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@Andy99 said:
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“Some trade deadline rumblings, Penguins and league wide:
--Kingerski lists Mantha, Bennett, and Virtanen as the 3 players that should be top targets for the Penguins. Penguins would have to ship out salary plus a good prospect to land Mantha, reports are that Bennett's relationship with Calgary is much better under Sutter, and that Virtanen cost might be high (why, no idea) plus Vancouver cannot take much back as they have no cap space. The one thing I will say is, I believe Detroit was the team that most heavily scouted Pittsburgh this season, easily making 5-7 visits, with assistant GM Pat Verbeek making 2-3 of those trips. Detroit must have had their eye on someone from Pittsburgh, but will it lead to a deal?
--Sean Gentile just released a piece with some center options. Pretty good piece actualy.
----Cody Eakin - only mentioned him because his name popped up. Gentile stated to stay far, far away. His analytics were so bad some people thought they were looking at Jack Johnson charts.
----Vlad Namestnikov - Not overly physical but will use the body. Not sure of the price because he has another year left. Stated with a lot of draft capital in 2021, Wings might be more apt to take a 2022 pick. Maybe a 2022 4th and one of the Penguins goalie prospects (noted that Wings goalie pipeline is very weak).
----Luke Glendenning - Basically, said his defensive ability is overrated. Namestnikov actually has better shot suppression numbers and better, but not great offensive ability.
----Sam Bennett - mentioned how he ramps it up in the playoffs, but mentioned same thing that even though he requested a trade this year, he seems to be doing better and happy under Sutter in Calgary. Also strong feeling that Calgary severely overvalues him, especially as a player any acquiring team isn't likely to protect and at age 24, someone Seattle will likely have interest in.
----Scott Laughton - says Laughton is the best fit out of anyone he mentioned. Obviously says PIT-PHI lack of trading is a complication, and that they may have to find a 3rd team willing to take Pettersson for a high pick that then moves onto Philly(although he doesn't think Penguins would move Pettersson mid-season to do something like this).....or Hextall might have to strongly consider giving up the 2021 2nd round pick that he claims he won't.
My take on these is, if the Flyers would actually deal with us, I would move the 2021 2nd in a heartbeat for Laughton. Penguins will have the summer to try and move guys like Riikola, Pettersson, or even Zucker to pick up some extra draft capital.
--Add David Savard to the list of trade deadline scratches. Heavy interest in Savard, so he is being pulled from tonight's lineup.”
@Gurglesons said:
"Ryan Lambert just said on the PDOCast we should trade Zucker + pick for Johnny Gaudreau retained.
I'm down guys. I'd even do Zucker + POJ for Gaudreau.
Then we can do Gaudreau - Gaudreau - Goodrow."
@Andy99 said:
"FYI Friedman just says he doesn’t think Flyers will move Laughton unless they can’t sign him and he said he’s not sure why that would be the case since Laughton loves being a Flyer..."
@Andy99 said:
This summary brought to you by another poster...
“Some trade deadline rumblings, Penguins and league wide:
--Kingerski lists Mantha, Bennett, and Virtanen as the 3 players that should be top targets for the Penguins. Penguins would have to ship out salary plus a good prospect to land Mantha, reports are that Bennett's relationship with Calgary is much better under Sutter, and that Virtanen cost might be high (why, no idea) plus Vancouver cannot take much back as they have no cap space. The one thing I will say is, I believe Detroit was the team that most heavily scouted Pittsburgh this season, easily making 5-7 visits, with assistant GM Pat Verbeek making 2-3 of those trips. Detroit must have had their eye on someone from Pittsburgh, but will it lead to a deal?
--Sean Gentile just released a piece with some center options. Pretty good piece actualy.
----Cody Eakin - only mentioned him because his name popped up. Gentile stated to stay far, far away. His analytics were so bad some people thought they were looking at Jack Johnson charts.
----Vlad Namestnikov - Not overly physical but will use the body. Not sure of the price because he has another year left. Stated with a lot of draft capital in 2021, Wings might be more apt to take a 2022 pick. Maybe a 2022 4th and one of the Penguins goalie prospects (noted that Wings goalie pipeline is very weak).
----Luke Glendenning - Basically, said his defensive ability is overrated. Namestnikov actually has better shot suppression numbers and better, but not great offensive ability.
----Sam Bennett - mentioned how he ramps it up in the playoffs, but mentioned same thing that even though he requested a trade this year, he seems to be doing better and happy under Sutter in Calgary. Also strong feeling that Calgary severely overvalues him, especially as a player any acquiring team isn't likely to protect and at age 24, someone Seattle will likely have interest in.
----Scott Laughton - says Laughton is the best fit out of anyone he mentioned. Obviously says PIT-PHI lack of trading is a complication, and that they may have to find a 3rd team willing to take Pettersson for a high pick that then moves onto Philly(although he doesn't think Penguins would move Pettersson mid-season to do something like this).....or Hextall might have to strongly consider giving up the 2021 2nd round pick that he claims he won't.
My take on these is, if the Flyers would actually deal with us, I would move the 2021 2nd in a heartbeat for Laughton. Penguins will have the summer to try and move guys like Riikola, Pettersson, or even Zucker to pick up some extra draft capital.
--Add David Savard to the list of trade deadline scratches. Heavy interest in Savard, so he is being pulled from tonight's lineup.”
@Gurglesons said:
"Ryan Lambert just said on the PDOCast we should trade Zucker + pick for Johnny Gaudreau retained.
I'm down guys. I'd even do Zucker + POJ for Gaudreau.
Then we can do Gaudreau - Gaudreau - Goodrow."
@Andy99 said:
"FYI Friedman just says he doesn’t think Flyers will move Laughton unless they can’t sign him and he said he’s not sure why that would be the case since Laughton loves being a Flyer..."
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