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Unsurprising, but good to know they've looked at moving him.
I'm not going to get too deep into the same debates that keep happening over and over again, but I think the "Brunicke should have stayed up and St. Ivany should have been sent down" is purely a hindsight reaction based on St. Ivany's early season struggles. I think most people were completely content (or as content as you can be with this shitty defense) with the D pairs they were running with and the decision to send Brunicke back to juniors.
I would be shocked if Dubas hasn't made a couple of calls putting a few feelers out there. Colorado, for sure. Perhaps LA and maybe even Detroit.It's definitely a stretch but I wonder if him not going on waivers is an indication that they think they may be able to trade him for something.
That being said, I also feel like purely getting out of Jarry's deal is a win in value so I'm not sure why Dubas wouldn't try waiving him first.
Just getting rid of him would be fine by meThe Penguins worrying about getting value out of Jarry is silly. If we are trying to suck he’s an asset to us.
Considering what the Penguins got paid to take Kevin Hayes, I think that market "being tough" means you have to be giving up good assets or taking back something like a Darnell Nurse or Jonathan Huberdeau.Just getting rid of him would be fine by me
Use Brave or a better ad blocker mate.Some moderator better do something about these ads. Rolling ads blocking half the page and video blocking another quarter page. It's getting a lil out of effin hand around here.
That is 100% the issue the Penguins are in. It's funny that the Caps understand that and the Penguins can't and I think it's because as much as we despise the Caps and Ted, as an owner he's not sitting there being BFF's with the coach like FSG.Was skimming a post about Leonsis' new book because it talks about Backstrom asking to be traded after the 2016-17 Penguins beat the Caps again in the playoffs (lol), and buried there was a quote from GM George McPhee that basically said "Coaches have to learn to coach the guys they're given, not constantly be handed the guys they want." And man, I wish that were the case here.
It's hard to trade a goalie that needs to work his way out of his funk without playing him and playing him right now is an automatic loss so the logical thing to do was demote him and if by some weird miracle a team claimed him, what's the fear in that? I don't think they are scared of that though. He shouldn't be travelling with the team, Dubas needs to take Jarry as an option away from Sully and let him play in wbs and build his game back up. He has some good to work from but the bad stuff, just a f***ton more of the bad.I would be shocked if Dubas hasn't made a couple of calls putting a few feelers out there. Colorado, for sure. Perhaps LA and maybe even Detroit.
Trades right now are just so tough. And Freidman is spot on - with his struggles, it's going to make trading him tough. You MIGHT be able to do a swap with Krueper or Husso but that is just rearranging the Titanic's deck chairs.