Pens 22-23

Why would we do that, keep Pettersson at that point

Easy. There is a salary cap. And u can’t pay 3 LHD 4M plus. And Pettersson being only 25 and making just 4M per, and signed long term would be the easiest to trade. U can’t pay 3 LHD 4M plus in a salary cap era. Especially with your top prospect, POJ, NHL ready. And having resigned Freidman too.

In order to resign Rakell, one of Petterson or Dumo has to go.

And Pens have no RHD prospects(maybe Ryan McCleary but he was a 7th round pick). Maniscalco can’t even make it in the AHL. He’s been playing in the ECHL. Cam Lee has been playing both his strong side(LHD) and his offside(RHD) just to give him more versatility and a better chance to make the NHL. But he’s most likely a 3rd pairing D-man. I like CamLee and he could possible be a good NHL 2nd pairing but he’s definitely not a top prospect.

Getting a good RHD prospect is very much needed.

We can get a better D prospect than to send out Pettersson for that minimal of a return. Take the third at that point.

Lol..u just don’t know who Antti Tuomisto is. That’s ok though. It’s not easy or common to know every teams top prospects.

https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/396170/antti-tuomisto

https://octopusthrower.com/2021/08/17/red-wings-pipeline-antti-tuomisto/

Antti Tuomisto was a very high 2nd round pick in 2019; 35th overall. He’s a 6’5 205 pound, RHD, with a wicked shot from the point and is learning the US game playing in the NCAA. He’s 21 years old. He’s ETA is probably 2024-25 season(2 years). Not gonna find a comparable RHD in the 3rd round.

We aren’t trading a current NHL top 4 dman for a guy that won’t play for another 2-3 years. Did you forget we are still trying to compete? While yes it is great to get return for prospects but we have to do it the right way and this isn’t the right way trading a current bridge top 4 dman for a guy that won’t play in 2-3 years. That’s essentially saying you’re replacing Pettersson with a prospect. That makes zero sense and that then leaves us with a gap in left D that we have to overspend to a free agent most likely or use more assets to trade for one. Trade Pettersson for the third, that’s the consensus here or don’t trade him at all unless the return is 100% in our favor.