Getting that 2nd Pairing LHD-man in a 3-Team trade - PLUS Pens chat

Team: 2019-20 Pittsburgh Penguins

Initial Creation Date: Oct. 20, 2019

Published: Oct. 21, 2019

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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3- TEAM TRADE - PENS - FLO - VGK "Break-down"

PENS get:
LHD- B. McNabb $2.5m
G- O. Dansk (AHL) $650,
(VGK) 2020 - 7th Rd Pick

* Pens get the missing piece to make this a very good Defensive core in McNabb to pair w/ Schultzy, moving Pettersson
back to 3rd pairing w/ a rotating Marino / Guddy at RHD. McNabb is a stay at home, hard hitting D-man.
Dansk is a solid 3rd Goalie & also a Goalie I've always liked.
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FLORIDA get:
LHD- J. Johnson
w/ $500, (retained) $2.75m
(PIT) 2021 - 2nd Rd Pick
LW- A. Johnson $700,

* Florida get JJ at same cap hit as Pysyk & a much needed LHD-man w/ only having 2 on roster. Also get 2nd Rd pick for taking contract
& a speed demon at LW in A. Johnson.
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VEGAS get:
RHD- M. Pysyk $2.73m
G- C. DeSmith $1.25m
(PIT) 2020 4th Rd Pick

* VGK get a 27yr old RHD-man in Pysyk who has always been a very solid 2nd or 3rd pairing guy, who mite need a change at this point
in his career. Plus w/ only 1 RHD on roster, the emergence of Merril & Holden, & also w/ Hague being ready.
VGK also get a reliable "Real" Backup Goalie in DeSmith to keep Flower fresh. (Subban to AHL)
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MY PENS CHAT :

DEFENSE-
I'd love this kind of move if the Pens could pull this off and get a "stay at home" type LHD-man like McNabb to pair w/ Schultzy
and move Pettersson back to 3rd pairing, making this Defense very good & very deep.
Could have .....
Dumo - Tanger
McNabb- Schultzy
Petterson - Marino / Guddy
Riikola - Ruhwedel (AHL)

I love Marino and he has been fantastic here but everyone needs to remember he's only 22 & is only use to playing 30-35
game seasons. After prospect gms, preseason gms, regular season gms #6 could be at 95 games played - then also have playoffs
Maybe a rotation of 6/44 at that 3rd pairing RHD spot would be the safer thing to do?

FORWARDS-
If this team can ever get healthy, my god is this forward group deep & very good too. This team reminds of that 15-16 team w/ how deep
the forward group is & able to run 4- legit scoring lines. Plus having like 50 dif options of line pairings, I really love the 1st line of 59-87-12
but I think 19 offers more more of a scoring winger on that line but either way don't matter.
Things to think on-
- will Geno commit to playing a structured game when he comes back? (I do)
- Kahun has been getting better each gm, give him 20-25 gms before u start to crush him
- I'm still lol at all the Pens fans that cried about Tanev contract - wish he got 30yr contract, lol
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