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Team: 2020-21 Pittsburgh Penguins
Initial Creation Date: Mar. 31, 2021
Published: Mar. 31, 2021
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Trades
1.
PIT
  1. Armia, Joel
  2. Chiarot, Ben
  3. 2021 3rd round pick (WSH)
  4. 2021 4th round pick (VGK)
Additional Details:
PIT adds the beef Hextall and Burke both want. Chiarot is having a tough year in MTL but PIT should know what he is capable of since he was a major part of the embarrassment last year in the bubble. Riikola/Ruhwedel/Friedman can all step in on that bottom pair-- preferably Riikola as he as the tools to be a legitimate defenseman in this league.

Armia and Tanev reunite and help create a pesty bottom six for the Pens. I'd like them to sign him to an extension after the expansion draft (3 years $2.85M AVV)
MTL
  1. Jankowski, Mark
  2. Pettersson, Marcus
  3. 2021 7th round pick (PIT)
Additional Details:
MTL gets a top 4 LHD dman to play with either Weber or Petry

They can also throw Jankowski on the taxi squad (where he should be) with no cap hit-- saves them over $1.2M in cap space for another deal
2.
PIT
  1. Faksa, Radek
  2. 2021 3rd round pick (DAL)
Additional Details:
SOMETHING ALONG THIS

PIT gets another player from the 2012 Draft that was held in the city, fulfilling the organization's love. Faksa is a solid defensive 3C that would fit perfectly between Tanev and Armia. Big body two way center is just what we are looking for.
DAL
  1. Björkqvist, Kasper
  2. Zucker, Jason
  3. 2021 5th round pick (PIT)
Additional Details:
SOMETHING ALONG THIS

DAL will call this a retool year. Zucker acquisition will help make the Stars have one of the best top 9's in hockey next season. They should sell off guys like Comeau, Cogliano, Oleksiak, etc. to get picks/prospects and have cap room for offseason.
3.
PIT
  1. Deslauriers, Nicolas
  2. 2022 6th round pick (NSH)
Additional Details:
PIT will get one of the league's toughest MOFOs that can play in Nicolas Deslauriers. Before with Reaves, Mike Sullivan refused to play him because Jim Rutherford would sit quiet. Now, Burke and Hextall don't owe him ANYTHING. They will tell him to play Deslauriers and he will.

Watching players such as Crosby, Malkin, and Letang having to fight because Sullivan refuses to insert spine into the line up is a joke. Nicolas can play and protect the stars.
ANA
  1. Lafferty, Sam
  2. 2022 4th round pick (PIT)
Additional Details:
ANA receives a 4th round draft pick (which they gave up to get him) and a solid bottom six player in Sam Lafferty. Lafferty is a right shot that can play wing (preferably) and center. He has a very good shot and plays a sandpaper game. Being only 26, Lafferty is on a cheap two year contract ANA will enjoy.
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Mar. 31, 2021 at 8:24 a.m.
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What's the point of trading for Pettersson if he simply replace Chairot? Our issue is that we need another LHD on top of what we already have. Not simply replace one
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Mar. 31, 2021 at 8:26 a.m.
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What's the point of trading for Pettersson if he simply replace Chairot? Our issue is that we need another LHD on top of what we already have. Not the opposite


What team are talking for?
Mar. 31, 2021 at 8:27 a.m.
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What team are talking for?


MTL
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Mar. 31, 2021 at 8:29 a.m.
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MTL fans have been complaining Chiarot having a bad year so bringing in Pettersson who is younger could be better fit for top 4 pairings. Plus the salary cap move to clear space so another deadline move.
Mar. 31, 2021 at 8:29 a.m.
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I'm so confused by all of these Pettersson trades, and people saying that he steps in immediately as a top 4 dman. He's 6th out of the normal starting 6 (not including PoJo) in TOI, behind such gems as Mike Matheson and Codi Ceci. His possession numbers are very "meh", and he doesn't bring anything to the game offensively. He's an overpaid bottom pairing guy. He's not horrible, but why would a team want to add that contract when they've already got a number of guys that they'll need to spend money on over the next couple of years?
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Mar. 31, 2021 at 8:30 a.m.
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MTL fans have been complaining Chiarot having a bad year so bringing in Pettersson who is younger could be better fit for top 4 pairings. Plus the salary cap move to clear space so another deadline move.


Chiarot has been alright. He's just not a good fit for Weber. That's why we need someone else on his left side. Chiarot, I think, is still a must have for our d corp
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Mar. 31, 2021 at 8:33 a.m.
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I'm so confused by all of these Pettersson trades, and people saying that he steps in immediately as a top 4 dman. He's 6th out of the normal starting 6 (not including PoJo) in TOI, behind such gems as Mike Matheson and Codi Ceci. His possession numbers are very "meh", and he doesn't bring anything to the game offensively. He's an overpaid bottom pairing guy. He's not horrible, but why would a team want to add that contract when they've already got a number of guys that they'll need to spend money on over the next couple of years?


He's a good defensive dman that compliments a offensive dman very well. Pens would be interested in moving him because they have enough LHD that aren't physical, Chiarot is what they need. Now if MTL wants a offensive LHD, we do have a Mike Matheson that could interest you.
Mar. 31, 2021 at 8:34 a.m.
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Chiarot has been alright. He's just not a good fit for Weber. That's why we need someone else on his left side. Chiarot, I think, is still a must have for our d corp


Pettersson Weber pairing would be solid-- both solid defensively and could be one of the best shut down pairs in the league.
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Mar. 31, 2021 at 8:36 a.m.
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Pettersson Weber pairing would be solid-- both solid defensively and could be one of the best shut down pairs in the league.


