GDT: Penguins Trade Deadline thread: What can we get for 3 packs of gum and a signed hockey puck?

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[TimmyD]

Ron Hextall just told every Penguin fan that trying to jump start Jeff Carter is what’s most important. I hope that building boos the shit out of him next home game

 

[TKalltheTime]

I can see Granlund coming down on a breakaway just like Blueger and he shoots right at the goalie.

Or just falls over

 

[K Fleur]

But you know he is going to be on the third line. They should have aim to get young not older

Granlund just turned 31 and that actually makes him only the 11th oldest player on the team right now.

Lol

 

[Bishop7979]

The more I look at it the more I hate it.

Trying to come up with some like combo to ease my annoyance.

Maybe
Jake sid rak
Heinen geno rust
O'Connor granlund zucker
Poehling Carter Archie

Third line with a fast play maker, a quick grinder, and a crackhead with skill (zucker).

It takes zucker away from geno, but heinen has played well there before?

 

[Freeptop]

The Pens will now be paying over $8M for two bottom six players that are both over 30, through next season.

That is gross mismanagement of the Cap, even if you think Granlund might be a good player in the end.

 

[Josey Wales]

Nah I don't think sending McGinn back in that trade would have changed anything. The issue is Granlund isn't worth $5 million. I like adding him as a player, but absolutely not at that cap hit.

UMMM Hextall has scouts that scout for him & an Assistant GM

 

[Pancakes]

 

[Dennis Reynolds]

The last cerebral, slow-skating, pass-first LW/C Finn we had meshed really well with Malkin, so maybe things could work out well here for Granlund?

Still don't like this Cap allocation tho.

 

[Darren McCord]

Yeah this trade will very likely not go well because Sullivan won't use Granlund in a way to make the trade go well. But make the 2nd line Zucker-Malkin-Granlund and I think adding Granlund would be nice. Just not at $5 million nice.

Good thing Sullivan will be here next week and Hextall won't

 

[Ugene Magic]

Nah I don't think sending McGinn back in that trade would have changed anything. The issue is Granlund isn't worth $5 million. I like adding him as a player, but absolutely not at that cap hit.

It opens near 2.0 more to use now.

 

[MrBrightside]

 

[Empoleon8771]

Hockey is random. Maybe it'll work out.

It looks terrible. Just awful.

I think the issue is that past performances on other teams aren't necessarily indicative of future performances on a new team. Did Granlund become bad this year, or has he just been performing badly this year?

I think you need to look at both past results (both this year and past years) along with skillsets to gather an opinion on acquiring a player. That's why I'm more positive on Granlund the player than most here, he has a skillset that I'm a big fan of and have been interested in the past. I just don't want to pay him $5 million for that. Get it down to $3.5 million and I have no complaints with this deal, because I think the upside of his skills in this system (with proper usage) is worth that price.

 

[StaalForOne]

Zucker Malkin Granlund
DOC Carter Rust

Maybe DOC and Rust can bring enough speed to prop Carter up a bit.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Could've probably gotten a 1st for Zucker, a 1st or 2nd for Dumo, waived McGinn and Friedman, traded Blueger, called up some WBS fodder to fill out the roster and let the chips fall where they may as far as the season goes. Maybe you make the playoffs, maybe you don't, but you've got two 1sts, two 2nds, and a 3rd in that scenario and you're seeing what the WBS dudes have at this level before making decisions this summer about the depth.

But that's too radical an idea. No, the Pens must continue to trudge their way toward following the Red Wings circa 2011 and onward.

 

[DesertedPenguin]

So, without any further moves, we're looking at the following up front

Guentzel-Crosby-Rakell
Zucker-Malkin-Rust
Heinen-Granlund-Carter
DOC-Poehling-Archibald
Caggiula

The names are different at center, but it's not any better.

 

[Gurglesons]

The Pens will now be paying over $8M for two bottom six players that are both over 30, through next season.

That is gross mismanagement of the Cap, even if you think Granlund might be a good player in the end.

Granlund isn’t a bottom six player.

So, without any further moves, we're looking at the following up front

Guentzel-Crosby-Rakell
Zucker-Malkin-Rust
Heinen-Granlund-Carter
DOC-Poehling-Archibald
Caggiula

The names are different at center, but it's not any better.

I’d argue it’s worse. At least McGinn and Teddy were hypothetically good in their roles.

 

[Darren McCord]

Zucker Malkin Granlund
DOC Carter Rust

Maybe DOC and Rust can bring enough speed to prop Carter up a bit.

The 4th line is gona end up trash probably now.

 

[Pancakes]

I think the issue is that past performances on other teams aren't necessarily indicative of future performances on a new team. Did Granlund become bad this year, or has he just been performing badly this year?

I think you need to look at both past results (both this year and past years) along with skillsets to gather an opinion on acquiring a player. That's why I'm more positive on Granlund the player than most here, he has a skillset that I'm a big fan of and have been interested in the past. I just don't want to pay him $5 million for that. Get it down to $3.5 million and I have no complaints with this deal, because I think the upside of his skills in this system (with proper usage) is worth that price.

We'll see. Not holding my breath on it working out. He's been so bad this year

 

[K Fleur]

Ron Hextall just told every Penguin fan that trying to jump start Jeff Carter is what’s most important. I hope that building boos the shit out of him next home game

It’s getting to the part in the story where the building is about to be half empty. That’s probably only a year away.

 

[ZorkEnchanter]

Well,

I'm starting to understand why Hextall didn't trade his #1 Pick. It's going to be even more valuable at the end of this year....

 

[Flying Dego]

Zucker Geno Granlund somehow being stellar is the ONLY way this comes out a positive.

 

[MrBrightside]

The rest of the division adds Horvat and Tarasenko and Meier and Kane and we get the worst regular on a non-playoff team. At least he's signed for two more years to an unmovable contract.

 

[TKalltheTime]

*vomits even more*

 

[Nakawick]

I am just holding out hope that he is someone Vancouver wants.

 

[Flying Dego]

Zucker-G-Granlund
Heinen-Carter-Rust

Lol