Gurglesons
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Unnecessary trade that was bad from
day one.
Easily my vote for JR’s worst trade.
Unnecessary trade that was bad from
day one.
Easily my vote for JR’s worst trade.
See above title.
Unnecessary trade that was bad from
day one.
Easily my vote for JR’s worst trade.
Where's the Brassard trade? Easily the worst trade made by JR. He gave up a 1st, Gustavsson, 3rd, Cole and Reaves, who cost us an arm.
Nah. I wanted Sunqqvist to work but he plateaued with the Pens and was passed by Rowney.
Yeah, there was nothing Sundqvist did here that suggested he'd be more than a 4th line checker. It would be like bemoaning the Scott Wilson trade if Wilson ended up scoring 20 goals some day.
I don't think any of his trades have been overly bad. They may not have worked, but I don't think he's had any "Chiarelli trades Hall for Larsson and the pick that landed Barzal for Reinhart" bad. Where JR could be criticized is some of his recent FA signings either because they were bad (Johnson, Hunwick) or because they were unnecessary (Grant).
I mean, he had a pretty good AHL season before we traded him.
I don’t know. The stage was set for him to have a solid camp and be our 4C for a long time.
There's some irony there, considering your views on Sprong.
Sundqvist never showed anything at the NHL level to suggest he'd be more than basically what Rowney was, regardless of what he did in the minors. You, of anyone, should realize that since you've pointed out Sprong producing so much in the AHL didn't mean it would translate at the NHL level.
There's some irony there, considering your views on Sprong.
Sundqvist never showed anything at the NHL level to suggest he'd be more than basically what Rowney was, regardless of what he did in the minors. You, of anyone, should realize that since you've pointed out Sprong producing so much in the AHL didn't mean it would translate at the NHL level.
I’m just saying there was some upside. Also Rowney was 27 and Sundqvist was 22. It was just a stupid trade at our most needed position to get “heavy”.
5. Pouliot trade (because they got literally nothing for him and Pouliot can play everyday)
Pouliot would have been our 8th dmen (at best) if we'd kept him and would have either ended up in WBS or (much more likely) claimed on waivers for even more literally nothing.
The telling thing about that being the #5 on that list is that JR has not made more than 4 bad trades as the Penguins GM.