Quoting: Yojimbo
Zucker >>>> Faska, and the Pens overpaid for Zucker. Giving either Joseph OR the 1st is overpay for Faska. Faska would be an okay 3C, but nothing special.
To try to stick in the area of your trade, maybe Faska, 3rd for 1st. Faska for 2nd, Sceviour.
Ya, I disagree man. Faksa is a perfect 3C for us. And is a top two-way Center in the NHL. And chips in with scoring enough for a 3C. And is still young. And hIs long-term, reasonable contract, is really valuable too.
And I don’t think we overpaid for Zucker. He’s 29 years old, a top 6 winger. Scored 20 plus goals 5 out of his 1st 6 full seasons. He’s tough too! Along with fast. At 5’11, 195 pounds, he’s not big but uses his size and weight when he needs to. And isn’t afraid too. He had 12 points in 15 games so far with us. We won’t know if it’s an over-payuntil we see what C.Addisson does and what number the 1st round pick is.
And we need to a full season of Zucker on Geno’s line. People think Kappy was an overpay too. Go read the articles and what some TSN YouTube videos say. 2 teams besides us were offering 1st round picks too( I know one team was NJD and they were offering their 18 or 19th pick, I think they had 2 picks in the 1st round. It wasn’t their early pick but the pick in the teens. And I forget the other team that was offering a 1st too). But 2 years ago, Dubas was gonna draft Hallander but drafted S.Druzi instead that year. So he was familiar and still followed Hallander. We have 10 players in our system that play similar to him and have the same style. He was expendable. And the Pens wanted to make sure they got Kappy. So 3 GMs including jR thought Kappy’s value was atleast a 1st round pick. And I’m excited to see Kappy on a line with Guentzel/SiD/Kappy. And excited to see the Geno line with Zucker/Geno/Rust. But u can’t say the Zucker or Kappy trades were an overpay. Atleast the Kappy trade u know it was a15th overall pick( a pretty high pick)and who was available at that time. Zucker trade we don’t even know the 1st round picks draft #.
And I would be happy if the Pwns traded a 1st for Faksa. And that’s all he cost. I’m a big PO-Joseph fan. I think he’s gonna be really good. I just don’t see where he fits now with Matheson. Even if he out-plays Matheson. U can’t sit that contract in the press box..lol. But I would be ecstatic if the Pens got Raksa for just a 1stcround pick!!