Official Offseason NHL Thread!!!!!!!

• rock_knutne

  Pittsburgh signs two way defenseman Paul Martin:
  
  http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10182/1069705-100.stm
  
  Ray Shero didn't fuck around, he knew his team's weakness and took care if it right away. I'm very pleased with these signing, definite upgrade to the defense. They got a very good finese player/skater in Martin and shut down guy in Michalek.
• End of Line

  

  All the Pens need now is a cheap vet like Kariya.
• GoPens

  

  Pens get Ryan Craig from the Lightning. Not a big deal and will spend time in Wilkes-Barre. They don't have enough cap space left to get a major winger, so it looks like this is your 2010-11 Pens. I like the 2 defensemen. If Malkin comes back from his "off" year, then the Pens should be a better team next year.
• rock_knutne

  GoPens;409491 wrote:Pens get Ryan Craig from the Lightning. Not a big deal and will spend time in Wilkes-Barre. They don't have enough cap space left to get a major winger, so it looks like this is your 2010-11 Pens. I like the 2 defensemen. If Malkin comes back from his "off" year, then the Pens should be a better team next year.

  
  There's been rumors about Malkin moving to the wing with Staal at center. Sounds like a good idea but I would hate to break up that third line of Staal, Cooke and Kennedy........arguably the best third line in hockey.
• GoPens

  

  I like having that third line too but if it will generate more scoring, put Malkin and Staal together. I do think the defense has been upgraded with the new guys, hopefully that will take some pressure off of MAF.
• End of Line

  

  I would trade dupuis to try and get some cap space, and if not this is what the line up will look like.
  
  Kunitz-Crosby-Dupuis/Johnson
  Tangradi-Malkin-Staal
  Cooke-Talbot-Kennedy
  Rupp-Letestu-Adams
  
  Martin-Michalek
  Orpik-Letang
  Goligoski-Lovejoy
  
  MAF
  Johnson