Hockey is a beautiful thing. Baseball is boring as hell, but going to a live game is better, especially as pirate tickets are still dirt heap and they are actually doing well. PNC park is beautiful and the all you can eat teats are only 30 bucks right now. (not including water or beer, but does include soda)
I wasn't to awful bummed about Parise and Sutter, Shero said it best. There wasn't anyone else of their caliber out there that we wanted, so waiting for them didn't really hurt us, as we weren't looking for anyone else.
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Originally Posted by Ray Shero
Despite the fact that the Parise-Suter sweepstakes took four days, Shero said that the wait did not affect the Penguins’ ability to target other free agents
“We didn’t miss out on anybody,” said Shero via conference call Wednesday. “You’re talking about Suter and Parise. There aren’t another Suter and Parise out there. We didn’t miss out on anybody. That’s what we were waiting on and other guys were in the same boat. We knew that guys were signing, but they aren’t at this level, that’s for sure.
With Sullivan out, an opening is created among the Penguins’ top-six forward group. And Shero said the team has several options for filling in the hole.
“If we don’t fill that hole via free agency or trade then someone is going to get the opportunity,” he said. “We can’t play one short, that’s for sure. We’ve always talked about (Tyler Kennedy) having the ability to move up and maybe it’s his time to do that. We are a ways away from the start of the season. We’ll see what comes our way.
“We’ll do our homework and see if we can upgrade our team at some point and see what the summer brings us.”
Something else the Penguins have to keep in mind as they move forward into the summer and examine their roster is the big picture – which includes the team’s core stars needing new contracts soon.
“We have Fleury up in three years, Malkin up in two years, Letang up in two years,” Shero said. “Every team has to look at those snap shots and try to balance that salary cap as best they can.”
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