Rumors: Penguins among 2-3 teams far along in talks for Brassard?
Source: Brassard tops wishlist of Penguins coaching staff The Ottawa Senators have reversed course in the last 5-7 days on their trade deadline plans. After being wide open to trading Mike Hoffman, Jean Gabriel-Pageau, the Senators have now signaled to clubs they intend to keep both players and are primarily focused on trading center Derick Brassard who has one year left on his deal with a $5 million cap hit. Up until the last couple days, NHL execs were of the opinion Ottawa was more likely to keep Brassard than move him. Now that’s not the case. Brassard a player who is said to top the wishlist [hide] of the Penguins coaching staff, per a team source, has been in
Rumblings: Count Penguin star’ players among those involved in the Heavy Recruitment of John Tavares
NHL All-Star weekend in Tampa Bay saw the recruitment of John Tavares from multiple star players in full steam. And it’s going to continue as July 1 inches closer. If Tavares leaves the New York Islanders, it won’t be because of money where the Islanders are already prepared to put an 8 year offer worth at least $12-$13 million per season on the table for when Tavares and his agent Pat Brisson are ready to discuss numbers, something that won’t happen until the summer. Tavares is extremely loyal to the Islanders organization but the recruitment of Tavares this weekend was so strong because of a belief from NHL executives and players close to Tavares that he is wide open to
Industry Chatter: A look at why the Penguins have been front & center recently in trying to swing trade for Mark Letestu
Story Highlights *Personnel Decisions from LA Win *On the Sheahan/Kessel fit *Penguins in deep trade talks for Center *Sharks Tierney one trade scenario that got away? *Insight on why staff favors Hunwick over Cole The Pittsburgh Penguins in a back-to-back situation turned to Casey DeSmith in goal and Pittsburgh came away with a 3-1 win over the Kings on Thursday. Mike Sullivan has been lukewarm about playing DeSmith at any point and what do you know, DeSmith backstopped the Penguins to victory in making 28 saves and flashed very good side-to-side quickness. He was peppered in the first period as Pittsburgh was out-shot 11-3 in period one but unlike Jonathan Quick, DeSmith avoided letting soft goals win and the Penguins got
Rumors: Senators offered Brassard to the Penguins?
Penguins have had investigative trade talks with Senators Penguins GM Jim Rutherford has been aggressively trying to pursue an impact trade for a forward, notably a third line center in the hopes of setting the stage for a deal either before or soon after the Christmas trade freeze ends. The talk surrounding the Penguins is that they’re not going to just acquire another ‘guy’, like the Riley Sheahan trade and hope it sticks and get lucky. Pittsburgh is focused on swinging a trade for a true impact center even if it comes to moving an important player from their past two Stanley Cup runs. Those with the type of trade value it might take to land one of the Penguins
Industry chatter on what the Penguins are seeking from ‘specific’ teams in talks for Ian Cole
While the Penguins are trying to downplay the Ian Cole rumors, the Penguins have had trade inquires with a sizeable group of teams and the Ian Cole camp remains in discussions with other clubs to potentially facilitate a deal and a possible extension: Therefore, the rumors are not going away anytime soon. Here’s the Latest Industry Chatter on a notable group of teams involved and names Penguins are and would likely seek in a deal: Colorado Avalanche A league source says the Ian Cole camp has had had deep talks with the Colorado Avalanche (there’s a strong relationship between the Avs brass and Cole’s agency) in the past 48 hours about Cole and it’s one potential destination that could be
Penguins discussing trade options to add No. 2/3 type caliber NHL goaltender
Penguins looking to bolster organizational goaltending depth Are the Penguins content moving forward with Matt Murray, Tristan Jarry and Casey DeSmith as the 1-3 goaltenders on the organizational depth chart? Penguin coaches saw enough of Casey DeSmith in practice and with Tristan Jarry’s inexperience, the coaching brass is not comfortable with the Penguins goaltending depth in the organization, sources tell Inside Pittsburgh Sports. With difficulties of adding a legitimate No. 2 goaltender at this stage of the season, that has the Penguins in the short-term at least evaluating trades for a netminder on a [hide] contract who could either fill the No. 2 goaltender void in the NHL so the Penguins can send Tristan Jarry back to the minors for
Rumors: Avalanche trying to re-engage Penguins in trade talks?
NHL Source: Avalanche have tried to re-engage Penguins in trade talks After the Colorado Avalanche backed out of what the Columbus Blue Jackets believed was a verbal agreement the two sides had that would have sent Matt Duchene to the Blues Jackets about a week before training camps began, the Avalanche over the past 5-7 days have tried to expand the market for Duchene and reignite talks with clubs that have been on the outside and pretty much out of the mix for months due to a lack of trade match. [hide] The Pittsburgh Penguins have been one of 2-3 teams that had interest last winter in Duchene that the Avalanche have tried to bring back to the table in
Where evaluators got it wrong on Pouliot, Latest Trade Chatter & More Buzz
Pouliot was Badly mis-judged by Evaluators Scouts often miss and the Penguins obsession back in the Ray Shero era of drafting puck moving defenseman saw Pittsburgh not only take Derrick Pouliot 8th overall in the 2012 draft, but the team mis-calculated so bad on Pouliot, the organization had him rated No. 4 on their board. “That was a funky draft coming in,” a 20+ year scout tells TIOPS. “Prospects were [rated] all over the map……Derrick sure looked like a safe pick [at the time] because you can coach a player up to become a better defensive player, but you can’t teach high-level puck skills. He had it” The stunner to many in the Penguins organization regarding Pouliot is that the
Latest Penguins Buzz: Pens, Bruins to re-ignite trade talks?
Latest Penguins Buzz While Penguins GM Jim Rutherford fully expects to add an impact third line center at somepoint before the trade deadline and it’s not ruled out that move comes before opening night, though unlikely, the Penguins have taken the right route this summer and into training camp in avoiding to make a move to just make a move. Among guys out there actively available the Penguins could have acquired already sources say is Detroit’s Riley Sheahan. Sheahan, though, is nowhere near at the top of the Penguins wishlist and is not one of the three primary targets the Penguins are waiting to see that becomes available. “[hide]I’m maybe not as anxious as you guys are to fill that
League Chatter: Penguins linked to Bruins in trade talks?
Latest Penguins Buzz [hide] Will the Penguins search for a third line center take them to Boston? Among the league chatter is trade winds between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Boston Bruins, two league sources say. While the Penguins have been tight lipped on specific targets, talk among NHL executives from others clubs is Bruins center Ryan Spooner, a smooth-skating playmaking forward who can play all three forward positions, has emerged as a trade target for the Penguins and is near the top of their wish list. Spooner, 25, had 11 goals and 39 points in 78 games for the Bruins. He posted a career-high 49 points in 2015-2016. Spooner, while smallish, inconsistent and not strong in his own end (neither