Around the League 22: But how will it work next season?

[Canes]

JR loves him some 13th forward/7th d-man throw ins in trades. Got both in one deal this time, no main piece needed.

 

[Brock Anton]

Still can't believe Florida convinced someone to take Matheson.

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

After years of Panthers fans getting reamed by incompetence, I'm happy to see them on the winning end of a deal, for once. Also, in normal circumstances I wouldn't see getting Matheson as a bad reclamation project for Pittsburgh. The issue is that albatross contract AND Jack Johnson's are on the books for 3 more years! Sure, Matheson's only 26 and could well improve under a better-suited defensive system. It's just that player under that contract that's ridiculously risky.

 

[Canes]

Schultz was a laughingstock and he became a serviceable defender at one point though he seems to have regressed again. Maybe JRs voodoo will help Matheson in a similar way but hopefully JRs luck has run out in this case.

As for Hornqvist, will he be on the move again? I'm not sure how much sense he makes for this current Panthers team.

 

[tarheelhockey]

As for Hornqvist, will he be on the move again? I'm not sure how much sense he makes for this current Panthers team.

I'm kind of wondering about this too. This feels like the obscure final chapter in a career that comes up in bar trivia years later.

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

Schultz was a laughingstock and he became a serviceable defender at one point though he seems to have regressed again. Maybe JRs voodoo will help Matheson in a similar way but hopefully JRs luck has run out in this case.

As for Hornqvist, will he be on the move again? I'm not sure how much sense he makes for this current Panthers team.

According to analytics, Schultz has been pretty decent defensively for the last few seasons. Jack Johnson is simply so godawful at everything that he's boat-anchored everything that he touches, including Schultz.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

Don't forget Andreas Athanasiou, Steve Stamkos, Mitch Marner (can he have multiple MMs? M&Ms?), Teuvo Teravainen, Tomas Tatar (the TTs), Filip Forsberg, Nino Neenerneener, & Brock Boeser!!

Hey, Andreas Athanasiou will be in the HHOF one day.

 

[WreckingCrew]

Hey, Andreas Athanasiou will be in the HHOF one day.

I know +/- isn't the best stat, but for a player that still seems to get a fair bit of hype he was a -45 last year, the worst on his team. From 30G 54PTS to 11G 26PTS...which is his lowest pace since rookie season I think? What happened to him?

 

[raynman]

I know +/- isn't the best stat, but for a player that still seems to get a fair bit of hype he was a -45 last year, the worst on his team. From 30G 54PTS to 11G 26PTS...which is his lowest pace since rookie season I think? What happened to him?

The Red Wings happened to him?

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

The Red Wings happened to him?

Not playing a 2 way game and then double down with the worst team in the league happened to him.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Am I one of the only people that doesnt like the new Petry extension for Montreal? He is already 32, has one more year, and then signed from 33-37 at 6.25 million. He will be a decline around the start of his new deal with a big decline expected around 35.

 

[A Star is Burns]

It's not without some risk given the age.

 

[HisIceness]

Am I one of the only people that doesnt like the new Petry extension for Montreal? He is already 32, has one more year, and then signed from 33-37 at 6.25 million. He will be a decline around the start of his new deal with a big decline expected around 35.

As stated above, it's risky given the age but I think he's worth taking a chance on. He's been a steady player for them.

 

[A Star is Burns]

Yeah, you certainly don't want to line up too many of those risks at the same time, but you can't just let talented players walk either if you want to stay or get good. It's all about balance. Although, given the big contract for Weber at his age (not to mention Price in goal), who knows, maybe this will prove to be too much risk.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

Hey, Andreas Athanasiou will be in the HHOF one day.

The first H is for Hank, btw

 

[Canes]

Petry is most likely going to be overpaid on the latter part of that deal and the more I look at the Habs roster, the more I question it. But he's about the only defensive depth they have beyond Weber and would have made a similar amount on the open market. Habs probably had to overpay a little to keep him in Quebec considering they're probably one of the highest tax markets in the NHL. Also, they still have Price and Weber and it'd probably be impossible to get fair value for either of them so they might as well continue trying to compete as long as they can. They've got some decent youth although nothing to get too excited about.

 

[NotOpie]

The first H is for Hank, btw

The Hank Williams Hall of Fame, The Hank Aaron Hall of Fame, the Hank Stram Hall of Fame, the Hank Azaria Hall of Fame.....one of these things isn't like the others.....

 

[RibFrabcus]

Petry is good but the only thing I can think of when I see his name is when Skinner trucked him on the way to scoring an empty netter 4-5 years ago. (As much as Skinner "trucks" people)

 

[hblueridgegal]

Wonder how long Slavin, Svech and Dzingel will have the place to themselves?

 

[bleedgreen]

Risky or not Hornqvist looked like a good fit for us. Especially with no Willy coming back.

 

[bleedgreen]

I don't know about you, but I'm enjoying watching JR turn the Pens from a promising team set up to transition from the Crosby years to contention for the next 10 to an absolute clusterf*** of mediocre players on horrendous contracts.

It’s exactly what they hired him to do. No one on gods green earth would hire a gm to “transition” away from Crosby and Malkin at this point. You know the other side is going to suck no matter what you do. You win as many as you can for as long as you can. He obviously has ownerships full support, it’s what they asked him to do. I’m sure both sides know someone else will be hired to clean it up later. This is what JR is good at. He’s no rebuilder.

How were the pens set up to transition anyways? When were they ever looking promising beyond Crosby?

 

[GoldiFox]

NYR pays a 2021 2nd to dump Marc Staal

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Dang you Detroit for bailing them out for anything less than a gross overpayment.

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

NYR pays a 2021 2nd to dump Marc Staal

Not a bad deal for the Rangers. I bet that the price to dump Staal's contract was relatively low due to the fact that Staal's buyout isn't one of those toxic 35+ ones that forced Toronto to fork up the 13th pick.

 

[spockBokk]

If it takes a 2nd to dump 1 year of Staal at $5.7M, I shudder to think what it would take to dump 3 yrs of Gardiner at $4.05M. At least Gardiner is still somewhat useful, at times.