Andy Smith

Twitter expanded to 280 characters and ruined my joke that used to go here.

[Andy Smith @thatandysmith]

By chance, I had the incredible honor of authoring Jean Beliveau's obituary for The Washington Post. http://t.co/kHip6y5qYi

[Andy Smith @thatandysmith]

@DanHoppOPS Draft picks ~two years in the future seem a little more future focused than Dubas might have wanted at the start of the off-season. However, given some of his comments about acquisition costs for young(er) roster players, wonder if that's changed.

[Andy Smith @thatandysmith]

@DanHoppOPS VGK now sitting on two 2028 first round picks, which is kind of interesting. Wonder if there's something there that includes Karlsson+ some cap relief.

[Pens Inside Scoop @PensInsideScoop]

The Penguins took Jordan Staal No. 2 overall in 2006, the first draft pick of the late Ray Shero.

In his interview for the 'Pittsburgh is Home' documentary, Shero reflected on how Staal surprised him that fall and became a key piece of their 2009 Stanley Cup championship.

[Andy Smith @thatandysmith]

@ChrisMuellerPGH Great run, man

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@MattGajtka Niskanen

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@ChrisMuellerPGH But none of them played for or previously coached Pitt so how good could it really be?

[Andy Smith @thatandysmith]

@Alex_Kozora Ha! Could already see one potential obstacle https://t.co/wPSVgedL63

[Harry Psaros @PittGuru]

Brief note: #Pitt offered Mario Cristobal the head coaching position. It truly seemed like he was going to agree to terms with the Panthers and move north. Rumor, at the time, was his wife didn't like the cold and killed the deal (I emphasize rumor, but he was exceptionally close to coming to Pitt).

[Andy Smith @thatandysmith]

@Steelersdepot Ha, biggest tell on how unheralded he was is the major error in his bio, saying his time at University of Cincinnati was with the Bengals.

[Andy Smith @thatandysmith]

@JoshYohe_PGH Cost the Steelers the #1 seed and home field advantage in the playoffs!

Also, funny that game keeps coming up this year. Aaron Glenn had two pick sixes for the Texans and just coached the first team without an INT since 1933.

[Andy Smith @thatandysmith]

@MattGajtka Truth!

[Andy Smith @thatandysmith]

@ByCraigMeyer Family connections there! https://t.co/iRvJUhp4dW

[Andy Smith @thatandysmith]

@MattGajtka It’s genuinely depressing how much of my time and energy as a baseball fan has been spent thinking about the economic system

[Andy Smith @thatandysmith]

@MattGajtka @richarddeitsch Definitely worth a look (including a Lanny Frattare cameo) I’ll have to check out that podcast too.

[Andy Smith @thatandysmith]

@JoshYohe_PGH Your reporting on the draft was pretty clear that Dubas his immense trust in Wes Clark and gives him a lot of authority in their selections. Any sense if Nick Pryor had similar latitude, or how a consensus was reached on picks the previous two years?

[Andy Smith @thatandysmith]

@vinnybatts Their July 1 quota of a flippable Anthony

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@Real_RobRossi This is incredibly sad, and the timing is so tragic, but I think you’re being very unfair about how strong his HOF case was

[Andy Smith @thatandysmith]

@j_a155 @jmarshfof Excellent. Appreciate the context. Even better!