Michalek and the Pens

[evolver115]

that did not cross my mind. he is a great positional defenseman and has a bomb from the point. i do not care who he plays with. he is what he is and he is good.

to each his own.


I can tell you that when I heard Martin had signed with the Pens, I didn't look sullenly at the ground and think about how many beers I had left in the fridge at home.

 

[scottflyers88]

what? haha. you just confused me. i think of defensemen as defensemen. i guess if you think of great outlet passes and everything it could help although i do not think i have ever seen a defensemen go to a team and have a player or 2 make his numbers improve so much besides plus minus.

 

[evolver115]

what? haha. you just confused me. i think of defensemen as defensemen. i guess if you think of great outlet passes and everything it could help although i do not think i have ever seen a defensemen go to a team and have a player or 2 make his numbers improve so much besides plus minus.

I just think about what Gonchar's assets were to this team... i.e. great outlet passes, and a wicked shot from the blue-line, and consider what Martin may be able to translate to with his game.

In his last full season, Martin scored 5 goals, and had 28 assists to go along with a +21.

I'm sure that playing for four years with Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby certainly didn't hurt Sarge's numbers, particularly in the assist department.

I don't look for martin to become some scoring machine from the blue-line, just a slight bump in the stats department that'll come from playing with three very talented centers.