Penguins/NHL
Expansion Draft Buzz
Vegas set a deadline for last night with clubs to make side deals and today Vegas will be picking their squad that will be officially turned into the Central Registry on Wednesday morning.
One NHL executive put the over/under at ‘8’ on side deals Vegas has worked out with clubs.
Some leaks that have emerged:
Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch reported few days ago the Blue Jackets have a deal in place to send a first round pick, prospect, and David Clarkson’s contract to Vegas and the Golden Knights will select Matt Calvert or William Karlsson.
The New York Islanders have a similar deal in place with Vegas where the Isles are expected to send Vegas a first round pick and will likely lose Nikolai Kulemin to avoid losing some of their key forwards left unprotected, per Arthur Staple of Newsday.
Vegas GM George McPhee is going to attain a ton of high picks for the next couple drafts but what we’re also going to see is Vegas selecting some impact veteran players with one year left on their deals that they plan to flip next year at the deadline for more picks or prospects.
Word is circulating Winnipeg’s Tobias Enstrom is a strong contender to be selected and talk around the league on Monday was Vegas plans to take James Neal if a deal with Nashville couldn’t be reached. Both being prime candidates to be moved next winter for a high return.
Vegas Owner driving the bus with pending Fleury acquisition
— How much fear have the Penguins had of losing a Bryan Rust or Ian Cole?
None, per sources close to the situation.
While Vegas GM George McPhee has viewed Marc Andre Fleury nothing more than a potential asset that would likely be flipped at some point in the near future, league sources say Vegas owner Bill Foley is ecstatic about getting Fleury and a driving force behind the belief now that Vegas has all intentions to make Fleury one of the faces of the franchise in year one.
In a goaltending market flooded with quality netminders where there’s good value to be had and after the Penguins didn’t receive one trade offer during the season, the Penguins are hitting the jackpot here.
They got a return on their investment this postseason in keeping Fleury as a $5.75 million insurance policy and now have an opportunity that wouldn’t be there without the expansion draft, where they are going to clear nearly $6 million in cap space from Vegas taking that contract.
Interesting enough, some around the league on Monday were saying that Foley loves Fleury so much that Vegas might be taking Fleury without a side deal having to be made, though, I got some serious pushback on that from others who claim a side deal was agreed upon last week before the Penguins official expansion list was even in.
Free Agency Buzz
— The Penguins intend to talk to free agent winger [hide] T.J. Oshie when the free agent interview period opens to see where his thinking is, a source says. If the Penguins made a bold move on the free agent market, the suspicion is it would be for Oshie not Radulov.
There is still disappointment from some in the organization that the Penguins didn’t push hard enough on a deal for Oshie at the 2015 draft when they looked into packaging Brandon Sutter to St. Louis.
Including Oshie, there’s a few bigger targets out there the Penguins would like to get in contact with and try to sell them on joining the Sidney Crosby show, but where the Penguins will be most active is the trade market.
Oshie is going to have a ton of lucrative offers. New Jersey plans to go real hard at him.
Did some checking and not that there’s much expectation the Penguins plan to pursue him anyways, but top free agent defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk does not have interest in the Penguins. He wants to go to a place where he’ll be the guy.
— Why the Penguins can make a creative signing or trade this off-season even after signing their RFA’s:
They’re built with cheap young labor at the forward ranks:
Jake Guentzel – $734,000
Bryan Rust – $640,000
Scott Wilson – $625,000
Carter Rowney – $612,000
Tom Kuhnhackl – $625,000
Oskar Sundqvist – RFA (# will be well under $1 million per)
Josh Archibald – RFA (# will be well under $1 million per)
Daniel Sprong – $692,000
Zach Aston Reese – $925,000
Dominik Simon – $692,000
Fleury leaving a lasting impression
Marc-Andre Fleury donates a new playground and dek rink at Sto-Ken-Rox Boys & Girls Club. Read more: https://t.co/6FlacmGAYz pic.twitter.com/orHoa1Vmwe
— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) June 19, 2017
— Fleury Meet and Greet Tonight at Dicks Sporting Goods in Cranberry —
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Day will be bittersweet… hopefully… MAF, class act and franchise goaltender will move on. Widely respected league wide by anyone that isnt a total douche bag so it’s sad but… yoda promised to fuckoff once MAF left so there is that to look forward to as well.
