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As the Penguins are surging, is Jim Rutherford looking to strike again well before the deadline?
As some targets the Penguins have kicked tires on won’t truly become available till next month, there’s one scenario to monitor already.
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Canes GM Don Waddell has made it known to clubs he’s looking for a player-for-player type trade at this point, seeking to move Ferland for a skilled forward with term or a left handed defenseman with term.
While Carolina would like a future asset also part of any Ferland trade, the priority is to move Ferland for immediate help.
Team owner Thomas Dundon wants Carolina to go away from the Ron Francis route of trading rentals for draft picks.
There’s enough talk around the league that Pittsburgh believes they can line up with Carolina for a trade.
O[hide]lli Maatta for a package that includes Ferland would be selling low because of Ferland’s UFA status, but does Jamie Oleksiak with 2 years left on his deal + a pick or prospect get Pittsburgh in the game?
Waddell loves Bryan Rust but that isn’t happening.
While Derick Brassard would make sense for the Hurricanes with Jordan Staal’s status up in the air, the talk around the league is that Carolina has eyes on Dominik Simon.
It’s not clear if the Penguins would go there with Simon.
— Penguins GM Jim Rutherford has become drawn to Ferland for a few reasons:
1. Pittsburgh is on the hunt for a rugged north-south style of winger to combat Tom Wilson as the Penguins see Washington as the only team that can get in their way again this year out of the Metropolitan Bracket. In fact, the Penguins are looked at by some as having an obsession with Tom Wilson.
Pittsburgh also feels some of the top teams in the East out of the Atlantic division, are vulnerable to clubs that can combine speed with a physical brand, with evaluators believing there’s opportunities to wear them down like the Capitals did last year to the Tampa Bay lightning.
2. Among the preliminary list of trade deadline targets, Ferland’s crash and bang style has made him a favorite of the coaching staff for the Penguins to pursue, sources say. Ferland’s past of meshing with high-end players in Calgary has always drawn the Penguins to Ferland.
3. The Patric Hornqvist factor. Hornqvist has suffered his second concussion this season and has now suffered from five concussions in less than five seasons.
Although the way Hornqvist is wired, bet on him being back in the lineup within 10-14 days, the concussion history combined with the style he plays is always going to make him susceptible to injury.
The Hornqvist factor has some in the know expecting the Penguins to be even more aggressive in trying to add Ferland as insurance.
Pittsburgh will also be without winger Zach Aston-Reese for at least 3-4 weeks. Aston-Reese has a broken bone in his hand from a fight in the Panthers game. [/hide]
The US might have a Russian agent for president, but at least they got Phil and Guentzel. And Robert Mueller.
This game is almost as bad as the Trump presidency.
.645 since 2016… anyone know where I can mail a formal fuckyouu letter?
Biden’s family voted for Trump
Yea i have dumasses in my family too
Yeah, your family knows it’s you. At least you realize it drool cup
lol Sam’s 2nd account.
Brooks Orpik. 1 goal 2 assists so far this year. What happened to all those idiots that were saying the Pens should sign him when he was released? He stinks!
He was never a scorer. He was a dumb player that was often caught out of position just like npl’s mom likes to get caught
I forget, was it you and npl that couldn’t stop drooling about him?
Npl and gaydogg. Almost every player npl is part of it he likes to tag along people. Remember his hockey source comes from this site and his only so called friends happens to be on this sites the thumbs down crew
I thought gaydogg was the one who said tk should play on the top line? These guys have me confused with their love affairs for garbage players.
Ya no… he knew TK was 3rd line that could slide up during injury… his production deemed the same. You’re like the worst coach since Mike Sullivan. This is go,d because you literally were not here whenTK was meaning your regurgitating someone else’s dumb fuckery lol. What a loser lol
I don’t recall anybody with brains on here saying that. Must have been that Mensa crew you roll with on here.
Hahahaha…most were ready to move on you dumb fuck…
Trump is a Russian asset. Shocker.
And your point ?
Your obama was Islam asset.
Just look how many Islam entered under his watch in the states
Of course your wouldn’t know that too busy scoffing hot dogs in shitholee Florida
Scuffing*
The difference is between make believe and reality big boy.
The difference is drool cup. Leftist unicorn butt dust land doesn’t exist, no matter how much you diaper turds wish for it.
Still the President drool cup and the rape enabling, murdering sea hag isn’t.
