Way to go out on a limb there, Pierre - the Pens are likely to make a move before the playoffs? What a scoop!
I'd love to be a fly on the wall in the front offices when JR, Sully, and Co discuss the direction of the team and who they see fitting in and where. As we are seeing now, there are gaps in the roster. We are weak in one area, gluttonly deep in another, and good in the last two (center, wing, defense, goalie).
You have to give to get who if you want to make a long term move...who out of that gluttonly deep area do you send out? Knowing what each one provides, it's tough. Like where do they see Sprong in relation to Rust, Sheary, Jake, and Kessel? Is a long term top 6 of Jake, Sheary, Rust, Sprong the direction? Send Kessel out for a couple young guys or picks. Knowing what Horny brings to the table in the playoffs...how can you want to move away from that? I can see Hagelin on the chopping block. Wilson, Kuhnhackl, Archibald are all just pawns. You have Simon and DiPauli who may be able to step up. Johnson and Bleuger are certainly interesting developments but still relatively unknown quantities outside of potential 4Cs. There's just a lot of avenues to explore...I'd love to have coffee with JR and learn about the orgs views.