#we need to just take a breath and realize these guys aren’t hockey vending machines

[malkin-mind-meld]

If you think simply acquiring a guy bc he’s a fantastic player (and you’ve got say $9 mil lying around) and dropping him into a different system automatically makes him productive…as a pens fan, I can assure you it doesn’t 🙃

#many other examples #we had all year with reilly smith and the poor guy didn’t get nearly enough out of Sullivan’s system #we need to just take a breath and realize these guys aren’t hockey vending machines #for the most part (looking at you mcdavid unreal) #vgk #vegas golden knights #cap circumvention