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Rutherford anticipates being active to upgrade the roster
Changes are coming to the Penguins this summer.
How big?
Time will tell.
“It’s obvious I’m going to keep an open mind to changes and I will make some changes,” Penguins GM Jim Rutherford said today at his season ending news conference. “We’re a good team, we will be a good team going forward,” said Rutherford. “We’ll have the chance to win again, we have the nucleus to do that.”
Whether the Penguins go into the direction of moving a core player remains to be seen but talk among rival executives already is the Penguins have the appetite to move a big name player in the right deal with To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
One thing Rutherford noted today is the Penguins have a number of tradable assets to make desired changes in certain areas.
“We also have the pieces in place that are players other teams will want that will allow us To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
MORE BUZZ
— On Derick Brassard, Mike Sullivan said today it was a “feeling out process” and Brassard just never found that true comfort level.
Rutherford, meanwhile, blamed the To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
There’s going to be talk this summer, and already is on whether the Penguins should consider moving Brassard as there would be a strong market for a second-line level type center in Brassard who carries just a $3 million cap hit and $3.5 million base salary in 2018-2019.
It’s certainly early and the Penguins are weeks away from putting their off-season plan into focus but there is no sense right now that Pittsburgh has any interest in parting with Brassard this summer.
Among the reasons:
They’d be back to square one and most importantly, The Penguins don’t buy the ‘bad fit’ for the system talk one bit, a source close to the situation says, as Brassard has been successful in systems like this, notably To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
Npl suckss
What would it take to pry OEL out of Arizona? He makes 5.5, in his last year and you know they won’t pay him. I’d love to add him as a Letang replacement.
drool baby drool
That’s creepy.
In a heartbeat! Would love to see the Pens snag a player like him and he would excel out of that dumpster but I doubt he would be made available
I figured if the Pens could get past Washington then taking out Tampa would have been easier because they played Vasilevskiy way to much this year. It seems Washington is figuring that out too. This series may be over in 4 or 5 games.
Pens Didnt play Murray much this year and still lost you would think be is well rested for playoffs. Yet can’t catch anything from that glove. Oh yeah forgot it’s letang fault
It’s like npl ‘s mom blaming your dad cummingg insider of her for you but doesn’t get the blame that she spread her legs to create that fat basstard
Unlike your mom who trapped your father by taking the load he dropped on her face and rubbed it in her cooch… you come from a long line of frauds
I wonder how npl and rest of the Tampax museum are doing
Commentator just said all you can hear is sticks and pucks lol
I wonder who you’ll be rooting for next week, virginal bandwagon.
Cap’s got full momentum by beating the pens. And that is why I have them for the final vs jets.
Fucking Tampa!
With no backstrom
I love Kunitz’s game. Sorely missed
A chronological look at Sam the virginal bandwagons bandwagon nature. Favorite team to start the season: Montreal. In November, once they inevitably prove to be horrendous (like the rest of the citizens of their province) virgin Sam switches to the Penguins due to them winning 2 cups in a row. This continues until the playoffs start, where he, for some reason, jumps on the Flyers bandwagon. Once eliminated, he switches back to the Penguins. Upon their demise, Vegas is the new team. After just one loss, like the gutless pu$$y the virginal bandwagon is, he jumps ship to the Jets.… Read more »
Welcome back tom Wilson
27k fans outside the arena watching the game.
That’s 27k more adults then pens full season games. Since its full kids
Go cheer for them then you fucken cuntt loser… we get it… you hate the Penguins because you’re a bullshit bandwagon jumping loser. 10 hours ago you were riding MAFs cockk until WPG Lost? What a trash fan… fuck you fake ass wannabe fan…
I love fleury but. No way the will beat jets I’m a bandwagon go check my hockey bracket I have put the teams moving to the finals from the begining so there no way I am changing me mind every second now get vanned
You’re a bandwagon fan because it’s clear you cheer for a few names wearing Pens jerseys while claiming to be a fan. You take pride when the Pens struggle and dismiss their successes. You’re the worst fucking Penguins fan I’ve ever spoken too which is proof you’re a fucken fraud
I’m not a fraud I just speak the truth but sheep’s like you are blind so it’s hard to understand the way you think that queer Trudeau is amazing. By opening the borders and making the country become a shitholee like the states
Nope fraud, you’re a fake ass piece of shit and damn near every person whose immigrated into this country since Trudeau became PM is a far better Canadian than youll ever be… and the ain’t French so they are also better people in general
I don’t love Fleury.
