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Ummm you know that bjugstad is a cap dump right? Also, Buffalo fans are willing to trade their 1st this year for Domi straight up...
Ummm you know that bjugstad is a cap dump right? Also, Buffalo fans are willing to trade their 1st this year for Domi straight up...
I don't see Bjugstad as a cap dump, he was just injured, a lot, but still a good player. If he'll come out of the back surgery fully healed he could be the Pens 3rd line center next season, otherwise it could mean the end of his career and they should just put him on LTIR all year long instead of spending assets to trade him.Ummm you know that bjugstad is a cap dump right? Also, Buffalo fans are willing to trade their 1st this year for Domi straight up...
I wonder what sort of player the Pens would get for #15? Salary would play into things, of course. The #15 would be somewhat appealing for a team with no cap problems, really appealing for a team up against it, such as TBL.
Bjugstad + Marino + 1st round pick for Domi?
No GM in their right mind would trade a prospect like Newhook or Timmins for 2 years of a 28 year old player with a career high 38 points prior to this season.
Rust may have been PPG, but it was a shortened season and he was playing with one of the best C's in the league.
Ummm you know that bjugstad is a cap dump right? Also, Buffalo fans are willing to trade their 1st this year for Domi straight up...
I think you're overrating Timmins to begin with, but the more important part is that the teams who only value Rust as a 38 point guy won't get Rust. It's really that simple.
Teams can be completely reasonable with not wanting to pay the price for a PPG 2-way winger that only makes $3.5 million. But the Penguins aren't going to accept anything less than that. Teams who only value him as a 38 point guy won't be even in the ballpark in value for what the Penguins would want to trade him because of what he did last year.
Well here's the good news. Nobody wants Rust at this crazy evaluation you think he's worth.
So guess what? You can keep him.
Quick question fellow penguin fans...
Would it be completely opposed to bring in James Neal if the oilers made it worth it with draft picks? I know acquiring Neal doesn’t get us younger obviously, but he could bring with him some valuable picks or prospects that help us accomplish that goal.
Asking because he’s proven some chemistry with Malkin in the past and his numbers this past year weren’t awful, he scored 19 in a shortened season. Obviously the contract is bad but if they attached their 1st rounder would JR consider it?
Okay but he was also battling a foot injury. And we can offer him PP time, especially since Hornqvist is likely gone and Letang may even be traded.Did you watch Neal this year? He scored the bulk of his goals early on when he was getting insanely lucky and getting top unit PP time. He was near useless at 5on5 and his goal scoring dried up about 20 games in.
I didn't say that Rust was a 38 point forward. What I was alluding to was simply the fact that he's only had one season (or 2/3 of a season technically) with PPG pace. Acquiring teams would be wary of trading big assets for a player who could turn out to be a one-hit wonder.I think you're overrating Timmins to begin with, but the more important part is that the teams who only value Rust as a 38 point guy won't get Rust. It's really that simple.
Teams can be completely reasonable with not wanting to pay the price for a PPG 2-way winger that only makes $3.5 million. But the Penguins aren't going to accept anything less than that. Teams who only value him as a 38 point guy won't be even in the ballpark in value for what the Penguins would want to trade him because of what he did last year.
Only way I take Neal back is if he is accompanied by a nice pick or prospect and JJ is headed the other way, no retention.Okay but he was also battling a foot injury. And we can offer him PP time, especially since Hornqvist is likely gone and Letang may even be traded.
Im not necessarily advocating we trade for him, I’m just saying if Edmonton was willing to attach their 2021 1st for example I would be interested. We don’t have one now so that could be big for us.
I didn't say that Rust was a 38 point forward. What I was alluding to was simply the fact that he's only had one season (or 2/3 of a season technically) with PPG pace. Acquiring teams would be wary of trading big assets for a player who could turn out to be a one-hit wonder.
It's the same argument that gets brought up all the time with regards to Graves or Burakovsky, who likewise haven't proved beyond 1 season that they can play at the level they're at right now.
That uncertainty means that GM's will be reluctant to give up prime prospects, especially for a guy with only 2 years term left.
I didn't say that Rust was a 38 point forward. What I was alluding to was simply the fact that he's only had one season (or 2/3 of a season technically) with PPG pace. Acquiring teams would be wary of trading big assets for a player who could turn out to be a one-hit wonder.
It's the same argument that gets brought up all the time with regards to Graves or Burakovsky, who likewise haven't proved beyond 1 season that they can play at the level they're at right now.
That uncertainty means that GM's will be reluctant to give up prime prospects, especially for a guy with only 2 years term left.