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[Rust not offered for Domi]
[Penguins in the Faulk market?]
[ One Eastern Team see’s #1 ability in Jarry]
[More Kessel/Nashville Trade Talk]
The Penguins interest in Max Domi prior to the Montreal Canadiens securing a trade for him last week is well documented.
Penguin scouts/coaches saw Domi being an excellent fit in the years ahead with one of the top-2 centers on the left side because of his vision/playmaking ability combined with his competitiveness.
The strength areas of Domi’s game projected to be a much better fit in Pittsburgh then it will be in Montreal where there’s going to be no goal scorers around him, especially once the Habs move Max Pacioretty.
Unfortunately for Pittsburgh, Arizona went with quality over quantity.
Much talk of what the Penguins offered has centered around Bryan Rust ‘reportedly’ being offered for Domi.
However, word from high ranking sources is that Rust was not put on the table for Domi and the Rust talk has come more from Arizona being interested in the player than the Penguins actually offering Rust for Domi.
That’s not something they wanted to do as Mike Sullivan wants management to add more forwards like Rust, not subtract them.
Coaches love Rust around the league, Rich Tocchet is certainly one of them, so it’s not surprising Arizona was asking about him during the Domi talks.
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— Would Phil Kessel welcome a trade out of Pittsburgh?
Maybe because of his soured relationship with Mike Sullivan that some close to the situation believe won’t get any better, but until something comes out of the mouth of Kessel or his representation who knows whether that’s actually the case or not.
Until we hear from one of them there’s no reason to really speculate.
One thing to remember with Kessel — he was crushed day in and day out by the Toronto media and he never went public about wanting out or hoping for a trade.
He actually wanted to stay in Toronto.
On a side note, as reported here in late May, Nashville had spoken with Pittsburgh early in the process about potentially pursuing Phil Kessel. There’s been back and forth discussions over the last 2-3 weeks so that’s a team to still watch along with 2-3 others that Pittsburgh believes they line up well with.
One thing the Penguins have done on the market is try to sell Kessel as one of the NHL’s premier scoring wingers.
That’s had them asking about some big name players in talks, forwards-defenseman.
Ryan Ellis for Phil Kessel isn’t happening but Nashville has certainly discussed something along the lines of NTo read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
Bonino and Smith for Kessel…
Sheary would have to be moved for cap reasons but the depth!
Brassard Crosby Hornqvsit
Hagelin Malkin Sprong
Guentzel Bonino Smith
Aston-Reese Sheahan Rust
x Blueger
You think they’d be a better team with Bonino and Smith over Kessel and Sheary? Uhhh, pass….a thousand times.
Cap set at 79.5. Sam wrong again claiming it would be 82.
Apparently npl will buy his first ea nhl19 game. Since cover will be subban
Imagine caps hire db
Now chances are a bit higher for isles to keep JT
Trotz officially with islanders
4m per year 5 years contract. F-U caps
Meanwhile fraud DB is still home stilling paychecks.
Caps didn’t even want to give him 300k raise yet isles gave him a 2.5m raise
Underrated for many years and underpaid coach. Unlike that American bozo DB overrated and overpaid.
Trade Letang to Edmonton for the #10 overall pick.
Any news you hear you come here a d drool about it
And with their first pick in the NHL draft the Penguins pick….. NOTHING… ABSOLUTLY NOTHING!
I’d like to see the pens roll 6 lines this season.
**** it, Just get rid of the D and roll 5 fowards. They will look the same anyway.
Trotz close to signing with the Islanders. I had a odd dream last night that JT signed a 3 year contract with….. the Flyers. WTF?!
I said it few days ago about trotz going to isles. And got thumbs down
Sam idolizes a president that hates all Canadians. Hahaha
Here is a mind blowing factoid.. TSN has Conor Sheary at 19 on the trade bait list… 2 spots ahead of Bobby Ryan! This one will mess with -5ams head
Wtf even fraud sheary is ahead of Bobby Ryan
Kostopoulos retire after 19 season. The guy played with a lot of heart can be a good asset in penguins management.
There is big chance same will be right again. Jack Johnson might come to Pittsburgh
Now where is the clown that told me he won’t and will pursue bug paycheck instead
only a frog would want to get paid in bugs
Best post of the summer^
At least spell your name right. Lol.
Yinzers love Jack Johnson and any1 best friends w/ Sid despite the fact that his underlying numbers have been terrible the last 2 years. Even for a #6 dman. Plus he wants upwards of $3mill!!! See Jesse Marshall’s tweet, please. He breaks it down well. Kevin Connauton (the guy GMJR targeted at the trade deadline) will be available for far less and will produce more than JJ.
As a 7th I would go for it but there is probably a good reason he is 28 and just now playing a full season. I would rather have something more predictable
He’s better than Ruhwedel and he both produces on offense and can play physical. He’s played 260 games in his career and this was more or less his 3rd full season, not first. And 28 is as old as most of the Pens are.
misread that, still… he has played and has changed his address several times along the way.Maybe he is a late bloomer but I see a lot of red flags.
