Confirmed with Link: Goc to Blues for Lapierre

[Ugene Magic]

We're losing all our Germans...

Seriously...I love this trade. Max is a great antagonize.

 

[roquay]

Not a better player but probably a better fit. At the end of the day its a 4th line trade but at least they are trying to identify some areas of weakness. JR hasn't really let us down yet.

 

[LucSZ]

Uh no. UNDO UNDO!

wtf

Goc > your other 4th line centers... he plays with Adams & Sill! And they're safe. Obviously.

 

[Deutschland Dangler]

Being a good penalty killer apparently only makes Craig Adams untouchable. Don't like this at all. Lapierre is a little bigger and tougher but a worse hockey player. The 4th line will be a massive liability again.

 

[AgentM]

Lapierre is only 29. I expected him to be a few years older. Honestly kinda forgot about him, too.

I was thinking the same thing! I can't remember the last time I watched him play, feels like years for some reason.

 

[madinsomniac]

I mean Goc is best suited as a third line guy and frankly he is never getting there with this team. Sutter and spaling would play there ahead of him

 

[PKV Jungle Friends]

I like it. A little tougher element to the fourth line.

Not Earth shattering but a good move.

 

[billybudd]

Wow, how out of left field is this? Especially right after a game. Laporte adds some grit and chippiness no?

Big time a hole. Chicken ****, but he pisses people off a lot

 

[Your Boy Troy]

Lapierre is a POS.

I do like him a lot more than Goc. Decent trade. Although I do wish that it was for someone tougher. Pens do get bigger up the middle.

 

[Fraction Jackson]

I kind of like this. Lapierre is good at all the things Goc is good at, but with extra physicality and annoyance factor.

I mean, imagine a Farnham-Lapierre-Downie 4th line...now THAT is a playoff 4th line.

 

[IcedCapp]

Marcel Goc

56 hits in 53 games, 54.0% on face-offs.

 

[Candyman]

I don't like this. Goc allows us to move Sutter into a 2C position in a tough playoff spot so we can run Sid with Geno and still come back with a 2nd line that is a threat to score. Lapierre won't give us that ability. I don't like this trade.

 

[penguins2946*]

Don't like this deal, don't like it at all. Does it save us any cap space?

 

[Deutschland Dangler]

I mean, imagine a Farnham-Lapierre-Downie 4th line...now THAT is a playoff 4th line.

We're going to see a lot of Sill - Lapierre - Adams, though. And THAT will be tough to stomach.

 

[IcedCapp]

Pens SAVE 100k against the cap with this deal.


Both players are UFAs at the end of this season

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

$100K in cap savings, too. Big trade incoming!? Futures for Mike Richards!?

 

[madinsomniac]

Now I have to change my avatar... im thinking "Penguins: soft, fluffy, and ice cold killers"

 

[KIRK]

Lapierre is 54.9% on the draws and has 48 hits in 45 games.

edit:

2 goals and 7 assists, as well

Also, I think Adams will mesh better with Lapierre.

EDIT: Klink for Perron. Goc for Lapierre. Got to think deals of Ehrhoff for a Frenchie for D and Greiss for another Frenchie for are pending.

 

[Michael8771*]

I was thinking the same thing! I can't remember the last time I watched him play, feels like years for some reason.

I think it's a decent deal. I'm not doing cartwheels but it's a trade that doesn't bother me at all.

 

[Human]

I kind of like this. Lapierre is good at all the things Goc is good at, but with extra physicality and annoyance factor.

I mean, imagine a Farnham-Lapierre-Downie 4th line...now THAT is a playoff 4th line.

when will people ever learn? we'll die with Adams on the fourth line...

 

[Pancakes]

Lapierre is 54.9% on the draws and has 48 hits in 45 games.

edit:

2 goals and 7 assists, as well

Dreadful -15 corsi though versus 0 for Goc.

Lapierre is a definite agitator though so that could be nice.

 

[BrokenStick]

The real reason this trade was made is so Perron can have his number back.

 

[IcedCapp]

Pens are half German, half French. I mean...

 

[Speaking Moistly]

I kind of like this. Lapierre is good at all the things Goc is good at, but with extra physicality and annoyance factor.

I mean, imagine a Farnham-Lapierre-Downie 4th line...now THAT is a playoff 4th line.

What will happen:

Sill-Lapierre-Adams

 

[ColePens]

I don't know how Lap is playing nowdays, as I haven't seen him for awhile, but he was a ***** to play against a few years ago. Goc would have been a nice 4th liner to go w/ Lap. I don't know why teh **** we are holding on to Sill/Adams. Get rid of those guys before getting rid of Goc.