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Latest Penguins Draft Day Buzz
The Pittsburgh Penguins and Carolina Hurricanes have talked Justin Faulk as recently as Tuesday but where some momentum has emerged in the last 48 hours between the two sides is [hide] trade talks surrounding winger Jeff Skinner.
Skinner, 26, has emerged as a top trade target for the Penguins as the Hurricanes have zeroed in on three teams in trade talks regarding Skinner, Pittsburgh being among the three teams.
In addition to Pittsburgh, Pierre LeBrun mentioned on Thursday that St. Louis had talked with the Hurricanes. Elliotte Friedman reports the Islanders are in the mix for Skinner and the Isles hold the 11th and 12th overall picks.
Skinner with one season left on his contract ($5.75 million cap hit) is widely expected to be traded tonight.
The Hurricanes have been motivated to trade Skinner, initially eyeing a first round pick, young NHL roster player in return that league types say has been tied to clear salary and adding additional assets to secure a trade for Ryan O’Reilly from Buffalo in a separate deal but the Hurricanes in recent days have also been strongly looking at deals that bring in 2-3 NHL (‘youngish’) roster players in swapping Skinner out who will walk next season.
Adding Skinner would immediately bolster the Penguins top-6 left winger situation, giving a pretty good combination of left wingers at the top in Jake Guentzel and Jeff Skinner.
Skinner’s slippery skilled game, playmaking ability would fit extremely well with Evgeni Malkin, the Penguins feel.
What might a Skinner deal look like?
As mentioned the other day, Hurricanes GM Don Waddell is high on goaltender Tristan Jarry so he’s a potential option with value.[/hide]
One scout said last night he couldn’t see the Penguins acquiring Skinner without BTo read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
More Draft Day Buzz:
— Two Eastern Conference teams have given consideration to trading for Conor Sheary. Not a guarantee he’s part of any deals this weekend but Sheary’s carrying a bit more trade value To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
— The Los Angeles Kings are a finalist for Ilya Kovalchuk (among the front-runners) and are also waiting word from John Tavares representatives at CAA Sports on if they’ll be one of the five teams granted a meeting during the interview period. (If Tavares get to the interview period)
The Kings have been engaged in talks (Off & On) with the Penguins To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
— Minnesota will be a team to still watch on the Kessel front in the coming days. They’re on his approved [hide]list, a league source confirms, and Pittsburgh has strong interest in Charlie Coyle.
The Wild, though, have reportedly been trying to move Tyler Ennis in deals connected to Coyle/Niederreiter or Zucker.
Ennis has one year left on his contract with a $4.6 million cap hit and his point totals the last three seasons has been 11, 13, and 22.[/hide]
— Every off-season Evgeni Malkin presses Jim Rutherford to sign a Russian winger for him from Nikolai Kulemin to Danis Zarapov in the past to Malkin reaching out last month to management for the Penguins to sign [hide] Ilya Kovalchuk.
Malkin and Kovalchuk both have the same agent in JP Barry.
They also happen to work out together…..
Pens are not in the mix
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Penguins 2018 Draft Picks
Round 2 | Pick 53
Round 3 | Pick 64
Round 5 | Pick 129
Round 5 | Pick 146
Round 6 | Pick 177
Round 7 | Pick 208
The Penguins lack a first round pick tonight but what got overlooked in the Derick Brassard trade was nabbing an early third rounder from the Senators.
There’s not much difference in this draft from 30-65 and the Penguins are going to get two good players at 53 and 64 with NHL potential.
There’s also some trade ammunition to trade up higher into the second round by moving both picks if a player the Penguins really like is there.
Saw an article suggesting Cody Franson to the Pens, but hes probably going to the Leafs. Right, Sam?
Here Sam, I know you like 5 day old news and love to drool all over players I think we should get.
http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/penguins/2018/06/20/Pittsburgh-Penguins-Jack-Johnson-Sidney-Crosby-defense-free-agency/stories/201806200165
Now youre both fighting over Jack Johnson? Its the Mary Swanson debacle all over again.
That’s being very generous to JJ. Funny enough, HB has Montreal tied to him.
Clown I said JJ to pens minute pens were eliminated. It thanks for the old news maybe it can be useful to npl since he gets his hockey news on this site
I’m curious to see what Ian Cole is going to get. Will he get more than 3 on the market?
Thoughts on Patrick Maroon? Adds size and physicality and showed he can play with high end talent. Plays left wing, which we could use. Shouldn’t cost a ton and would add a lot of forward depth.