What else is there to do in Winnipeg
For sure not getting fat sitting home
Can someone sit engo. His garbage. Maybe send to Pittsburgh since pens like to always welcome back their ex players
Lmmfao… Engo was fine the entire playoffs but is now an issue? Coming from the stupid fucken asshole that refuses to acknowledge Letang was a dumpster fire even as most discuss it
It shows you didn’t watch any Vegas games. Most goals happens when he is on ice and beat. The exact same way he was with pens in playoffs. And more Vegas going far more be is exposed just like he was with pens vs bruins get vanned asap
Exactly like how Letang was on the ice for many key fucken goals for the Pens? Such a fake fuckk, cheers for the players so much he can’t even admit when they blew it… loser. Get off his dick you fucken Letang Stan
In order to stop offending franco-Americans deodorant is outlawed and you can only brush your teeth on Thursdays.
I wonder if “Being French” will become the next protected class in America. Women, blacks, gays, “fat slobs” and now Letangs.
No before that there is the fat slobs being protected
Good point. I will amend my post.
I missed the game. Fleury turn back into a pumpkin? After all, games are starting to count.
Not to change the subject for the hell of it…… over / under on next article?
June draft. Lots of coverage of the Pens first round pick.
Black American Dustin Byfuglien appears to own French Canadian Fleury
Get lost fatso go cheer Tampax like you been doing
Now you have the hutz on black Dustin already
Since your ex bf left you last week because you lied to him and there is proof
“Hutz” speaking English you fucken moron
You guys saw reaves hit to wheeler.
Don Cherry just said pens made a mistake reading reaves .
Reading Reaves? Sam sucks.
I found the Reaves book very boring and too long. Don Cherry is also longwinded and boring too.
Well played. Love this guy’s posts.
Which one “How to make the conference finals in 2018”? 🙂 couldn’t resist
Canada made a mistake putting Don Cherry on TV.
Your mom made a mistake for not having a abortion for you
An abortion. If is simple english!
Trading reaves
Bahahahahaha… so senile ass Cherry says it… while the Knights lose and now you don’t like the Reaves trade? Form an original thought you asshole
Sam talking to himself again. Asshat
I bet you are that Brandon character on nhl playoff brackets and in last place with npl
I don’t do any bracket that your racist ass is involved with. You suck Sam. Keep thumbing up your own posts. Such a loser move.
Fleury looks like 2008 Fleury tonight.
You’re a clown. Vegas has no chance to beat jets. This series will be a short one but of course you have a agenda on fleury
That wasn’t a compliment dummy. I remember how the Wings tormented him and he let in some soft goals. Ok stupid, go to bed loser.
Yeah my well known Fleury agenda. Hands down the stupidest person on this site.
This mother fucker has literally been pushing the MAF agenda for weeks and no they never stood a chance? Fraud!
1-0 jets. Wow can’t hear the commentators that’s how loud it is.
Wow it is loud in Bell mts centre
You guys think it will ever be this kind in any American building
Answer is easy. It’s a no.
Because as you see most fans are adults. Unlike pens fans or some florida teams. It’s full of kids taking selfies to post on Facebook.
That is because American hockey fans are used to winning. Canada has not seen a cup since 93 so they get easily excited when their teams tease them.
I wonder when the next story will post on this site. Actually, I don’t wonder.
Penguins extend Letang’s contract and once he retires he will become the Penguins defensive coachz
Pens extend their hot dog contract for kessel and once he retires he will have a hot dog after his name
Fisher retiring again… I am sure he will be back if Nashville is looking good next year… lol.
Cooper about game 1
They were playing the conference final
We were playing game 38
Now where is that moron that said Tampax will beat caps easily
Just think, if Letang didn’t suck so much Pens could be up 2-0 after 1 period.
Just think if Murray had a few glove saves
I hear that
Tampa, the ECFs has officially started.
New update
Tampax is offering free blow jobs.
By a fat man. It’s confirmed that npl is Hanging around in section 8 of the arena.
Any donation will mean a lot to him and his Black Cockk Matters movement.
No shocker you’d be one to break this news lol
I left you a few trailer to watch down below maybe it will help you to get you a hard on for your wife tonight lol
Now sam wants to discuss my erections… sammich you need to just come clean about your latent desires. You keep dropping obvious hints but you need to be true to yourself… find yourself a “good French boy”… one that isn’t married, “ahem Letang cough cough”
Leafs name new fraud gm
Tampa in 6 just because no way in hell I can ever root for the Craps
Fleury, Fleury!
