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Ryan Wilson
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Rochester, NY
Joined: 06.13.2013

Jul 10 @ 12:55 PM ET
Ryan Wilson: Growing trend in how Pittsburgh and Buffalo are building their defense
Growing trend in how Pittsburgh and Buffalo are building their defense
Jack Straw
Buffalo Sabres
Location: CO
Joined: 02.21.2018

Jul 10 @ 12:59 PM ET
Nice post Ryan, thank you!
RoloTahmasee
Joined: 07.24.2009

Jul 10 @ 1:00 PM ET
Typical Wilson Blog

Every good trade - Botterill

Every Bad trade - Rutherford

Why not wait until we see the Sabres ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING before giving JBotts exec of the year, or did the Sabres already win the fancy stats cup and that's all that matters?

How about a Penguins blog, or is that too much to ask? One of your whipping boys retired today, How did you miss that?
ChonDerry
Location: Bedlamton, AB
Joined: 04.06.2016

Jul 10 @ 1:05 PM ET
JACK JOHNSON MVP
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Jul 10 @ 1:07 PM ET
Nice article

on Viktor Antipin: Murray had already begun talks when he was fired. Botterill just closed the deal.

I agree with other posters here though. We should all pump the brakes on Botterill until he actually assembles a competent roster in Buffalo. This is now his 3rd off-season, and the results haven't been there yet. Obviously we in Buffalo are THIRSTY to finally be competitive. It's also no sure thing that Botterill's puck-moving, fast defense corps can, you know, play defense. But it is refreshing to have a GM with a vision instead of the last guy who traded everything for 3 players while the d corps was an assembly of broken spare parts
MattStrat
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: ...serial abuser...and misuser...of the ellipsis , NF
Joined: 12.12.2014

Jul 10 @ 1:09 PM ET
Nice article

on Viktor Antipin: Murray had already begun talks when he was fired. Botterill just closed the deal.

I agree with other posters here though. We should all pump the brakes on Botterill until he actually assembles a competent roster in Buffalo. This is now his 3rd off-season, and the results haven't been there yet. Obviously we in Buffalo are THIRSTY to finally be competitive. It's also no sure thing that Botterill's puck-moving, fast defense corps can, you know, play defense. But it is refreshing to have a GM with a vision instead of the last guy who traded everything for 3 players while the d corps was an assembly of broken spare parts

- jcragcrumple



Thank you. So tired of hearing about this Botts BS.
MattStrat
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: ...serial abuser...and misuser...of the ellipsis , NF
Joined: 12.12.2014

Jul 10 @ 1:10 PM ET
Cullen retired!?!!

Thanks for everything, Dad.
Alexzanki
Columbus Blue Jackets
Location: Montreal, QC
Joined: 06.03.2008

Jul 10 @ 1:12 PM ET
Ryan Wilson: Growing trend in how Pittsburgh and Buffalo are building their defense

Growing trend in how Pittsburgh and Buffalo are building their defense

- Ryan_Wilson

Good blogg, name of the game today is puck moving defense that can get that rubber disk up to the forwards efficiently , it took the cbj a few seasons to understand this notion and at times during the Foote/Commodre era , our defense looked like a Chinese fire drill.
jcragcrumple
Buffalo Sabres
Location: Reluctant bridge jumper; 6th round OHL draft pick, YT
Joined: 04.04.2016

Jul 10 @ 1:21 PM ET
Thank you. So tired of hearing about this Botts BS.
- MattStrat


He was handed an absolute mess, but this year is something of a make-or-break year for him. The owner has come out and said "it's time to win." So, we'll see if he can deliver. The roster is largely his now
Victoro311
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: San Diego, CA
Joined: 06.17.2014

Jul 10 @ 1:24 PM ET
I’m gonna go ahead and assume this blog will trigger a whole bunch of people so I’m gonna go into lurker mode and just watch the fire works explode.
burgh4life87
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Joined: 04.22.2014

Jul 10 @ 1:30 PM ET
Ryan O'Reilly
MattStrat
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: ...serial abuser...and misuser...of the ellipsis , NF
Joined: 12.12.2014

Jul 10 @ 1:32 PM ET
Ryan O'Reilly
- burgh4life87



*Que someone saying its all the owners fault*
MattStrat
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: ...serial abuser...and misuser...of the ellipsis , NF
Joined: 12.12.2014

Jul 10 @ 1:36 PM ET
He was handed an absolute mess, but this year is something of a make-or-break year for him. The owner has come out and said "it's time to win." So, we'll see if he can deliver. The roster is largely his now
- jcragcrumple


Yeah I hear that. He's made some bad moves already and some good moves already. He's already hired his own coach and fired him as well.