I’m not seeing the need for forwards, until they start dumping somebody. Guentzel, Kessell, Rust, Hornqvist, Hagelin, Sprong imo are 6 locked in. Sheary and ZAR should be. I think they keep Kuhnhackle and Simon seems like a Sullivan favorite, which makes 10.
Would rather concentrate on Defense first, but wouldn’t mind having Maroon on team.
Nice, rumour online has it that Tavares was invited to sit down and chat with Montreal and he declined lol
At this point the Islanders are more stable then the Candians. Who the hell would want to play there by choice?
He has interviewed with about a half dozen teams so he is clearly testing the waters for better or worse. The fact that he won’t even entertain them makes me snicker
Jackets to sign Rick Nash
Good, so now you can stoop droooooling over Nash
I never drooled on Nash all I said he was a better player then your boy toy sheary that plays like a lost chicken with no head. Now that db is with red wings maybe pens can ship sheary there and make db live his tk memories
And yeah I would like Nash with pens he is still better than most pens bottom 6. And can play with his buddy brassard and be on first pp unit
There he goes, droooooooling all over Nash like his mother does to several multi-coloured dix in an 8 hour shift
He had 34 points last year and made over 7 million. A horrible contract to anyone but the virginal bandwagon.
For 3 million we got 30 from Sheary! Looks like bang for the buck goes to Conor
Any donkey that plays with sid shines. Just enough to get a raise and then become a fraud.
Yet he played most of the year and did most of his damage off Sids line you tool. LMAO, the fact you keep pushing this crap in a world where I can get you the numbers like yesterday is gold
Jonathan Toews not impressed!
Naw, you drool over the guy all the time. I do get a kick out of the fact that the guys are so close today that you actually have to defend Nash vs Sheary lol.
Haha are you kidding me?? You’ve had his member down your throat since the trade deadline! What a clown! Hahaha!
NPL what do you think happens first this fall, the Tomlin-led Steelers fall to the Browns or Murray makes a glove save?
Probably the glove save. Your turn: who plays in an NHL game first? Ryan “Dude Can Play” Reaves or Jeff “Something Special” Zatkoff?
What’s your summer schedule looks like. Disappearing from this site by playing Pokemon go, have your 15$ minimum wage protest . Or black cockss matter movement
Maybe start a new movement. Fat lives matter
Hmmm. Is that a trick question you sneaky little liberal. They both have played in the NHL silly.
With just a little rest I’M SURE the Pens can make another run with the same roster.
Not with that defense.
Hot goalie overcomes defense. Look at Murray, Fleury and Holtby for the last 3 cup winners. Murray smoked too much after his dad died and his brain went to mush. Hopefully he gets it under control this summer.
Fleury looked exceptional against Nashville.
Hes such an idiot.
*his… such an idiot
Not sure what you are talking about but aside from Game 1 Washington played great team defense. They smothered Vegas.
What defense?
Carlson deal done. 8 years / $64 million.
Now Dustin can stop drooling over him
That’s not drool that’s all over your mom’s face when she gets home from “work”
John Carlson may get 8 year, $64 million contract from the Caps.
Done deal I believe
I was hoping he was going to walk.
Why would he walk caps just won the cup and they shipped bum orpig and his salary for a reason
For the same reason your boy in Montreal makes terrible trades, because people do stupid things.
Any chance for a new article?
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz is the draft over…..anything happen……Good JR slept through it. BTW only Skynyrd we should have tried for is Lynyrd.
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D with an informative recap of the draft.
Good effort, Senile Sam
Did the Pens get skinner ?
They are working on saad and doan deal so droolers stop drooling
I love how people post on here asking DePaoli a question like he would ever answer.
No question from me…..just a laughable observation
About 5-10 years ago, D, Madden, his other writers used to actually get involved in the conversations. The site actually had life. Now D is just a big loser with a dead site.
I think I’ve seen him respond once and only once. He truly is a hack and a lazy motherfcuker.
Some people like npl heavily rely on this site for their daily penguins news
So Orpik to Colorado, Bylsma to Detroit, and Geno working out and wanting the Pens to sign a Russian get more “press” than the entire Pens draft………smh
If kovy wanted to really win the cup he would’ve came to Pittsburgh for 4m and play with malkin that’s been begging to get more Russians. It’s obvious kovy doesn’t care about no team no friends and no Stanley cup all he cares about is money
Apparently some bandwagon penguin fans are drooling over orpig
NPL and Gaydog for sure.
