.5 million?, come on......... that's just crazy talk.
I have mixed feelings about this. I didn't mind Satan. Yea, his work ethic wasn't exactly Pittsburgh style but we need something. Not sure if he'd fit into the pens power play or not but it can't really hurt. It's crazy to me that Satan actually scored 40 goals once.
Satan was played on the 3rd/4th line because he sucked on the 1st/2nd line. He was given plenty of opportunities to make it work with Crosby or Malkin and he didn't. He also got plenty of PP time early on that year, which he didn't do much with either. He and Comrie both deserve all the criticism they get.
Satan was okay for Boston. Just because he scored a few goals isn't everything. He was still a liability in a lot of areas and I saw a number of games where Claude Julien was afraid to put him on the ice because of that.
Exactly man. I think people are just that desperate for a top 6 winger and they are using selective memory. Satan was that bad. An improvement on Comrie? Maybe, but so what. Chris Conner has been an improvement on Comrie.
I'll say it again, bring up somebody like Jeffrey, Johnson or Sterling before you bring in another washed up vet.
Exactly man. I think people are just that desperate for a top 6 winger and they are using selective memory. Satan was that bad. An improvement on Comrie? Maybe, but so what. Chris Conner has been an improvement on Comrie.
I'll say it again, bring up somebody like Jeffrey, Johnson or Sterling before you bring in another washed up vet.
It was actually Therrien that gave up on the guy way before Bylsma took over. Nobody remembers the Satan-Staal-Sykora line?
Satan was perfect as what he was: a good fourth liner to have as long as Malkin and Crosby were taking turns double shifting with him and Adams.
All that being said, I would have rather had him as our Comrie signing rather than Comrie.
To be honest, this is one of my issues with Bylsma.
As useless as Comrie has been this season, I still don't want to write him off until he's given a *regular* shift with Crosby. Only then, if that doesn't pan out, would I be glad to be rid of him. But for whatever reason, Bylsma doesn't want to try it for more than maybe 1 or 2 shifts a game.
Of course Comrie's going to be terrible when he's played in a checking role, or given 10 minutes or less a night beside grinders. Considering the mixing and matching Bylsma likes to do, would it really hurt that much to, say, play Comrie on Crosby's wing for a two or three game stretch? It would then allow them to move Dupuis to the LW, and move Kunitz down so Malkin has a solid winger to play with.
I dunno. Maybe it's just wishful thinking on my part. But I just don't like the fact that a guy with decent talent (but obvious flaws, otherwise he wouldn't sign at the league minimum) would sign here for cheap, only to be misused. Even if Comrie's a waste of a uniform for this team, it might send a bad message to any other skilled guys who would otherwise take a discount to play with Sid. Why would they, if when they do get here they get relegated to 4th line while grinders play alongside Sid?
No offense dude, but I can't help but be a dick when I read stuff like that, because it's more about riding the train and piling on the coach rather than understanding what you're watching. D-zone coverage fine. PP problems, go for it. But Mike Comrie?
This "regular shift" nonsense is fantasy land and video game stuff. There isn't a single thing Mike Comrie does well to even justify him being on the roster, much less be given 18 minutes a game. It's yet more well-wishing by fans that he might be another diamond in the rough. He's a **** hockey player that was jobless until September for a reason. Give me Chris Conner on the roster over Comrie any day.
) competitor in the world. People have a skewed view of Satan's performance here because they had a bad taste in their mouth over the whole Hossa situation. They wanted him to be Hossa's replacement, either consciously or subconsciously, and he just isn't the same kind of player. He will score you goals and make nice plays, but he's not a grind in the corners, crazy speed through the neutral zone, determined back-checking type of guy.