Sam must have daddy issues. He’s really into old men.
Damn… Mock draft has the Avs landing Jack Hughes. I know I’ve heard his rep may be a tad overstated but he should at least be star level player who’d add a ton the 2C on that team.
I see Dusty and chubby are in a duel for site clown again. Chubby’s infatuation with retirees got him the lead, but Dusty’s idiotic assessment of Sullivan brought him right back in the game. Sam is pulling through though, being the complete moron he is. He won this round with randomly talking about MAF and Dan Bylsma, blaming Bylsma for the horrendous play of Fleury.
The race is closer than you’d expect but Sam being on here all the time gives him the edge based on the quantity of dumb shlt. Dusty may have the edge in quality dumbfuckery.
Im a proud letang hater but when that guy in on his game the entire team is so much better. When he’s off, everything goes to shit. It’s very stark when you watch a live game and can see the entire ice.
i know in pittsburgh the cool thing to do is say that sprong is a garbage hockey player. anyway, he’s on a 30 goal pace over an 82 game season. yeah he’s trash.
Sprong sucks.
New reports jets and preds eyeing on simmonds .
Who?
Look at that all these dumb asss droolers led by tbj with malkins performance. Drools over 1 game that he showed up in last 3 months. Vs a struggling team that now has 10 loses in a row. What a bunch of clown. Pens play next last team in the league kings Maybe this time you can cumm in your pants when malkin scores again. Once again how many 5v5 goals those malkin have since October 30? Less than 5 you give a thumbs up more than 5 you can do your usual 5 thumbs downs P.S npl suckss So… Read more »
Wooooooooo Malkin, who has been showing signs of improvement basically since the calendar flipped, came through for the team and carried it after a real slow start! Woooooooo
He would rather see the Pens lose than Malkin do well.
That third line definitely looked better when Sheahan moved to center and brassard to wing
Skill to skill Brassards the better hockey player but in fit to role? Before they added Brassard last year Sheahan was playing at a level, in almost every statistical category, better than Bonino. He maybe fits that 3C far better than Brassard. It’s a fucken tragedy that they acquired the guy who is capable of giving so much more to the team but has done so little.
Spezza can be good fit on the 3rd line for 1-2 years .he has good vision and good on faceoffs. Trade brassard get armia he has good hands and size along with character player like Shaw you need those type guys for playoffs to play vs scumbag Wilson
What you think tbj? Does my offer make more sense than you drooler. Brassard and matta for kopitar make penguins have most expensive 3rd line centre in the league I bet kopi would like that too.
Funny how you lack the ability to pick up sarcasm. And no, it doesn’t. No one wants Spezza, dumba$$. He’s old and can hardly play anymore. Then again, that’s just the way you like em, right chubby? Rick Nash! WOO! Haha!
Tbj, just talked me into spezza.
His contributions as a 2C in Dallas are nearly on par with Brassard over the same number of games. He was never the best skater in his prime but has slowed a lot in recent years. Like Brassard he’s unlikely to slide into a 3C and just fit… I’d be weary. Based on his drop off last year and following it up with another rough go so far this year he might be closing in on being better served hanging them up. I want a little more energy deeper in the roster and it’s definitely not his game. Taking him… Read more »
I think he’s injured. He cant win one-on-one battles. Something is wrong.
Beavis with the HT!
Fun watching the Pens vs the West
Sullivan’s team just flying right now… it will be a shame when they fire him during the 18 Christmas season!
8-1 vs the East since the Pettersson acquisition…
Face it, he sucks. The team turns it on whenever they want. He’s just noise. Sid and Geno run the team.
