Trade deadline thread

[Ragamuffin Gunner]

Sounds like we had a deal with CAR but they didn't finish the Rant deal in time to have the cap space for Rak. f***ing losers.

 

[BHD]

Keeping Rakell was a turrrible call.

Rakell could be an off-season move. Dubas did enough today to make up for keeping him. He got a bunch of seconds and thirds for players on expiring contracts.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Lol….

Dubas is delusional

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

Wait why the f did San Jose trade Zetterlund? Do these guys not know you need players if you’re ever going to be good?

They’ve gone a bit overboard

Need to start adding this summer or that team will be real bad for a long long time

 

[Turin]

Lol….

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Dubas is delusional

He’s said this the whole time. It’s the same thing Washington did

 

[Turin]

They’ve gone a bit overboard

Need to start adding this summer or that team will be real bad for a long long time

For real. Why trade Zetterlund and Walman at all? You have a bunch of prospects and picks and are going to draft Schaefer, Hagens or Misa this year.

 

[Mr. T]

So to summarize the board's feelings on the deadline

 

[bambamcam4ever]

Lol….

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Dubas is delusional

No, he's saying that so people buy season tickets next year lol.

 

[Andy99]

No, he's saying that so people buy season tickets next year lol.

I’d bet that more people would buy season tickets if he told them the team is rebuilding and will be mixing in the young prospects into lineups with Sid and G…

 

[Your Boy Troy]

I'm guessing that Dubas found out that not a single team valued an undersized defensemen in Grzelcyk come playoff time? I give him credit for managing to a get 2nd for Beauvillier, that was a feat in itself.

 

[The GM]

I'm guessing that Dubas found out that not a single team valued an undersized defensemen in Grzelcyk come playoff time? I give him credit for managing to a get 2nd for Beauvillier, that was a feat in itself.

Back in the day we traded for Streit and Corrado for playoff insurance, can imagine someone wasn’t offering at least fifth or higher if Gryz was as retained at 50%.

 

[3074326]

I'm guessing that Dubas found out that not a single team valued an undersized defensemen in Grzelcyk come playoff time? I give him credit for managing to a get 2nd for Beauvillier, that was a feat in itself.

Little surprised by that. Mostly that we didn't get anything for him.

Overall though, pleasantly surprised with the deadline.

 

[Jacob]

The thing with prospects is they don’t really need to reach their maximum upside to be valuable, examples being us trading Angelo Esposito, who flopped epic style, as part of the package for Hossa.

Probably a better example would be Hanowski & Agostino. Both flopped but they were on an upward trajectory at the time. They were developing well up to that point and increased their value relative to their draft position. Yeah Iginla had control on where he went, but still.

We’re not really in position to be packaging futures for actual NHLers right now though.

 

[Turin]

For those who wanted to trade Rakell for a Nemec package go watch the highlights from his game today

 

[Duffy13]

Grz is being resigned, if they think they are going to be competitive after this summer, and they're planning on trading Karlsson, they've stated enough times how much they love Grzs game and how he runs the powerplay... They are going to resign him... Not a good move, but they're going to do it.

 

[Zero Pucks]

Would of been nice to see one of Accari or Grzelcyk flipped today too, but can't complain about the returns we saw today.

 

[Gurglesons]

Grz is being resigned, if they think they are going to be competitive after this summer, and they're planning on trading Karlsson, they've stated enough times how much they love Grzs game and how he runs the powerplay... They are going to resign him... Not a good move, but they're going to do it.

It seems so weird to keep Rakell and move EK65.

If anything they should be trying everything possible to get Letang somewhere or retired. And I say that as # 1 Letang fan boy.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Lol….

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Dubas is delusional

87 replies to his tweet! It's a sign!

 

[tnnr]

Predict the big summer trade for the young NHL player that the Pens make

My prediction

Rangers 1st
2026 2nd
Tanner Howe

for

John Peterka

 

[Lust for Life]

Honestly, people like me saying they’re gonna try to retool, we’re just speculating. I don’t see the point in getting all worked up right now. We’re clearly tanking the rest of this season. Hopefully we end up 4th.

We can argue about their plan in July, by which point it’ll be painfully obvious that this is either a full rebuild or a quick retool

But if I'm not getting worked up, then I can't get into arguments and bookmark posts, so I can go back and say "I told you so" six months from now, and then what's the point of my life?

 

[Gurglesons]

Predict the big summer trade for the young NHL player that the Pens make

My prediction

Rangers 1st
2026 2nd
Tanner Howe

for

John Peterka

Buffalo isn’t moving Peterka for futures.

 

[Zirakzigil]

If 2 weeks ago someone said we would get 2 2nds, a 3rd, 4th+ for 2 3rd liners and a 5/6th defenseman they would of gotten laughed off the forum. Dubas did good. There was no rush to trade Rak. What sucked was there was no 3rd party retention needed today to weaponize cap space.

 

[Tender Rip]

Lol….

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Dubas is delusional

Fire Sully when there is a period left of the regular season and make some brilliant moves in the Summer….

Yeah, very far fetched regardless, but if Sully is our coach to start next season… I for one won’t be there for it.

 

[Pancakes]

It seems so weird to keep Rakell and move EK65.

If anything they should be trying everything possible to get Letang somewhere or retired. And I say that as # 1 Letang fan boy.

I wonder how much value Letang really has left. He's looked rough this year.

I think he could still contribute on a contender as a 4th dman (with a really good partner) or on the third pair, but I wonder if Letang even wants that and if anyone is willing to absorb his contract.

 

[IcedCapp]

But if I'm not getting worked up, then I can't get into arguments and bookmark posts, so I can go back and say "I told you so" six months from now, and then what's the point of my life?

there's a chunk of this fan base that just hates every move no matter what, so you can always say "i told you so"

I think that's what you gotta do