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

[Kelly]

Somebody should check on Rutherford

 

[StevenF1919]

That Mike Matheson and Jack Johnson pairing is going to be elite.

 

[pigpen65]

Mother f***er. Would have loved to have gotten Hornqvist in Buffalo and seems like next to nothing to pay.

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

Is this legit? bec cap friendly isn't updated

 

[ViewsFromThe6ix]

What in the world are the pens thinking?

 

[Irishguy42]

Get Zito'd, JR

 

[Merrrlin]

Ruthy what you doin baby

 

[De Montreal]

Kapanen isn’t much of an upgrade on Hornqvist. You swap them so you get a little help on the blue line, but Matheson is one big question mark. And you somehow lose a 1st and your best prospect in the process. Not the greatest management from Jim R.

However I think Matheson could bounce back, but is he ever gonna be worth his salary? Probably not

 

[Gizmo Tkachuk]

If this is 1 for 1, Zito is automatically the best GM Florida has ever had

 

[Drake1588]

You're right. I jumped the gun on the numbers, but Matheson has a favorable buyout.

Rutherford has stubbornly refused to buy out Jack Johnson, and you think he's preparing to buy out a player with six years remaining on his deal? That's not happening. He added Matheson to play him.

Moving an aging RW after adding Zucker and now Kapanen at the position in the last year makes sense, but Matheson is a dog signed to 2026, and the AAV savings are marginal ($750K).

I wonder if there is more in this deal, because as a one-for-one transaction, it's not the best.

 

[Empoleon8771]

I wonder if people will still be saying how amazing of a deal this is for Florida if JJ is included as going to Florida.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

What is Rutherford thinking?

 

[Stickpucker]

JR is trying to assemble a defense to rival the 2014 Hurricanes.

 

[CupofOil]

Hornqvist is a better player currently and has the better contract. I guess Rutherford sees upside in Matheson still?
Rutherford has lost his marbles this offseason.

 

[The Wahligator]

Yikes, Matheson is brutal

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

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?

Florida wins this by a mile

 

[ViewsFromThe6ix]

I wonder if people will still be saying how amazing of a deal this is for Florida if JJ is included as going to Florida.

if that’s the case, Major L on Florida. If no JJ, pens take a huge loss here.

 

[Gospel of Prospal]

Hownqvist is a better player currently and has the better contract. I guess Rutherford sees upside in Matheson still?
Rutherford has lost his marbles this offseason.

And we haven't even really started yet

 

[Captain Mountain]

How on earth did Rutherford win 3 cups.

 

[Mogo]

Are you kidding me!! No way its the whole deal. Panthers fans would given a 1st to get rid of him. He's that bad

 

[IranCondraAffair]

Neither of these players were particularly valuable.

1. Honqvist was old, expensive, and signed for three years. Pittsburgh just gave up a 1st for a forward. Someone was going elsewhere. Matheson, despite his struggles is still young and could bounce back. It was a buy low option. If Pittsburgh had more assets to trade for a better option they would have. Could blow up in their face but they needed a quality defender for Sids last few years and can't really rebuild. They still needed to get young though, which their trades have accomplished.

2. Florida needed to get rid of one of their overpriced defensemen. They've been ordered to cut budget apparently. They've been shopping Matheson with no takers for a while now. You can't say they didn't try and find a better deal out there. Hornqvist was almost certainly the best they could find. Got rid of a lot of risk with that Matheson contract, it could have been an albatross if he continues to lag in expectations. Since Hoffman and Dadonov are probably gone in order to save money, Hornqvist has an easy spot in the top-6 to get plenty of offensive minutes to juice his numbers. They'll trade him at a deadline in a few years and get a good asset probably.

I have no problem with this trade for either team. Kinda of a "garbage for garbage" trade, but not garbage, just trading one player with a list of potential issues for another one.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Rutherford clearing up space to make a bid for Taylor Hall or Mike Hoffman? I'm trying to make sense of their offseason thus far.

 

[Mogo]

I wonder if people will still be saying how amazing of a deal this is for Florida if JJ is included as going to Florida.

Yes. Matheson is not a NHL dman

 

[CherryToke]

There has to be more going to the Pens? What is their incentive to take Matheson and his horrid contract?

 

[Rabid Ranger]

The Pens defense is going to be like a rogues gallery of villains.