Lmmfao… they Sure did when Bylsma was behind the bench. The most telling examples that prove his worth and that you just don’t get it… 1. 2014 or 15 playoffs… Bylsma leaned over to coach Sid, Crosby turned around and barked at DB and he folded like a lawn chair. The players were not held accountable and had no respect for his “leadership”. 2. Fast forward to 2016… things getting hairy vs the Caps. The guys are coming unhinged a bit and barking from the bench. We see Sullivan bent over and yelling “shut the fuckk up” down the bench.… Read more »
Agreed everything you said about the coaches. Sully also has the luxury to have HOF player like Recchi and s guy like Jacques Martin that he once said in a interview he heavily relies on JM decisions those were his words and as for DB all he talked about was north south up tempo style 24/7 begging teams to adjust against him. Yeah it’s fun from clowns like npl tbj to make of MAF. But come playoffs teams liked facing pens in first round because DB was predictable and once you shut crosby and malkin down game / series was… Read more »
Now that con man DB is assistant coach and getting paid more than the head coach of the team thanks to sabres money
Sullivan was crushing it in WBS before the luxury. Not that I don’t appreciate what those two (four including tocchet when he was here and Gonchars work with blueline) add but the reality is JM was a man who coached for many years with nominal success despite coaching the Sens when they should have won. You tend to want to overcredit him. All coaches rely on their assistants, that’s the nature of the job. JM May be better served applying his skills as an assistant overall, seems to work but we cannot ignore that he never won until he took… Read more »
Sens were young and not experience but yes they were favourite to win but other then that JM always coached shitt teams and made them look better than what the should be habs, panthers ,and even early years in blues. He also had good years with Mike keenan and the hawks as assistant. I’m Not sure I think he has also won the cup with the avs in 96 as assistant .overall the guy is a good hockey guy been around the league for a long time has also hockey school. Maybe DB can attendant there learn one or two… Read more »
Another coach I like a lot is Hartley and Gallant when DB got fired I wanted gallant before he went to Florida because I knew job he had done in Montreal as assistant he would’ve been perfect and when fleury went Vegas I did tell you fleury will have better success in Vegas because of gallant system sometimes u need star players to win games but coaches system play role on players too DB system was bad for fleury no goalie would’ve enjoyed we saw how lehner hated DB
As I had said it before on few occasions if fleury played in the jacques lemaire era for devils his numbers and stats would be even better than brodeur. That’s why I get mad here people here didn’t see and appreciate him he was always under Crosby shadow. Team wins it’s because sid and Geno they lose its always maf fault yet he has won games and stole series for them many times. Still Murray has to do that and this year too hasn’t stole any game yet
Having said that if fleury stays healthy he has a chance to finish 3rd in all time goalie wins behind brodeur and Roy
All nonsense aside about how divided the base is on the position I really hope MAF has enough good years in him to pull into third on that list. He was very under appreciated in Pittsburgh by many even though he had to work through some issues. Despite my arguments with yourself and the Pro-MAF turned “treat Murray the way MAF was” crowd I personally cheer for the guy and like Vegas. I was really hoping he’d have got the job done in the finals they were just overmatched and started to show it vs the Capitals.
It’s not like I hate Murray as he won the cup I always look far the way I did for DB. All I said Murray was hot and team played well in front of him he has a lot of hole in his gave like the glove and at times he plays very small in net and the fact he has not prove anything in league not even one full season. Just pisses me off clowns like tbj,npl Yoda and some others right away start riding Murray’s dickk when he had done nothing and easily forgot fleury and threw under… Read more »
Tough sell, I love MAF and ya he’s more athletic than Brodeur but Martin was no slouch athletically despite looking rounder and he was magnificent on his angles which had been something MAF struggled with until Bales and the Sports psych helped his game out around 2014. I think Marty was just so mentally stable throughout his career and that’s played into his ability to play in the early Devils system as not going with regular tests can be hard on goalies concentration. He started winning awards later in his time too after the Devils opened up a bit. MAF… Read more »
Also other than the system he had goood defence. Stevens ,danyko,rafalski,niedermyer. While pens outside of letang most of the time had garbage.imagine year fleury was drafted penguins best player was dickk tanstrom
He won two of his four Vezinas without a single on of those names on the roster. The pieces changed, the Devils style changed… he kept adding to records and winning goaltender awards. The guy was like top 4 all time to play and it really didn’t matter as much as some let on who was in front of him.
Right Dusty. He’s the winner of dumbest person on here.
is it possible to say that gibson played unbelievable while giving up 6 goals
Dude did all he could to keep the Duvks alive. This one’s not on him at all
best goalie in the league, Sam the drool cup said so.
At Ducks game. Cullen is really old.
There is a lot of Pens fans there.
Tons.
He’s a nice locker room have, maybe the guy you build the desire to win because dad is sitting type story but… yup, he just don’t seem to have the legs that will do it in the playoffs
Or in the regular season. I’m a huge Cullen fan but pens owe him nothing.
