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Of all the people we lost, I think the one that's gonna hurt the most is losing Ruutu. I've said it before and I'll say it again, WE DON'T NEED HOSSA!!!! We were contenders before he got here, he was just supposed to be the guy who put us over the top. Seeing as how 4 of our top 5 players are under 25 years years old and 3 of them are locked up for at least 5 years, we're going to get better every year. I didn't want to see Ryan Malone go but I am glad we didn't pay him that kind of money. I know it's a business but for a team that could've sent him packin for the last 3 years but kept givin him chances, he could've played for a little less, maybe 3 million a year for 1 or 2 years, and if he kept playing at the level he was at last year we would give him more money. Losing Laraque isn't bad at all. We picked up Godard and he's younger, cheaper and will probably end up being better overall than Laraque. Adam Hall can be replaced, but losing a right handed shooter when you have hardly any always hurts. We need to dish out Sydor asap though. His experience was valuable in the Cup Finals but now that they've all been there you can't justify paying him 2.5 million for his experience alone, and he doesn't have the speed to keep up with the younger, faster forwards anymore. I really liked the fact that we signed Satan and Fedotenko to one-year deals. I was never really impressed with either of them, but they can both be more than just a stop-gap player next year. BTW Colby Armstrong's contract is up next year and I'd love to see him come back as would most Penguin fans. I would've loved to have Naslund and Demitra and playing alongside Crosby next year. If not both then at least Naslund. He would've been a perfect fit for Sid (i.e. Malkin and Sykora). The only thing that sucked about not getting Jagr was that he would've put all the money we paid him right back into our casinos. I don't know a whole lot about this Pesonen character we just picked up but hopefully he won't flop as hard as Morozov did. The one thing that really aggrivated me was the resigning of Mark Eaton. He's had injury problems for the last 3 years and you sign him up for 2 more years? If anything he should've only gotten one year. IMO we should've let him go and used that money to hang on to Jarkko Ruutu. And I had to save the best for last. Gary Roberts aka God, you will be missed greatly. You were what the city of Pittsburgh embraces. You won your battles with hard work, grit, toughness, and intimidation. You'll always be a cult hero here in the Burgh. You never know, maybe (hopefully), we'll see you back here in a Pens uniform where you belong by the time it's all said and done. Good luck to everyone who parted ways with the Pens after this season, except for you Marian Hossa. You backstabbing son of a b!tch. I hope you never win a Cup. You lost the respect of every Pens fan I know. That's all I got to say about Hossa. I'll save the rest for whenever he's sitting up against the boards stunned next year in a Red Wings jersey watching the team he betrayed hoist the cup. Sorry for the rambling, I'm all done now.
Go Pens
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