Watching crying border babies on CNN is more entertaining.
Send those lil shitz to russia if they don’t like it!
Send them to Florida
“Brooks Orpik, congratulations, you just won the Stanley Cup… Where are you going?”
BO “I am going to the unemployment line!”
I wouldn’t mind someone paying me 5 mil to not play.
Because you are a fraud and encourage other frauds
We knew your favourite guys were orpig and db. They sit home and collect paychecks
D, any insite on players drafted?
Any rumors floating around out there?
You are the true insider in Pittsburgh!
There was a draft today? Is the country at war?!
When does the second round start?
During training camp.
Orpig on waivers lol
Now watch and see wings or pens take that bum
MB is a terrible GM, he will end up in Montreal with Webber.
In about 3 hours, Sam is gonna break the news that Dougie Hamilton was traded
malkin to la rumors heating up, dirtbags….
Right….
RIP Beerman
Pens may have a trade with Vegas brewing.
Hope its for Reaves’ rights. Dude can play.
Not on the Pens he can’t. Teams bottom line is too deep
Murray for Miller and Fleury?
6.25 to play for a team that struggles to make the playoffs annually and was bounced by an expansion franchise. Guess Kovalchuks idea of winning is winning dem Benjamin’s lol
Calen Addison Defenseman now a Pen.
Sid traded yet?
Sam still a racist?
Kovalchuk signs with Kings. Good means Phil will be staying.
Islanders had a nice night.
Are there any Pens rumors out there?
Yeah doan
Stop drooling
Well, he did score as many goals as Kessel the year we landed Phil… you havent been able to stop thinking about his dangger since
Pens are a goalie short of being a contender this year
Interesting to see Veleno still there. Sheary and our 2nd. Do it!
No one wants Sheary. Lol
If Edmonton thinks Larsson is worth Hall, anything is possible.
Montreal will take him.
K’Andre Miller > Kotkaniemi
Surprise surprise shero picks another Defence in first round
Flint a shithole team like the city
Lurch works for the Islanders now?
Is director of amateur scouting Trent klatt from. Islanders is related to Ronald klatt ?
Only two Canadians in the top ten and one was a reach. Looks like not winning a cup in 25 years is starting to have an impact.
What’s the correlation there?
Sam knows.
Many years Canadians drafted early to make sure shitt teams won the cup Mario, sid to name a few for once Canadians can be drafted a bit later in better teams .
Hooked on Phonics!!! Look into it. Please.
Quiting Hughes born in florida. Looks like a kid that hasn’t hit puberty yet
Hey npl did have the balls to check the links I posted
You lying basstard
Nope, i didnt have the balls…
Just like your idol Bruce
Bruce Springsteen? Bruce Lee?
Good pick by sens. Wish pens had both brothers. Was a huge fan of Keith growing up
Great American family
“America, Fuck Yeah! So lick my butt and suck on my balls!”
I have to watch this again, good for laffs! There is a song about sam and his mother in it too
Sam likes players that never win… except Doan, he has Dian’s Name prison tattooed in between his toes
Poor Kotkaniemi
Was thinking the same thing. Career is over before it starts, all in front of an empty arena.
Dude minute pens are 9th spot you see how quick arena gets empty
Just because media was not favouring pens few years ago they had a little trouble to sell their first round playoff tickets now go choke on a hot dog you bandwagon.
How many playoff tickets did Montreal sell last year?
Montreal on the clock. Still has no clue what to do.
https://youtu.be/VHpePQ6FCkM
https://youtu.be/_l5npN-kBeU You lied to your ex
Habs pick is compared to Barkow and malkin.
Apparently he is the best 2 way player in this draft at least safe to say he won’t be as lazy as malkin.
Next season he will play for his father in Finland
P,S npl sucks just like his ex said it
When he hits his second year Montreal will trade him for Eric Staal.
Got to love when jew bettman gets booed everytime except in Florida since fans have no clue .
You still have people like npl that still thinks game is played on white grass
Funny, it’s the fans that boo him that tend to be clueless. No shock your comment was structured that way
Paul Martin contract bought tbj you may start drooling over a ex washed up pens player.
Orpik and Grubauer to the Avs for a second.
47th pick.
Really nice move by the Caps.
Very smart move, they just cleared 5.5 million off their books and now they have 7 draft picks.
Kind of hard to believe they didn’t have to eat any of that. Surprised they got that high of a pick. I guess a lot are higher on Grubauer than I am.
