Confirmed Trade: [PIT/WPG] Rutger McGroarty for Brayden Yager

[PensandCaps]

hate it.

 

[Seanaconda]

WTF is with recent American Prospects and Ghosting teams

His advisor just wasnt talking to the jets

this generation is soft AF

A real Eric lindros thing to do

 

[CorgisPer60]

So much for all the WPG fans stating their GM was ready to dig in for multiple years

He was. The dude plays poker nightly. Look at how the Evander Kane trade went down.

 

[Sombastate]

As a flyers fan i'm just glad they don't have both Rutger and Yager. Feels fairly lateral for the Pens

 

[Michoulicious]

Gauthier for Drysdale 2.0

 

[TS Quint]

On paper, the real winners are the Jets. They get a top prospect for another prospect that didn't want to sign with them.

Now who will be better in the NHL, nobody knows, time will tell.

And McGroarty is only 10 months older, so i'm not sure about the immediate impact even though he seems to be more NHL ready.

Bold move from the Pens and it makes it interesting in a historically boring month of august

Physically McGroarty is 2 years ahead and ready to play now. That's what is attractive to the Pens.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

This is pretty much how I feel. Someone is going to go dig up a post a made a few weeks ago that says something to the effect of: "We like McGroaty a lot, but not for our top prospect".

McGroarty is not a better prospect. I would say they have similar value.

 

[Sendhelplease]

It seems like people on these boards think GMs want to screw the other GMs in a trade as much as possible while the NHL GMs just want to make moves to improve the organization. Those who want the GM to screw over the other GMs are unhappy with the Penguins for not trying to extract maximum value and lowball Winnipeg for Rutger. Those who just want their team to improve seem to be happy with the Penguins side of the trade because Yager seems to be a slightly lower tier of prospect than Rutger at this time.

 

[JPT]

Did he turn and run claiming "I don't like this duel!!! I want to duel with someone else!!"?

He was eaten by a grizzly bear before he got to draw

 

[Voight]

Lol at Pens fans thinking they were going to get McGroarty without giving up Yager.

They also thought they were getting Carolina or Vancouvers best prospect for Guentzel.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Gauthier for Drysdale 2.0

Not a chance. Drysdale was a glass body and a bad move by Philly

 

[SEALBound]

Not a chance. Drysdale was a glass body and a bad move by Philly

Gauthier told them to get f***ed though...so...

 

[Michoulicious]

Not a chance. Drysdale was a glass body and a bad move by Philly

I think McGroarty is the superior prospect, like I thought Gauthier was superior to Drysdale at the time of the trade.

2.0 in the sense a team had to downgrade because their USNDP prospect didn't want to sign with them.

 

[SomeDude]

Gauthier told them to get f***ed though...so...

Just like Rutger did to Winnipeg.

 

[TS Quint]

McGroarty is not a better prospect. I would say they have similar value.

Link to lists that have Yager ahead? As a Jet fan I hope you can give me a few.

 

[Hunter368]

Chevy gets the value that he wanted, yet again. Love it and a center to boot even better.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Russian kids are less of a flight risk than american NTDP guys now , hate to see it

 

[surixon]

Happy to get a prospect as good as Yager for a player who didn't want to be here.

McGroarty should fit well in Pittsburgh.

 

[BCNate]

I think this works for both teams pretty well. Players themselves are pretty comparable. Pens get a guy who will likely play for them this season, Jets get a solid C prospect in return for someone who wanted out.

 

[ffh]

Hopefully Winnipeg gets some value out of him. Their scouting is really good the problem is no one wants to play in Winnipeg

By everybody you mean practically nobody

 

[Dominance]

Helps Crosby today and makes the Pens suck harder after he retires, can’t be too unhappy.

McGroarty-Crosby-Rust
Bunting-Malkin-Rakell
DOC-Glass-Hayes
Acciari-Eller-Puljujarvi
Puustinen, Ponomarev

It’s still ass but it will be more fun to watch than I had feared.

 

[Rafafouille]

The whole "wow he got value even when the player wanted out" is way overplayed. Jets would be losing his rights July 2026. It's not like there was any rush.

 

[Fogelhund]

With the addition of McGroarty, Pittsburgh will have 16 players listed on CapWages for forwards.

Pittsburgh Penguins | Salary cap and contracts

Some will get put on waivers and sent to the AHL if cleared, maybe some trades? Who do the Pittsburgh fans think will get moved here?

 

[cupdreaming]

I doubt pitts was the only team interested in him..

I'm sure a few other teams were but Mcgoarty had a lot of stipulations that most teams weren't willing to cater too.

 

[Scion]

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