A day ago, we had a rundown of the best offseasons, and now it\u2019s time to look at the worst offseasons across the league. Elsewhere in the Daily, the Dallas Stars and Jason Robertson are going to take a breath but then talk long-term contract. The New York Rangers are hiring (trigger warning) Derick Brassard. Sportsnet rattled off the latest on the top unrestricted free agents available, and in the wake of Robertson\u2019s new contract, we levied an offseason grade on the Pittsburgh Penguins. <\/p>\n
I hate to write this, but we\u2019re coming up to cottage season, which is when general managers put down the phones and breathe for a minute. And that coming break is why PHN moved forward with an offseason report card. Of course, if something happens, we\u2019ll revisit the grade. <\/p>\n
But I do have a story idea. Should I visit Sault St. Marie\u2013talk to some locals about the Soo and Kyle Dubas? If it were a fun ride, I would do it in a heartbeat, but the roads for most of the trip are painfully straight. Dull. Flat. And straight.<\/p>\n
Otherwise, I\u2019m still deciding where else to go to get out of town. I\u2019ll get to Marietta at some point, but the downtown hotel is a little pricey for the accommodations, and I\u2019m not eager for another Super 8 until the season starts. <\/p>\n
Pittsburgh Penguins<\/p>\n
Pittsburgh Hockey Now: It\u2019s not quite a parent-teacher conference, but we delivered an offseason grade. It\u2019s not entirely kind, but it does offer Dubas some leeway. Check out the Penguins report card<\/a>.<\/p>\n And we did a Penguins chat\/No Pucks Given. Yep, Shane Wright came up, as did the cost of trades, and some pretty good questions.<\/p>\n Like, share, and subscribe. Please and thanks. The download will be available later today. <\/p>\n NHL Trade Talk, News, & National Hockey Now<\/p>\n TSN Video: The five worst performances this offseason. Some teams aren\u2019t just treading water but got worse<\/a>. <\/p>\n Sportsnet: What about \u2026 Patrick Kane? Eeli Tolvanen, and the apple of some Penguins fans\u2019 eyes, Logan Stanley? The latest on their search for new teams and contracts<\/a>.<\/p>\n KDAF: Jason Robertson and the Dallas Stars stayed together. The player wants the headlines to be over for now, but the team is already talking long-term extension. It doesn\u2019t sound like Dallas will let Robertson get away<\/a>. <\/p>\n Forever Blueshirts: Sorry to bring up a blast from the past. The Rangers have filled some spots on their player development staff by hiring Jonathan Quick to work with goalies in the organization, and they hired Brassard as a player development assistant<\/a>. <\/p>\n What will Brassard say when a kid tells him he doesn\u2019t want to be a third-line center?<\/p>\n Detroit Hockey Now: Without Yzerman in the big chair, the criticisms are mounting. Why aren\u2019t there more prospects in the lineup? Kevin Allen\u2019s protoge Max Smith tees up the fundamental reason why and hits hard at the Detroit Red Wings<\/a>.<\/p>\n Philly Hockey Now: The next big swing for Daniel Briere? Is Robert Thomas still available? What about going after Shane Wright? It\u2019s all inside Will Smith\u2019s latest Philadelphia Flyers Q&A<\/a>.<\/p>\n New Jersey Hockey Now: The swamp monsters have done their best this offseason, but didn\u2019t get the blockbuster trade. Looking ahead, some breaks will need to go their way for the New Jersey Devils<\/a> to make the playoffs.<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTags: NHL Free Agency<\/a> nhl trade<\/a> Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> <\/p>\n Categorized:Links<\/a> NHL Trade Rumors<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A day ago, we had a rundown of the best offseasons, and now it\u2019s time to look at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[47406,10172,73,75,74,1067],"class_list":["post-250245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-nhl-free-agency","tag-nhl-trade","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-penguins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}