Rumor: Dhaliwal- The return for Guentzel starts with Lekkerimaki or Willander. Pens/Canucks

[UrbanImpact]

Dahiliwal just mentioned that Pens wants either Willander or Lekkerimaki from the Canuks as the main piece for a return of Guentzel.


Too rich for a pure rental imo for the Canucks. Guentzel is also supposedly asking north of 8mil for his new contract. I dont think i want to invest that in a winger as good as JG is.

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[Jacob]

Penguins have no reason to sell until they’re completely out of the playoff picture.

 

[Gurglesons]

The advantage of dealing a player of Guentzel’s caliber at a cap hit of 3 million regardless if he is a rental or not.

Not saying that he will return a prospect of that caliber. But without a doubt the ask will be there and most playoff teams will be able to fit Jake at 3 mil especially if the Pens take back cap.

 

[Bobby9]

Very simple.

Love the player (Guentzel) but can't afford the cost.

 

[PavelBure10]

Guentzel is awesome, but the Canucks can't afford this.

 

[cheesymc]

Wow that should be a hard pass for Canucks. They should only be offering futures plus lower end prospects even if they plan to extend Guentzel.

 

[Diamonddog01]

Yeah no thanks.

 

[andora]

Have fun Doobler

 

[Peter Griffin]

Obviously that’s the ask. But if the Pens are on the outside looking in at the deadline and can’t re-sign him, they’ll take whatever is the best offer.

 

[Tact]

Dubas isn’t going to start negotiations at Woo and Kilmovich…

 

[ghostingtaro]

vancouver cant fit him under the cap

 

[Donuts]

lol thats a no from vancouver
willander stays a canuck. lek too, is not available for pure rental

dub can ask for them but kuzmenko is all he's getting

 

[Nakawick]

The Pens are adding, not selling.

 

[Szechwan]

Absolutely not

 

[Kranix]

Who?

 

[Gurglesons]

Obviously that’s the ask. But if the Pens are on the outside looking in at the deadline and can’t re-sign him, they’ll take whatever is the best offer.

The offer will be less than what Penguins fans think, but more than what other teams think.

Guentzel is probably the best forward piece we’ve seen moved at a deadline in years.

 

[nowhereman]

I doubt the Pens trade him. But, if they do, it won't just be the Canucks who can't afford that price. Very few players would be worth that level of prospect as a rental.

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

The winning bids for Duchene, Hall (to Arizona) and Horvat featured a 1st from a bubble team. Vancouver is in contention for the President's Trophy; the difference in value is meaningful. A prospect base is a logical ask in that way.

 

[Zirakzigil]

Ask is hight because there is little interest to move him.

 

[innitfam]

Guentzel is great but that's too rich for Vancouver. They are going to need these guys contributing in ~1-2 years on ELCs once Hronek and Petey get paid.

 

[UrbanImpact]

Penguins have no reason to sell until they’re completely out of the playoff picture.

That might be the eventual Deal Breaker as Rutherford and Allvin are known to do their trades weeks before the TDL to avoid the bidding war .

Canucks are going to be adding their big addition in Jan/Feb and understandably the Pens aren't ready yet.

 

[SEALBound]

I think those two players are being mentioned under the assumption that Vancouver would have a realistic opportunity to resign Guentzel (if they do not already have an extension in place). If they don't or it's questionable, I don't think you're getting either.

Lekkermiaki package though, yes please. That is the kind of piece the Penguins need in their system along with Yager.

I think if he's on the table too, the Penguins would even entertain taking back a less than desirable contract like Kuzmenko.

 

[DeltaSwede]

Haven't seen the clip from the show but this just sounds like Dhali speculating what the ask would be in a trade like that rather than a rumored return

 

[RedHawkDown]

Long as they don’t ask for kravstov

 

[Frankie Blueberries]

Dhaliwal clarified that what he said was when you want top players (Guentzel), the other team (Pittsburgh) will want your top prospects. The question is then - who are the Canucks’ top prospects? Does Hunter Brzustewicz count?