Post-Game Talk: | Pens vs Sharks | 8-5 win | Moar eRod and Bjork Bjork please

[66-30-33]

Well, JR *is* back in the league. So maybe we can flip Zucker to Vancouver for a 1st and their top prospect.

Kapanen will get Nucks 1st round pick like he got Pens 1st round pick.

 

[Gurglesons]

Well, JR *is* back in the league. So maybe we can flip Zucker to Vancouver for a 1st and their top prospect.

Off the top of my head two players that come to mind are Nicholas Roy and Mason Appleton.

Roy is probably a lot harder to peel away given the cap restrictions, but maybe it’s a three way deal where Zucker is moved to a different team for a 2nd with retention, 2nd goes to Vegas and we get Roy at like 3 mil + 1 mil for the retention.

 

[Peat]

Sure can. Those were the only two pieces with value outside of the 4ths.

McCann wasn’t some up and comer. He was a 3rd / 4th liner who had a career season of 28 points. That’s what I’m talking about. I’m sure a team will take a chance on Zucker at one year at 5.5 for that.

I disagree on it being that simple. I don't think they'd have done McCann for a 2nd alone if they weren't shedding cap for next year at the same time. A team doing a variation of the deal where they're taking on cap? Nope. Don't see it.

Put it another way - would you take on some other team's Zucker for Heinen? Because I wouldn't.

 

[Gurglesons]

I disagree on it being that simple. I don't think they'd have done McCann for a 2nd alone if they weren't shedding cap for next year at the same time. A team doing a variation of the deal where they're taking on cap? Nope. Don't see it.

Put it another way - would you take on some other team's Zucker for Heinen? Because I wouldn't.

Heinen now? No.

But I’m talking us trading Zucker next year to a team for a Heinen from last year. I think some teams would take that risk.

 

[ziggyjoe212]

I wouldn't be upset if we received a 6th rnd pick for Zucker. $5.5mil for 4g/11 pt in 30 games? Some AHLers can do that.

 

[Gurglesons]

I wouldn't be upset if we received a 6th rnd pick for Zucker. $5.5mil for 4g/11 pt in 30 games? Some AHLers can do that.

It’s not like David Perron was much different in his last year here. Then he lit it up as soon as he was gone and pretty much every year after.

 

[Darren McCord]

Sure can. Those were the only two pieces with value outside of the 4ths.

McCann wasn’t some up and comer. He was a 3rd / 4th liner who had a career season of 28 points. That’s what I’m talking about. I’m sure a team will take a chance on Zucker at one year at 5.5 for that.

McCann was a 21 yr old first rd pick. He was struggling but improving every year. He was the definition of an up comer.

Off the top of my head two players that come to mind are Nicholas Roy and Mason Appleton.

Roy is probably a lot harder to peel away given the cap restrictions, but maybe it’s a three way deal where Zucker is moved to a different team for a 2nd with retention, 2nd goes to Vegas and we get Roy at like 3 mil + 1 mil for the retention.

Roy is awesome and a perfect third line center. No way is Vegas trading him for zucker. I wanted Roy before and he’s gotten better. He’s 24 and has more points than zucker. He’s the better player right now.

 

[Darren McCord]

It’s not like David Perron was much different in his last year here. Then he lit it up as soon as he was gone and pretty much every year after.

ya and we got a struggling hagelin for him not anywhere near what you want for zucker.

 

[AuroraBorealis]

When we won the division last year and finished 5th in the league, we were .688.
That earns you 4th place in the Metro right now

Pens are currently .661. It's remarkable that they're getting into this territory again, given how we were .500 at one point.

 

[Crosbyfan]

Imagine getting someone a Penguins hat for Christmas and they just throw it away a week later

...and after he sees Rust score his third, he looks around and then grabs yours off your head and throws it away as well...

 

[Coastal Kev]

Trade Rust for McDavid

Make Erod captain

do you think we would have to add for mcdavid?

 

[Crosbyfan]

do you think we would have to add for mcdavid?

Well...they're not getting Erod...

 

[Turin]

The fact that Rodrigues was included in the Kapanen deal as a throw in looks really bad in hindsight lol

 

[OtherThingsILike]

ERod reminds me a little of Dupuis in his sheer utility up and down the lineup. Some of us are having to eat crow about him (okay, GMJR, I assume you're patting yourself on the back in Vancouver), but good for him making the most of his expanded responsibilities this season.

Yep, JR got two NHL players for one player no longer in the NHL in that trade.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Bjorkqvist Makes the Most of His Opportunity in NHL Debut

"I imagine obviously my family watching, a lot of friends were able to watch," Bjorkqvist said. "I actually didn't even open my phone yet. We'll see. I got to get a little workout in and recover before I open the phone and start texting back, because there's probably going to be a lot of text messages."

Lmao Bjorkqvist is the new gym nut of the team

 

[Gurglesons]

Bjorkqvist Makes the Most of His Opportunity in NHL Debut



Lmao Bjorkqvist is the new gym nut of the team

Having Bjorkqvist carve out a L4 role helps JR’s draft picks look a hell of a lot better.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Having Bjorkqvist carve out a L4 role helps JR’s draft picks look a hell of a lot better.

I'm not holding my breath but yeah that would be nice.

One thing I noticed about him is that his skating isn't as bad as I expected it to be. But I think that's the case with a lot of players, "bad skaters" today are just "not as good skaters" and not truly "bad skaters"

 

[Tacitus Kilgore]

Lol the Leafs could've replaced Hyman with ERod, and yet we got the em

 

[SUBdrewgANS]

Pens probably could've had 10 goals this game, but man.. how do you let the Sharks get within 1 goal after a 6-1 lead? Just unreal.

 

[Andy99]

As someone else on another site reminded me, the last time we had a double hat trick was Nov 11, 2008, Dupuis #9 and Sykora #17….and now it’s ERod #9 and Rust #17….is that freaky or what?

 

[AuroraBorealis]

As someone else on another site reminded me, the last time we had a double hat trick was Nov 11, 2008, Dupuis #9 and Sykora #17….and now it’s ERod #9 and Rust #17….is that freaky or what?

Yeah that's f***ed up

 

[wgknestrick]

CDS is still reminding us how reliant PIT is on Jarry. We saw an NHL game with only 1 NHL caliber of 3 goaltenders today.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

...oh no, omg

We've been putting so much disrespeck on his name

Godrigues is gonna score 20-30 goals this season.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

CDS is still reminding us how reliant PIT is on Jarry. We saw an NHL game with only 1 NHL caliber of 3 goaltenders today.

Cds sucks balls. I've always wanted a proper veteran back up for our #1 to lean on. Not that bucket of wank.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Erod is much different than McCann. And he’s not going to demand a ton. He’s just not. And your not getting that for zucker.

McCann has potential, very good potential. But he will always barely scrape the surface of it. Dupuis and Rodrigues are quite similar. They both are hard workers with a great shot and can produce but were always sort of held back into a role they thought they needed to play to carve out a career. Rodrigues isn't just scoring fluke goals, he's creating and actually looking like a legit top 6. If Rust can be the same, why can't Rodrigues?

Also Godrigues probably also knows he's a good fit and will find a way to stay and get paid.