NHL Trade Deadline Thread: Part IV - Cole Heads to a Meeting

[Daeni10]

We are spending 7.25 Million Dollars on 2 of the worst defenseman in the league for at least 2 more years jesus f***ing christ

 

[66-30-33]

Now that Chia is gone, JR the worst GM in the league?

 

[canadianguy77]

Like holy ****ing ****, fire this senile old man before he ruins this damn team any further.

Too late. It's done. We'll never be able to get rid of this contract and JJ's contract. We had this season and maybe the next 2 for a chance. The window is now shut.

On the bright side, at least they're starting the rebuilding early though. We can probably get enough high-end picks in the next 5 or so years to make the team competitive again.

 

[Pancakes]

Is it time to start looking up what 6 foot 5 players are in this draft?

JR clearly loves giant mutants these days lmao. f***ing a. I'm so stunned by JR's moves these past 18 months that I'm actually laughing instead of being mad.

 

[Kristopher Letang]

I’m convinced JR wouldn’t even be able to win in NHL 19 GM mode. Terrible.

 

[End of Line]

Hurricanes 2.0

 

[K Fleur]

Here I was thinking Lucic was the only truly terrible option today.

 

[Malkinstheman]

What happened to acquring the Daleys and Schultz?

 

[SHOOTANDSCORE]

Oh JR...

Now how do you feel about him doing something.

Hahahahahahahahahaha

 

[PensPlz]

The best thing we can hope for is that this team misses, and misses bad.

Hit or miss?

 

[domaug]

Now that Chia is gone, JR the worst GM in the league?

absolutely

 

[Empoleon8771]

Honestly, I think this is the breaking point for me. I honestly don't think I can do it anymore.

 

[td_ice]

Take the keys away from Grandpa before he totals the car.

 

[Speaking Moistly]

The best thing we can hope for is that this team misses, and misses bad.

Pretty much. Miss, get a high pick, clean house again and pay someone to put drugs on Johnson and Gudbranson at the border.

 

[TNT87]

 

[Corvidae]

Went from winning with youth and speed to out of nowhere acquiring slow meatheads while we sit a good young Dman because he isn't a "gritty vet"

Guerin and Recchi have to go. Why Recchi? Well, I haven't seen a forward back-check since he took over for Tocchet. And Guerin clearly loves the big loads, based on WBS.

 

[canadianguy77]

What happened to acquring the Daleys and Schultz?

A high hit from Wayne Simmonds.

 

[NMK11]

The one way to ensure we waste away the rest of Crosby and Malkin's career would be to get mired in cap hell and not be flexible. As long as pieces outside the core were reasonable and movable, we could tinker until we caught something that worked. We just blew that to bits the past year.

 

[TKalltheTime]

I think these last two years really show you exactly how much influence JB up in Buffalo had on reshaping this team into a winner...

 

[GregR]

When the fans/media started bloviating about how the Pens have no "toughness" after Saturday night, this is the answer they came up with. Maybe be careful what you wish for.

 

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Beaulieu goes for a 6th.

I doubt Buffalo would've sent him to us, but I'm actually feeling sick reading that.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

I legit wonder if JR's suffering from some kind of brain malady. This is indication he's learned nothing from how the JJ deal has played out. "Signed an awful player to a 5-year deal? He's been just as awful as he's been for the past decade? f*** it, dude--give me Gudbranson."

You just gotta sigh, shake your head and laugh, guys. It's comedy now.

People talk about the window closing as Sid and Geno get older, but they refer to it coming as time catches up to aging megastars, not because the team's Methuselah shambled over to said window like a zombie and slammed it shut with an arrogant, spiteful certainty in his actions.

 

[Icarium]

Why do we need more big, slow defenders who can't do anything with the puck? Astonishing stupidity. Trading for the player with the worst plus minus in the league right in the midst of being heavily criticized for having acquired a similar player with similarly terrible plus minus is such a childish move. Doubling down and refusing to admit mistake. Sid and Geno need to revolt and demand from Mario actual puck moving defencemen, not these dinosaurs.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

I think that given this year I can find two doctors to certify for commitment purposes that JR is suffering from acute dementia which has caused visible signs of cognitive impairment.

 

[IcedCapp]

Pretty much. Miss, get a high pick, clean house again and pay someone to put drugs on Johnson and Gudbranson at the border.

I’ll get Dean Lombardi on the phone

 

[66-30-33]

Atleast we kept our 1st round pick, unless we traded it for Lucic.

 

[domaug]

A high hit from Wayne Simmonds.

i think the situation is now worse that he got traded for yet another scumbag in Ryan Hartman.

 

[Speaking Moistly]

Honestly, I think this is the breaking point for me. I honestly don't think I can do it anymore.

I think I’m done watching for the rest of the season, tbh. Reassess if anything big happens in the offseason.