Confirmed Trade: [VGK/PIT] Teddy Blueger for Peter DiLiberatore, 2024 3rd round pick

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Terrible season this year from Teddy, but if he returns to his previous form Vegas has a solid bottom six depth guy, assuming they keep him past this year. Good move for everyone I think.

The Blueger of the past few years? I will miss that guy on the Pens.

 

[BKarchitect]

I kinda liked Blueger when he first arrived on the scene. Has he gotten demonstrably worse or just kinda stale in his role in Pittsburgh?

 

[Flying Dego]

I don't understand why we need another 4th liner when we already have a Cotter/Howden/Roy/Kolesar.

Blue has been just awful this past year. Maybe he'll turn it around a bit.

To be fair to him he has had to shovel shit with dzone starts lol

 

[innitfam]

Pittsburgh still clearing room? With McGinn, Friedman, Kapanen and now Blueger, that's like 7M+ cleared.

 

[mundyc3]

Wish it was a 4th but I hope there is more from Vegas. One big thing could come out of this is we may soon see a healthy scratch of Phil Kessel.

 

[Flying Dego]

Wish it was a 4th but I hope there is more from Vegas. One big thing could come out of this is we may soon see a healthy scratch of Phil Kessel.

Ya a 3rd is crazy more than expected. Most fans thought a 5th for him was fair.

 

[Empoleon8771]

I still can't believe that someone paid a 3rd for Blueger with how bad of a season he's having. People on here were talking about Blueger as a valueless cap dump, including me. To get actual value for him along with clearing $2 million in cap space is excellent.

 

[Mrfenn92]

Nice deal for the pens

 

[eXile3]

I kinda liked Blueger when he first arrived on the scene. Has he gotten demonstrably worse or just kinda stale in his role in Pittsburgh?

I think there was hopes he could turn into a 3C but he just turned into a 4C with PK duties. For 2 a year on a team against the cap it didn’t make sense anymore.

 

[Nakawick]

This is a good trade for both teams. Pens get cap space and Vegas get a solid 4th line center. Freddy will play better with the change of scenery and still with a team playing meaningful games.

 

[DesertPenguin]

Clearing cap for... Something.

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

Blue of a year ago was a great bottom 6er, Blueger of this year mostly just looked like Craig Adams' non union Latvian equivalent.

 

[vancityluongo]

 

[The Duck Knight]

This is a good trade for both teams. Pens get cap space and Vegas get a solid 4th line center. Freddy will play better with the change of scenery and still with a team playing meaningful games.

Except Vegas already has a better 4C in Roy. Like the only thing I can think is Roy's current injury is serious.

 

[Ugene Magic]

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Pens clearing cap space

 

[RapidKnight]

Vegas had no 4th the compromise was probably the draft year. DiLiberatore was thrown in so Vegas stays under the contract limit.

 

[Ugene Magic]

Hey Vegas, He needed the money.... Oh..........!

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

DeLibatore sounds like a Marvel villain.

 

[toddkaz]

I thought this guy died in prison?

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Except Vegas already has a better 4C in Roy. Like the only thing I can think is Roy's current injury is serious.

Watch Blueger blossom in Vegas the same way Karlsson did.

40 goal season incoming!

 

[Nakawick]

Except Vegas already has a better 4C in Roy. Like the only thing I can think is Roy's current injury is serious.

He could play wing, a good depth guy.

 

[NeedleInTheHay]

good riddance bum

 

[Nakawick]

The guys in this trade have awesome names.

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

He used to be an animal on the fourth line and pk. For whatever reason he's regressed.