Quoting: Nights_King93
I thought the player GMJR really coveted from the Florida deal was McCann. Younger. More skill. I thought Bjugstad was solid but if you are going to put him on Sid or Geno's wing I'd much rather have Rust up there, saving half a mill of valuable cap on that spot, and ZAR or a cheap vet on the bottom line, saving at least two mill in cap.
I could be persuaded otherwise but Bjugstad seemed to fizzle pretty quickly.. His lines, like all of our lines, did nothing against the Isles. He had talent with him too. Remove Simon, he skated with Phil, Horn, McCann, Rust and I think one other player that I can't remember. Those are pretty good guys to work with as a third liner.
In my mind, the three most tradeable guys on this team are
1) Kessel
2) Maatta
3) Bjugstad
When I say most tradeable I mean that they have value and the Cap hits will be accepted without dumping.
If the Pens want a real shakeup I believe these three all need to be traded while you try to get someone to bite on Jonhson's second half of last year or Gudbranson's last quarter. (I don't even mind them, but like Bjugstad, they aren't worth the cap hit they hold).
Yah, GMJR has been trying to get Bjugstad for like 3yrs now, He loves the dude and will only trade him if he is blown away. McCann was also a guy he's wanted but not as long as Bjugstad... I still remember when we made that trade and I said we just stole a really good player in McCann and everyone laughed at me... Ive watched that kid since he was with Sault St Marie in OHL.
Plus the only times Bjugstad put up good numbers w/ FLO was when he was only playing RW. Everyone in FLO said he was a better RWer by far but he actually surprized me w/ how solid his 2-way game was when he was playing 3C for us... But yah he will be put on 87's or 71's RW this yr for sure bc he is not getting moved, Altho the more i think about i dont mind 27 at 3C either.
ZAR makes me mad AF, He plays really good then disappears for 20 games... Plus he was horrible at end of last season and in playoffs... I make him the #13 forward or trade him.
My list of Pens that will be traded is -
1- J. Johnson - Must do it / No matter what - Pens have like $32m in cap space by D... Its insane- No matter what he needs to go
2- Kessel - bc he is getting traded
3- Maatta - value back and the Cap space taken up by Dmen
4- ZAR - His chances have ran out here
5- DeSmith - BC Jarry is younger / Cheaper / and way more upside and will do just as good
6- Simon - only if he is needed to be traded - IMO he mite break out this yr
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