GDT: NHL Trade Deadline Day Part III (hahahahhahha)

[Shady Machine]

Rutherford on Despres:

"He took a big step forward the first couple months of the season. Probably better than anyone projected him to play. As time has gone on, we felt his play dropped off. That's not necessarily his fault. Maybe he was put in situations where he wasn't comfortable, or was playing more minutes than he could handle at this point in his career.

"If we didn't have the number of young defensemen we presently have, this would've been a difficult deal to make."

So I sold low on him because all we draft are defensemen?

 

[66-30-33]

It's so ridiculous.

We have no other defensemen like Despres. We've got two who're practically carbon copies of each other - why couldn't we have moved one of Dumo or Harrington?

Soon.

 

[Gurglesons]

Despres is 23 years old, which is basically peak for a dman right? Glad they got something for him, in all honesty.

I honestly would not be surprised if Despres doesn't become an NHL standard at this point.

The Ducks have a lock-jam at D.

Despres is not playing over Beauch - Fowler - Vatanen - Lindholm - Wiz - Stoner

 

[Winger for Hire]

"Experience trumps all" -Penguins Motto

 

[Tasty Biscuits]

Hahaha, playoff avatar-worthy stuff right there.

Absolutely.

 

[deczola]

Imagine that, developing a player? Why should we develop guys, when other teams can do it for us!

Letang = ELITE

Maata = really looks like he will be ELITE and maybe better overall than Letang

Pouliot = huge upside and if he improves on D end is easily a top 4 D man and a PP QB down the road

two more assists in minors

We do a great job of developing D men. We are not the Flyers

 

[MeticulouslyDishevel]

"It's the way it works....Sorry."

That pretty much sums it up.

 

[Asuna]

"Experience trumps all" -Penguins Motto

QFT lolol

 

[Mr Jiggyfly]

So we got Lovejoy because he used to play here? Country Club!

This is going to sound whacked, but stick with me...

When Lovejoy was here, I always said I liked his game. I figured, if he had a chance to you know, play more and gain experience, he could develop into a nice looking blueliner.

Instead he was shipped off on th cheap and then got experience, and got better.

I wonder if the Pens adopted this radical approach, if it might work for them?

It probably seems like I'm speaking straight fool, but I can't help but think there is something to this idea about letting young guys get experience, instead of wasting assets for that experience every season.

Just spitballing of course.

 

[Jacob]

As long as they don't trade Harrington, Dumo, or DP. We are good.

What if one of those guys busts... or gets a nasty injury. You can't really bank on prospects. Dumoulin still seems like a likely trade chip anyway.

 

[systemsgo]

Soon.

Probably for Armstrong. Just because.

 

[johnniewalker]

Hyperbole out the ass right now. If you hate the trade you hate the trade but get real with all this nonsense. Sound like a bunch of six year old girls.

Agreed.

It's fine to hate the trade. It's fine to have had a different outlook on the players we gave up. It's fine to feel like we lost a little value.

But if anyone is quitting being a fan, grabbing pitchforks, not watching anymore, etc. they should really take a step back, go for a quick walk and get their priorities straight.

We were probably a shorted about a 3rd rounder in return for Despres on that trade. It is not going to bury the franchise or put us in some dark era.

Let's get real. We are a better hockey team today for having made these moves, and we will be about as good down the road with the players we have in the pipeline. Even if we lost this trade, it is not so horribly lopsided like some people are making it out to be.

 

[Frederick Stanley]

Okay guys, I'm closing this one. All we're going to talk about from now on is the Despres trade and we have a seperate thread for that. Let's concentrate on one thread.