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A 92 point regular season won’t have Phil Kessel’s name escaping the trade rumor mill over the next month in a half.
Kessel’s poor performance in the postseason followed by a continued rift with head coach Mike Sullivan has only heightened the situation regarding Kessel this coming summer.
Sources tell Inside Pittsburgh Sports, the coaching staff has reached the point with Kessel where they feel if he’s not producing offensively, he’s a detriment to the lineup 5-on-5 because of his inability to do the little things away from the puck.
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From NHL executives, to top NHL insiders, it’s no secret around the league that Pittsburgh will entertain Kessel trade scenarios leading into the draft.
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Here was Elliotte Friedman’s take on Kessel last week, transcribed by Chris Nichols.
“I think they would,” Friedman said of the Penguins moving Kessel. “I thought it was really interesting how Mike Sullivan said he wouldn’t talk about injuries but said Kessel wasn’t hurt that badly. That’s like having a city bus drive over you a little bit. I think that reveals that Sullivan was really frustrated with Kessel, and he has been from time to time. Rutherford obviously was a little quieter, didn’t go that far. The one thing about Jim Rutherford and Pittsburgh is that they’re in it to win it as long as Crosby and Malkin are in their primes, right. They look at it like, ‘We’re going for it while these guys are still in the primes of their career.’
“So I really believe that… I watched his press conference yesterday and he’s saying, ‘We’re going to do some stuff and we are going to be different.’ I think he’s the kind of guy who’s liable to try anything.”
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Kessel has four years remaining on his deal with a $6.8 million cap hit. He’s due to make $26 million in actual money over the remainder of the contract, with $21 million of it paid from the Penguins.
Kessel’s no trade clause allows him to accept a trade to only eight teams and each July 1 the Kessel camp often make the list with teams right up against the cap that hinder the chances of Kessel bring traded.
One Eastern Conference Executive to TIOPS on Kessel:
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Penguins will explore options for flexibility to get a seat at the Tavares table
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Sam, tell me how Vegas can’t beat Winnepeg.
So instead of chasing your tail about Malkin being so bad that the team will never win with him (despite three cups) and so good he would have landed a “next one” first overall with 2 others answer the mother fucken question you trashbag…
So, once again the village idiot has been challenged with a question he’s avoiding. Fuckkoff sam, we are all tired of your bullshit!
For 1M Halak or ward which one would you guys pick as back up to push Murray
Halak has ties with Jacques Martin
And ward with JR
Ekman larson to sign 8 years desk with coyotes. .
Dustin you may stop drooling about him
Coming from the asshole that probably has scoured the internet for Nathan McKinnon nudes? Do you enjoy being such an obvious hypocrite? Fuckkoff sam
Did you give up on signing Shane Doan yet?
With not a whole lot going on, who would you guys target in the off-season who us at least perceived to be on the block or in FA? The turnover that appears likely in Carolina is very intriguing.
Well I am looking at the defensive core back there and see a few option… we only really need one to make the blueline better. Oh and a hard no to Staal as of course this is being floated in a major way
Yeah my first order would be to help the blue line. With our without Letang, we need at least 1 more D. Ask reports point to Hanifin improvingeach season, but not sure we’d have the assets to acquire him. I also think Skinner would helpa lot and may not cost a ton. Only one year left, but could fit very nicely in our top 6. Would need to clear space though.
Time of the year for you to drool
Why don’t you make a list of all 30 other teams and write us one name from each team you are drooling for
What would you do to improve the team you stupid fuckk? Getting rid of Kessel, Sheary and Malkin are your obvious moves so why don’t you bless the board with what you think the Pens can do, cap compliant, that another team would be actually interested in doing to improve the team? Please… I would love to hear what you think can be done!
Time of the year for changes, Carolina announces a fire sale and this fucken retard starts calling “drool” but adds fuck all to the conversation. What a fucken loser
“Me trad lazi russan to Avs for Nathan because I wanna jack off to Nathan catching a glimpse of him in the locker room… The avs would totally go for a move of a former number 1 that finally broke out for a player 8 years his senior” – -5am
I wanted Nathan before he broke out. Now it’s too late we are stuck
“we are stuck” – with a 2016 and 2017 that ended with Stanley cups… fucken idiot.
