Official 08-09 Penguins Thread

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@SMort38

Has Malkin ever openly bitched about playing on a wing?
its just a little weird to me that they are searching high and low for this magical winger, and the best pure goal scorer in the league is already on the team and perfectly capable of playing at crosby’s level. the only argument i can see right now is that there isnt enough offensive depth to justify pairing those two.
staal as a first line winger? that is just silly. if he wants to prove himself as a contributing member of the team i think he needs to step up and become the legitimate top 6 winger that he claims to be.

i think they just want them to be separate so they can have their own lines to spread that talent out. if staal was a big scoring threat, then it would work out perfect. he could either play wing on one of those two guys’ lines or center the number 2 line and let geno play wing on sid’s line. but staal just hasnt been a proven scorer, so teams dont have to worry about shutting him down. if sid and geno can both roll lines that are puttin pucks in the net, its pretty tough for another team to pair up lines to shut both of our lines down.