Trade Buzz: Examining the Penguins widely regarded underwhelming return for Jake Guentzel
PIT Receives: forwards Michael Bunting, Ville Koivunen, Vasily Ponomarev, Cruz Lucius and 2024 2nd round Pick (Conditional) and 2024 Fifth Round Pick (Conditional) CAR Receives: Forward Jake Guentzel, Defenseman Ty Smith ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Trade Grades: Hurricanes – A | Penguins C- Hurricanes Acquire Jake Guentzel with little risk: The Carolina Hurricanes have been criticized in past seasons of not being willing to take a risk in moving significant assets for a top rental player. They went out Thursday night in acquiring the top forward on the market in Jake Guentzel. But in doing so, they still acquired Guentzel by sticking with their beliefs of not dealing significant assets for a rental. “Jake is an elite goal scorer and playmaker who has produced
Penguins, Hurricanes reach agreement on Jake Guentzel Trade
— The Pittsburgh Penguins and Carolina Hurricanes pushed forward in talks Thursday evening and have reached an agreement on a deal that will send Jake Guentzel to the Carolina Hurricanes. Players involved are in the process of being notified over the next hour by their respective teams and a trade call is expected later tonight. A draft pick condition is among little things being finalized before the trade call tonight. …… Among the names moving in the deal: [hide] 28-year forward Michael Bunting is the notable piece at the NHL-level coming to Pittsburgh. While Pittsburgh sought some sort of futures package in any Guentzel deal, Pittsburgh also prioritized the ability to land a top-9 forward with term in talks for
Rumors: Steelers to meet with Russell Wilson
The Pittsburgh Steelers [hide] and Quarterback Russell Wilson have a mutual interest and the Steelers are planning to meet with Wilson prior to free agency — Source: Gerry Dulac Post-Gazette [/hide]
NHL Exec: 4 x 11 for Guentzel would have been win-win for both sides
NOTEBOOK BUZZ — Rumblings, Musings, Opinions — ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Some in the Penguins organization under Kyle Dubas are mystified at the direction the Penguins are taking on the Jake Guentzel front in never truly trying to resign him. Conceptually some parameters were discussed at various points this season but in the last couple months there were no substantive talks. Feelings have been hurt multiple sources say. From Guentzel’s side of things, it’s understandable where there’s frustration that Pittsburgh under Dubas has never showed him the love. All this talk of trying to keep the window open, yet Pittsburgh keeps digging in on 32 and over players and as of today never came in with an offer to even make the Guentzel
Deadline Buzz: Penguins re-engage with multiple teams on Jake Guentzel front
3/7 1:35 PM | Penguins took step back Thursday morning in process. The Pittsburgh Penguins while actively engaged in trade talks with the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday night, took a step back and expanded the process to others again Thursday morning and are going through what’s been described as ‘improved offers’ sources say. Vegas [hide] is among a group of 2-3 teams that has come back to the table, while the Colorado Avalanche [/hide] who made a late entry on Wednesday made an offer for Guentzel that was believed to include forward [hide] Ross Colton as part of the package. Carolina remains in the mix with a prospect-based offer, but sense is both sides know where each other is at
Deadline Buzz: Kings in on Reilly Smith, have mulled Carter reunion?
Latest Penguins Trade Deadline Buzz The Los Angeles Kings [hide] have been linked to a pair of Penguins forwards ahead of Friday’s trade deadline, Inside Pittsburgh Sports has learned. The Kings and Penguins have discussed a Reilly Smith trade at varying points over the last week and talk among NHL execs is the Kings have also broached the possibility of a Jeff Carter reunion. Carter, 39, would have to waive his No Trade Clause and as of today the Penguins have not officially asked Carter or his agent Rich Curran to waive for another team. There is a belief though the Carter camp is aware of possible interest from the Kings. One player of possible interest in Smith talks has
Source: Canucks tried to swing four-team deal involving Penguins-Bruins-Coyotes
If the Vancouver Canucks lose out on Jake Guentzel, it won’t be for a lack of creativity in trying. Multiple league sources say [hide] Canucks President Jim Rutherford made attempts Tuesday and into Wednesday morning of trying to build the framework of a blockbuster four team deal involving the Penguins, Boston Bruins and Arizona Coyotes. In the deal the Canucks would not have only received Jake Guentzel from Pittsburgh but also sought to acquire Jason Zucker from the Coyotes, while Elias Lindholm would go to Boston. Doubts have emerged about the complexity of the deal. [/hide] [hide] A number of Clubs that Pittsburgh was engaged in talks with this week on Jake Guentzel have pressed forward with other deals as
Dubas Deadline Challenge; Eller, Ruhwedel Latest; NJD/Sullivan
NOTEBOOK BUZZ — Rumblings, Musings, Opinions — ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ One Penguins source who’s a strong supporter of Kyle Dubas: ‘He bought too much bullshit from carry overs who made him believers’ group was a lot closer than they really were. He leaned on those who were entrenched, and I bet that won’t be the case anymore. Kyle will learn and grow from it.’ Dubas has had a bad first season as General Manager with just a few hits and a slew of misses. There’s no way around it. Still, great General Manager’s learn and react on the fly and the next phase for Dubas is going to be the toughest course of action he’s ever faced as a hockey executive starting
Deadline Buzz: Edstrom Coveted; Brisson, Dorofeyev linked to Pittsburgh in Talks?
On Vegas & Guentzel: The clear shortlist of teams vying for Jake Guentzel expected to learn today whether Pittsburgh will grant Guentzel [hide] permission to speak with teams. Penguin management planned to decide on this course of action Monday Night following internal discussions and a planned call with the Guentzel camp. We’ll see what comes today. Guentzel camp is said to have a very, very small short-list of teams they’d be willing to discuss extension with……..[/hide] [hide] Lots of talk league-wide that Vegas discussions has centered around 2020 first-round pick Brendan Brisson and 2019 third-rounder Pavel Dorofeyev. There is differing opinions from scouts on Brisson’s ceiling due to his skating. Brisson, though, has a great hockey-IQ and can really shoot
Rumors: Rival Clubs saying 95% Chance Guentzel gets traded according to Top NHL Insider
Has the possibility of Pittsburgh making one last swing to sign Jake Guentzel been thrown out the window? As I reported Sunday morning teams that viewed this as a chance for weeks prior are no longer running on that assumption. The feeling around the league has moved to close to 100% Guentzel is getting moved in the coming days. Top NHL Insider [hide] Elliotte Friedman echoed the same on his Latest 32 Thoughts Podcast Released Monday Morning: [/hide] [hide] “Awful loss on Calgary Saturday Night. Really tough loss,” Friedman said of the Penguins. “We can see the writing on the wall here. He’s [Kyle Dubas] going to move guys. He went to Bryan Rust and told Bryan Rust that there