Agreed. I'm not crazy about AG or his contract status but let's let this play out.There's still a move or two to come, before we bash this deal let's see how things play out over the next week or so. We got younger, added a good D prospect and gained cap space without having much leverage in the process. Yes we gave up the best player in the deal, and certainly that's a concern, but I still hold out some hope that when it's all said and done this summer, we're moving in the right direction.
Btw if JR got younger just to sign a 30+ year old to some dumb contract, JR should be ridiculed for it. But if the idea was to open up cap space and continue the idea of young/speed... then i'm in. I understand the concept.
But if a guy like Simmonds is paid here.. YEESH.
Sometimes you can make the right move for the wrong reasons. I don’t know how the pieces the Pens acquired will work out. I do know that this was probably the Penguins last chance to move his contract as an asset and not a dump.To the people who are crapping on this thread I ask this:
What did you want with Phil Kessel and his contract? Keep him throughout the contract? OR what did you want to trade him for?
To those who absolutely love this trade I ask this:
You do realize we lost an elite goal-scorer who could change a game in a blink of an eye, right? That is irreplaceable and the guy produced. Can't deny that.
Guentzel-Crosby, Galchenyuk-Malkin, and McCann-Bjugstad is a solid base for your top three lines. Galchenyuk may be similar to Kessel but I feel like we have the right RWers to make that line work. The only player I could see making Kessel-Malkin work was McCann.
It is too bad that Domi wasn’t still on the Coyotes. Switch him with Galchenyuk and I think people really like this trade.
Sometimes you can make the right move for the wrong reasons. I don’t know how the pieces the Pens acquired will work out. I do know that this was probably the Penguins last chance to move his contract as an asset and not a dump.
I think it was probably the right time to move him. I do not believe they moved him for the reasons I would have moved him, and that concerns me, because it smacks of something personal
I’m just excited to see what JR does from here. Really hope it’s either crushingly depressing or just straight up genius.