League Chatter Mounting: Hagelin on the bubble to stay in Pittsburgh beyond this season
Carl Hagelin’s status for the start of the playoffs is in doubt due to a broken [hide] foot. Hagelin is expected to have another exam early next week that will tell the story whether he has a shot to play in the first round at some point, team sources say.
Hagelin a key cog for the Penguins Stanley Cup run last spring, continues to be at the forefront of rumors around the league that the Penguins are likely to try to move him this summer in attempt to free up money elsewhere, though, the pushback from those close to the situation is ‘let’s see how things play out in the post-season first’.
The speedy winger being vulnerable to a trade or being exposed in the expansion draft is something I’ve mentioned a couple times recently based on discussions other clubs have had with the Penguins around the deadline.
The talk has pretty much been out there since about late January surrounding Hagelin.
Hagelin’s one of a few players on the Penguins roster where how they perform in the post-season is going to have a lot of weight on whether they’re moved or not this off-season. Barring he’s healthy, If Hagelin has the type of impact he had last spring and the Penguins make a very deep run, then the Hagelin chatter will die down some.
But, any scenario where the Penguins go out early with or without Hagelin in the lineup due to injury, or if his play in the post-season is around the inconsistent level it’s been this season, then all bets are off.
VEGAS BOUND?
ESPN ran a projected expansion draft with writers Scott Burnside, Craig Custance, Pierre LeBrun and Joey McDonald participating.
Hagelin was selected on two of the four expansion draft projections, from LeBrun and McDonald.
Here is Pierre LeBrun’s Team:
Forwards
Tomas Plekanec, Montreal Canadiens
Tyler Ennis, Buffalo Sabres
Micheal Ferland, Calgary Flames
Lee Stempniak, Carolina Hurricanes
Sven Andrighetto, Colorado Avalanche
Benoit Pouliot, Edmonton Oilers
Marcus Kruger, Chicago Blackhawks
Luke Glendening, Detroit Red Wings
Vladislav Namestnikov, Tampa Bay Lightning
Eric Fehr, Toronto Maple Leafs
Jonathan Marchessault, Florida Panthers
Mathieu Perreault, Winnipeg Jets
Carl Hagelin, Pittsburgh Penguins
Defensemen
David Schlemko, San Jose Sharks
Stephen Johns, Dallas Stars
Josh Manson, Anaheim Ducks
Brayden McNabb, Los Angeles Kings
Jonas Brodin, Minnesota Wild
Ben Lovejoy, New Jersey Devils
Matt Irwin, Nashville Predators
Goalies
Antti Raanta, New York Rangers
Philipp Grubauer, Washington Capitals
Joonas Korpisalo, Columbus Blue Jackets
— Scott Burnside of ESPN had Brian Dumoulin being exposed and selected him in his projection. That one was a bit surprising as Dumoulin being exposed is extremely unlikely. [/hide]
Party at yodas guys
matt murray gives up 5 we get articles on DK’s site about how murray’s glove hand is the problem. the day after st.bleury gives up 5 Dk’s site will write an article about how bad the pens banged replacement defensemen are. hahahahahahaha!
Yeah how about 10 odd man rush yogurt and defense is sleeping. Fleury should’ve been pulled after first but safe to say you have a competition in the locker room not only you are in love with Murray but coach sully too he protects his boy toy murray from games like this so his stats don’t get fuckedd and has confident going into playoffs
Bottom line bandwagons I said it before I say it again when pens won last year I said it hbk line was one hit wonder and if pens want to repeat to win the cup they need to block shots they way they did last year and I don’t see this coming. I smell a first round exit fleury or Murray in net it won’t make difference if team in front is playing like crap. There are way more teams hungrier then pens this year I find with injuries pens intensity level went down in this time of the year
By that logic, you’d think the habs would be a bit hungry, eh? #1993
You make no sense. Just come back in April you and your buddy npl
At no point in your pathetic life have you ever made sense. Ever. Anyone who has ever read what you call a rational thought, immediately writes you off as a complete clown. Anyway, is Malkin back in Russia yet? How is Quebec doing? Will toews ever do half of what Kane does?
I’m just glad you’re Canadas problem. You wouldn’t make it in the States, or anywhere outside of Quebec without your mom supporting you. Enjoy another fruitless season up there. #1993
This makes me sad…
On that note, doesn’t it feel like this is sams version of #blowitup?
So jaded. So sexually owned by the frog goalie. Sad!
This is gold, when Murray gave up 5 goals vs the FAR worse Flyers this fucken tard “didn’t care at this point”. Until the very next game where we watch players like Gaunce look like dog shit and contribute to 10 odd man rushes vs the top team in the west and he’s running his mouth hard again hahaha. You should just have the word hypocrite tattooed in old English across your stomach lol.
#doesntevencare
We better get an article comparing his sav % 1st period vs last 2 periods.
10-1 odd man rush so far
Idiot
Why idiot it’s the truth but your hockey starts in April so it’s expected to miss that part
Getting a bit old, eh? #1993
Chubbbyyyy
Does the old saying about QBs, “if you have 2, you have none” apply to goalies in hockey?
Toews with another valuable second assist.
I think since the Russian renewed his contract with the pens his new contract allows him to take annual 20 games vacation and always around the same time of the year.
Last time pens lost vs Hawks they had 7 odd man rush now tonight they are already at 5 odd man rush. Ps Cole suckss
Yikes, 4-0…..shit city flower!!!
Um- bop, do the Fleury Flop!
fuckk you sully for keeping fleury in. Hey zero tool I guess sully wants to still win with fleury in net. Or its more like his protecting his boy toy Murray’s stats
Maybe sully is just happy he can breathe through his nose on the bench.
