Brandon Sutter... not the problem...
Max Lapierre... not the problem...
Craig Adams... not the problem...
Rob Scuderi... not the problem...
Simon Despres.
The problem.
Beau Bennett, soon to be the problem.
I'm sure Pouliot would also be the problem if he wasn't the coach's pet.
Make it go away.
MrBurgundy:
And that somehow justifies only getting Lovejoy back in return?
The problem isn't Despres got traded, it's what they got, or more precisely didn't get, for him.
...because we don't have an exact surplus of F prospects ready to contribute in the big show? DP is a different case since he is a d-man and Despres ended up being the odd man out of those quality guys. I don't think for a second that GMJR would have given e.g. Dumoulin straight-up for Lovejoy.
to whoever said this:
Dumoulin is the same age as Despres.
Good God, yes.I mean it's a goofy trade but the whole "Obviously this means Despres was regarded as a/the problem" thing is goofier.
So next year:
Maatta-Letang
#2D-Lovejoy
Scuderi-#6D
#7D
So is Pouliot automatically in the top 4 next year? Does Scuderi move up to the second pairing?
Is Dumoulin actually part of this team's future? He gotten limited NHL time, and both Harrington and Pouliot have been called up before him and stayed longer.
Is Harrington up full-time next year?
Is Ian Cole re-signed?
In 2 months from now, would you have rather headed into the postseason with Despres than Lovejoy?
how does one get experience being a Penguin?
how many young players can you have at once?
If it's only one, how can DP, Harrington, Dumo, and Maatta all co-exist?