While I admit to knowing nothing about Rodrigue, hard no from the Pens side on that Edmonton trade.

Rather keep Schultz too.

EDM fans have been trying to pawn of Gagner all year.
No one wants him. He belongs in the AHL where you got him from.

I wouldn't do any of these trades. I will also admit there's players in there I know nothing about but to me that means we probably don't need them.

Also, why would both sides of the Edmonton trade retain salary....? Lol

There is way too much retainage going on here. and why would both teams retain in one trade?
Dallas is looking for a scoring forward not a defenseman.
Retainage aside why would we do the Edmonton trade. Why would Edmonton want it? Gagner is overpaid for a 4th liner. Russel to be honest I think is worse than JJ is now. He really is only known for blocking shots and if you are 5ft 10 and only 170 lbs with no elite skating or offensive ability what good are you really. I don't even see Russel as an upgrade of Riikola or Ruhwedel.
Rodrigue seems a decent goalie prospect but the Pens have plenty of goalie depth so not a need.

Glendening would be a decent pickup.

Since PIT has the extra cap room with G being out, use it as a tool to gain more assets. None of the retained money goes beyond this year. Rodrigue isn't on paper anything special but he has one thing the team needs. He is a goalie. A simple look at the team will tell you that PIT NEEDS goalie depth. Gagner is a cap dump and Russell isn't a bad 3rd pair D at 2 mill. EDM retains on Russell for next year when PIT needs relief and PIT retains this year when EDM is crying to make the playoffs.

If DAL needs a scoring forward to save their season, wow. They have approx. 32 mil invested in 4 forwards, that's problem 1. 2nd, they have 3 top 5 D that are paid like they should be and the rest are 6-7 D. Schultz rounds out their top 4 and give them a much more mobile D.

PIT has plenty of goalie depth? Sorry, but, with who? D'ORIO is the youngest at 20 and unless he's playing 3 card Monty with the league, he's not the answer. The rest are 25+ years old.

Desmith and Larmi are also in the minors and as long as they have Desmith they are fine with Goalie depth. They also have Dustin Tokarski who has nhl experience.

Also Dallas does need scoring help. Do you read any NHL articles at all? It is their #1 need. It doesn't matter that they have a lot of money invested in their forwards. They aren't scoring. The are one of the lowest goal scoring teams. They are 27th in goals scored averaging 2.7 gpg. They are hanging on because of their defense and goaltending because they are only allowing 2.5 gpg which is 9th.
So What about all this make a defenseman their top priority.......