Or he figured there was nothing to gain by feeding Murray to a team that his squad didn’t get up for in the first place? End of the day he gave up only one the rest of the way and his coach showed confidence in letting him play this game out. These are the little things that completely escape you and yoda nightly
This isn’t letangs best game.
He is still performing as good as Kessel while he is dressed for this game
Nope. Phil is doing the “little things.” Letang is doing some tranny on liberty whilst reeking of quebec BO
Sam is going complete sam. Funny he grasps at straws when his fellow frog is useless. Keep the excuses coming fatboy.
Where’s Jarry? I hear he’s the future.
Cole sucksss dick
More useful than half season letang.
Letang looks slow tonight.
Maybe he needs to quit eating the same hot dogs that Kessel eats
It’s safe to say this arena is a funeral and fans going home to sleep
Find me one building in any sport in any city that doesn’t get quiet when surrendering 4 in the first
I dare you cucksucker Yoda say all 3 were fleury fault when you have the defence playing peewee hockey. The way pens playing is like the DB days flyers series
Where is our prophet
Thank God I am not playing fleury in my hockey pool tonight look at the garbage in front of him
Cole is the new bone head malkin of the team takes dumb penalty on nightly basis and with malkin gone be has elevate his game taking more dumb penalties
I had to give away tickets for tonight….I expect a great game now.
What kind of moron gives away tickets like this but don’t blame you there is a lot of empty seats tonight it’s a late game for an average bandwagon fans
Who passes up a chance to see letang!
Maybe he didn’t want to see chubby having a heart attack after his shift
I have a family health issue going on right now, but thanks for assuming I just did not want to go to the game.
Dustin I know we bust each other’s balls, but I seriously hope everything’s ok with your family. That stuff is no fun to go through. Hang in there dude.
Thanks
Once again you are wrong.
Whats the average prison term one serves for treason? Curious how much Trump is looking at.
For sure less then Hilary
Sam you ignorant sIut, that is false.
Considering he’s Hitler, he’d never arrest himself.
Putin would never allow him to go full Hitler.
Letang’s injury not considered long term. Relatively speaking.
Caveat… not considered long term… for Letang
Fleury in net tonight. Good job cucksucker sully for protecting your Murray again. Since you want fleury play vs good teams why don’t you just make fleury play until end of season and have Murray have the back seat
Let’s give Murray a little credit – he didn’t miss 40 games with “pungent BO”
Are you sure it is not because Murray just surrendered 5 vs Philly and Sullivan wants to try and win this game? Has that thought crossed your tiny little mind? Or is this more of your “sammiches world” bullshitt where you have these unique ideas about players successes and failures?
sammich says thumbs down so no… it didn’t cross his mind
Well that went sideways fast lol
Murray has a .873 save percentage since the trade deadline.
I want Maloni’s thoughts on this. He’s our resident goalie expert.
If we end up going with Fleury, I hope he steps up. I would honestly rather see us win with Fleury than Murray, as he’s a class act and I’ve been a fan of him from the start. It would also make this offseason a lot more interesting. With all that, I just have no faith in him in the postseason. There were times when he played well and the team didn’t produce, but he still didn’t step up the way we needed him to. There were also times when he just looked horrendous. It’s still murray’s job to lose,… Read more »
Fully agree, it is definitely Murray’s job to lose still but I am concerned he is doing that. I may not have as deep reservations about MAF in the post season as I would be comfortable with 2014, 2015 MAF in the net based on the fact that the team in front of him has so much more going on for it vs those years. While you are correct he didn’t “come up big” enough for them to steal the series I see that .915 and .927 in those years and think its enough to win with especially when we… Read more »
That’s one thing I always loved about being a goalie. No matter what type of chaos is going on around you or off the ice, it’s still just you, the net and the puck. Hopefully this whole experience impacted him in a positive way.
Yes the flyer series fleury let some soft goals but wasn’t entirely his fault when clown DB decided not to adjust and play more defensive hockey and chose to play pee wee hockey with no defense. If he chose to play a bit defensive pens would’ve beaten flyers the team was good enough back then to beat the flyers
Plenty of blame for sid and letang that series for losing their cool and putting them in the box in game three because they were little bitches. You can take the pusssy out of Quebec but you can’t take Quebec out of that pusssy
Sheary and Ruhwedel are game time decisions although considered likely (probable) to play – HCMS
I just assume Letang is playing, because he always plays.
I assume pens will pick up malkin from the airport since he is coming back from his annual vacation
I guess same was right Russian gets injured around trade deadline comes back then gets injured or pretends to be injured before the plays. Every year same song plays and suckers like you fall for it. You know what they say there is a sucker born every minute and you bandwagons are the sucker this fraud has you clowns for a ride
What did the suckers fall for? 1 less point in 1 less game than the “best player in the world?” Boy did he get us!
Maybe he’s on vacation with Letang. Or maybe he quit because they tried to make him shower.
Jason Mackey “Based on how long they stayed on, plus needing to react to contact, would seem unlikely for Hainsey or Guentzel to play tonight.”
Hey D… injury update? I am hearing Hainsey and Guentzel are no longer in no contact sweaters and Cullen and Sheary are on the ice as well. Any update as to whether or not they play tonight?
Sam thinks Carl Hagelin is cute
I think by next season Archibald can fill in for Hagelin and have the same type of production and impact for 1\4 the cost.
I think by next season Wilson can fill for #81 chubby and have the same type of production and impact for 1/4 the cost
Which account is that opinion coming from?
Moron!