Confirmed with Link: Goc to Blues for Lapierre

[KIRK]

Pens SAVE 100k against the cap with this deal.


Both players are UFAs at the end of this season

Prorated. Actual dollars are like 45K. That kind of money buys you almost 6 games of Craig Adams.

 

[Waffle Fries]

I wanted Lapierre when he was a UFA. Of course Shero would never sign a guy like him.

Farnham-Lapierre-Downie please.

 

[clefty]

Goc is better than his numbers show, I think he'll work out well in St.Louis. But with Goc's ouput being what it was, replacing him with Lapierre is basically a wash in that regard, with Lapierre being a rat and a quicker skater to boot. Lapierre, assuming he plays his game, is probably a better fit for 4C on this team.

 

[IcedCapp]

Prorated. Actual dollars are like 45K. That kind of money buys you almost 6 games of Craig Adams.

I'm just trying to point out all the vitals. I don't get/like this move at all. Trying to look at it from every angle.

 

[Captain Hook]

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

Not Earth shattering but a good move.

Agreed.

I guess the Pens just didn't like having two marshmallow soft centers anchoring their bottom 6 and Sutter isn't going anywhere and even if he does Spaling is basically the same type of player Sutter is. This at least gives them one tough bottom 6 center.

 

[StaalForOne]

Fun fact: he and Despres finished 1-2 in voting last year for "most punchable smile"

 

[Michael8771*]

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

Thank God, for a while I was consumed with anger.

 

[Lim Ran]

I really liked Goc.

 

[BobCole]

I imagine Goc may have asked for a trade after being healthy scratched the other night.

We haven't given the guy a good opportunity here, or even given him minutes with bonafide NHL guys. Instead he's been dragging around anchors since getting here.

Lapierre doesn't have the upside of Goc but he's a PITA to play against, which is everything the Penguins are not. He'll add some - dare I say it - pugnacity to our forward group.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

Yay! A lesser player who is a total ****!

 

[Waffle Fries]

 

[Night Shift]

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.

I really don't think there is a team in this league that wants 35 y/o PK Adams. Sill they may take a chance on.

 

[cheesedanish87]

I like the trade, pens are a little tougher to play against with Lapierre instead of Goc.

I don't think JR is done making trades, he knows he needs a better bottom 6, i'd expect JR to add another bottom 6 forward before the trade deadline.

 

[pensfan71]

I like it...but I also hate it....

We got a ********* of a player back and I love that. But we lost a guy who stuck with Adams and Sill....**** this is a tough one

 

[IcedCapp]

 

[penguins2946*]

Yes, we'll bring in a fast and good on the draw 4C for a fast and good on the draw 4C. Great logic Dreger.

 

[madinsomniac]

Yay! A lesser player who is a total ****!

well we were never going to give Goc a chance, and look at it this way, maybe he freaking is a big enough dick to take out adams for making the 4th line (and thus him) look like crap

 

[Son Goku]

Gonna miss Marcel.

 

[Penguinator]

Didn't Goc get healthy scratched a few games ago. I don't think he's fit in that well here. Only two goals in 64 games as a Penguin. I wonder if he went to the Pens and asked to be moved or if the Pens saw the Rinaldo incident and wanted to get tougher. I guess it could be a combination of both.

This.

**** Goc. Lapierre will make the Pens a tad more annoying to play against, he's tougher than Goc and will fit nicely in the Pens squad.

 

[penguins2946*]

Again, what is JR doing.

 

[IcedCapp]

This.

**** Goc. Lapierre will make the Pens a tad more annoying to play against, he's tougher than Goc and will fit nicely in the Pens squad.

This is the second time you've said **** Goc. I don't think your outlook on life is healthy.

 

[Michael8771*]

I imagine Goc may have asked for a trade after being healthy scratched the other night.

We haven't given the guy a good opportunity here, or even given him minutes with bonafide NHL guys. Instead he's been dragging around anchors since getting here.

Lapierre doesn't have the upside of Goc but he's a PITA to play against, which is everything the Penguins are not. He'll add some - dare I say it - pugnacity to our forward group.

Very well reasoned post. I concur sir.

 

[Stad]

Sounds like Blues fans liked Lappy lol, i don't know what to make of this trade tbh.

 

[KIRK]

I'm just trying to point out all the vitals. I don't get/like this move at all. Trying to look at it from every angle.

Fine, here you go.

Germany took over Czechoslovakia before WWII.

Pens are interested in Jagr. Jagr old enough to remember the invasion. Ergo, the Pens must move the Germans.

First, Klink, an honorary German, is traded.

Now, Goc. Can Ehrhoff and Greiss be far behind, or the Pens acquisition of Jagr far behind that?

Again, what is JR doing.

Good to know the organization let JR blow a few hundred thousand Burkle bucks to hire Peter's kid to run analytics.

 

[BillyOcean]

Board *****es about being tougher to play against physically

Penguins get an ass who is tough to play against (and was even a playoff asset for the Canucks a few seasons ago)

Board *****es