Confirmed with Link: Penguins acquire Erik Karlsson for Granlund, 1st rounder in 2024, Rutta, Petry, DeSmith (more in first post)

[Beau Knows]

Amazing how one trade can take me from being indifferent about the season starting in a couple months, to counting down the days.

 

[Ginormousthumbs]

LOVE IT!

LETSSSSS GOOOOOO

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

This damn Dubas character might just be worth our benefit of the doubt and patience after like 20 years of some harrowing, and boring, GMing.

 

[Hattrick Kane]

Congrats guys. Montreal and San Jose got absolutely hosed here

 

[Dominance]

Defense is for f***ing losers.

Drink up. He was doing this and scoring 100 points playing with nobodies.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Congrats guys. Montreal and San Jose got absolutely hosed here

I dunno. I think SJ fans just had farrrrrrrrrrr too high of expectations to begin.

This is usually what trading an aging superstar player on a big contract looks like. They just didn't want to hear that.

 

[Jobeycool]

Great trade.... but I think we are 1 defensemen in depth to short.

 

[ColePens]

Amazing how one trade can take me from being indifferent about the season starting in a couple months, to counting down the days.

Amen. Here is my absolute love right now:

The Pens will be enjoyable. I dont' think we are a Cup contender but we are going to be so much fun to watch.

 

[PensandCaps]

Not a fan of only getting 1.5 mil in retention, and also retaining on Petry.

If Karlsson goes back his previous years before this one, we have an awful contract in our hands.

I like the trade still. Got rid of Grans and most of Petry's cap.

 

[Extra Texture]

Dubas unloaded 2of our 3 worst contracts.
Basically we acquired EK for a 1st, 2nd, Ruutta, Legare. Great deal.

Dubas undid a large chunk of Hextalls damage in just a couple months.

I still keep looking at the deal, scrutinizing it as if there is some fine print. Like it cant POSSIBLY be for this.

Like you said, he cleared out 2 of our 3 worst contracts. He got someone to take CDS. He got a condition on the 1st rounder. He kept Pickering AND Yager. This just seems like an absolute master class. IN ONE MOVE.

This is like Trader Jim on steroids. If it wasnt for the Jarry signing, which I still dont agree with, I would want to give Dubas the keys to the city for 2 months of work.

 

[bathroomSTAAL]

This damn Dubas character might just be worth our benefit of the doubt and patience after like 20 years of some harrowing, and boring, GMing.

Lol Rutherford boring? That guy made trades just for the sake of making trades

 

[Empoleon8771]

Like I posted on the main board, I don't think anyone did poorly in this deal:

1. San Jose was never going to get better than this unless they were willing to retain more on Karlsson.
2. Montreal got pretty good value here by swapping Pitlick for Petry (with retention) and a 2nd. Montreal will probably flip Petry again with salary retention and likely get a good return for him.

The Penguins are the clear winners because the deal was basically a bunch of shit plus a 1st and 2nd for Erik Karlsson, but I don't think San Jose or Montreal did poorly here.

 

[ColePens]

Dude we don't have any f***ing low lifes on the team making too much money (Except Jarry )

Getting out of those contracts and into EKs is perfectly fine. We do need some depth but honestly let some young guys do their thang.

 

[Lust for Life]

The nerds in the front office might actually be useful

 

[Beau Knows]

Not a fan of only getting 1.5 mil in retention, and also retaining on Petry.

If Karlsson goes back his previous years before this one, we have an awful contract in our hands.

I like the trade still. Got rid of Grans and most of Petry's cap.

Them taking Granlund is essentially some of the retention though.

 

[xlm34]

The nice thing is that if the stars align this year somehow, the top 4 and top 6 forwards are set. So you’re really looking at just bottom 6 and bottom pairing additions come deadline time. And they absolutely kept enough assets to do something there.

Of course injuries will throw all of that out of whack.

 

[Malkinstheman]

The second from PIT and and third from San Jose are probably just a wash. At most it will be like a 15 pick difference between them

 

[metalan2]

I don't understand how this was pulled off? We got rid of our two worst contracts, possibly one the worst in the league, and a first round pick and that's basically it? Am I missing something?

 

[3ladesof5teel]

I am honestly not crazy about Karlsson still coming in at such a high cap hit, especially when the Penguins are retaining money on Petry.

They only paid a 1st so it's a hell of a deal, but I wanted Karlsson to come in at a lower AAV.

You will never be happy. You've been complaining for years for the Pens to make a splash and they do and your still not happy.

Not a fan of only getting 1.5 mil in retention, and also retaining on Petry.

If Karlsson goes back his previous years before this one, we have an awful contract in our hands.

I like the trade still. Got rid of Grans and most of Petry's cap.

EK is elite and has always been elite. There is no going back to before.

He was disinterested and had a lingering groin injury. Once past that you see what you get.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Mother of Christ Karlsson's metrics in 2022-2023 were insanity.

 

[PensandCaps]

Great trade.... but I think we are 1 defensemen in depth to short.

EK
Letang
Graves
Pettersson
POJ
Smith
Ruhwedel
Friedman
Butcher

Seems fine. All NHL capable.

 

[Empoleon8771]

You will never be happy. You've been complaining for years for the Pens to make a splash and they do and your still not happy.

What? I am very happy with this trade. I was just hoping Karlsson would come in at a bit cheaper.

I expected them to pay more for more retention.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Yeah I think SJ can be happy that they retained so little but still managed to get something in return. That isn't nothing.

Also... Montreal... you uh... you're also part of this! Nathan Legare is... a... um... player that... er... plays hockey!

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Lol Rutherford boring? That guy made trades just for the sake of making trades

The entirety of the 20 years haven't been one of those things, just throughout we've seen all of them. Rutherford would be the harrowing. Shero (the majority of the time, a few deals aside obviously) and Hextall would be the boring.

 

[Zbynek]

Also love how I can say this now. GTFOH Casey Desmith. Cya later loser.