Quoting: Capitalfail67
Djoo was a similar type player at his age. That and penguins imo don’t care about prospects bc they traded the so often.
Yeah, but they trade prospects (and picks) for players that will "help" win (trade potential and tomorrow for today).
This trade is mostly just Addison for Johansen. Neither of which are likely to make any impact for a few seasons. Addison is the better offensive Dman, but I am not sure about his actual D, but he is also right handed: Addison > Johansen
Jarry is a (will be a) very solid backup. He got sent down last year because he was waiver exempt and DeSmith wasn't. Otherwise Jarry would have stayed up. I would rather have Jarry in net than Copley. But I might also rather just call up Vanecek or even just start giving Samsonov NHL experience as opposed to AHL volume.
Djoos: is a okay 3rd pair guy. He is as good as he will be. Unfortunately, the Pens have a bunch of 3rd pair D. This trade and signing Pettersson would give them 9 NHL D (Trotman will go to WBS). The Pens need to move a D now, so after this trade that would really need to move 2 D.
Stephenson: is a dime a dozen 4th liner. He would be last on the depth chart. I think Pittsburgh would rather not take him due to their roster/cap situation.
2nd: is a pick...
This entire thing just boils down to how both sets of management view Addison. Actually... With the Penguin most likely losing Schultz this year, and Letang's health always in question, they most likely want to keep the offensive minded, right handed, 19 year old. I do not think that "Addison" specifically has a TON of value... but I think that he has considerable value to the Pens specifically because of their outlook on offensive D-men in general and right handed one's as well. I think to them Addison is probably more valuable than Johansen + 2nd. I'm not saying the HE is more valuable than Johansen+2nd, but to the Pens looking forward he probably is.