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

[SteelCityCannon]

That's a tremendous job by Winnipeg getting value for him.

 

[Hockey4Lyfe]

Yager is a good bet for the Jets.

Rutger is the better of the two but to get a good prospect back when teams know the player you are dealing doesn’t want to be there is good management.

Both teams should be ecstatic with the trade.

 

[wej20]

So they traded their best prospect for McGroarty just because he's more NHL ready, so they can still miss the playoffs.

Nevermind. Dubas is still an idiot lmao.

Because he's more NHL ready or because they think he's a better prospect?

 

[Dallasman]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1826659417007554817

 

[Satan]

According to who, you? I feel Yager is at least as valuable right now

Groartsy (strong C that plays like a man) is way more valuable than a small winger

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1826657768583168193

Come on, Dubas. You basically swapped a $20 dollar bill for two $10 dollar bills.

You're supposed to add more quality prospects to the pipeline, not just swap one quality prospect for another.

 

[CorgisPer60]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1826659417007554817

So much for Mr. Character. It was always about playing in the NHL next season.

 

[Poppy Whoa Sonnet]

I think it's a good trade for both teams!

 

[hamzarocks]

Its trading the 10th OA for 13thOA

A slightly better prospect for the pens vs a guy for the Jets who wants to play there

 

[The Crypto Guy]

Wow for Yeger??? Brutal job by the Pens.

 

[FinlandPanther]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1826659417007554817

So much for Mr. Character. It was always about playing in the NHL next season.

I mean it sucks but you can’t blame a kid for wanting to play in the NHL

 

[JetsWillFly4Ever]

Seems like a fair deal given the circumstances.

Rutger generally considered a better prospect and more NHL ready. Yager very close as a prospect, a C which we desperately need. Add in the circumstances of Rutger being a holdout dickhead and Chevy did well here.

 

[Hockeyville USA]

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Huge blow to the Wolverines, would change them from solid in the tournament team to likely outside the top 14-16 of the Pairwise

 

[SEALBound]

Simple equal value prospect swap. Neither side should be made really. Just wish the Penguins were ADDING McGroarty to Yager and not merely swapping but it is what it is. As I said on the Pens board, they have a gapping hole at 1LW and McGroarty plays the style that has historically worked very well with Sid so, if that is the plan, I understand.

 

[Hockey4Lyfe]

Its trading the 10th OA for 13thOA

A slightly better prospect for the pens vs a guy for the Jets who wants to play there

Yager also a year or two away and a rung below Rutger in talent.

Like I said, good trade for both teams considering where they are at.

 

[TheBeard]

Yager is a good bet for the Jets.

Rutger is the better of the two but to get a good prospect back when teams know the player you are dealing doesn’t want to be there is good management.

Both teams should be ecstatic with the trade.

This is the right analysis. Chevy was in a bind and managed to get a good prospect back still.

 

[LOFIN]

You're supposed to add more quality prospects to the pipeline, not just swap one quality prospect for another.

Then don't re-sign Crosby and just start the rebuild?

Do you want to do that?

 

[Just A Bit Outside]

Great trade for the Peg especially given the circumstances.

 

[CorgisPer60]

I mean it sucks but you can’t blame a kid for wanting to play in the NHL

No you can't, but now he's shunning both the Jets and the Wolverines after making a big show of committing to them back in June.

 

[StIvany4Norris]

It's a fair deal in a bubble but the lack of leverage for Winnipeg makes this a poor showing for Dubas

 

[Empoleon8771]

Come on, Dubas. You basically swapped a $20 dollar bill for two $10 dollar bills.

You're supposed to add more quality prospects to the pipeline, not just swap one quality prospect for another.

How is this deal a $20 bill for 2 $10 bills? It’s a straight up swap where the Penguins are getting the better prospect.

 

[HBK27]

Chevy is a goat. Being GM on the Jets would be very challenging due to certain players not wanting to play there. He’s managed to make the most of it.

Chevy did quite well in this trade - hard to imagine a better return given McGroarty's trade demand.

That being said, IIRC according to Friedman - this whole trade demand was put into motion when Chevy decided against signing McGroarty in April after Michigan's season ending either because the Jets were in a playoff push and didn't want to bring him in and/or burn a year of his ELC.

I think most would also argue that McGroarty has more trade value currently than Yager.

Chevy seemed to put himself in this unenviable position, even if he made the best out of it.

 

[TheKrebsCycle]

Lateral move . But Pit wins the name game exchange

 

[Darren McCord]

Be nice to dump like Eller or Accari here too

 

[HarrySPlinkett]

True if huge

Nicely done.