Salary Cap: Pittsburgh Penguins lead up to the trade deadline

[PensandCaps]

Letang has been in 3 finals. More than any elite D in the league atm besides Keith right?

well...Keith isn't elite.

Chara would also be in that list

 

[PensandCaps]

Ok, that was probably one of Letangs best playoffs. But I just gave you the overall breakdown. Burns has played half the games and has better stats.

Burns only wishes he could defend half as well as Letang

 

[Turin]

Zucker finished with 10:07 TOI.
Lowest on the team.

Keeping him out of harms way for a trade without the distraction of a scratch?

 

[WayneSid9987]

Keeping him out of harms way for a trade without the distraction of a scratch?

No clue but possible...

 

[WayneSid9987]

Letang has been in 3 finals. More than any elite D in the league atm besides Keith right?

2.
Didn't touch the ice in one of 'em.

Err wait. Did he play in 2008?

 

[Nharris31]

Is he really playing that badly? he's going to play under 10 minutes tonight.

edit- Ok just over 10.

He got into fight tonight.

 

[Nharris31]

Is he really playing that badly? he's going to play under 10 minutes tonight.

edit- Ok just over 10.

 

[Gurglesons]

2.
Didn't touch the ice in one of 'em.

Err wait. Did he play in 2008?

Yes and dumbass Therrien scratched him for Sydor.

 

[Ryder71]

Yes and dumbass Therrien scratched him for Sydor.

We still weren't beating the Wings.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Zucker got demoted to the 4th line against the Blackhawks Tuesday night as well.

Hopefully he demands a trade.

 

[Hockeyfan200]

Hopefully he demands a trade.

As a wild fan, Zucker deserves it! He literally goes missing on offense then doesn't try on defense! He doesn't seem to care some games then goes on Twitter right after. Zucker can be so good but it's up to him to have that passion and desire

 

[66-30-33]

Hopefully he demands a trade.

"Trade me for ZAR".

 

[Ryder71]

As a wild fan, Zucker deserves it! He literally goes missing on offense then doesn't try on defense! He doesn't seem to care some games then goes on Twitter right after. Zucker can be so good but it's up to him to have that passion and desire

What if he doesn't exhibit the level of passion, desire and attention to detail that the Wild faithful demand? What's the fallout?

 

[Turin]

As a wild fan, Zucker deserves it! He literally goes missing on offense then doesn't try on defense! He doesn't seem to care some games then goes on Twitter right after. Zucker can be so good but it's up to him to have that passion and desire

Cool, 2021 2nd it is.

 

[Ryder71]

Cool, 2021 2nd it is.

Another such game and it's a 4th rounder in 2024.

 

[Hockeyfan200]

What if he doesn't exhibit the level of passion, desire and attention to detail that the Wild faithful demand? What's the fallout?

I am just saying Brodreau doesn't care who the player is. If one isn't playing the game right they go to 4th line. Parise, Zucker, Donato, fiala , Koivu all have played on 4th line

 

[Ryder71]

I am just saying Brodreau doesn't care who the player is. If one isn't playing the game right they go to 4th line. Parise, Zucker, Donato, fiala , Koivu all have played on 4th line

If Zucker is gonna continue to be clown he should be traded and soon!

 

[Turin]

Another such game and it's a 4th rounder in 2024.

A moody 4th liner with a malcontent wife. Sounds like they’ll take Galchenyuk 1 for 1 and like it.

 

[Tender Rip]

One more thing tying into my earlier posts.

I disagree when people say the third goal was on Sid as much as Letang. Yes, Sid should ideally also play that better, but it was a one goal game with half the game to play. Sully’s best cliche for this team is “take what the game gives you”, and no one needs that imprinted on him more than 58, because when he does he is great.
Letang going for a 40/60 pinch deep in the opponents third is gambling big time.
Do it when we’re desperate ONLY, least of all when it is a tight game, unless it is late and we need a goal of course. That’s basically all the reigning in I ask for with Letang.

When we won without Letang in 17’ a major reason was that we did not gift away much and trusted offense to do enough eventually. He MUST show better judgement, or it is extremely likely that those easy goals against will be just like this one come showtime. Like we have honestly seen it way too many times before.

 

[Empoleon8771]

From Russo via the Wild board:

[Guerin]'s been meeting a lot with his staff this week, a lot of his front office people, things like that. I've gotta think that he's got a notebook of trade potential deals by several teams in this league.

I just talked to a management person for another team as I was coming here that I know was interested in Zucker, and I get the impression that Zucker has listed them on his no-trade list, which is pretty frustrating for this team. But the one thing talking to him that he told me is that there's a lot of teams looking for a Jason Zucker type right now. Because you don't usually get that at this time of year. Guys with term that are wingers, not centers. Usually at the trade deadline everybody's looking for the same thing: that puck-moving defenseman, one rugged defenseman, or a center. Very few teams are looking for that winger-type.

I think the telling thing here is that other teams know who Zucker put on his NTC. This Russo comment could be about Pittsburgh, but I think it could also be about someone like Calgary, who's also a strong possibility to be on Zucker's NTC and be interested in him.

 

[Peat]

LeBrun thinks we might have an interest in Simmonds. Speculation more than reporting.

 

[Shrimper]

LeBrun thinks we might have an interest in Simmonds. Speculation more than reporting.

No thanks

Hoping we trade Chucky, Bjugstad, Schultz, 1st, prospect and get 1 winger top 6, 1 depth winger and 1 D man.

 

[Empoleon8771]

LeBrun thinks we might have an interest in Simmonds. Speculation more than reporting.

(X) Press X to doubt

Simmonds really doesn't make sense because he's a bad top-6 player on a bad team at this point. Maybe he makes sense as the depth veteran forward, but that's about it. He's a guy that's on par with Kovalchuk, not a top-6 player on a playoff team.

 

[Ignatius]

As a wild fan, Zucker deserves it! He literally goes missing on offense then doesn't try on defense! He doesn't seem to care some games then goes on Twitter right after. Zucker can be so good but it's up to him to have that passion and desire

Stuff like this would sour me on wanting him in Pittsburgh, we have had enough toxic drama over the past decade and we've seen how it has sandbagged our locker room over the past two seasons in particular.

 

[PensandCaps]

One more thing tying into my earlier posts.

I disagree when people say the third goal was on Sid as much as Letang. Yes, Sid should ideally also play that better, but it was a one goal game with half the game to play. Sully’s best cliche for this team is “take what the game gives you”, and no one needs that imprinted on him more than 58, because when he does he is great.
Letang going for a 40/60 pinch deep in the opponents third is gambling big time.
Do it when we’re desperate ONLY, least of all when it is a tight game, unless it is late and we need a goal of course. That’s basically all the reigning in I ask for with Letang.

When we won without Letang in 17’ a major reason was that we did not gift away much and trusted offense to do enough eventually. He MUST show better judgement, or it is extremely likely that those easy goals against will be just like this one come showtime. Like we have honestly seen it way too many times before.

Letang wasn't on the ice for the 3rd goal ? iirc