Hey tbj remember you had an agenda on my brackets with flyer’s in 6.
There is 4 teams remaining tell me how many of the 4 teams remaining I’m right about I’ll give you a hint same number as pens usually need for murray to win .
Fkyers in 6 doesn’t look as bad as
Pens for the cup my droolers
they won 2 in a row..get over it..i know that kills you inside…droolers?..why because they want the pens to win…ITS A PENS FAN SITE GET OFF IT YOUR NOT A FAN…Montreal blows horse co**
Get lost loser
Says the idiot that consistently cheers for other teams and seems quite excited that the Penguins lost? Youre such a phoney
Some people on this board should be getting Hooked On Phonics for Christmas this year.
Loser? Said the man leaving in his Mom’s basement and has her pay for his SiriusXM subscription.
Wow pages from stain eh?
You also forgot I change my car you might as well put that on my mom
I change my TLX 2015 to Acura TLX 2018
Nobody believes that. You have a bus pass for a short bus retard.
He also fux his uncle!
Give me you email I’ll take live pics my. At and me inside as well
Tbj233@gmail.com
You’re a hater
You probably own a white 1990 creep van https://youtu.be/pVEG8sNj6w8
https://youtu.be/bc1MSREXOtk
https://youtu.be/-UQOR-IJDLc And this one is for zero
ColeTrain32 just served you Chubby!
Where is gaydogg and tbj I wonder what they think of my bracket again
Dude you picked Philly in 6. Pretty much everything else is irrlevant.
well my bracket is shot i think now
Mine has been blown to shit lol.
This Winnipegger is in shock. Third round for the first time in history. Proud that my two favorite teams are taking turns beating Nashville!
I have jets for the cup in my Stanley cup challenge
That STASTNY trade that people seemed to have over looked is working out great for the Jets. I guess Fisher can go back into retirement again.
Not me, had Stastny all year in my pool… was happy with the trade especially due to the playoff piece lol
I’m happy for Canada. A reason to exist
Never thought Rinne was good. Comes up small in big games. Laviollete is a bag of dciks as well.
Always been a choker and he is still with same team unlike pens fans here had hate for fleury
Now they can keep hating him while their team is our since second round and fleury goes on 3rd round
LOL, it’s funny how you refuse to acknowledge the FACT that Murray was in goal for the last two cups! PERIOD! No matter how you wanna rewrite what happened… Murray!
Glad to see the Preds about to go down. What an annoying fan base.
But but… they are so into hockey!! They have been for the past season and a half!
Everything they do is so cringe worthy. They’re the fan base equivalent to Sames sentence structure.
Winnipeg is probably pissed the Pens scooped up Brassard. Stansny looks terrible
McPhee should have let Winnipeg get Brassard. Stasny is killing it!
Those first two goals very Murray like. I still can’t get over the first goal Murray gave up in Game 6. Gross.
Wow, Rinne looking like MAF! Circa 2013
Or Matt Murray
You’re clearly not watching the game…
Rinne is a goner. Another flop
Preds or Jets tonight?
Either… like both teams. That said I just seen an intro that was heavily Bollywood inspired and I was diggin it… I dunno… Lol
In the immortal words of Ralph Wiggum… Go Banana!
I bet you want preds more. Take Canadian wannabe American
What are you trying to say boy? That cheering for the team with the US born Captain would make me a “real Canadian”? In the eyes of the twaat from Quebec? Which translates into “FAKE CANADA” in the Queens English
Winnipeg’s top 5 forwards…
2 Americans, a Finn a Norwegian and a Canuck
Their 3 best Dmen… Born in the USA…
End of the day the idea that I have to “Cheer for a Canadian team is ridiculous. While I was torn on the series I find it hilarious that the jagoff that claims to cheer for a US based franchise has an issue with others not cheering flat out for Winnipeg! Specifically I was hoping PK Subban would win… Canadian lol, kill yourself lol
Pens should get jack Johnson
And instead of getting rid of letang no one talks about moving mattaa. He never gets heat.
I never liked his play and his contract. Except for gaydogg he was super happy when they first sign mattaa
Pens won with Maatta in 2016 and 2017.. Letang wasnt there last year… he comes back and they lose… he makes twice as much!
Last year pens had Puck luck. Most games they were outplayed but they managed to score those timely goals fleury stole 2 series so yeah had nothing to do with maatta and letang debate .
