Quoting: Barbs
Nothing like going all in on +/- over a small sample size... Also it might be worth considering that Boedker put up 35 points in 71 games for the worst team in hockey last year. Since Crosby typically plays with a lawn chair strapped to each of his wings, Boedker would probably be good to surpass that total with the pens which ain't terrible for 2 Mil. So for that reason they should at least consider it. As for who will take those minutes every night, there's no shortage of terrible players who get way too much ice time. I think Phaneuf is still available if you're interested? They're basically the same guy
Perhaps I’ve undervalued boedker after doing a bit of looking.
That said, still not a good trade for the pens. Our Forward group is still good enough that boedker would not sniff the top six and would probably be wasted on the 4th line. You only gave the pens 2 mill in cap space which is barely enough to sign Pettersson, and now we still have a hole on D it’s just the other side!
Pens coaching/management is just as high on Guddy as I am. I’m not outrageous to think he can continue the level of play he had for us. Similar to Schultz from Edmonton, Daley from Chicago, and Pettersson from Ana, Gudbranson came to us from a team that was totally abusing him and mismanaging him from the start. Mainly because Vancouver doesn’t have a good roster and he was playing minutes and situations he shouldn’t have been.
Gudbranson has not given Pittsburgh a single reason to move on from him.
Even if boedker is the better player the pens are still losing this trade badly because it doesn’t help them in any area that they need help and actually actively hurts the area they need help most desperately
If sully were to play boedker with Sid it would not be a good thing. We have FAR better wings for Sid. Guentzel and McCann are straight fire
Believe it or not, context matters. This trade is bad for the pens