Im just tired of hearing how much he was behind all of JR's good and since he left anything bad is because he's not still with the Pens. I do not believe it to be true.
Tojo.
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Aliquippa, PA
Joined: 11.11.2014

Jul 10 @ 1:40 PM ET
I know they haven't played in the NHL yet, but I'm going to take drafting Addison and trading for Joseph as signs they haven't abandoned puck moving defensemen.

Schultz and Maatta had A LOT of trouble keeping the puck out of their own end for being such good defensemen.
burgh4life87
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Joined: 04.22.2014

Jul 10 @ 1:46 PM ET
I have caught myself watching Sprong's training videos on Instagram recently, his edgework is insane. I didn't realize he had 14 goals in 47 games after the trade. I thought they had him scratched a bunch. Both teams might actually come out on top with that trade.
j.boyd919
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Tampa, FL
Joined: 06.14.2011

Jul 10 @ 2:14 PM ET
Typical Wilson Blog

Every good trade - Botterill

Every Bad trade - Rutherford

Why not wait until we see the Sabres ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING before giving JBotts exec of the year, or did the Sabres already win the fancy stats cup and that's all that matters?

How about a Penguins blog, or is that too much to ask? One of your whipping boys retired today, How did you miss that?

- RoloTahmasee


“All that said, I do not subscribe to the theory that Jason Botterill made all the good moves in Pittsburgh and Jim Rutherford made all the bad moves. It’s an overly simplistic, lazy, and wrong way of looking at things.”

(frank)ing get on the short bus bud, you moron.
RoloTahmasee
Joined: 07.24.2009

Jul 10 @ 2:17 PM ET
“All that said, I do not subscribe to the theory that Jason Botterill made all the good moves in Pittsburgh and Jim Rutherford made all the bad moves. It’s an overly simplistic, lazy, and wrong way of looking at things.”

(frank)ing get on the short bus bud, you moron.

- j.boyd919


But he does subscribe to that theory. Are you new here?

Making a passing reference in this blog is Wilson simply playing both sides of the fence for the purposes of something to put out and avoid this very criticism

It's like tomorrow if he put out a blog "I've never subscribed to Jack Johnson being all bad"
j.boyd919
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Tampa, FL
Joined: 06.14.2011

Jul 10 @ 2:19 PM ET
Yeah I hear that. He's made some bad moves already and some good moves already. He's already hired his own coach and fired him as well.

Im just tired of hearing how much he was behind all of JR's good and since he left anything bad is because he's not still with the Pens. I do not believe it to be true.

- MattStrat


RW said he doesn’t believe that either...
j.boyd919
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Tampa, FL
Joined: 06.14.2011

Jul 10 @ 2:20 PM ET
But he does subscribe to that theory. Are you new here?

Making a passing reference in this blog is Wilson simply playing both sides of the fence for the purposes of something to put out and avoid this very criticism

It's like tomorrow if he put out a blog "I've never subscribed to Jack Johnson being all bad"

- RoloTahmasee


Jesus Christ. I bet your mom told you you’re special when you were a kid.
RoloTahmasee
Joined: 07.24.2009

Jul 10 @ 2:22 PM ET
Jesus Christ. I bet your mom told you you’re special when you were a kid.
- j.boyd919


I bet your Mom hustled for dime bags out of the whore house
WSCTeton17
Joined: 07.29.2013

Jul 10 @ 2:23 PM ET
🤦🏼‍♂️🔫

I agree with Tojo

Kinda thought we might get a Matt Cullen tribute. Nope
MikeyKay
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Denver, CO
Joined: 05.24.2017

Jul 10 @ 2:25 PM ET
But he does subscribe to that theory. Are you new here?

Making a passing reference in this blog is Wilson simply playing both sides of the fence for the purposes of something to put out and avoid this very criticism

It's like tomorrow if he put out a blog "I've never subscribed to Jack Johnson being all bad"


Who TF cares tho?
j.boyd919
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Tampa, FL
Joined: 06.14.2011

Jul 10 @ 2:27 PM ET
I bet your Mom hustled for dime bags out of the whore house
- RoloTahmasee


(frank) man, even your insults are as bad as your opinions. That’s embarrassing.
RoloTahmasee
Joined: 07.24.2009

Jul 10 @ 2:28 PM ET
Who TF cares tho?
- MikeyKay


Butthurt Boyd does apparently
RoloTahmasee
Joined: 07.24.2009

Jul 10 @ 2:29 PM ET
(frank) man, even your insults are as bad as your opinions. That’s embarrassing.
- j.boyd919


Whatever you say BB
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