Confirmed Trade: [LAK/PIT] Tanner Pearson for Carl Hagelin (6.25% retained)

[Turin]

My thought as well. Hagelin was gone so the money was there for Geuntzal.

And they traded one of, it not the, fastest players on their team when they were already one of the slower teams in the Metro.

Pearson could light it up, like Neal did, but it is a weird trade.

They’re slow right now because their D can’t play beyond Letang and Dumoulin. Hagelin, apart from that EN goal didn’t really contribute to that 2017 Cup. I’ll miss his speed but it doesn’t move the needle by itself.

 

[AvatarAang]

if this trade happened on july 1st there would be 3 posts tops let alone 18 pages of comments

 

[Finesse]

Yuck.

 

[CanadienShark]

I get it for Pittsburgh. Not for LA.

 

[NORiculous]

I’m going against the wind but... I get it for LA, not for PIT.

I don’t like Pearson at all, at least Hags brings something.

 

[Fishhead]

Pearson hasn't been good for a while, he's had something like 1 goal and 6 points in his last 34 games. He might be recharged by the trade, but he might not. In any case, he's completely lost that spark and drive that he used to have. Not to mention he's lost a step since his leg injury a few seasons back, he struggles a bit to keep up with the speed of the game now. Might as well get an asset for him that can be flipped later, because he wasn't going to find his game again with the Kings. They are going to need cap space after this year if they want to do any type of rebuild.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Hagelin does what Hagelin does, but gotta feel he is being underrated here...

That said, time for Pearson to make it or fade away.

People are underrating Pearson way more than Hagelin in here. I don't see anyone crapping on Hagelin like people are crapping on Pearson. Hagelin is a decent 3rd liner, I don't see anyone saying he's less than that.

 

[Ola]

I will believe this report when I see Hagelin in white and black and Pearson and black and yellow. Everyone have reported that it’s impossible to make trades in the NHL.

What is next? We will get a straight pope?

 

[Ola]

Took two of the old guard GMs to get something done.

 

[KingsFan7824]

It's a hard cap trade. Nothing more, nothing less. Money/cap in, money/cap out. Roster spot in, roster spot out. Right now, unless things change a lot, Hagelin is a warm body with an expiring contract for the Kings. Pittsburgh wants more than that out of Pearson. They'll probably get it, but Pearson is what he is. Maybe Crosby and Malkin can coax more out of him, but when he doesn't mind playing hockey, he's a lower end 2nd liner, ideally probably a 3rd line guy.

There have been zero trades around the league of any significance since the start of the season until today. Two(or at least one) relatively desperate GM's finally got together and were willing to do something.

 

[Seanaconda]

if this trade happened on july 1st there would be 3 posts tops let alone 18 pages of comments

Matt Martin for mcadam on July 3rd had 23 pages of comments sooo

 

[Nadal On Clay]

Bad trade. Even though Hagelin had 0 offensive skills

 

[The Grim Reaper]

I feel like this is every Pens trade thread.

Player Pens traded for apparently sucks.
Plays for Pens and becomes an above average player.

 

[Empoleon8771]

I feel like this is every Pens trade thread.

Player Pens traded for apparently sucks.
Plays for Pens and becomes an above average player.

I think it has to do with this website being trash at evaluating players.

 

[Seanaconda]

I think it has to do with this website being trash at evaluating players.

They also normally trade for under performing guys and then put them either lower in the lineup or with malkin / Crosby

 

[Devilsfan92]

Kings are finally fast, better watch out..

 

[Turin]

Bad trade. Even though Hagelin had 0 offensive skills

Offense wins games. You can only score one goal every 3 weeks with Malkin for so long.

 

[GordieHowsUrBreath]

hags was a key part of the cup teams but he doesn't seem to have it anymore

i'm just sorry he had to go to the kings of all places, i feel for him

 

[Stive Morgan]

Sounds like a win for both Pearson and Pittsburgh

 

[smitty10]

I think this is good for both teams. Pearson has offensive ability that can possibly be rekindled and Haglin will bring speed and energy to the slowest team in the NHL.

 

[rent free]

Just gonna point out the fact I proposed Hagelin for Pearson a week ago and was laughed at.

you should bump that thread and brag

 

[Zal]

Not a bad deal for LA. Potential deadline suitors know exactly what they’re getting in Hagelin, not so much with Pearson. LA will chew up some of his remaining salary, then flip him for a pick.
I like this deal for LA.

 

[Pyrophorus]

Jim schools Rob.

Why wouldn't you keep your 4yrs younger player?

 

[Brodeur]

I get it for Pittsburgh. Not for LA.

For the Kings, it's an NBA style free up cap space trade. In the short term, Blake can publicly say something like Hagelin helping with team speed but I'm pretty sure he's earmarked Hagelin as somebody to trade for a pick or prospect closer to the trade deadline. In the mean time, you can give the impression that this current group still has a chance to turn things around.

But realistically, LA's probably happy to free up 3.75 mil in cap space for next season. They don't have any other prominent guys coming off the books, so they needed to create some breathing room with the cap in order to be more flexible with their next moves. It's easy to take for granted, but cap space is an asset.

Trade market is tough for a reclamation project with term on their contract. Decent number of teams wouldn't have the cap space for Pearson without giving up somebody making similar money.

 

[The Alien]

Kings get older, makes sense.