Peat
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But seriously, Legare's player type who has really loud scoring prowess but seems to struggle at processing the game and playing away from the puck...I'll believe it when I see it succeeding at the NHL level again. Or I need someone who has put up much gaudier numbers with it than Legare has so far.
I have a hunch, based on nothing, that Legare doesn't finish the season as a Penguins farmhand though. Pretty obvious prospect trade candidate especially if the FO intends to extend Rust.
I don't think Legare has a future here if he's nothing but scoring, but I'm not going to argue too much with anyone who believes in Legare's capacity to learn to be that + scoring though.
Also, even if they extend Rust and Kapanen, I think there's still an obvious top 9 RW vacancy unless Heinen works out while fitting our budget, which seems a tricky needle to thread. Also think it's a fairly tricky needle of a scenario where Legare is enough of an NHL prospect to have trade value but Hextall is okay with letting him go at the deadline (assuming he even moves then) when he's looking for affordable physicality with skill.