can anyone cite examples of teams giving up an unsigned developing prospect for a stalled prospect on the waiver bubble? i feel like this type of trade is very rare. the rule of thumb is you only move developing prospects for premium assets.
i went through the pens extensive trade history and the only example i can find of rutherford moving an unsigned prospect was filip gustovson in the brassard/dunn tdl trade which was a blockbuster. every other player traded had some wilkes-barre games. second closest was kapanen who had 4 ahl games, and that was another blockbuster.
if this was a necessity trade just to get a warm body due to injuries that is surely on management for not stocking the farm enough, and surely they also could have found a warm body off waivers or trading an ahl asset. they passed up kiefer bellows two days ago.
either they really love studnika, or they know something about myrenberg, or this was a desperation move. it's a clear win for the bruins to move a guy who did not fit the line up they were going to have to expose to waivers for a live still improving prospect with size who plays the hardest position to fill in hockey.
Studnicka appears to be fast, MacKinnon fast. So there is that.
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maybe that is it. they desperately want speed.