Why trade Pionk? Hasn't he played well for the Jets? At least I thought he has.

He's been the Jets best dman since he arrived.

He’s been fine. Certainly no real complaints. This would only make sense if they could sign a stud like Hamilton.
But both him and DeMelo are just *fine*. In an ideal world, the Jets have a top tier dMan who can eat minutes and also run PP1.

Yea hes been good the jets arnt dumping dmen

I agree with this. Personally I’d rather see demelo moved if we do land a guy like Hamilton. Morrissey, Samberg, Forbort(if resigned), Poolman and Stanley all play a defensive style game. We don’t necessarily need demelo. The bigger question is what do we do with Morrissey in 2 years when Heinola is hopefully ready for top pair time, samberg has made a push into the top 4, Stanley looks like he’s going to be a lock for top 6 for years to come to. Our left side will be really log jammed. We’ll need to make a decision to move someone. I think Morrissey becomes the odd man out.

Has DeMelo not fit in? I'm curious because he was supposedly the answer to alot of teams' need at the TDL at RHD.

Some people claim he was/is a first pair guy. So he hasn't been that?

Interesting. The reason I went with Pionk to go was due to Hamilton because they're both offensively minded so I figured DH would be a good upgrade there. Then you have a top pair in DH and JMO then a shutdown pair with DD and VH (or Samberg). Then that third pair could be UFA like Hamonic or Poolman comes back.
Or, if they were able to sign a guy like David Savard, then I'd be more willing to trade DD (as they play somewhat similar styles). So then Savard/Jmo, Ville/Pionk and Samberg/ whoever.
Man, it sure seems like it (talent wise). But TNSE is so loyal (probably to a fault in some cases) where JMo isnt going anywhere. But while he's looked off for a while now, I think it's more from his partners than anyone else. He's had countless partners since the beginning of last year (and some rather poor ones too) because they just throw anyone out there with him because of all of the trust they have for him. So I think if he were to have a stable top 4 partner on a consistent basis, I think he'd be back on track pretty quickly.
But in regards to that logjam, I don't know how you deal with it. The Jets very well may lose a guy like Stanley to Seattle at this point tbh.

DeMelo has had a tough start to the year, he missed the first 7-10 days because his wife had a baby. So he's really now starting to settle into his legs again (he played well last night). He's also been playing with Stanley who's been fine, but still a rookie so DD has had to find his footing and worry about that. He also sometimes is with Beaulieu who is a tire fire. DeMelo could make a great play in the corner to get it free to Beau and Beau would still just whack at the puck for an icing. Lol
He also played with JMo last year, which would make him look a little better.

A first pair guy is a stretch for him. He's a good player with great defensive instincts, but doesn't have the speed/moves with the puck that make him a top pair guy. Solid shutdown guy though, with a competent partner

This makes little to no sense for the penguins, who have too much depth at defense when healthy. Kapanen was brought in just this offseason and he’s been one of the brighter stories for Pittsburgh so far.

Why do you say put needs an RD? Letang and Marino are two top 4 RDs and Ceci and Ruhwedel are two perfectly fine bottom pair options

I would just keep pionk and sign a winger

Trading Pionk would be a mistake, but if you have to deal him to get Hamilton then Im cool with it.