Comments on: Ryan Whitney will be a healthy scratch tonight

By: thehighcountrybear

thehighcountrybear — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 01:08:51 +0000

the turtle job at the end of the game with Phoenix had nothing to do with it…?

By: c0sm0b0z0

c0sm0b0z0 — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 21:34:51 +0000

I remember that. “If they want to be soffest defense in league, they do good job”

By: ray2013

ray2013 — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 20:02:55 +0000

He is an offensive defenceman that doesn’t score a ton, can’t play defence very well and can’t stay healthy. Other than that, he’s awesome.

By: phillyphanatic77

phillyphanatic77 — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 20:02:52 +0000

I know people on PHT get annoyed whenever a Flyers fan considers an acquisition from an opposing team, but I’d probably take Whitney over Kurtis Foster or Lilja. Now that teams are allowed to eat salary in trades, it seems more possible that someone will take a chance on him. If the Oilers want to dump him for a mid to late round pick, and keep some of his cap hit, there would probably be takers. And with Whitney being in the final year of his deal it makes even more sense for the Oilers to try and get something for him. He’s not that far removed from being an above-average defender with some offensive potential. Or they could just keep scratching him all season, we’ll see.

By: ibieiniid

ibieiniid — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:24:20 +0000

so should I sit him in fantasy for Dougie Hamilton?

By: crosberries

crosberries — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:02:41 +0000

Actually I’m pretty sure that was when brooks orpik and micheal therrian (or however you spell it) weren’t getting along he put him at wing a couple games

By: jpelle82

jpelle82 — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:02:05 +0000

while i wish the pens had gotten more out of him when he played, he did help bring kunitz over in that trade and kunitz has turned out to be worth the pick they used on whitney anyway. with whitney 2008 = no cup, 2009 w/out whitney + kunitz = cup. i’ll take it.

By: Stiller43

Stiller43 — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 18:43:12 +0000

“Clearly, new head coach Ralph Krueger hasn’t been a fan of the 29-year-old’s work this season.”

Yeah, i remember the pens put him at wing for a few games because he was a jagoff at D.