Agreed, reg season it’s forgivable, as long as they win I guess was the point. End of the day I’d rather him wear a suit and help the team win 3 in 4 than continue to try and recapture old glory. I doubt it’s in the cards
I bet you are dropping knowledge on them.
Phil! Malkin with 3 points. The virginal bandwagon is probably crying.
Habs were off tonight, bed time was 8:00 est at the latest
Vegas too.
Crosby is actually wearing Malkin’s jersey.
*4
worth staying up for
Brass, perpetually just out of position sums up his entire period as a Penguin!
That’s it, trade everyone! Fire Sully! Sell the team! Move them to Quebec!!
This keeps up I’m going back into my hole….
Yup, I’m out… they were fire while I was away. See you in February lol… maybe July, just to be safe
That Sprong guy is pretty good. The Penguins should try and trade for him.
He’s fired up for this one, no doubt! Hopefully the guys respond to this fragile team
Ok… call off the trades, no one is fired, don’t move the team. Lol.
WB its bad I think you are one of the sane ones one here.
*it’s… I mean if we are gonna take it to this point you may wanna cover your ass lol
Wow… Murray should have had that but… Letang don’t cough it up in that manner and it’s no conversation
looks like hes using a new stick or something
Gibson’s a fucken animal right now!
Errey lost his mind when he made that save.
Hey Dusty… Pens have suddenly moved into the top ten in almost everything. Please explain how this happened under Sullivan when it was so obvious he was gonna be fired by Christmas because he failed to win a third straight cup? Looking forward to your unique insight that gives us all an upper hand on all the experts around the world. Dip shit lol
I’ll tell you later. It has to do with Murray’s personal life and struggle that started with when his dad became ill. The Pens organization deserves a LOT of credit for stepping in and getting Murray the help he needed.
Maybe they can help Jarry. He’s been average in the A this year.
Wait, so now you suddenly get it? You’ll dig at anything to take glory away from Scum Sully… last year you wanted nothing to do with “Murray’s excuses”
Sully still sucks. I still think Murray is a good, not great goalie. I still think his glove is dogshit. The issue he was dealing with was serious and like I said, kudos to the organization for stepping in.
Can’t wait for another riveting Simply Dusty hot take.
pens should go after spezza for 3rd line centre since that is the biggest question mark for the pens. Of course they have other quesrion mark as well such as Fraud Murray. But 3C is important too as long as the russian shows up
Keep drooling over players who are at the end of their career. Rick Nash, right chubby?
Over under on Spezza hanging then up this summer? With sams kiss of death it’s gotta be a strong possibility. Lucky for us the Pens are gonna drop Scum Sully soon so maybe he can coach lol
Spezza is easily worth a 1st and 2nd round pick plus Kessel and Rust. Sam(e) make that happen.
Bahahahahahahaha….what is it with you and over the fucken hill, ready to retire Canadians a half decade past their worth?
Wow… just wow….
Shocker, I mention gaydogg and election and here comes Zero with his long speaches yelling about nothing.
There he is, hows Sullivan looking you dumb fuck? I was totally prepared for a Christmas firing.. I mean you were so sure.
Simply Dusty is legit the only guy on the board that is actually dumber than Sam
The layout of this site sucks.
So do most of the people who post on here.
The site is fine, maybe this is just projecting on your behalf. Quick test… all pages you fucks with suck yeah?
Jarry does not like the DeSmith extension
Simply Dusty won’t either. He tells everyone that Jarry is the Pens best goalie. Douche
Jarry > Murray + DeSmith = dusty
Dusty math. Dusty talking about goalies and politics. Two things he’s clueless on.
With any luck the Pens will fire Scum Sully and hire Jarry
Pens need a guy who can throw a punch and not get knocked out of the lineup long term.
Mario Lemieux had his jaw broken in a fight once… should have traded him then lol
https://youtu.be/ZwpWN9azF-s I bet npll is proud of Obama ,while zerotool admires his boy toys Trudeau’s job destroying Canada
I have changed my stance politically… I want a leader who is willing to build walls. I really want to see a Scheer type win and build a wall around the entire province of Quebec 40 feet high. Then I want him to fill those walls to the brim with water
Unemployment rate is the lowest it has been since 1976…
https://tradingeconomics.com/canada/unemployment-rate
Still would like to see them go after Muzzin.
In that scenario who would you move? Would you flip Maatta straight up? Dollars make sense but we give up like 6 years. Would you move forwards?
