GDT: Penguins Trade Deadline II: You wanted trades!? Well you got trades! *Mod warning post 623*

[Gurglesons]

Damn thought last night I was just drunk. We really made that trade lol

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[Josey Wales]

I didn't give a flying f*** about that trade, because it didn't handicap our cap situation for the last 3 years of Geno+Sid

RIIIIIGHT

 

[Zbynek]

Why does Hextall insist on building a team for the future while employing a bunch of Hall of Famers in their mid-30s?

 

[Flying Dego]

You would think not but Hextall just made such an idiotic move that I can no longer rule such things out

Sullivan would nix that. And we know he's higher in the organization here.

They won't remove either and roll POJ/Smith. Like the moves here have been directionless but that is one thing I'm 100% certain won't happen.

 

[molon labe]

McGinn can get called up by the playoffs since there's no cap

Secret weapon

 

[3ladesof5teel]

Even going back and looking at the off season I hate everything Hextall did except for signing the core + Rakell.

The Petry/Rutta moves weren't necessarily bad. They didn't make the team worse. But I don't think we're any better with those two players than we were with Matheson and Marino. And we got older. We were a team that absolutely under no circumstances needed to get older.

And now we got ANOTHER old player in Granlund.

Not really concerned with the age as it lines up with the core and he literally just turned 31. Age doesn't matter performance does.

I am concerned with the 5 mil though. I knew when he signed as a free agent back in 2020 for a 1 year (which is when I wanted to grab him) he was going to earn himself a nice contract. Nashville signed him to a nice contract the year after and now we are tied up with the 5 mil. He could absolutely earn that contract here but it really handcuffs us on actually building out the team and isn't a ideal type of player we need

 

[Pancakes]

I'm gonna do my best to not immediately shit on Granlund. I'll judge him for his play here, not his play for the Preds.

But marron I absolutely despise this trade and hate Hextall rn .

 

[Flying Dego]

Secret weapon

The team is gonna play so hard for him.

 

[Zbynek]

Secret weapon

Genius move by Hextall. His patience is unmatched!

 

[Flying Dego]

I'm gonna do my best to not immediately shit on Granlund. I'll judge him for his play here, not his play for the Preds.

But marron I absolutely despise this trade and hate Hextall rn .

That's my issue. 4+ years ago I was ravenous to reunite Zucker with him.

Today? At 5M and our roster? Lol.

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

Why does Hextall insist on building a team for the future while employing a bunch of Hall of Famers in their mid-30s?

Seriously, mandate is to win now. Hopefully he gets canned so we can go all in next season. Need a bold gm for that.

 

[molon labe]

Genius move by Hextall. His patience is unmatched!

That's a really good team over there (Boston). I just think if a few bounces went our way, and we had a healthy blueline/goalie things might have been different. Our guys skated real hard but it just wasn't our year.

YES! Let's try again next year same-same. Jarry a raise, already got CDS on the books. What meddling bottom 6er is available to pick up in the Summer so I can call it a day and get to my vacation already.

 

[Gurglesons]

Seriously, mandate is to win now. Hopefully he gets canned so we can go all in next season. Need a bold gm for that.

Is the mandate to win now?

Because if it is we are being awfully careful with all of our picks and prospects to “win now”.

 

[Zbynek]

Is the mandate to win now?

Because if it is we are being awfully careful with all of our picks and prospects to “win now”.

Are we being awfully careful or is Ron Sleepy Hextall just a f***ing moron?

 

[Luigi Lemieux]

Is the mandate to win now?

Because if it is we are being awfully careful with all of our picks and prospects to “win now”.

That's what is so frustrating. If it's not there was no point in re-signing the core.

 

[Gurglesons]

Are we being awfully careful or is Ron Sleepy Hextall just a f***ing moron?

I mean, I think it’s pretty obvious it is both.

 

[molon labe]

Seriously, mandate is to win now. Hopefully he gets canned so we can go all in next season. Need a bold gm for that.

Good move to throw away one of the best seasons by both Sid AND Geno together. Next year is definitely guaranteed to be the same outcome and production. (Please God let it be so)

Bright side is we'll have our 19OA in this years draft to step in and help.....right after 87/71 are hanging in the rafters. They'll be probably good enough to keep us middle of the pack drafting 8-17 in the 2030s.

 

[Pancakes]

You know what's absolutely moronic about hoarding first round picks right now? What is even the best case scenario there? Let's say Hextall hits on that pick.

Then four years from now we're just the Flyers. We're sitting on like a Travis Konecny equivalent or something and a pile of shit surrounding him. Who gives a f***in f*** about that? And that's close to the best case scenario for that pick. Unlikely we get any luckier than that.

 

[Flying Dego]

& Burke & Hextall have a Boss & that guy has a Boss John Henry

John Henry Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt?

 

[AuroraBorealis]

You know what's absolutely moronic about hoarding first round picks right now? What is even the best case scenario there? Let's say Hextall hits on that pick.

Then four years from now we're just the Flyers. We're sitting on like a Travis Konecny equivalent or something and a pile of shit surrounding him. Who gives a f***in f*** about that? And that's close to the best case scenario for that pick. Unlikely we get any luckier than that.

Yeah, I mentioned this before. People think we should develop that player a bit and sell him for more pick(s), and reset the clock
Basically like 10+ years of a process before we convert this process into good players when we're trying to contend again.

 

[Pancakes]

Lol Bertuzzi came at 50% retained, what a surprise!

It's such a tragedy looking at the Bruins compared to us. That's a veteran team that is doing everything right and is giving their veteran stars a final kick at the can.

And then there's whatever the f*** Ron Hextall is doing

 

[Darren McCord]

The more I think about this the more annoyed I am.

Chychrun was the get and they could have easily paid that and had the capspace.

It's such a tragedy looking at the Bruins compared to us. That's a veteran team that is doing everything right and is giving their veteran stars a final kick at the can.

And then there's whatever the f*** Ron Hextall is doing

Ya Sweeney and Montegomery are doing an amazing job. I hate it. Sullivan and Hextall both need to be gone.

 

[Zbynek]

It's such a tragedy looking at the Bruins compared to us. That's a veteran team that is doing everything right and is giving their veteran stars a final kick at the can.

And then there's whatever the f*** Ron Hextall is doing

Tragic. How does Mario sit idle and let this happen?

The more I think about this the more annoyed I am.

Chychrun was the get and they could have easily paid that and had the capspace.

Well you see, Sleepy has this shrewd reputation to hold up. Cant risk messing up the whole "never lost a trade" thing.

Also, i think actually at the time of the trade we didnt have the cap space and we didnt have it until Teddy was moved. So basically Sleepy just made all the cap clearing moves too late (or he was banking on McGinn being claimed). Either way Sleepy is a lazy pos.

 

[Flying Dego]

The more I think about this the more annoyed I am.

Chychrun was the get and they could have easily paid that and had the capspace.



Ya Sweeney and Montegomery are doing an amazing job. I hate it. Sullivan and Hextall both need to be gone.

I would have tossed out 1st,2nd, Pickering which was a better offer...

 

[Josey Wales]

Nothing like haalf the board acting like a 13 year old girl who lost her 1st Boyfriend to her BFF. Guess what Bobby Orr 2.0 Jacob Chychrun or anyone else wasn't moving the needle. This Dynasty is OVER