Apparently Grubauer would have been a much higher pick had Orpik not been a part of the deal
Smart salary dump.
You must be sad
Once again sam was right when he said orpig was overpaid and will be traded and won’t finish his contract with caps
Montreal will sign him after Paul Martin. They will have him play first line center.
Lmmfao… everyone knew he was overpaid, it’s why no one lamented his leaving. You’re the only one who talks about him. That said, he just won another cup sooooooo….
It’s amazing how much you love to pat yourself on the back for shit like this after championship successes
Headline on NHL.com:
Canadiens Unsure What To Do With #3 Pick.
Haha idiots.
Trade it for Paul Martin.
This is tbj’s favorite time of year. Dreaming about all the new Pen’s jerseys with another man’s name on the back that he can add to his closet.
Nice to see you’re thinking of of me 🙂
Usually summer time he drools about saad and trade deadline about doan
Awe look at you two. You guys could be twins.
Where is Stan when you need him
Oh wait that was your secondary account. Now guy have npl and Sam as your backup
1 year of Skinner for Jarry, Rust and Sprong? Or we just throwing names at a wall and hopefully 1 would be involved?
D, you suck.
Lol @sam
still not explaining the skinner injury prone comment you made moron
If Skinner were French-Canadian, he’d be all about bringing him in.
If skinner was American you’d be drooling about him every summer like saad
Is there a way pens can get a Wayne Simmonds and get rid of that sheary maybe send him to Detroit with db all he has to do is shoot the puck from every angle he can tk 2.0
I would’ve never tough fraud DB get another job in nhl again .
Must suck and be embarrassing being a Stanley cup winner coach and now is an assistant. This shows he is a pure fraud and needs to learn how to coach still. Can’t believe how this clown still finds jobs in the league. Must be because his American
I bet tk ,Bennett orpig will all go to red wings lol.
It’s just a Matter of time wings head coach will notice how dumb db is
Man just stop commenting ! You’re making us Canadians look bad!
Look at how triggered you get over DB lol.
Tampa will not resign Kunitz.
Have mixed thoughts on him. I could see bringing him back solely as a 4th liner, but he regressed a lot last year and part of me wonders if Simon or someone of that ilk would be more productive there.
There is no point bringing him back. Money needs to spent elsewhere.
As a purely depth guy at 1 million it would be okay depending on how much he loses this off season. His base and advanced numbers were better than everyone that basically played on the 4th line last year. If Rowney and Kuhnhackl walk they can add Kunitz back easy
Ahh now let’s drool over another ex pen. Hey might as well drool over Paul Martin
Who is drooling? Besides, I am sure Montreal will sign them both. Bergevin is stupid enough. He has proved that many times over already. Webber and Martin can be their top pairing D men.
Sam you idiot..if skinner is “always injured” whats letang then?….Skinner played in 79, 82, 77, 71 games in the last 4 seasons……wanna put letangs numbers up? Also whose drooling? because he was mentioned in a possible trade?
And Letang is French. Skinner isn’t.
Maybe pens can draft a hot dog cart today to make kessel happy
Zucker Ennis, and niderreiter were all close to get traded to coyotes for domi and another player but their GM went for galchenyuk since be didn’t want ennis and his salary.
Didn’t pens Sign a Russian winger few years ago for malkin and it didint work out
Sergei Plotnikov. Forgot about that dude.
Yeah let’s drool over skinner now a guy that is always injured. Pens might even get bennett back then
He’s played at least 70 games in each of the last 5 years. It’s not like he’s Letang…
Smellivan will skate skinner with Sheahan to achieve balance. Woohoo!
Interesting, the two guys commenting below made the same comments and were… booted? Whats going on there?
leaning toward might be the same person possibly a troll just trying to piss D off or get more press for the person they were pushing
I think one was Bizzle. I was on here earlier and the bottom one was “guest” and I am pretty sure it was Bizzle above
Disco Dan is the new Assistant coach in Detroit.
Dan “no matter how bad we are losing do not make in game adjustments. It will only prove to the other team we are losing.”
Jeff SKINNER REALLY…WHY?
I’d gladly take him, depending on the price. He’s averaging 30 goals a year over the last 3 years playing with an inferior center compared to what he’d be playing with here. He’s in the prime of his career and has a ton of speed, which fits our system. Would all depend on the price, though. I wouldn’t give up Sprong.
Let’s sum things up
He’s always reading Ryan Wilson’s blogs (as are we, because he’s the top writer covering the Pens).
Reading Ryan Wilson’s blogs D?