Now answer the initial question you lousy piece of dog shlt… what moves would you make to improve the team.
Yeah because pens wouldn’t won with Nathan right. He us younger smarter and more useful then chubby and cheaper
He was half the player Malkin was the past two years dumbfuck, he finally broke out this season so there is a strong possibility his learning curve hurts the team the past two championships. Fuck you’re dumb
No because pens couldve had other player or 2 in that deal if it happened before and him being sid buddy I’m sure he would’ve played better with pens then be was with avs. Cappish
Fuckkoff… when McKinnon was drafted he was expected to be the Tavares/Stamkos of his draft. You think Malkin is trash and now he’s suddenly strong enough to land an exceptional status “next one” draft pick and others? You’re such a fucken lying moron.
You ever feel embarrassed about how bad you try and twist **** to fit your stupid fucken narratives?
Hey IamShame, can you update us on how Malkin has done the last few years in the KHL? I haven’t heard much about him over there since he left.
As much as I don’t wanna see the Caps win I think it would be terrific to see Tyler Johnson win a cup
Yeah because he has done more then ovechkin in his career. If there is one team I don’t want to see win the cup is Tampax
Bait taken hard lol
You’re right… fuck Stamkos, Ovechkin is way more Canadian…
It’s funny how you pick and choose when that matters. Fucken loser
I would love to see Kunitz vs Fleury. Seeing Kunitz win 3 cups in row and 5 over all would be a great way for an undrafted player to retire. Plus for the price Tampa paid for him the Penguins should have kept him around for one more season.
When pens lost kuni for peanuts I said it last summer pens made a big mistake losing him he could’ve still played on 3rd line and rotate with first line time to time. Instead of that fraud sheary
You said? Everyone wanted to retain him moron but for small money. He had scored one goal in 18 games over a stretch the prior year too so let’s not pretend he was worth more than 1 or 2 million and let’s also consider the 2 million in TB with their tax laws is about 3.5 in a lot of other places. This is why you’re an intolerable turd, you know fuck all about the minutiae of a scenario and it’s all black and white to you… as a figure of speech as you’ve made it clear how much black… Read more »
Sheary scored 5 more goals than Kunitz this year…. just sayin
Yup
I concur.
No this shows I’m not bias. And just pick Canadians. The way you and your democrat party made made me look like an racist. Not my fault sheary and kessel are frauds just because it happens to be American I get to be a racist
You are a racist… plus you’ve literally lost your mind because I like players from Russia and the US but now it’s OK? You’re a fool, you can’t even keep up with your own ********.
Oh and that Kessel fraud was the true MVP in 2016 you stupid fuckk
The only person that makes you look like a racist is you buddy. Here in the greatest country in the world we have a saying, “if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck it has to be a duck”. Sorry I lknow that’s probably hard for you to understand.
Holtby sammed that last goal.
Someone here is cheering for Tampax. Talk about bandwagon fans eh ?
See what you don’t understand is everyone else is really disappointed the Pens lost, playoffs are still going and many have picked a team they’d like to see. You e cheered for everyone but the Pens… for a few years now… cuz you’re a fucken asshole
Lol I didn’t even mention Tampa. Although, as a Pens fan, I would like to see the Caps lose. You aren’t a fan though, so you wouldn’t understand.
Tampax sucks so does npl
English speak I so well. Shit talk bandwagon fraud Murray chubby Florida random periods.
Npl suckss
Florida suckss
You know you can just spell “sucks” without the extra S, right? Or do you do that cuz your a sslithery little ssnake?
why are pens wanting to move their best player with 92 points? What’s wrong box score zerotool. You think they are as stupid as Sam wanting to move their so called best player according to box score. I’ve been blasted everytime I mentioned kessel to be traded and if gets traded the so called best player it would be funny too see what box score zero has to say then along with that cuckhokderr tbj
Yes, Sam, you were right. Since you geniusly told us the Pens would be better off without Kessel, theyve only won 2 Cups in 3 years. Terrible. What were they thinking?!
