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I don't think you are going to see this kind of move from the penguins.
A. I don't think they take Blueger. He's not really a long term kind of guy. He gets a 1-2 year deal and at his age that makes him a UFA quickly.
B. if the penguins work out a deal you can bet Blueger is off limits. Tanev or ZAR would go.
I don't know, that contract is gonna be hard to move to seattle. They need a team that needs defensive help to move that contract to. Much like Gudbranson got moved around.
He has to turn it around, problem being this might not be the best situation to do that. Even the current penguins defensemen are struggling at playing the new system so it doesn't surprise me he does to.
They had little practice, no exhibition games etc... to learn it. They got to get better as they go. Hard for Matheson to do that on IR. These are all real issues.
I don't see Seattle doing this. I know we all want it to, but the cost/ reward isn't there. If it was hornqvist it would be a lot easier right now. But it's not. I think this is a bad trade by JR that's going to come back to bite. We'll see. He has to play more.