Salary Cap: Pens 2024 Summer Thread: "Thus, knocking us out of these superior numbers when we emerge! Mr. President, we must not allow a non-playoff bound gap!"

[Tom Hanks]

Hayes isn’t a bad player BUT what is the deal!!

 

[Gurglesons]

Let's complain about Hextall while Kyle Dubas just acquired Kevin Hayes.

Hayes isn’t a bad player BUT what is the deal!!

Hayes is 100% a bad player and he's slow as shit.

 

[AuroraBorealis]

It depends if Hayes is washed or had an outlier down year. He was quite good before that.
Plus let's see what the Pens gave up.

 

[MayorofWBS]

hoping it's hayes for smith straight up

We're complete idiots if we do that

 

[Ulf5]

Convinced we’re getting trolled at this point

Hayes is the most FSG/Sully/Quinn pickup ever

This is payback for the lottery fix, isn't it?

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Hayes has 2 years left on his deal at about $3.6 million, my feeling is that St. Louis is adding something to send him to Pittsburgh. Or at least I really hope so

I think that's the only thing that saves this. Hayes is pretty bad. I mean he's always been pretty mediocre but I legit don't see anything he brings that helps this team aside from Sully/Quinn/FSG's Boston-centric worldview.

I don't see how anyone who wants the team to start moving towards a younger, hungrier roster could like this. Unless literally all our junk is heading their way and a pick on top of Hayes is heading ours.

 

[eXile3]

Hayes was a good player a handful of years ago. I haven’t been impressed with him recently.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Can't wait to see some shit like Poulin and a 2nd going the other way for Hayes.

We better have dumped something like Smith or Rakell, or gotten a sweetener back, man.

 

[SEALBound]

Jeannot to LA...for MUCH less than what Tampa paid. Woof...what a bad trade by them.

 

[Turin]

Jeannott traded for a 2nd a 5th a year after being trading for a full draft class lmao

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

I’m ok with it if we got paid

 

[K Fleur]

Tanner Jeannot gone.

Somewhere @Gurglesons is still convinced he’s leading Tampa to a Cup.

 

[Malkinstheman]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807083514816303261

Super active day already

 

[Empoleon8771]

I think Hayes is another Eller caliber 3C/4C, so he's not a "terrible" player. But with his contract left, I really don't see any reason to think the Penguins are taking him on without getting something back or sending out some money on their side.

If Mikheyev is costing a 2nd to get out of, I imagine the Penguins are getting something like a 3rd to take Hayes.

 

[Ulf5]

Jeannot to Kings for 2nd and 118.

 

[MayorofWBS]

Pretty sweet if our first deal is one where we manage to get older and slower

Good job Kindergarten!

 

[Gurglesons]

Tanner Jeannot gone.

Somewhere @Gurglesons is still convinced he’s leading Tampa to a Cup.

Got a 2nd and a 4th. So obviously still had valu

 

[Turin]

Brisbois deserves credit for moving on from his bad moves fast but literally nobody forced him to trade that for Jeannot or sign Sergachev for that much

 

[SEALBound]

Eller/Acciari for Hayes+3rd just makes a ton of sense.

 

[MayorofWBS]

Jeannot to Kings for 2nd and 118.

See....we are freaking idiots!

Way to go Kindergarten!

 

[Tom Hanks]

Pretty sweet if our first deal is one where we manage to get older and slower

Good job Kindergarten!

 

[AuroraBorealis]

I think that's the only thing that saves this. Hayes is pretty bad. I mean he's always been pretty mediocre but I legit don't see anything he brings that helps this team aside from Sully/Quinn/FSG's Boston-centric worldview.

I don't see how anyone who wants the team to start moving towards a younger, hungrier roster could like this. Unless literally all our junk is heading their way and a pick on top of Hayes is heading ours.

It's okay to stay old for these next 2-3 years of pretending. The lower tier youth wasn't gonna save them during this time anyway.
They just need the old guys' contracts to expire after that, and be free to get serious.

 

[K Fleur]

Eller/Acciari for Hayes+3rd just makes a ton of sense.

Tristan Jarry for a turkey club makes sense too.

 

[SEALBound]

Brisbois deserves credit for moving on from his bad moves fast but literally nobody forced him to trade that for Jeannot or sign Sergachev for that much

Sergy earned that deal though. He's a solid dman still.

 

[Darren McCord]

Let's complain about Hextall while Kyle Dubas just acquired Kevin Hayes.



Hayes is 100% a bad player and he's slow as shit.

There is room to complain about everything here!