How many points does Marty St Louis have in those two seasons?
Right? I mean you’ve been lamenting the move to Pittsburgh for two season since he arrived and been bitching about Malkin longer yet they won back to back with them. I’m not sure that seems to be registering. This was the best team the league had seen in two decades and you’re dying to pull the pieces apart for some EA style team that can’t fucken exist because you’re so very, very stupid
Pacioretty.might be traded around the draft pick day
What washed up 38 year old will they trade for?
It’s called making space for JT
Woah woah woah… no one here is calling anyone a “JT”
NPL lied about Florida? Is he really from Montreal and Sam found him?
Let’s go Caps, Let’s go Caps..Oooooooovvvvvvvvviiiiiiiiii
Feel good story or not there is no chance in hell I can bring myself to pull for Washington… I would be fine with any of the final four but them… which pretty much guarantees they will fucken win lol
Dude, Ovi has given a lot to the league. Feel good story and it’s good for the NHL to have a Cup winner in a new city…sport grows in popularity. Im also pulling for Vegas and Chris Kunitz so Im bandwagoned out.
I understand all that, I just really hate the Capitals
Careful what you say here you might try labelled bandwagon fan. Just because I didn’t chose pens to win the cup this year I became a bandwagon fan according to clown tbj and zeroTool
You became a bandwagon when you started rooting for the Penguins in 2016, then the Flyers in round 1, penguins in round 2, Vegas in game 1 of the WCF, the Jets in game 2 of the WCF, and now back to Vegas. That is the definition of a bandwagon. That’s why you go by “the virginal bandwagon”.
You’re a bandwagon fan because you’ve literally cheered for virtually every single team in the league except Pittsburgh for… well for ever it feels like. Fuck you’re stupid
Cordell with a piece saying Severson may be on the block. NJ has mishandled him pretty badly. He’s 23 and makes just over 4 million for the next few years. Solid production for a defenseman. Kind of reminds me of Schultz. Get him and stay at home top 6 to add depth. Both can be acquired for the price we pay the French nightmare.
Carolina just put everyone not named Aho on the block as well, Faulk or Hanifin could be interesting. Hanifin is a risk as he has been a little slow to develop but hes still very young. They would probably want a healthy return for Hanifin too but it cant hurt to call
Give them Murray
Who would you replace him with?
He hated Fleury. Now, he hates Murray. If the Penguins get scored on, trade the goalie asap. Actually, just play with 6 guys. #malonilogic
I have noticed but I am curious to see what the available better option would be… I mean I definitely wouldn’t pull the trigger as I have a hard time believing the two consecutive runs looking solid were the fluke vs a year of turmoil that seemed to be evident for the entire squad from October on
Yes, I hated Fleury but give credit where credit is due. he was the better goalie much of the 2017 playoffs. I wouldnt say Murray was solid last year. Over his entire three-year body of work I’d say his strong games are the outliers.
From a purely statistical POV using SV% which is what most use as the most likely stat that can be greatly influenced by a tender. From Murrays rookie year to the end of this year the league average SV% is approx .914 In 2016 70.6% of all his starts was above this mark; in 2017 60% was above the medium %; this year was a rough one yes at 44.26%. The totals of the three years would be 55%… now I guess this is tough to simply gauge without comparison or the eye test in relation to what happened night… Read more »
But isn’t he trending down? Could the league be catching up with him? Clearly he’s got a catching glove issue. He’s not the most athletic goalie. Ive always liked his solid positioning and hockey IQ (seemed like a genius tracking the puck compared to Fleury). But he doesnt seem to be getting by anymore but simply letter the puck hit him. His angles are off and his rebound control terrible. All very fixable but have we’ve seen the best he has to offer? Moving forward Im certainly not comfortable believing he could carry the Pens when needed…
Fair assessment that his numbers have regressed however a correction in 2017 should have been expected but this drop off this year seems to be inline with the total mess the team seemed to be from jump. In January and February he seemed to tighten up again, he was showing that same game from the previous two years. The concussion slowed him down again. The injuries are a valid concern but I would like to see him fresh again before writing him off, he was just too good for the couple year period
technically a team already plays with six “guys” …but I hear what you’re saying. No goalie. that’s innovative.