t minus 11 hours
#TearItDown
Hossa to miss 2017-18 season due to medical / skin problems. Might even retire while has 4 years left on his contract. Sad way to end his career one of the most underrated player in the league. Enjoyed his days with the sens and Thrashers. Just in case Npl you don’t know the team Thrashers. It’s the team that moved back to Canada
You know he also played for Pittsburgh and Detroit too… or did you simply not enjoy him in those cities? I mean I can understand why you wouldn’t cheer for him as a Penguin as you actively hope they lose.
PS for the Thrashers to “move back” to Canada they would have had to start there in the 1st place… write this down. I am going to give you daily English lessons so that you can contribute to the class in a proper manner.
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if the pens can move that goof in net, this has to go down as the greatest season in pens history. back to back cups with the saint on the bench and now they get to salary dump him to an expansion franchise who would be abosule suckers to take him. it doesn’t get any better than this….and i loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooove it!
#stillascluelessasever
The funny thing is that he thinks Fleury was on the bench – I mean, at least watch the playoffs if you’re going to attempt to comment. #TearItDown – a week before two Stanley Cups! He said that!
And he wants a 40 year old winger to play center.
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Kulikov on a 1 year prove it deal would be intriguing. All the talent in the world if he can put it together. With Schultz’s career turnaround and Gonchar’s involvement, Pittsburgh has to be seen as an intriguing landing spot for him.
Do you guys think Yoda thought Doan was a center because he had a C on his jersey?
That’s an interesting thought.
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Rumors Galchenyuk will be gone to islanders
Who cares
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So Josh Yohe is reporting that multiple sources are telling him that Fleury is flying to Vegas in 12 hours and has been asked to wear a LV jersey during the ceremonies. Why is it that everyone else’s sources always get such vastly different information than Depaoli gets from his sources?
Because Depaoli is Pittsburgh’s version of Eklund. He just makes shit up.
Enstrom wouldn’t be a bad addition in a side deal with vegas. Not sure if it would be worth that cap hit.
Holy shiit. A new Dek rink. BoxScore get your sneakers ready
Any update on Doan’s willingness to play 4th line center for the first time in his professional career? Or perhaps Bobby Ryan?
He’s so stupid he doesn’t even know what position a player plays before posting.
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#TearItDown
You are not even going to try and save a little face here are you… please fuckoff when it’s announced
JR will be acquiring a Dman from LVK on Thursday.
Feeling? or substanced source?
Sorry, feeling.
I’m betting made up bullshitt masquerading as substance sourced. That’s why he’s the only one i’ve blocked here.
Are the Penguins better off offering Vegas Malkin so that they take Fleury in order to save multiple first rounder picks that are going to be required to take Fleury? Thanks for the insight D. I read your site daily. Other people are speculating that Vegas will pick Fleury straight up with no side deals. These people should have their brains examined as they are clearly not fit for life on earth.
D, any truth to the rumor I heard that Vegas would be acquiring 4 first round picks from Pittsburgh to pick Fleury in the expansion draft?
Does Shattenkirk not know about Letang’s injury history? I mean, just wait until November to be “the guy.”
Lol “some disappointment” that the pens didnt acquire Oshie. Do these imaginary “some” realize that Phil Kessel is a Stanley Cup Champion x2? As is Nick Bonino?
That said, signing Oshie would be awesome. Although thag would most likely be the end of Hagelin in Pittsburgh. But id take that swap any day.
Same – i just don’t get them looking at so many wingers (Radulov, Oshie) (which probably means it isn’t true), as their obvious needs are on the blue line and at 3rd line center.
correction… as the sammich pointed out I believe it is spelled Rudukov (sic)
Only rational I can think of is looking for a winger to take Guentzel’s spot on Sid’s wing so that Guentzel can be the 3C which is his natural position.
