News: Penguins will not buy out any players

[caley]

Jim Rutherford: Penguins won't utilize buyouts this week

Right from Jim Rutherford, Pittsburgh will not buy out any players. There was some speculation that they might buy out Matt Hunwick but that has been rebutted

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[YoSoyLalo]

Hunwick to Toronto for _____?

 

[rent free]

Hunwick to Toronto for _____?

matt martin

 

[domaug]

Hunwick to Toronto for _____?

i would take a 4th or 5th in just about any year for Hunwick

 

[East Coast Icestyle]

Why would they buyout hunwick? He's hardly even a caphit if ceiling is 80m

Don't think 'team that doesn't need to buy anyone out isn't going to' is big news or there would be about 20 team threads

 

[SEALBound]

Hunwick is still a serviceable bottom pairing dman.

He was a great bottom pairing guy until his concussion then after that, he never regained his mojo. I expect him to have a bounce back pretty easily.

That said, what do bottom pairing guys normally go for?

If the Penguins want to move him, it's cap related and not necessarily performance related.

 

[jmelm]

Barring a trade, it's fine for him and Ruhwedel to battle it out for a 7th Dman and it all evens out because Ruhwedel is such great value. If we were to buy out Hunwick, it would make more sense the following summer rather than this one.

 

[member 157595]

Hunwick to Toronto for _____?

Don't you dare.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Why would they buyout hunwick? He's hardly even a caphit if ceiling is 80m

Don't think 'team that doesn't need to buy anyone out isn't going to' is big news or there would be about 20 team threads

Bingo on the first part. There's genuinely no purpose of buying out Hunwick, his cap hit is way too small to even justify it. Stashing him in the minors costs you $1.25 million a year or so for 2 years, while a buyout would cost you about $3 million over 4 years. Just not worth it.

 

[Liferleafer]

Hunwick to Toronto for _____?

Well that depends on how much you add to Hunwick for Toronto to take him....

 

[Martyros]

funny. Toronto was raving about Hunwick once.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

matt martin

Not even that

 

[rent free]

Not even that

Why not?

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Maybe they will try like Ottawa and ship him with Kessel if it's true they're looking to deal him.

 

[McDrailers]

Maybe they will try like Ottawa and ship him with Kessel if it's true they're looking to deal him.

I very highly doubt Ottawa is on Kessels' 8 team trade list.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Why not?

Because Matt Hunwick is awful only Martin Marincin is worse, I'd rather go with 5 D men then bring Matt Hunwick back.

f*** that

 

[rent free]

Because Matt Hunwick is awful only Martin Marincin is worse, I'd rather go with 5 D men then bring Matt Hunwick back.

**** that

we would save cap (a little bit anyways) and trade from a position of strength (the guys been a healthy scratch for nearly half the season) to add depth to a position of need

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

They'll probably take on more players other teams happened to give up on, then take them in and turn them into star players.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

we would save cap (a little bit anyways) and trade from a position of strength (the guys been a healthy scratch for nearly half the season) to add depth to a position of need

We can do better than Matt Hunwick

 

[rent free]

We can do better than Matt Hunwick

if we can get rid of matt martin in a reasonable trade, then it should be done