What an awful day for those out west not named Vegas. I can't see anyone beating them if they are “healthy” come playoff time.
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A real jerk thing
Like it must be nice to live in this fantasy land where things are only going to get better tomorrow, not worse. 
Big Friggin Dummy
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Can't trade Eller and Ned for like, two 4th rounders. You might be able to get a 3rd and a 4th next season if the stars align.
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Again, I think the plan to try to sign Neds. Or if they still want to push for the playoffs, they still need the solid backup.
Prices were solid for awhile - Top 6 wings getting a 2nd + 4th - was about the going rate then it cratered. But I think they saw that or weren't getting good offers for Smith and decided to keep him for the exact reasons he outlined. I'd rather keep him for 20 relatively meaningless games in hopes that he plays better and ups the value or just becomes a better trade chip come June.
Hertl is 30 and signed for 7 more years. He was signed by Doug Wilson as well. When SJS were willing to deal Burns, Karlsson, Meier, and now Hertl while not looking to bring back the likes of Thornton and Pavelski, I think that signals they are ready to tear down and rebuild in a new era. Maybe not unlike Kessel in Toronto when they traded him.
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They got a pick and a prospect (Vegas' 32OV from last year).
They gave up Hertl, 2 3rd's, and ate 17% of the contract for 7 years.
I hope Sullivan just completely shits the bed the rest of the way and makes it nearly impossible to keep after the season, like so bad that it's repeatedly mentioned by every hockey analyst that Sullivan should be on the hot seat and they fire his ass at the end of the season.
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Empoleon8771
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This is exactly it. The market sucks but people are mad Dubas didn’t sell more.
The only guy they’re not going to be able to trade for value because they didn’t move him today is Nedjelkovic. And instead, they moved Hellberg for a little bit of something.
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But a lot of stuff was reported that just turned out to be blatantly untrue. Also look at the prices of players that went today. How do you know Eller is bringing back more than Zucker? Because maybe according to reporters teams asked about him?
What would you have him do? Trade Smith for a 3rd and retain 50%? That's just dumb obviously there wasn't crap out there as you can see by all of the trades that happened nobody got rich. I don't like him either but, it's not like it matters what happens at the deadline when contenders don't want to give anything for someone who isn't producing. Retool will happen in the off season hopefully. You didn't really believe it was happening today did you???
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Yeah I legitimately think you can argue Guentzel brought back more value than Hertl did.
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And another thing is that Koivunen will be connecting with former teammate Joel Blomquist who toiled in Wilkes-Barre-Scranton and looks to be the heir apparent to Jarry when the time comes
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A real jerk thing
I honestly don't care what Eller's value is because I don't think a shut-down 3C has any value on this team as is. What is the point of keeping Eller? So we can run the same losing system and play ineffectual Sullivan hockey?
Why do we need more old vets on this squad, especially since we just traded Jake for a bunch of mid-to-bottom 6ers?
Hertl wasn't having the best season, has knee injury issues and is currently injured at the moment with, wait for it.....knee issues.
I think Grier got an insane return for a bloke that has a very short life span after this deal. He's 30 (31 this year) and his knees are f***ed.
Empoleon8771
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Friedman said a few days ago that he didn’t think anyone was interested in Eller.
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Well he's young and the Pens need a serious infusion of youth at ELC with all the Greybeards haling a lot of cash! Not sure if Koivunen will ever be a top 6 forward but has the potential
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And the thing with Koivunen is he's signed and has progressed all 3 years since he was drafted in the 2nd Round by Carolina in 2021. Is he ready for the NHL? That's the question?ville koivunen - Suchen Videos
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Gurglesons
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nobody is interested in Eller this year or next lol
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It's gonna be so funny when the Canucks get bounced because Boeser isn't shooting at like 25% come playoff time when they could've had Jake for a 1st that would've been like 27th overall and Lekkerimaki who probably does nothing for that team in their current window.
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Empoleon8771
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Yeah Friedman explicitly said that no one wanted him when Marek asked about him in a podcast earlier this week.
The only guy they could have moved for value that they didn’t was Nedjelkovic, and it seems like it wouldn’t have brought back much.
We couldn’t get enough for Jake because he was on a 1 year deal.
He was on a 1 year deal because I didn’t want to extend him.
This was all about Dubas getting rid of a talented player for the sake of doing it.
He might be worse than Hextall. At least he didn’t look at our second best player and decide to run him out of the organization.
He was on a 1 year deal because I didn’t want to extend him.
This was all about Dubas getting rid of a talented player for the sake of doing it.
He might be worse than Hextall. At least he didn’t look at our second best player and decide to run him out of the organization.
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He'll poke around in July/Aug. I think the issue was, he looked f***ing gassed halfway through a workout in Vancouver a couple of days ago. Of what practical use was he going to be?
Edstrom isn't even that great of a prospect either, he was taken 32nd but really that's a mid 2nd round type of lad for being projected to be a bottom 6 talent at best.
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