Confirmed Trade: [PIT/FLA] Colton Sceviour and Mike Matheson for Patric Hornqvist

[Gospel of Prospal]

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[5cotland]

 

[Duffman955]

Interdasting

 

[ViD]

Matheson wasn’t very good for Florida in play offs

 

[Mickey Marner]

Lol, Rutherford has a fetish for bad defensemem.

 

[RABBIT]

Seems odd, but admittedly I don’t know much about Matheson

 

[Gains]

Wow, didn't think Matheson was that valuable with his current contract.

 

[Bettman Returnz]

JR is on the ball getting out and ahead of all this!

 

[Filthy Dangles]

Another head scratcher for Penguins and JR.

Matheson is a replacement player to me with one of the worst contracts in the league. To me he's essentially younger JJ who can skate fast.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

What? Why?

Damn it, JR, stop fetishizing awful defensemen.

 

[Evergreen]

Assuming there is no retention either way, I like this for Florida. Hornqvist is the kind of guy I could see LTIRetiring before he finishes this contract, so he's possibly got even less than 3 years left.

 

[Rabid Ranger]

I want to see a Jack Johnson/Matheson pairing.

 

[Kranix]

WHAAAAT??????
Genius move.
How could Florida trade their future captain and smartest player

 

[DCDM]

What is JR doing to the Penguins?

 

[Empoleon8771]

Lol JR did it to us again.

I can't believe this is true, though. How can they also afford Matheson with Dumoulin, Pettersson and Johnson on LD?

 

[Evgeny Oliker]

I’m thinking this means Jack Johnson is either getting traded or bought out.

not bad plan...save $500,000 with this trade and then some more by getting rid of J.Johnson.

 

[belair]

Rutherford just cleared significant cap space. What an awful trade by Florida.

 

[A1LeafNation]

Hornqvist gone!

 

[maxbme]

Lol, Rutherford has a fetish for bad defensemem.

Penguins paying 8 million per year for a Matheson johnson pairing.... Let's gooo!

 

[Filthy Dangles]

I want to see a Jack Johnson/Matheson pairing.

 

[Muffin]

Yikes didn't think Matheson was movable with that contract.

 

[nbwingsfan]

This seems very bad for the Pens... A top 6 forward for a #7D with an awful contract?

Matheson and JJ being on the ice at the same time is basically a guaranteed goal against

 

[DFC]

Trying to get younger I guess.

I don't understand this from Florida's perspective. Are they trying to make an actual run? How close do they think they are?

 

[Zman5778]

Rutherford just cleared $5m in cap space. What an awful trade by Florida.

Huh? PIT cleared about 750k in cap space and got a not-so-good defenseman on a long-term deal.

I don't think this is a good deal for Pittsburgh at all.

 

[hamzarocks]

Damn isnt Matheson a worse zaitsev with a longer contract? Why did the pens make this trade. They've rebounded certain players before but if they cant with matheson they've got a boat anchor