Letang for Carey Price
Do you think that is a realistic possibility? If it was I would do it so fast sam wouldn’t even have time to change favourite teams but there is no way in hell Price is leaving Montreal unless he says he wants out
I have no idea, just having fun with fantasy trades, but didn’t the Candians entertain trade offers for Price a few months back? I had thought he was a FA but was mistaken. Wouldnt you want to leave Montreal, he’s not going to win there.
Slavin has turned into an extremely solid D. Would be exactly what this team needs. They have a lot of defensive talent, but I’d imagine the price to get them would be really high.
Sam you still havent answered this question…
If you were starting a team from scratch, you had an 18 year old Malkin or an 18 year old Pointe to build your team around and you can only choose one… whose cockk would you suck first? Crosby’s, Letang’s, Fleury’s, “Nathans”, Therrien’s or Rick Nash’s?
If I were Montreal I would pass on Toews. Conor Sheary is most likely available and can be had for $7M less for the same production. That said, if i were Montreal, id probably kill myself first.
Coming from a liar that lied to his partner about florida
Um, what?
Remember how -5am likes to blame everyone but him for all the thumbs down out here… ask him how the +43 from this post dropped to a -43 once he posted? Sammich?
Sams favourite team: whoever wins the cup that year…
He’s not a bandwagon. He just started following the team after they drafted Sid. He just started following the Avs after they got Nathan. He started to follow Vegas only because they have Fleury. He got on Winnepeg’s dik because they were the only canadian team left.
The only team he seems to like for more than a week appears to be Montreal….and he wants to trade away all their good players….so is he really even a fan of theirs? I don’t get it.
Npl is a big fat liar
Npl is a liar
Zero tool still waiting fleury’s and Murray’s stats lol
Look hard in your van and find it
MAF: GAA – 2.56, SV% – .912
Matt Murray: GAA – 2.08, SV% – .923
There ya go, dumba$$. Wrong yet again. Man, do you suck.
What’s really beautiful is how you called him jumping back on he Vegas bandwagon hard if they won a game… he didn’t disappoint! What a fucken bandwagon jumping fraud
He’ll jump on the bandwagonof the team with the best chance to win. He’s proven that’s his MO.
Pure democrat tactics. I said it before and I say again and to see in their hockey brackets I chose jets this year to win their cup and have Vegas in conference final. So it’s obvious I cheered Vegas until their conference final but now I take jets side. I also said if jets are out I wouldnt seeing Vegas win and make history or ovi as long is its not Tampax. And even tho I want jets to win seeing fleury win makes me happy so end of day I’m not aggressively jumping waggons and I am a pens… Read more »
Only thing I hate about pens is when they have fraud players and dumbasss fan base one of the worst hockey fans in the league they are spoiled with generational talents and don’t know how to appreciate them they are only good to run them out of town. Specially when you have cockk suckers like npl tbj and stain
“they are only good to run them out of town.” – Malkin is pretty much a generational talent you stupid fucken moron, so was Lemieux… So was Maurice Richard, know how that ended? How about Patrick Roy? Guy Lafleur? Shit Subban may not be generational but… in fact how many players wlaked away from Montreal with a very sour taste in their mouths because of how poorly the franchise has treated them at one point or another? The Habs are fucken legendary here so are the fucken fans. You think that just because you idiots are loud that you are… Read more »
Lmao… this shit again? What is a Democrat sam? Why am i not capable of being one? Fucken idiot!
Just because I didn’t chose pens and again beating everyone in the NHL brackets I’m the bandwagon so I had to be delusional like most clowns here and out pens for the cup right?
Move Kessel and sign Tom Wilson??
So who has the better chance to beat Washington bc it isn’t Tampa.