I think that’s a bad way to go, but I had neglected to consider that before.
Not a chance Guentzel goes to 3rd line center, not after the success he had as a top 6 winger. I see someone like Oshie or Evander Kane bringing that added edge JR alluded to, without sacrificing skill or slowing the team down.
Id love to see Kane here for a year, as long as JR and Scum Sully believe he can mesh well with the room. Adding his blend of skill, toughness, and fresh legs could be a huge addition for the team.
Rick Tocchet – My 27 plus years in the NHL “The Flower” is one of my ALL TIME FAVORITE players ever – 1st class (flex emoji) – gonna miss him big time !!!!
Maybe Rick can find yoda and beat the fuckk out of him HAHA
the picture above is why the pope turned bleury into st.bleury. #allhail!
Do you still want Doan as our 4c next year?
do you still want st.bleury to be the goalie next year?
That’s like sam-level bad.
#smilesstoppucks
#IdioticProclamationsWinCups
#blowitup #keepitfresh #shanedoan4C
The best part is tbj has been very outspoken about the merits of Murray over MAF when the goalie change occurred. This is where yoda has to reach because dumbfuckk here doesn’t even realize that tbj… well… a lot of us are in agreement that Murray was the one to keep albeit for different reasons than yoda the dumbfucken chud that he is would suggest lol
if what depaoli writes is truth, yoda will be dead in 32 hours.
“if what DePaoli writes is truth”? Please you have been taking him at fucken gospel so long that you probably hang wooden carving of his cockk in your house where most Christians hang crucifixes!
Besdies, it’s not just Depaoli, he is late to the party… everyone and their dog had MAF listed as going to Vegas you dumbfuckk
#shanedoan4C
Nobody believe you – all you do is come on here and tell lies and analyze hockey poorly. Either way – your legacy will always be calling for a rebuild a week before two stanley cups – monumental levels of stupid – that’s what Yoda will be known for.
LOL@SID4800 Shattenkirk, the lack of interest should be more from the Pens than him. Guy was fucken invisible vs Washington. Could have been just the Caps I guess and there isnt much else. Then again maybe we can sign him as our 4th line C…. what say you yoda?
#yodalling #shanedoan4C
Twitter disagrees and the Kulemin trade is not the name at this point per Arthur Staple
So on the day of the expansion draft Depaoli’s “sources” have finally caught on to what everyone else in the world has known for almost a year now and that’s the FACT that Fleury will be Vegas’ starting goalie and face of the franchise in 2018. Literally every of insider, reporter and blogger around the has been reporting this for months now. The “inside” information on this site is such a joke but it does create endless entertain because the 2 fools eat up every word like it’s the word of God.
Get ready for Sam’s thumbs down in 3…2…1
Vegas won’t pick the Saint. He will be on the Pens roster next year…..Yoda
Backing up Shane Doan as our 4th line centre lol
Another gem from Yogurt.
Not that I want Shattenkirk, but what keeps him from being “the guy” here? It’s not like Letang even dresses. The only thing keeping Shattenkirk from being “the guy” is his inherent limitations, which makes him nothing more than a power play QB.
Exactly. He was brought into the Caps to be one of the guys and he was terrible against the Pens. The guy is overrated.
I think the issue was more misuse in Washington than it is him being overrated. He’s a very good and skilled player but he’s strictly an offensive defenseman in the mold of a Mike Green type player. He needs to be paired with a defensively responsible partner and used in offensive situations, he can’t be used in a shutdown role and matched up against another teams top lines. The team that learns to use him properly if going to be a very happy team.
Good point. St Louis used him properly I thought on the 3rd pairing. They got rid of him because he was a luxury. I think the Caps got him so nobody else would get him. They paid more than what most teams would have paid.
He was their 6th D no need a pp specialist that would cost the pens a lot of money. A one dimensional player. Once again another Overrated American player
You could probably add up the 10 most overrated americans and they’d still just be arriving at the level of “overrated” that Jonathan Toews is.
according to people in hockey circles