GDT: Pens 2024 Trade Deadline Thread: Jake Shake Talk here

[Ragamuffin Gunner]

Kris Beech, Michal Sivek and Ross Lupachuk

 

[Turin]

Is Bunting a 2024 cap dump to balance part of Guentzel's salary? The fact that he's still going to be on the books for 2 more years after this at 4.5 M per makes me think this is a Dubas-ex Leaf man crush

The Pens aren’t rebuilding, they need players. Bunting is a decent player.

 

[Mrs Crosby's Dryer]

It almost doesn’t seem real. This franchise went from one of the best in the league to an absolute joke. Especially when Sid is still playing as well as he is with no signs of slowing down makes it even more painful.

This return, even if it all pans out perfectly, is mediocre at best.

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

All 3 legit prospects.

Koivunen/Ponomarev are prob with/above Pickering as the 2-4 guys in our pool.

Lucius in the Broz tier.

The 31-50 pick will be another top 5ish prospect for us.

It’s a decent bit for a rental. Def feels like a bit too much quantity and def disappointing that Morrow and Blake were reported though.

 

[Dessloch]

This makes me sad.

Just sad, or f***ING sad? I do get the sadness part though :-(

 

[Pancakes]

I don't hate Bunting. I think he kinda sucks, but at least he can mix it up and be a shit-disturber a bit.

Iirc he loves to dive so he can replace the diving we've lost from Jake lol

 

[Le Magnifique 66]

Is Bunting a 2024 cap dump to balance part of Guentzel's salary? The fact that he's still going to be on the books for 2 more years after this at 4.5 M per makes me think this is a Dubas-ex Leaf man crush

either way, he will become a tradeable asset down the road for us!!

 

[Unsustainable]

Hey yall, so Ponomarev, hes NHL ready, was competing against our now 2C Drury in camp and got injured that derailed his NHL bid for the season and Drury has kinda locked himself in that over KK. Hes a middle 6 guy now, maybe more in him? Malkin should be able to help him a lot.

Kouivunen is one of top forwards behind Nadeau likely. Having a strong year in a mens league.

I should be visting Pittsburgh soon again, been taking my family up there to show them where I lived in Greentree, the zoo and stuff, and always swinging through Canonsburg for chocolate.

 

[tom_servo]

I've been reading the Buffalo Sabres board just to condition my brain for the next decade.

 

[Turin]

Again, Canes fans think really highly of Pronomorev. He’s their young AHL guy knocking at the door.

 

[DesertedPenguin]

Dejan might be more upset than Crosby. This is a terrible look from a "professional journalist"

 

[TKalltheTime]

The Pens aren’t rebuilding, they need players. Bunting is a decent player.

Well we found Sullivan’s account

 

[td_ice]

So the "insiders" on our board saying It's definitely Morrow? What the heck? Or was that just joking. I can't tell.

 

[MrBurghundy]

Who else are we getting rid of, and who's the next to go?

 

[Turin]

Dejan might be more upset than Crosby. This is a terrible look from a "professional journalist"

He’s mad because he was exposed as a fraud, again.

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

Now get Smith the hell outta here.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

I've been reading the Buffalo Sabres board just to condition my brain for the next decade.

I've been watching the Pens from 2019 through the present to condition myself for the next decade.

 

[Le Magnifique 66]

When has a rental returned that? Just this year Hanifin, a bonafide top pair guy returned a 1st and third. A couple years ago Stone returned a 2nd + Branstrom.

Fans are pissed because Blake or Morrow's names were leaked.. The prospects we got back are not bad and are all having fantastic seasons. Carolina has a deep f***ing prospect pool

 

[CascadiaPenguin]

Craig Patrick once said something like "the team that loses the best player loses the trade", so I guess we should keep that in mind in assessing the return. That said, in honor of tonight's on-performance, seems like we lost this trade quite convincingly. And I guarantee that Guentzel is NOT signing back here in free agency.

What exactly backs your "guarantee"?

 

[SomeDude]

When has a rental returned that? Just this year Hanifin, a bonafide top pair guy returned a 1st and third. A couple years ago Stone returned a 2nd + Branstrom.

Because Hanafin was actively making it hard for Calgary. Look at what Meier brought back just last year, and don't give me UFA vs RFA. His QO was over $10 million making him a legit candidate to not get qualified if a team couldn't get him to agree to a long term deal.

 

[Flying Dego]

Can Pronomorev beat out Harkins spot?

Sullivan likely says no LOL

 

[Jacob]

He uses a looong stick.

 

[Le Magnifique 66]

Who else are we getting rid of, and who's the next to go?

Hopefully Carter, Smith, Eller, EK, Jarry and Neds

Tank and win the lottery for Celebrini

 

[Fatty McLardy]

It almost doesn’t seem real. This franchise went from one of the best in the league to an absolute joke. Especially when Sid is still playing as well as he is with no signs of slowing down makes it even more painful.

This return, even if it all pans out perfectly, is mediocre at best.

That's what happen when you keep a coach waaayyyy past his shelf life, hire a dweeb as a GM that doesn't have the physical fortitude to make any changes to the coaching staff. You come to this point. Rinse, Repeat of last year...

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Boo hoo you f***in' dork. It was the hardest thing you've had to do and that was what you accepted in return?