West will win the cup regardless who wins the conference final in east
I’ve picked jets from the get go when playoffs bracket started but I’m open to see Vegas to win to make history in their first year of existence and want to see fleury win the cup and middle winger fraud Murray and his dumb fan base. Also I am down to see caps win the cup because ovechkin deserves it the guy is a 600 goal scorer.
What I don’t want is Tampax win the cup that shithole place along his fat slob fan base like npl
Hates Malkin… openly cheers for the rival… what a fucken loser.
Everybody Haula!!!
Fleury suckss.
Maloni actually making sense with his posts. Nice job.
30 other teams GM’s will not be doing their jobs if they do not even contemplate a way to get JT even if they know it is not possible.
Kessell isn’t going anywhere. JR likes him a lot. I’ll even go as far as saying I thin Sullivan goes before Kessell does.
The Penguins need to trade for Ovie, McDavid, Kucherov, MacKinnon, Hall, Hellebuyck, Raanta (need a solid backup), Truba and Mcavoy. Trading Letang, Sheary, DeSmith, Brassard, Simon, Ruhwedel, and Hunwick should balance that all out. GMJR get on that… chop chop!
If I were pens I’d trade the Russian, sheary chubby mattaa while they all still have some value specially chubby and malkin at their age and get a lot of picks and younger players that cost cheaper and plays better than the sheary and company Squad .
sign JT to play on second line
Pens have to think their future. They won ,3 cups. Now they’ have to start modifying the team
Now let’s see which clown would disagree with me because they are still riding chubby and malkins cockss
Good thing we don’t have an idiot like you as our GM.
But have dumb fans like you that likes to drool in the past
If this time pens become a shithole team once this era is done. Mario and sid won’t save the team. And have 5 k fans attending a game
WTF does that even mean? Remember you wanted Marty St. Louis right before he retired? Or called the Flyers in 6? Thank God they keep the illiterate frogs like you all the way up there so you don’t contaminate our country. What a clown.
Dude get a new material
Your last place in the brackets
Because you keep drooling pens for the cup every year regardless which garbage roster they have. Just because you discover the game because of Crosby.
End of the day is a team sport and teams playing more and more system game then individual games that’s why you suck every year and finish last in that pool and I finish first. It’s because of cockk riding
Haha I didn’t even do the bracket! Nor have I ever! Immediate fail! And they won the cup the past 2 seasons. Oh, and I’m actually a fan of the team. I also played against Sid when he was with Shattuck, so I’m pretty sure I knew about him before you. Haha you’re such an embarrassment. My dog would smoke you on any type of standardized test. No doubt your mom cries every day thinking about the embarrassing piece of trash she produced.
Garbage team… 80% of that roster are two time cup champs? Man you’re not bright! Now sam is calling to blow the roster up… just because they failed to win three straight lol.
Sheary has trade value ?
In a package deal
Good job Trudeau https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/almost-all-asylum-seekers-are-crossing-border-into-quebec-1.3928887
You must be proud zero tool
Welcome to Canada guys when everything is free just enter the country as refugee and you’ll get all
Headline on hockeybuzz: Montreal exploring trade for Jonathan Toews. Hahaha!
Perfect!
Everybody is linked to Montreal or Toronto at least once in their career. They would be a powerhouse if any of those rumors had actual weight behind them. I am sure Montreal will get screwed no matter who they trade for.
Your a bit late retard I posted that 1.5 month ago
3 places that JT might signed isles, habs or leafs. If Tampax make space it can even end up there since stamkos is his best friend
The article was posted today. And you, of all people, have no business throwing the word “retard” around. You’re as slow as they come in every way possible. McDavid in Vancouver, right chubster?
It’s called different sources of insider I don’t depend like you to get my news on this site.
JT agent had brief talks in March and when I found out 1.5 month ago I posted.
“I don’t depend like you to get my news on this site” – I cited finding it one a different site. Jesus, you are completely incapable of any typeof understanding. You’re impossible to even converse with because you make absolutely no sense. Every time you post, you somehow embarrass yourself even more.
Would you trade Kessel if it meant we land Tavares? I think that is the main question.
