If I am Pittsburgh, I go with getting Tierney out of Ottawa. He’s really good, I’ve been hoping the Oilers target him for awhile but if you’ve got Jarry going the other way that could be something

Tierney isn't that good he's an ok 3C, and I'd rather get a guy like JEE back as a 3C

Tierney isn't that good he's an ok 3C, and I'd rather get a guy like JEE back as a 3C

My preference is to keep both goalies through next year. if the cap does not allow that, the pens will almost be forced to trade Murray, unless they can get rid of JJ, Bjugstad, and Hornqvist. a lot of RFAs need raises, and the cap isn't going up. I know how good Murray can be, so I am very hesitant to trade him. If we do though, It should be to the western conference if possible so we don't see or hear that much...
Jarry's less proven and therefore less expensive--he should be kept.

JEE is also very high on my list

Not gonna quote the 2nd question because i dont want to ping 6+ people.

Personally i think Pittsburgh should hold out, Murray had a rough year and Jarry was able to fill in for his down parts. At the moment the coaching staff doesnt seem to fully trust either as a full starter. Until they feel comfortable with one over the other they should keep both. Note* they should try and trade one of them before expansion next summer.

Clearly though, you both see a 3C option being more valuable than a RW. Appreciate it.

I get the reasoning to keep both, but GMJR himself said that it might be inevitable to move on. Hopefully, the rest of the 2019-20 season can be played out so they get more time to watch both and make a decision, but it might be really tough to keep both. I would also like to keep both, but the possibility may not be there.

I would personally rather have Jarry over Nylander. If we move a goalie we need a d man in return. I think someone like Hronek from the Wings makes the most sense. Wings also need a goalie. Murray to the wings seems like a fit for both parties. Pens also need the cap savings. Murray is going to get 6 plus from someone and it wont be Pit. Plus the cap is going down so Pit needs every little bit they can.

The problem with picking up a defenseman is that if it is a solid defenseman, odds are we would just lose him at the expansion draft, since we have Letang, Dumoulin and Pettersson. Marino is exempt would is great. On offence, we have Crosby, Malkin, Guentzel, Zucker, Rust, McCann and we could protect the newly acquired forward. I also did not see any news outlets confirm the cap is going down. For the most part, I see them saying it will remain at $81.5M.

Maybe ur right i thought i read it was going down. Hell even if it stays where it is thats fine with me. Pens are in pretty decent shape cap wise. Some other teams not so much. Tampa will be one of the teams that will be affected the most. They are going to lose 2 if not 3 guys.

I forgot about the expansion draft ****. Pens will be in trouble regardless of what they do. We are going to lose 1 solid player unfortunately.

Yeah I agree! And we will probably lose someone solid, but acquiring someone for just a year kind of ruins the aspect of dealing a goalie, other than for cap space. I would like to keep the piece we pick up. If they could find a dman who does not need to be protected, then that could be an option.

Good points. That makes things a lot tougher when trading. I would like the help now while our window is still open. But i get at the same time we have to look to the future as well.