Confirmed with Link: Wideman to Pitt

[Jaded-Fan]

Something else has to happen, we don't have $1M in cap space unless he's going to W-B/S

It wouldn't be $1 million would it? More like $400,000 for the remainder of the year. Or is that the difference for both trades for the remainder of the year?

 

[DesertPenguin]

Letang to LTIR gives us space.

Or Maatta.

 

[UnderratedBrooks44]

Chris Wideman is a person that plays hockey.

 

[Phil68]

If Pitts trade Malkin, you might as well rebuild. By the time the pens are competitive again Crosby will be ready to retire.

 

[DesertedPenguin]

Or Maatta.

Maatta's already on LTIR.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Chris Wideman is a person that plays hockey.

So you say, but I'm skeptical nonetheless. Trust no one.

 

[SUBdrewgANS]

Something else has to happen, we don't have $1M in cap space unless he's going to W-B/S

If it's JJ being shipped out, I'd be ok with these moves.. maybe.....

 

[DesertedPenguin]

If Pitts trade Malkin, you might as well rebuild. By the time the pens are competitive again Crosby will be ready to retire.

Malkin's not being traded.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Sure! Why not!

lol... this team.

 

[KIRK]

Malkin's not being traded.

I don't know, give JR another 3-4 months in charge, and maybe Malkin forces the issue.

 

[Pancakes]

Well with this d-core... They have to play stay at home defense, right? and not this 0-5 Sully likes to run.

It will literally be stay at home defense. As in, go ahead and stay at home because we're not gonna be playing in the playoffs.

 

[66-30-33]

Crosby.

I'm already resigned to Johnson-Gunbranson being for Malkin.

Add Kessel lol.

Wait...who's playing D?

 

[MartinS82]

This move is fine. Problem is there were other moves.

 

[Pancakes]

Crosby.

I'm already resigned to Johnson-Gunbranson being for Malkin.

Geno is going to literally behead someone with a stick if he has to play in front of that pairing for more than a few games.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

If this were the only move I would have been ok with today.

 

[Jacob]

This isn’t for the big club.

 

[Fatty McLardy]

JR has gone senile, im sure of it!

 

[OnMyOwn]

Wideman is actually decent. So it’s whatever

 

[DegenX]

It wouldn't be $1 million would it? More like $400,000 for the remainder of the year. Or is that the difference for both trades for the remainder of the year?

I can math, but I'm all thumbs I'm not sure we even have that. We had like 500K and some change but nothing was retained for the Gudbranson deal so that would have left us with around 250K, maybe? CapFriendly hasn't been updated for this one.

Edit: General consensus is that this is an AHL deal, so I guess it doesn't matter.

 

[KIRK]

Add Kessel lol.

Wait...who's playing D?

Basically, it will be Malkin and ZAR 2 on 5.

Which still is progress for Malkin as far as the hand Sully's been dealing him this year goes.

 

[SouthGeorge]

It will literally be stay at home defense. As in, go ahead and stay at home because we're not gonna be playing in the playoffs.

 

[Shrimper]

Minor league trade, no?

 

[Lustaf]

JR is killing this team.

No were past tense now. He killed the team.

We smoked the Sharks and we all said they have an old core and are done. Since then both our orgs have gone in completely opposite directions.

We will be Edmonton and Anaheim bad in very very short notice. Only Sid and Malkin have us treading bubble playoff hockey and with these D, they won't be getting the puck.

 

[DesertPenguin]

Im calmed down right now. 1m cap hit, expiring contract, for JS Dea. This doesn't hurt us long term like the Gudbranson deal does. Would much rather have done just this.

 

[OnMyOwn]

This isn’t for the big club.

Yea I mean he’s played like 30 games in the nhl the last few years combined.