End of the day I am not sure it is a small tweak like that which is needed as opposed to adding a defender that is more capable in a top 4 role which should, hopefully, give Letang a little rest night in and out.
No worries. The formula that helped the Pens win 2 cups in a row wasn’t defense. It was offense. Daley, was a 3rd pair guy who was bad in his own end, would not suppress a lot of shots yet would make up for it by his offense, first pass, and by carrying the puck up ice. Letang didn’t even play for the 2017 Cup team, we had Ron friggin Hainsey, who is no better than Hunwick. Don’t give into what GMJR wants, b/c it isn’t always right. See: Ryan Reaves, Max Lapierre, etc…The Caps had Kempny who was also… Read more »
Formula is hot goalie pens benefited because of hot goalies 2017 pens shouldve been out first round they were outplayed by jackets and caps too they had hot goalie and a lot of puck luck in those 2 series
They beat sens game 7 overtime sens couldve went finals too
But they didn’t and now Melnyk is about to bury the team as he heads towards bankruptcy… moot point.
Simple offseason plan for success.
Trade Sheary and Hunwick for used jock straps to clear up 5.5 mill.
Sign Rust, Sprong, Sheahan, Kuhnhackl, Rowney and Simon.
Guentzel – Crosby – Hornqvist
Rust – Malkin – Kessel
Hagelin – Brassard – Sprong
Aston-Reese – Sheahan – Kuhnhackl
Rowney and Simon taxi squad
Sign Oleksiak and Jack Johnson.
Dumoulin – Letang
Johnson – Schultz
Oleksiak – Maatta
Ruhwedel taxi squad
Murray and Jarry
Fire Sullivan
Raise another cup!
All the retards that post on this site, and you come up with this trash. Maybe you’re a smart guy that’s just a retard with hockey. I don’t know!
Remember what happened after 09′? Remember how the Blackhawks stole our thunder because Shero was so in love with penalty killing scrubs and washed up vets. The Hawks fell into the secret because of the cap and bad contracts.
Pens need retooled. New life, new energy!
I would rather have Faulk… been saying this since Carolina announced the fire sale. He is a right handed shot which may fit the team better although it would put us in an interesting position with Schultz. Regardless he is a better all around guy that Johnson
So the same shitty defense plus a declining JJ (who did not even play in the playoffs) and the same goalie tandom that looked horrible last year will win you a cup because you traded Hunwick and Sheary and signed Sprong? Ok.
Correct. I’m not blowing up a team that won 2 out of the last 3 cups.
I don’t think you need to blow up the cup to add a better option than Jack Johnson… and I just noticed the fire Sullivan comment… jesus christ
JJ is not the answer to a shitty blueline. He couldn’t even crack the CBJ’s playoff roster. And getting rid of Sheary and Hunwick will not be easy. Even for a 7th round pick.
Bring in Bones….Pens 5C model…love it!
Man, Trump really hates Canadians.
To be fair, no one likes Candians.
sullivan has become a complete jagoff. he wants more guys like bryan rust who was a ghost in the playoffs and he hates skill like kessel and sprong. he wants more rusts because they play the system that feeds his ego so they stay in the NHL while skill guys are forced to play with garbage and are held back by the stupid system. stick a fork in the pens. they are trending down with that clown behind the bench. i swear the pens could trade kessel for ovechkin and sullivan would stick ovechkin with sheahan. this line balance obsession… Read more »
Has become? He always was a jagoff, the only thing that changed is he now has Crosby and Malkin to bail him out. He’s Tortarella Jr.
Yup just like DB he looked good because of sid and Geno and con him self to a big contract yet trotz was denied 300k raise while fraud DB is getting 2.5m sitting home
Muderers row here lol… Sam cant figure out if Geno is good and Sullivan relied on him or is terrible and lazy, did Trotz not benefit from OV and Kuznetzov? The OP retard is already riding the blow it up train again because he is completely incapable of learning (throwing **** at a wall again hey). Before Sullivan the team had no identity and a real poor atmosphere pertaining to the accountability piece. Sullivan shows up and suddenly everyone is playing on the same page and they hold each other accountable. Regardless of the type and status of the player,… Read more »
If sully doesn’t get fire next summer for sure the following one he will be no way this guy can be with pens 2 more years unless they win the cup
Its a wonder how Quinville still has a job…
We need a physical forward who can play up in the lineup. This team needs to be able to hit a little more in the playoffs,not just Run into guys.
I would like to see another Kunitz type but they don’t need to sacrifice skill.
Isles might hire trotz
Jarry for Faulk is the no brainiest of no brainers if the deal can be made
Pens will end up with Jack Johnson.
Hope not
Nino Niederreiter is the guy I think ends up a Penguin by Sunday.
Nine neiderreter and Marcus foligno for Phil kassel and connor sheary..