As is tradition 😆

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Kinda like it for both sides.

MCDAVID? DRAISAITL?..

What about that edmonton free agency video

Players’ contracts show what they have “earned.” Crosby has earned the right to not take a trade he doesn’t like. But he hasn’t earned the right to get paid whatever he wants for as long as he wants. And if he has not earned the right to block the Pens from rebuilding if that’s what they need to do. But Crosby really isn’t the problem right now.

Yzerman was almost traded to the Senators in the mid 90s and from what I recall, Yzerman was okay with getting traded but it was nixed by ownership. Everything worked out after that - but it came close.

It’s really on him. He and McDavid are handed blank checks and told to remember they win when they have a team. How much those 2 choose to make decides how long Edmonton is a cup contender.

⁠100% this

@@safertobeanonymous2224 There are no 'blank checks' in the NHL. Oils could lose both if they don't smarten up.

@@reignofrock smarten up? Like making the finals? Signing good value support players? That kind of smarten up? 🤦‍♂️

i paused one second to say this before they did, sorry guys love you xoxo

I did the same.

Same 😂

Penguins should get rid of all 3 and start working on a rebuild.

I would assume they are thinking that they need to start winning games at some point and stop hoarding prospects. Poor value trade, but makes them a better team this season and filled the hole at 3C.

Savoie gonna be a stud. Buffalo deserves to lose

Because at that point there was still hope they could go for another cup. At this point after losing guentzel and all the other guys getting older there is no chance this team isn’t in the bottom 10.

@@shreksswamp1182 I’ll never not have hope as long as those 3 are on the team. Yes at some point the wheels will fall off, but the reason they missed the playoffs was not because of their big buys. The bottom six was a sieve and the power play was abysmal. As much as Guentzel is better than Bunting, Bunting is exactly what we need. A scratch and claw front of the net guy on the power play. Hornqvist 2.0. And frankly I see that trade as the equivalent of when the Penguins traded James Neal, the much better player, for Patric Hornqvist, a much more needed player. Bunting will help the power play, and the bottom six was improved this free agency period. And if the bottom six ends up sucking again, most of the players we signed this year were one year contracts. Those will all come off the books. Petry and Smith’s retentions will come off the books. They’re projected to $30 million in cap space next year to play around with

Very legit point. However, maybe the boys talk and realize what’s best for themselves personally for the next few years. Dubas, should have never picked up that Karlsson contract(coulda had a marchesault and another wonderful player)

@@landonbaumgardner1277 if you seriously believe the pens will win another cup with that core let alone make the playoffs.. than I don’t know what to tell you man, besides the next decade at minimum will be painful for you pens fans.

@@Traumawarrior77 that may be true but I think Karlsson has been good for us. He was never going to replicate his 100 point season. I think people had way too much in terms of expectations for him. And if that cap space wasn’t used up by Karlsson it would have been used up by Jan Rutta, Jeff Petry, and Mikael Granlund. I think the only way to get out of those was to get Karlsson. You weren’t going to get a Marchessault or anyone else in a trade for those guys and you wouldn’t have been able to sign anyone this offseason because those would still be on the books.

Exactly Same, I have a problem. Not many good Habs pods and I love watching Tdot emplode

You are officially now Leaf fans. That means your team will be in the playoffs.

​@johnsummerhill8323 wow, 1 week in the playoffs annually

@@flackjacket3dits As opposed to many years not in the playoffs, in the past and the future.

@johnsummerhill8323 canadiens will win a playoff round before the leafs ever win another lol. Your teams core is aging out

Dubas absolutely sucks based purely on his track record- A Pitt fan

@@Connor8609 usually when they give someone a all or nothing they think their gonna win

@@number1mostbiascapsfan66 He signed Karlsson , which was a massive swing and an abject failure. If they simply removed Reirden from the powerplay and fired him in Dec Jan, they would breeze into the playoffs last year, which I would consider a success for where the team is at.

It's just these guys (and a handful of other weird Leaf fans)

If they want Bouchard they should be signing him before Draisaitl. Draisaitl is who he is, it would be hard to have a season that brings his number up much. Bouchard's number could easily inflate.

@@kurtwpggood point

Update: I think his daughter may have just stolen a fair bit of sleep from him the night before

Weed is legal in Canada. You know that right?

@musicman76enator And? If it was weed, it made for a very spacey, less focused Steve this episode i.e. a worse podcast experience. But I'm pretty sure it was just exhaustion

@@dangshnizzle6929 OK Boomer lmao

@musicman76enator zoomer* Dude he was off his game this episode, probably due to exhaustion as was hinted at closer to the end. If it had been weed it would have been his own fault, but it was likely his daughter

They just want to cheer for Sid and see Dubas fail. It’s getting annoying.

You're literally making things up, nobody said that or anything remotely close to that in this podcast. It's kind of a embarrassing to watch but you know, you do you I guess if it makes you feel big and strong.

@@mossly9785 they’ve literally been spouting this bullshit for a year.

