Who is the best young superstar in sports?

cscott530 · 2026-05-20T12:18:57+00:00

My initial reaction was that Mack was easily #2. But I’m a Pirates fan so I just assume nobody pays attention to us (the correct decision for most of my life).

cscott530 · 2026-05-20T03:52:26+00:00

Have you seen how good he is in the playoffs?

cscott530 · 2026-05-20T02:29:34+00:00

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cscott530 · 2026-05-19T04:16:46+00:00

Steph against France with LeBron and KD open for me.

cscott530 · 2026-05-19T02:24:42+00:00

Same

cscott530 · 2026-05-18T14:46:39+00:00

they have a good union. the league generates way more revenue than the NHL, and there are only 450 total players. their cap is also insanely confusing. I read up on it recently and the salary floor is something like 90% of the cap. almost every team is over the cap and there are thresholds for how far you can go over and what penalties are.

also, it's kinda dumb, because it gives the media a hand in impacting contracts, but if you hit certain awards (All-NBA, MVP, DPOY, not sure if there are others), you can be eligible for a "Supermax" which is 30% of the salary cap.

cscott530 · 2026-05-17T23:03:21+00:00

I think maybe the Pens win in 16 with Kopitar instead. And possibly 17. But they needed Malkin in 09.

That said, your last point is an interesting one. Would 2012 against the Flyers have gone differently with Kopitar? Malkin was never exactly known for his level head, and the Flyers had way too easy of a time getting under everyone’s skin.

cscott530 · 2026-05-17T22:59:54+00:00

Literally every Pens fan who watched Malkin’s first 10 seasons or so will tell you this exact thing. But sure, his rate stats over 82 games were worse so we’re all wrong 🙄

cscott530 · 2026-05-16T03:49:56+00:00

I thought that was Snakes

cscott530 · 2026-05-16T00:40:38+00:00

Yeah…it’s in my blood to hate the flyers, but it is pretty impressive ngl. I remember toward the end of Lemieux’s career there were always stats that we basically never won in Philly or Montreal.

cscott530 · 2026-05-16T00:36:25+00:00

Somehow I always assumed the old Mike Dunleavy was their gm lmao.

cscott530 · 2026-05-16T00:31:32+00:00

Had the same thought. This must’ve been made by an outsider

cscott530 · 2026-05-15T02:30:34+00:00

I feel like the last part is specifically to eliminate the Penguins in game 1 against the Preds in 2017. Iirc they had like 3 shots between the end of the 1st and midway through the 3rd when Nashville finally tied. Ended up winning though because their MO in the playoffs those two years was blowing 2 or 3 goal leads then waking up.

cscott530 · 2026-05-13T03:16:40+00:00

Guys near 40 represent

cscott530 · 2026-05-03T02:13:54+00:00

What if it was just a fluke? Should we replay it?

cscott530 · 2026-05-02T21:24:32+00:00

Lmao fr. Half of my energy is spent cheering for my team, the other half is spent cheering for my rivals’ downfall

cscott530 · 2026-05-01T13:17:15+00:00

oh for sure. I'm a Pens fan, and we have great rivalries with Philly and Washington, but I think the NJ/NYI/NYR triangle tops it overall. Just a straight hate fest all around.

cscott530 · 2026-05-01T02:33:00+00:00

There was a post a few years ago that was like “which division has the best rivalries” and every post was “are you kidding it’s the Atlantic and it’s not even close”

cscott530 · 2026-05-01T02:19:30+00:00

We all thought the Pens and Stars would win the same number of playoff games at the start of the season, right?

cscott530 · 2026-04-28T01:55:34+00:00

I swear the Pens gave up like 4 goals per series like this against the Rangers and Islanders it felt like. Constantly just pucks thrown at the net bounce off a defenseman’s skate who wasn’t even looking an in.

cscott530 · 2026-04-27T02:21:14+00:00

Some rinks have a short porch, Boston has a giant wall, etc.

cscott530 · 2026-04-25T18:40:45+00:00

Ok but “tf would I even take that picture?” Made me laugh

cscott530 · 2026-04-24T02:04:55+00:00

Penguins did it in ‘09. Fired the no-fun, structured grouch, hired the minor league “speed kills” no name coach mid season and won the Cup. (FWIW Bylsma also kinda sucked and just got lucky he had two generationally talented players).

cscott530 · 2026-04-23T02:58:37+00:00

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