# Pen's Newest Acquisitions **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [February 27, 2007, 9:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pens-newest-acquisitions/188288 "2007-02-27T09:26:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 12
**Author:** ![yelo69](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yelo69/32/6023_2.png) [@yelo69](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yelo69)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2007, 10:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pens-newest-acquisitions/188288/12 "2007-02-27T10:21:26Z")
> [@Hi!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hi/28374/7): > > This isn’t the old NHL though. It’s a far different game now. > > Laraque is no bum. He is talented. He’s not Rick Tocchet talented, but he’s no Tie Domi or Cory Cross either. I like that pickup. It really really looks like they are building for a playoff run the next two years. > > There has to be at least one more trade in the works though. Armstrong, Ekman, or Malone are my 3 guesses. They have to offload another forward here before the end of the day. As much as they want you to believe that the NHL has changed, there is still a need for the enforcer…Example…a couple of games ago, someone beat the shit out of Armstrong right at center ice, ref stood and watched, never called anything. That was the time they needed an enforcer type…If the Pens can strengthen their defense, they will be unstopable --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/pens-newest-acquisitions/188288)._