Let's Go Pens! Ru

Главный тренер «Питтсбурга» Майк Салливан после победы над «Коламбусом» (5:3) прокомментировал ситуацию вокруг команды во время послематчевой пресс-конференции:

«Очевидно, вокруг команды сейчас слишком много шума, возможно даже больше, чем было на протяжении многих лет.

Наша работа заключается в том, чтобы убедиться, что мы сфокусированы на поставленной задаче, на каждой следующей игре. Это наш вызов», - цитирует Салливана официальный сайт НХЛ.

I'd like to think I've made my stance clear on this subject for months now, but with the intensive interest in it now, I'll reiterate: If Dubas isn't overwhelmed by an offer -- and that's increasingly unlikely with each passing hour -- it'd behoove him to spend this final day and change working toward an extension. That's the reason, I've believed, that he'd instituted that arbitrary deadline to have a trade done by now, so that he'd have time for Plans B or C. 
To be further clear: I'm absolutely, unequivocally opposed to letting Jake walk as a free agent with no return. That's never been part of my thought process, and that's because I never felt it needed to be. The Penguins can afford this player, this player would prefer -- with a passion -- to stay, and he'd provide a talented, committed bridge to the post-Sidney Crosby era here while also helping the team stay competitive. And any arguments to the contrary, especially about affordability, are easily blown to bits.
Shout this part, in particular, from the top of Mount Washington: Trading the likes of Tristan Jarry, Rickard Rakell, Reilly Smith, Lars Eller and/or others could free up a quarter of the payroll's cap space for the coming year and beyond. And they'd do so without giving away -- at low-ebb rental value -- the roster's second-most productive player at age 29.
Ship 'em out, blow it up, turn the page, print the posters for the dawn of a new era or whatever ... but don't be dumb about it.

А Генц так хотел к Токкету обратно, походу...