Peat
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Why are the Penguins interested in moving phil?
92 points last year, over ppg this year, making 6.8. Seems like the type of offensive guy you keep around. Granted, im purely stat watching.
A mix of the following 4
1) Panic over the prospect of missing the playoffs and being willing to explore any route that takes us away from that - its unlikely a Kessel trade does that, but maybe it would
2) Being an awkward fit 5v5 that hasn't hit his potential and complicates our lines
3) Potential fallout from clashes between him and Sully
4) Preferring not to be holding so many high value contracts for 30+ players
That said, while there's interest in moving him for the right deal, he's not going to be moved for the sake of it and the likelihood of finding the right deal is pretty minute. Particularly here - the likely bidder for Kessel is a SC contender with surplus in certain areas that really needs just one more elite gamebreaker.
LOL WUT. What do top 4 defensemen usually go for?
Maatta isn't bad. His coach has been ******ed how he's used players. Sprong on the 4th line. Rust on the 1st line. Asking Maatta, Johnson, and Oleksiak to aggressively jump into plays which when they get burned they look bad.
Maatta is a high IQ player, playing for a low IQ coach.
Maatta is at his best when aggressively jumping into plays though. Maatta's problem isn't usage, it's that he's been playing like crap and not moving the puck quickly enough.
imo he has been bad for a long time. I know its unfortunate due to the cancer and injuries, but he just isn't that good.
Its amazing how such a bad player so consistently has numbers suggesting that they're helping the team a lot.