Confirmed Trade: [NJD/PIT] John Marino for Ty Smith and 2023 3rd round pick

[MMC]

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[PullHard]

edit: woah Ty Smith

 

[Puikiou]

That's it? Man... He would have been perfect in Ottawa

Debrincat - Stützle - Giroux
Tkachuk - Norris - Batherson
Formenton - Pinto - Joseph
Kelly - Kastelic - Watson

Chabot - Marino
Sanderson - Zub
Holden - Hamonic

Forsberg
Talbot​

 

[Peter Griffin]

Wow, I guess Marino isn't that valuable.

 

[Sideline]

Is Ty Smith better than I realize or is this just a straight up salary dump?

 

[Buck Naked]

I thought Marino was like 30 years old.

 

[SelltheTeamFrancesco]

Wow good for the Devils but man that's terrible for the Penguins.

 

[serp]

Isn't Ty Smith decent ? Dunno don't think this improves the Devils much

 

[Hockeyholic]

Ah...bad trade for Pittsburgh.

 

[Forge]

Is Ty Smith better than I realize or is this just a straight up salary dump?

He's had one really good year, one really bad year. Hard to say what Smith is, tbh

 

[britdevil]

Love this, Devils have a stacked pipeline of young LD.

Smith still has potential. He is very young. Could be a good gamble for Pittsburgh.

Big win for NJ right now though.

 

[Peter Griffin]

What is Pittsburgh doing? Signing Klingberg?

 

[hockeykicker]

wasant pitt trying to get rid of a defender? then why did they trade for one too?

 

[SomeDude]

New Pens brass obviously don’t think too highly of Marino trading him within the division .

 

[Batrous]

Well, at least the Penguins got more for Marino than the Oilers did.

 

[Mrfenn92]

Nice trade for the devils

 

[wonton15]

I guess Marino didn’t have the value we thought he might?

 

[andora]

Sigh

I wanted him in vancouver and this price kinda makes me think he could have been had a bit easier than i thought

Oh well

 

[Gospel of Prospal]

Interesting deal for both sides, but Smith is a huge gamble. Still, he's so young and there's some untapped potential there, but I don't know if he'll ever be that two-way defenseman instead of that niche' PMD ala Del Zotto or Tony DeAngelo.

 

[Empoleon8771]

This trade honestly doesn't make sense for either side. Why does NJ need a RD? Why do the Penguins need a young LD.

Awful trade by Hextall.

 

[Devilsfan118]

Man Fitz wins the offseason for me by offloading two of the most frustrating players in recent memory in Zacha and Smith.

Shame both never really panned out but here we are.

 

[BigVegas17]

wasant pitt trying to get rid of a defender? then why did they trade for one too?

Presumably because they got one back that is waiver eligible and/or they aren't done getting rid of other Dmen ???? Let's be honest: nobody knows what Hextall/Burke are doing and it's not over the top to wonder if THEY know what they are doing...

 

[DingDongCharlie]

Terrible trade for the Penguins.

 

[Devilsfan118]

This trade honestly doesn't make sense for either side. Why does NJ need a RD? Why do the Penguins need a young LD.

Awful trade by Hextall.

Because Smith has consistently failed to impress, looking downright awful at times.

Think a change of scenery will be good for him.

 

[Blender]

Isn't Ty Smith decent ? Dunno don't think this improves the Devils much

He absolutely stunk last year and got passed on the depth chart by 2-3 younger guys.