http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=354819


LOL Holy one-sided deals. Shero just rooked the Stars.

And that's what a good GM does! Great move by Pittsburgh. Again another move in the Eastern Conference by a team that wants to go far and then you have Darcy. Lets wait until the last minute to do anything.

Stars were just fizzled out with that trade. Wonder if this is all caused by the salary cap and it just took this long to see these types of things?

And that's what a good GM does! Great move by Pittsburgh. Again another move in the Eastern Conference by a team that wants to go far and then you have Darcy. Lets wait until the last minute to do anything.

Is there a no blowing Nieuwendyk clause in the NHL, because if so Shero circumvented it. This deal is so shitty that the league should look into it. Even Joe admitted Goli is a "legit 2nd liner". Well, then what's Neal if he's less than that? A 3rd liner?? I think most people would argue Neal is a top liner. Soooo, with that in mind, if you want a 2nd pairing d-man, it's gonna cost you a top line forward PLUS a young replacement defensemen. Because I hate the Pens so much, I say fuck Nieuwendyk, and the fucking loser ass choke master stars. I hope their fans take a giant shit on the hood of his Jaguar. He's making DR look legit. I mean ffs, why didn't we offer them Leopold and a pick for Niskanen and Neal???????????? They couldn't have refused. I'm sure 90% of GM's would have offered more than what the Pens gave, and that's why I feel something is shady. Sorry for the wall of text, but I'm riled up in case you didn't notice.

Edit: as for this cost cutting theory, Neal was on the cheap for this year and next for 2.9. There's NO WAY you replace him at 150% that price.

...and is Brad Richards that big a douche he'd want to ruin his team to make sure he makes a fortune. If that's the player's philosophy, then you cut him the fuck lose. Again, fuck Nieuwendyk. If I was the owner(s), I'd have vetoed that quicker than you can shit on a car's hood.

Is there a no blowing Nieuwendyk clause in the NHL, because if so Shero circumvented it. This deal is so shitty that the league should look into it. Even Joe admitted Goli is a "legit 2nd liner". Well, then what's Neal if he's less than that? A 3rd liner?? I think most people would argue Neal is a top liner. Soooo, with that in mind, if you want a 2nd pairing d-man, it's gonna cost you a top line forward PLUS a young replacement defensemen. Because I hate the Pens so much, I say fuck Nieuwendyk, and the fucking loser ass choke master stars. I hope their fans take a giant shit on the hood of his Jaguar. He's making DR look legit. I mean ffs, why didn't we offer them Leopold and a pick for Niskanen and Neal???????????? They couldn't have refused. I'm sure 90% of GM's would have offered more than what the Pens gave, and that's why I feel something is shady. Sorry for the wall of text, but I'm riled up in case you didn't notice.

Edit: as for this cost cutting theory, Neal was on the cheap for this year and next for 2.9. There's NO WAY you replace him at 150% that price.

...and is Brad Richards that big a douche he'd want to ruin his team to make sure he makes a fortune. If that's the player's philosophy, then you cut him the fuck lose. Again, fuck Nieuwendyk. If I was the owner(s), I'd have vetoed that quicker than you can shit on a car's hood.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=354819


LOL Holy one-sided deals. Shero just rooked the Stars.

Neal, a Dallas second-round draft pick in 2005, carries a salary cap hit of $2,875,000, Niskanen $1.5 million. Goligoski's is $1,833,333. Shero noted that he would not have been able to swing this deal if not for the fact that roughly $8 million in cap space opened when center Evgeni Malkin went on long-term injured reserve and had season-ending knee surgery.

"This might have been the year we didn't do anything," Shero said. "Hopefully, a good came out of a bad."

Well that and Neal would have gotten a huge raise (estimating around 5.5M) and with the raises coming to Benn and Blindenbacher in the next few years, would have been tough to keep Neal and get any real value for him once they were up against the cap.

They already had over 5 million in cap space, so even if Neal got a 3 million dollar raise they could have easily resigned him after resigning Bradley.