I am always for any move that improves the team but not at the sake of making moves for making moves. I personally think adding a Ferland makes more sense and I think they are deep enough on the blue line to make that happen.
It wouldn’t be cheap. I guess it would depend on the willingness to extend in Pitt. Pettersson coming in and playing so well, makes it a lot easier to part with Maatta. They will more than likely have Oleksiak and Riikola scratched once Schultz comes back and they are more than capable.
Maatta should be moved. The drop off from him to Oleksiak and Riikola is insignificant but the cap hit is. Hes a good player with a decent contract but a luxury on this team. Moving him to fill a bigger need would be the optimal path.
What’s their biggest need?
Forward depth, the 3rd line C is an issue. The guy they have should be one of the best 3C in the game but he just doesnt mesh and the reduced role has dried the offence right up. I wouldn’d mind seeing a Ferland type winger… Kunitz-ish. Can score goals and plays in the dirt with the ability to skate with this team, he would be a nice fit anywhere in the top nine and by default add depth to L4. In a perfect world we see Brassard and Maatta (plus? prospects or picks… possibly Jarry based on DeSmith news)… Read more »
This team could really use some energy on the 3rd line and Im not seeing Pearson and Brassard as solutions there. Would love fast, physical replacements that can improve the team’s possession numbers. For these reasons, Ferland is very intriguing.
I agree I live in Los Angeles (born and raised in Pittsburgh) and Jake Muzzin would be an ideal fit. When Schultz comes back our top 4 d-men would be terrific..
He’s been playing really well lately too. It’s crazy he was actually drafted by Shero.
Sam is gonna cream himself when he finds out Letang was voted in the All Star Game in a few hours.
Well, that was a nice break but after this announcement… I had to visit lol Pick up where I left off? Nash: hangs them up today; after what 4? Increasingly poor seasons he hung up the skates. Now there are no doubts he was a premiere goal scorer in the early 2000s but he was also one of the more overrated guys during his tenure. Could score but never seemed to be able to get the job done when it mattered… now that he is retired I am sure Sam will go harder after him Pearson: I said I would… Read more »
is it true that you weren’t really gone and that you have just been typing that post for the past two weeks?
HAHAHAHA! Maybe… lol. Started a new position at work, have a little less time for this sort of thing but I found time today 🙂
Great post. Could keep Sam busy the next couple of days.
At least I’m not you that still thinks 1+1=11. And your npl10 account can’t be joined here .and stuck with your second account that Micheal Sam paid for
Sick burns bro.
Proud of you my fellow Canadian you are not like this fat slob npl that sleeps on this site waiting people write just to thumbs down them
Hey look, Sam learned what fellow means. Congrats kid.
He was probably changing mcdavids jockstrap
Since he was schooling Crosby. Man that overtime was one to to talk about for years to come
Where is your take about the Russian. How can you miss that fraud
You mean where Malkin had a quiet 2nd quarter of the season but is still on pace for a PPG and will flirt with 30 goals? The team has won 14 of 18… best way to let someone work through a slump. Crosby, who has been a beast much of the year, also has very quiet periods. You won’t acknowledge this which is why the board reacts to the whole “Sid vs Geno” thing. Bias plain and simple… if he was Rick Nash the excuses you would make for him would be legendary lol. We are lucky to have two… Read more »
Gaydogg 10.0
Shows how long you’ve been out here… I was getting in shit for long posts like this before Jaydogg/CoachD lol
All I can say is…great post.
Just read they are adding goal post cameras for the playoffs.
They wanted that for a while.
League also wants to but period timer in the corner boards so like that players see time while playing and not look up on the jumbotron for time
League also doesnt want a team in Quebec.
Hahaha Sam’s GoFundMe hero is a fraud! Dude stole $17k from wounded veterans. Another bad take by Sam.
That triple amputee?
The dude who started a GoFundMe to fund Trump’s vanity wall. Sam called him a hero.
what got into d last night? he has quadrupled his output for the year.
i saw rosie o’donnell leaving his place in the wee hours…
He watched Jim Acosta embarrass himself at the border.
Wonder what the asking price for Ferlund actually is.
Scum sully didn’t waste time to congratulate tortz for his 600th win.
It’s a great accomplishment even if Torts is a bastard, only 19 have done it. What was he supposed to do? Mail him catshit?
What an asshole congratulating his friend and mentor. The Pens should fire him immediately.