The year before when pens won vs sharks. Letang shut down ovi in that series
Lol, you’ve been making fun of the idea of puckluck and now it’s being used as your excuse? A team won a cup off just puckluck?
Gen vanned fuckhead
PS Ovechkin plays for Washington, not SJ… add this to the list of names you’ve fucked up in this regard lol
Why would they have to move Maatta? I said get JJ at the trade deadline, now you want to use it as your thought.
Phil I would not trade… Letang I would kick out the door but do you people realistically think anyone is the league will take him with all his history? He is one hit away from being a vegetable, his mental mistakes could very well be coming from all of his concussions, he has heart problems, missed all the postseason last year and the Penguins looked better without him plus his contract is beyond explanation and he has a MNTC/NMC. Face it people, the Pens are stuck with him.
Thanks stain
The eats 25 minutes a night and is still an elite skater. Definitely tradable.
Maybe stain can confirm that
Can I trade him to you?
Tradeable yes… but do you simply move on from him or would you want something in your back pocket? I have never been more open to the team at least exploring the option however, regardless of the bad year, it still leaves a large hole to fill. I would want a security blanket here.
Also the 2016 team with him was a better team than last years
Unloading tanger and Phil would save roughly 15 million per year. I’m not advocating that..just saying.
So what do you do with that 15M that brings more to the team than those 2? Cap space isn’t going to be an issue this summer because of the record jump the cap is expected to take so moving guys to free up cap space is pointless. Any move should be about improving the team not how much cap space it opens up.
$4 million is the projected jump. But all that means is UFA’s will demand more bc the money is out there. The Penguins need to get rid of some of their so called Defensemen or next will be the same as this year. Too many bad contracts in the defensive department.
3 to 7 million is the projected jump
Fuucck small tweaks. Trade Letang and Murray for Price and Patches. Make Canadians take Hunwick. Sign Carlson.
You do realize Price is under contact for another 6 or 7 years at 10.5 per year with a NMC.
Yes. So?
GMJR will figure out a way to trade for the right to sign Ryan Reaves.
WTF is with the Penguins management and their players keeping the “injuries” a secret but then saying they were bad enough to keep them from playing well in the playoffs?! This is like a big FU to the fans. We come to your games, we buy your merchandise. This to me is insulting. You win the cup and all the injuries come out. You lose in the second round, you say the injuries are no excuse for losing but you also say the secret injuries effected a lot of players. Your season is over, fans will be more forgiving and… Read more »
Hey Npl and zerotool Montreal sucks https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/montreal-is-top-north-american-university-city-1.3922292
At least you know this… The quality of McGill is the students from across the country…
Ya and they chose to come here
How long did you attend McGill?
Glad they are making changes. Smart business not resting on their laurels. They’ll be back. I have faith in Rutherford.
I think he has a tendency to over pay lately and you will shocked i think it started with the deal to pick up Reaves also I like to think long term and there isn’t much left for long term. His entry to the FA market got us Hunwick. To quote Eddie Murphy “WOW what a bargain”
That’s fair CB based on the last couple of moves. He should not have traded Cole for the Brassard deal. Should have thrown in something else. I just feel he traded him because Sullivan didn’t like him. Got to think of the team and the team goals. You win cups with guys like Cole on your team. Rutherford has made some good deals so like I said, I’ll give him another chance. I totally get why people might be apprehensive though.
After the trade deadline fiasco should we really let GMJR still have the keys to drive?
Should we not allow you to comment due to recency bias? Back to Back Stanley Cups in the Cap era more than earns him the keys; it’s his car as well. Show me any GM in the league & I’ll show you the mistakes they’ve made, none are infallible, they’re human. JR has won WAY more trades than lost. Period.
WTF are you to tell someone they cant comment I realize your lips are firmly attached to GMJR backside by your comments. Its a pro sports team and I don’t worship them I am a paying fan of them. I will judge his body of work by recent (this past season) events. If you judge by his over all work people would still be signing Letangs praises. Judging by the total career you would think Murray is a solid goaltender. There is one winner and that will be the Stanley Cup Champion all else lost.
Def warrants some looking at going back to last off-seasons shit hole moves – I would like to see fresh eyes in the GM seat and move JR into operations
guy won 2 out of the last 3 cups. fire that bum
He is the oldest gm in the league they should fire him lol
His won the cup with canes. With pens it’s not easy in this league and he has done it. There are a lot other GMs never won. For instants Nashville GM David poile he has been with preds since day 1 and hasn’t won yet