Friedman: Panthers will try to trade Mark Pysyk

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12. Florida’s Mark Pysyk is expected to make his season debut Tuesday against Carolina. The Panthers will try to move the pending UFA. There’s been interest (New Jersey, Vancouver looked at it last summer), but his cap hit ($2.73 million) and cash ($3.5 million this season) make it more difficult with so many clubs tight to the cap.

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[Prairie Habs]

Haven't they been for a while?

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

Carolina, you're on call

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

This has Winnipeg written all over it. Pysyk is an NHL Dman and the Jets dont have any of those guys right now.

 

[LucicAndChong]

Leafs would be interested if we could make the cap work...

When Dermott comes back we could have Sandin and Pysyk swap in the bottom RD depending on the team were playing (more defensive game - pysyk, more offensive- sandin)

 

[Kevin Musto]

Pysyk is alright, no? Have to imagine there'd be some interest.

 

[justafan22]

Leafs would be interested if we could make the cap work...

When Dermott comes back we could have Sandin and Pysyk swap in the bottom RD depending on the team were playing (more defensive game - pysyk, more offensive- sandin)

Doesn't work unless they're dumping Ceci

 

[Drew311]

Doesn't work unless they're dumping Ceci

I'd love if they dumped Ceci. He's made a couple of nice offensive plays but on a whole he's looked very uncomfortable. He belongs on the bottom pairing and the Leafs can't have a 4.5M defenseman there.

 

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

Pysyk is alright, no? Have to imagine there'd be some interest.

Extremely overpaid #6, can't see any takers unless Florida retains a lot

 

[Old Boys Club]

The MannDog for pysyk

 

[Juicy Pop]

Yep, for some dumb reason.

Do they not get that they're in a "win it or quit it" situation with contracts for Hoffman and Dadonov coming up next year? Make the push, lose the player to FA. If you don't win it, oh well, at least you didn't p****-foot out of a prime situation.

 

[GIN ANTONIC]

Extremely overpaid #6, can't see any takers unless Florida retains a lot

$2.75 mil is a lot of a #6... but there's teams out there paying much more for much worse players. I bet someone bites but the return won't be anything great for sure. Might have to take back a useless player that's making a bit less.

 

[pb1300]

Extremely overpaid #6, can't see any takers unless Florida retains a lot

Tallon got a 3rd round pick for Petrovic, so anything could happen.

I doubt he trades him to anyone in the division. Id suspect that he will be moved to a Western Conference team.

 

[Fig]

Do the Panthers need to be cap neutral in a trade?

 

[RogerRoger]

Do the Panthers need to be cap neutral in a trade?

Pretty much, 800K in cap space.

 

[hockeyguru]

the avalanche could be the team that gets him. they demoted timmins and have over 7 million dollars of cap space.

 

[forsbergavs32]

the avalanche could be the team that gets him. they demoted timmins and have over 7 million dollars of cap space.

This I wouldn't mind, I don't like Graves being a staple in the lineup and he's a pending UFA so it works out good while Timmins marinates.

 

[Voodoo Glow Skulls]

Pysyk

For

Greer

?

 

[TheImpatientPanther]

Pysyk

For

Greer

?

Tallon has hinted he has a LD on the wishlist item. Were pretty deep with forward prospects, especially on the wing.

We do need C and RD prospects though. Anyway Zadorov is available if we add something to Pysyk?

 

[Steddy33]

#5 d man on a good team. #1 d man on a Winnipeg team

 

[belair]

Brandon Manning expects to be a big hit with the Blackhawks

“When Stan and Joel talked to me, they talked about how they see me as a player. I was like, ‘That’s bang on,’” Manning said. “That’s who I am, that’s what I take pride in. Take pride in my defense, maybe chip in (offensively) once in a while, play physical. They’re like, ‘That’s what we need, that’s what we’re looking for.’”
It’s easy to see why Bowman and Quenneville were drawn to Manning, a 6-foot-1, 205-pound defenseman with a left-handed shot who made his NHL debut with the Flyers in 2012 and began seeing regular playing time in 2015-16. He’s a team-first, physical player whom teammates love and some opponents, well, don’t.

Everybody hates it but Manning for Pysyk.

 

[bernmeister]

Extremely overpaid #6, can't see any takers unless Florida retains a lot

Do the Panthers need to be cap neutral in a trade?

Pretty much, 800K in cap space.

Tallon has hinted he has a LD on the wishlist item. Were pretty deep with forward prospects, especially on the wing.

We do need C and RD prospects though. Anyway Zadorov is available if we add something to Pysyk?

Brendan Smith shoots left, plays either side.
Not convinced final pre-season and 1st two games = return to form when we extended him.
He is grit, tuffness, and can swing bottom 6 LW also if nec, but versatile.
One bottom feeder for another, in principle as to core of deal.

Smith is 4.35 x 2
Rangers eat half = 2.175
lose 2.75 - 2.175 added = 575 instant savings for FL
when you are ready to move on, you can eat up to half one mo time for the final yr and that is ridiculous 1+, you won't need to go there.

Brandon Crawley is a lefty shot D on last yr elc.
4th round selection, he is getting overtaken by primer beef.

Not saying this is final, but something along these lines....

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

No better guy for the Jets to pick-up than Pysyk. I could even see the Oilers being all on him too.

 

[TheImpatientPanther]

Brendan Smith shoots left, plays either side.
Not convinced final pre-season and 1st two games = return to form when we extended him.
He is grit, tuffness, and can swing bottom 6 LW also if nec, but versatile.
One bottom feeder for another, in principle as to core of deal.

Smith is 4.35 x 2
Rangers eat half = 2.175
lose 2.75 - 2.175 added = 575 instant savings for FL
when you are ready to move on, you can eat up to half one mo time for the final yr and that is ridiculous 1+, you won't need to go there.

Brandon Crawley is a lefty shot D on last yr elc.
4th round selection, he is getting overtaken by primer beef.

Not saying this is final, but something along these lines....

Would prefer to retain 700k to $1 million on Pysyk and get a 3rd round + 4th/5th in off-setting years or mid level prospect.
Feel if we were to go after a LD, it'd be an upgrade like a 2nd pairing D and we add pick and/or prospect.
Otherwise we're just shuffling deck chairs and don't see the benefit for either teams.

 

[Voodoo Glow Skulls]

Tallon has hinted he has a LD on the wishlist item. Were pretty deep with forward prospects, especially on the wing.

We do need C and RD prospects though. Anyway Zadorov is available if we add something to Pysyk?

I'm not a Colorado fan, so I can't speak for the fan base on that.

Maybe Kamenev for Pysyk? Going with need and value?