Friedman: Penguins have "tested the market" for Kessel
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DJB
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Friedman throwing stuff against the wall again? Hes almost as bad as Eklund sometimes .
Theoretically... could the Leafs trade back for him, undo the retention, and give another team a reason to take on his salary at full hit?
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That would be interesting.
Trade X for Kessel.
Remove the retention.
Trade Kessel for Y.
Lose retention and hopefully recoup most of X with Y.
Granted, I don't know if that would even be allowed.
Yeah I hate how he threw the Penguins/Ducks trade speculation against the wall 2 weeks ago and then those teams did end up making a trade.
Some of you love to hop on the "hate Friedman" bandwagon and don't want to admit he actually has sources on this stuff.
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“Penguins have "tested the market" for Kessel.”
The fast food market?
Is Kessel hungry?
The fast food market?
Is Kessel hungry?
Of course he has sources. Always has. Problem is he talks too much. Or rather, "thinks" too much. I get it, it's speculation that drives clicks and viewership. Some of us just prefer the more selective types like Bobby Mack and Lebrun
WesMcCauley
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I hate when people reply like this. Do we want journalists/insiders to tell us whats happening behind the scenes in the NHL or do we only want them to tell us things that are almost certainly going to happen?
Gms talk trades etc with other Gms all the time. Most of the time nothing happens, that doesnt mean there havent been talks about it.
People need to understand the difference between "testing the market", "beeing traded" and everything between the two.
Eklund is another story because he is always wrong so him i agree on.
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lmao kessel's fat xD !!
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I did suggest they move Kessel for D help...
Does Friedman read HF Boards? Hey Friedman, notice me.
Does Friedman read HF Boards? Hey Friedman, notice me.
Kessel, with rare exception, most players are always in conversations between GM's. I do think depending on what the Pens do this year changes will be made and Kessel with a 5.2 million salary left for 3 years will be attractive to someone. It is not like he has never been traded.
Brought him up on the Bs board today. Assuming Pittsburgh would ask for Carlo though which is a no-go. Would do Krug.
grapes55
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yeah no GM wants a guy coming off a 92 point season
TheBluePenguin
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Man this dude is like a hot take factory, every other day some team is trying to trade their star player ....
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Friedman has been validated with his Pens speculation by the trades they've pulled off recently. It's pretty obvious that JR wasn't happy with how the Pens started the season and was exploring all options to kickstart the team. That doesn't mean that Kessel/Murray are going anywhere, but I'm not sure why anyone would be surprised their names are in the rumour mill though.
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People want to here about moves that happen constantly, but apparently not what teams may be considering or working on.
Trades and signing are apparently easy to pull off.
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I really don't think trading Kessel is the best idea. Unless you're going to do better than Hall/Larsson just leave it alone
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Ehhh even a blind squirrel is right twice a day.
Yeah probably.
I feel like now that the Pens are playing better that's probably not happening though.