I would even trade malkin and maatta to Colorado get Nathan and some other players
Remember you said Malkin was going back to Russia, then he signed an 8 year extension?
Unlikely… as I said while I would pick up the phone and at least hear whats being offered it would need to be a pretty perfect deal for Phil.
Tavares is a legit pipedream. He isnt going anywhere to play wing and he isnt gonna play with his icetime reduced… it’s just not gonna happen
Kessel is the only natural goal scorer on the team, maybe followed by Horny. Both Crosby and Malkin are “pass first” players, always have been despite putting up decent numbers.
Pens need a better goalie and an infusion of young, speedy (hopefully big) wingers. Brassard, Murray and Letang should all be in the block.
They need a goalie that will push MM!
Hilarious. Kessel is going nowhere. And where would Tavares play, wing? Or are the Pens going with the popular 4C model.
I think if you land Tavares you flip Brassard for a LW.
Tavares is not going to be penned in on a 3rd line, while he can make up the icetime on the PP its the fact that the winger quality tends to diminish further into the lineup. Guys a great player but I am sure he would prefer to play with guys that should be penned into a top 3 position. The only thing the Pens have to offer is a chance to get out of NYI and potentially win… there are a few teams that can get him out of NYI that may be a Tavares away from being a… Read more »
Trading Kessel really…He was the best overall penguins for the whole season by far.and that includes 87 and 71…. If he clashes with Sullivan though that could be a problem…. Sullivan is tough and hard nosed and that can wear on a guy sometimes.. Kessel 92 points, goal scoring is hard to find, and he can score anytime he shoots…..We really don’t need Tavares! As good as he is, he is too expensive, and we will have a healthy Brassard for a full year.
At least with tavares you know the guy will show every season on a constant basis. Although this JT. Rumours are BS. Typical pens summer now all the free agent names should be linked to Pittsburgh
“at least you know what you get with him” – Kessel has out performed him in each of the past 2 seasons and should have won a Conn Smythe in 2016 Don’t get me wrong here, Tavares is clearly the better player and it’s not a subtle comparison but the fact is you continually just say shit that seems to be argued pretty easily. Here is where you try and make a statement “something something 3rd line” where I will then state that Tavares got a couple minute more a night increasing his opportunities to produce… Kessels 1A/60 was higher… Read more »
Kessel led the league in ppp this year moron
Hey look, you got one, misread the stat line.. still, every single other thing I said was accurate but I am sure you will find this one piece to attempt to make a point…
Tocchet always was the go between with Kessel and MS. This was one of the first issue broughg up when Tocchet left.
I dunno, Kessel had a lot of bs manufacturered by the TO media
I do find the dismissal of Kessels injuries hilarious too… Guy was clearly different after it seemed he would miss time in February. He slowed from there on. That said the Pens are starting to see cap issues hamper them and they have weakness i areas more important than where Kessel is. As I said below it don’t mean I am for sure looking to move him, especially considered the discounted rate they have him for but I would wanna hear whats on the table.
I will believe when I see it. Watching Kessel struggle was a concern yet outside a couple guys who didn’t this post season? It is no secret that Kessels game is pretty one dimensional but he excels in that dimension and you can win with him, fact. Unless they move him for another marquee type guy? at that salary they could be taking a loss here. I wouldn’t flat out say no to a deal like this but I also think the media just can’t let go of the idea that Kessel is trouble to deal with. Like Sullivans injury… Read more »
I would be taking calls on, in no particular order, Letang, Kessel, Sheary, Hunwick, Hagelin and Brassard, if for no other reason to see if the team can add something for less. Justin Faulk would be an interesting add and there are rumours, with Brassards statement around playing reduced minutes being an issue for him it leads to concerns for next year with him IMO. While I was thinking a training camp could help it is not the type of comment you want to hear from a player like that. Leave it to the French to cast so much doubt… Read more »
Out of that group I am not moving Letang unless we get a number one type guy capable of 22+ minutes a night back. Kessel I would want an impact forward capable of 30/60 but more of a rounded game possibly cheaper.
Just spitballin here
Never going to happen.
Tavares? no… it’s not even worth discussing