I hope like hell Dubas isn't f***ing stupid and pushes too far on the Rakell stuff. Just take one of the no-brainer good deals out there and stop this nonsense of trying to get perfection.
Hope Schenn is flipped too. Not that it matters to this team that he sucks, but other teams always seem to covet the guy so, y'know, there's more just sitting there waiting for the Pens.
With regards to Rakell - there has been essentially zero talk about interest in Rakell. There might not have been
any offers for Rakell yet, much less any "no-brainer good deals." It's possible that all the GMs who are willing to send out insane offers have made their trades, and the remaining GMs aren't willing to pay that much. It's not worth getting that worked up over, really.
In terms of Schenn, well, it's probably nothing, but I can't help but notice that the Pens have given Novak a number already, but not Schenn:
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If I was forced to make a bet, I'd say they don't move Schenn, but I don't think they've ruled out the possibility, either.
First, a quick reminder: we often have several trades that don't get announced until after 3pm, due to the teams being in the phone queue with the NHL at the deadline. Once all of those finish trickling out, I expect we'll see Grzelyck and Beauvillier will have been traded. I seem to recall Ruhwedel was a last minute trade last year, after all, and those two are definitely "missed out on everything else" sort of moves for the playoff teams. I'm not convinced any other moves will be made in the end - they could easily be cases of "things just didn't work out in time."