If you're a Habs fan you probably already know this, but on the off chance you missed it, sdpn has another podcast on the network 'Bassu & Godin Notebook' which is a Habs podcast you might enjoy. I know it's weird to recommend a Habs podcast as a Leafs fan, but they did an episode on the Leafs salary structure earlier this year that I checked out. Ended up staying on because the theme song slaps, their analysis is top tier, and the discussions are always interesting.

@@joshf2218 it’s their way of coping with how miserable it is to be a Leafs fan. Imagine being obsessed with another team’s core ending in a whiff, when your own team’s core has never come close to sniffing success. It’s ridiculous. As for Dubas, they still can’t comprehend that maybe Brendan Shanahan is the sole person they should blame for Toronto’s recent failure and not Kyle Dubas. The whole team runs through him.

really Pens would be stupid not to trade him lol

@@Nathanielhiggerson66 Pens would be stupid to trade him. The impact he has on young players and the organization is invaluable. Other teams fans just want to see him traded, simple as.

@@Nathanielhiggerson66 Agreed.

​@@joshf2218You're delusional. The Penguins cannot properly rebuild as long as Sid is breathing and playing for the Penguins. He actively keeps them mediocre because he's still amazing.

It's probably one of the few things caps and pens fans should mutually agree and understand on. We may be mid the last few years of their respective careers but I don't want to see ovi/sid in any other jersey.

I was 11 Years old when we won the Cup in 09. The Moment Fleury made the Save and the Clock ran out i jumped into the Arms of my Dad Celebrating. I will remember this Moment until i die. Just like i remember where i was when we Won the Cup in 2016 and 2017. Crosby, Malkin and Letang are the Heroes of my Childhood and early adult life because they brought us the Cup. I couldnt care less if we go on a 5-10 Year Rebuild and i dont care if that Rebuild starts in 5 Years. I want 87, 71 and 58 to be Lifelong Penguins. Even the thought of any of them playing in a different Uniform makes me sick. And i know that all of them want the same. They deserve their Farewell Years, they deserve their Money, they deserve a dignified farewell when the time comes. Dubas and FSG will make sure that that happens. This whole talk about him leaving comes from outside the Pittsburgh Media because its nice Clickbait and it worked here too. But its further Away from the Truth then Donald Trump.

Lol, you hope you'll at least be "mid" most likely Pens will be competing for last in the league.

Like how mcdavid and draisatl will retire as oilers..i get it 😊

@@user-fq2jv3ds7h exactly. Pat McAfee talks all the time about how any time there is talk about Peyton Manning, the picture associated with it seems to more often than not be of him in a Broncos uniform, even though he played a decade plus with the Colts and is a Colts legend. I don’t want that for any of Crosby, Malkin, or Letang. Frankly it’s been like 7 years since Fleury left and it’s still painful seeing him in other jerseys. And as much as I dislike the Caps, Ovi belongs in a Capitals jersey. Nothing else.

Pittsburgh need to rebuild and clinging on to this false hope they can have any meaningful impact is asinine. WAKE UP, its time to rebuild my guy

only toronto fans who hate dubas lol

@@bradleyvision7315 Not most of us. These guys are particularly bad with Dubas salt

There were rumors, but the only solid reporting on Rutherford leaving was that he wanted to make non-player changes, i.e. coaching staff and ownership said no.

@@turkeykaiser Ah.

Yup, unfortunately a lot of fans dont seem to understand that and the francophone media are the worst about the playoff talk.

I’ll be back here laughing when he re signs in Pittsburgh

Pens won’t be sniffing close to the playoffs regardless with there roster.. so why not trade him and get ahead of a most likely 10 year rebuild.

no just toronto media

I think Pens fans need to wake up and realize its time to rebuild. I'd be wanting Crosby to go somewhere he can actually win before his career is done...

@@shreksswamp1182 because hes the 2nd best player in franchise history.

It was embarrassing on the lightning end. Stammer has paid his dues and earned his right to do what he wants.

No it wasn’t. Stamkos wanted to make more money. That was his priority. The Lightning don’t want to turn into the Penguins.

Tampa offered him less than half the dollars per year than he's getting, and then turned around and have Hedman the same deal Stamkos did. I don't think you cam really make that argument, even after Stamkos did them a huge favour and signed for less on his last deal.

@brandongerofsky4817 Unfortunate that happened though. At the end of the day, they're just running a business to win. Feelings have no place in that deal.

Which time, the 70s, 80s, 90s or 2000s 😂

exactly, both him and his agent pressured the oilers into that contract but only after connor did he find his game and look like a 10+ million guy (in 2018 not 2024 terms)

Nobody is arguing that

@@mossly9785 , "50:50 like Matthews is 13 and a half how if you're quarter 13 and a quarter how if you're Le on Dr go I'm worth more than 50:57 that how do you not and you've given the discount oh 51:04 yeah you've already given the home Hometown discount you now need to go and get what is it 13 by8 14 by7 if he goes" There is a claim that Leon took a hometown discount right here in the video.