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Everything on this entire site is speculation...., kinda what drives this site.
My post was more in response to those talking like certain things were a foregone conclusion.
Everything on this entire site is speculation...., kinda what drives this site.
Jones hadn't backstopped a team to a Stanley Cup. Given what he's accomplished AND the Pens' situation (win now), he would probably cost more.
Boston also didn't NEED to trade him. Pittsburgh has to get rid of a goalie before the trade deadline.
Boston also didn't NEED to trade him.
Pittsburgh has to get rid of a goalie before the trade deadline.
I don't think Derrick Pouliot being a top 4 defenseman is an entirely safe assumption at this point. I don't think the Penguins currently have an ideal player to take over 2RD next year. Honestly I don't think it's possible to convince me otherwise. If I'm wrong, so be it; just let me wallow in my supposed ignorance.
Again, I think it's a Murray thing and not a position thing. I think if someone was to offer up a right handed defenseman for Fluery for instance, I think it would probably be pretty well received.
And Pittsburgh doesn't NEED to trade Murray.
This much is true.
No they don't, that's just not true. The Pens don't need to trade Murray for pennies on the dollar, they'll either trade Murray for an obscene price or trade Fleury for a discounted price.
Mitch Marner?
I'm not saying they need to trade Murray, but other teams see the situation Pittsburgh is in and would be foolish not to use it in negotiations,whether its for MAF or Murray.
I never said they have to trade Murray. I said they have to get rid of a goalie. You saying trading MAF is an option is you agreeing with me.
Vegas has to draft an avg cap hit of 1.46M per player to reach the 60% and the max avg cap hit is 2.43M. Why should Vegas waste 5.75M on a goalie when goalies are the least problem they have. Fleury wasn't even better than Johnson in Buffalo. Buy him out and enjoy his cap hit for 4 years.
Yes, I believe Julius Honka will have a better career than Derrick Pouliot.
Cmon now, you really don't believe that.
Based on? You're not exactly presenting any sort of evidence or argument other than simply stating "because I think so".
EVsave% .927 cap hit 5.75M birth 841128 Fleury
EVsave% .926 cap hit 1.30M birth 860610 Johnson
Okay, last post in the thread for me.
You know sometimes how you make a claim that seems so entirely obvious that you don't feel the need to justify it? This is one of those times.
But I'll be sure to watch Pouliot closely this year, hopefully he isn't healthy scratched so often again this year.
Have a good one.
It's obvious that a player drafted 14th overall with zero NHL games under his belt is better than a player drafted 8th overall that's already played in the NHL playoffs?
Boston also didn't NEED to trade him. Pittsburgh has to get rid of a goalie before the trade deadline.
So you judge a player completely off of one single stat, not even all stats for a season, just one stat?
You think that's a good way to compare players? That we should ignore their entire body of work? That should we rank players based off of one stat from one single season?
Okay, last post in the thread for me.
You know sometimes how you make a claim that seems so entirely obvious that you don't feel the need to justify it? This is one of those times.
But I'll be sure to watch Pouliot closely this year, hopefully he isn't healthy scratched so often again this year.
Have a good one.
Yakupov + picks or Anton Slepyshev + Bogdan Yakimov or mix them around how you see fit . Might have to include the monster as a back up .
Edit . I am forgetting about expansion and we would lose him so scrap that offer . I am trying to build up the Oilers and not worry about expansion but this would cost us Murray or Talbot . Love to have both we would have a solid tandem for years to come