Who needs 1st rd picks anyways

With POJ being ready for a 3rd pair role, Matheson playing above what pens fans even hoped since coming back from injury. So well that the Matheson-Marino pairing had more minutes last game than Letang. This could be a solid trade for the pens. With Niku bringing a younger and cheaper defenseman back that can be a solid depth d with some experience and getting a 1st round pick in next years draft, a 2nd in this years draft, and I’m assuming that’s a prospect. Wouldn’t be a bad haul for the pens at all.

Unless the Pens were out of the playoffs I wouldn't trade Dumo, despite the return.

"Forsberg fills a big need now and in the future . . . "

But Forsberg is signed for only one more year after this one.

Two pretty massive overpays by the Jets for two players they don't really need.

For this return, I absolutely do it. It gives you cap flexibility at the TDL and for next year. Much needed flexibility. So you could pay for a rental upgrade and get a 1st in a decent draft that can be used to draft a solid prospect or used in a trade to upgrade somewhere. Dumo is good and underrated as hell, but he is getting older. If POJ wasn’t ready, Matheson & Ceci weren’t pleasant surprises, then I’d agree that it’s a no. But being able to keep the d depth, getting cap flexibility to upgrade the bottom 6, and getting draft capital could give the team better than Dumoulin likely would.