Yeah but I won't trade Chiarot AND Armia for him. 2 regulars...
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Mar. 31, 2021 at 8:37 a.m.
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Yeah but I won't trade Chiarot AND Armia for him. 2 regulars...


Plus Chiarot already started to skate again. He'll be back sooner than what was anticipated
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Mar. 31, 2021 at 8:39 a.m.
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Yeah but I won't trade Chiarot AND Armia for him. 2 regulars...


I was reading MTL wants to move either Armia and/or Lekhonen for cap space for another move-- Pettersson replaces Chiarot easily (who is still out with a hand injury at least another 4 weeks) and then opens a roster spot for the new acquisition. Frolik/Perry/Evans/Byron can fill that spot until the 7 day quarantine is over for that new player
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Mar. 31, 2021 at 8:49 a.m.
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He's a good defensive dman that compliments a offensive dman very well. Pens would be interested in moving him because they have enough LHD that aren't physical, Chiarot is what they need. Now if MTL wants a offensive LHD, we do have a Mike Matheson that could interest you.


I mean, neither interest me. Matheson's contract is horrible. Pettersson's contract has the potential to be a stinker as well.
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Mar. 31, 2021 at 8:54 a.m.
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I was reading MTL wants to move either Armia and/or Lekhonen for cap space for another move-- Pettersson replaces Chiarot easily (who is still out with a hand injury at least another 4 weeks) and then opens a roster spot for the new acquisition. Frolik/Perry/Evans/Byron can fill that spot until the 7 day quarantine is over for that new player


Chiarot is way closer to a return of play than that he already started skating. We could want to move one of our 2 finnish players but the thing is that depth is so important. It would have to be like a one on one or almost and for a true top LHD pairing d. I'm not convinced that Pettersson is our first pair guy
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Mar. 31, 2021 at 9:04 a.m.
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Chiarot is way closer to a return of play than that he already started skating. We could want to move one of our 2 finnish players but the thing is that depth is so important. It would have to be like a one on one or almost and for a true top LHD pairing d. I'm not convinced that Pettersson is our first pair guy


For depth, instead of Jankowksi, would Evan Rodrigues interest you guys? Right handed wing that can play center and solid two way-- league minimum too.
Mar. 31, 2021 at 9:15 a.m.
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I can’t picture the Habs wanting a dman with term having the year Pettersson is having...
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Chiarot has been just awful for years, Faksa is massively overrated, ok 3C vs good top 6 winger, I'll take the top 6 winger every day, Lafferty has been very bad, yes, but DLo isn't better, he may be tough, but like Chiarot, every time he touches the ice, he actively hurts the team
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Mar. 31, 2021 at 10:38 a.m.
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Chiarot has been just awful for years, Faksa is massively overrated, ok 3C vs good top 6 winger, I'll take the top 6 winger every day, Lafferty has been very bad, yes, but DLo isn't better, he may be tough, but like Chiarot, every time he touches the ice, he actively hurts the team


Chiarot literally had a great year last year and isn't bad this year.

Watch the Ducks play, Deslauriers has speed and can play. But if you want to keep playing guys like Rodrigues Jankowski Sceviour-- go for it. Will get pushed around in playoffs like the last three years
Mar. 31, 2021 at 11:01 a.m.
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Chiarot literally had a great year last year and isn't bad this year.

Watch the Ducks play, Deslauriers has speed and can play. But if you want to keep playing guys like Rodrigues Jankowski Sceviour-- go for it. Will get pushed around in playoffs like the last three years


Chiarot was so great last year, he was better than CALE FLEURY, and... oh wait... nobody else on the Habs defense last year... I mean this yr he's been better than Romanov (who's been awful) and Edmundson (barely, who's a very similar d man anyway...) sooooo...

DLo really can't play, other than his hat trick last year, he really isn't that good... and I watch the Ducks a ton, and I wouldn't put him in the Ducks top 12... I mean he might be an upgrade over Janko or Sceviour bc they've been awful too, but that's a very low bar lol, I would take ERod over him easily tho, and I couldn't give a f*ck less about getting pushed around in the playoffs, we really didn't vs the islanders, we just didn't know how to score on their defensive system, and we also got pushed around just as much when we won the cup 2 years in a row...
Mar. 31, 2021 at 2:00 p.m.
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No to all of these.

Chiarot sucks. There's no benefit to trading for him.
Faksa sucks too. His contract is horrible.
Deslauriers is just a waste of space.
Mar. 31, 2021 at 3:41 p.m.
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why does ANA do that?
The second problem with that trade is Sullivan. And you know. The whole team knows it. It is a multifactor issue. It's him, Crosby etc.. If you have a guy taking penalties, it digs into his playing time. It pulls your star player off the ice. So they kill it before it even starts. It's a whole leadership issue.
Even though it should be done.
The reality is we don't need a "stick up for" guy, we need an instigator. You don't win going after the goon. You never will. They take out your good player so you go after their goon. You lose. Already. Doesn't even matter what you do to the goon. You have already lost.
You need a guy willing to go after their star players. Their difference makers. Who cares if they didn't do anything, go after them. That's how you do something about it.
Is he that guy. Not really. If what you want to do is end the goonery, you bring someone in who is dirty, not the stand up for guy. The other guy don't care.
I think Mark Madden is right. Sullivan will either change, or he'll be gone. That's really what it comes down to. You need to be willing to just say it. Go after their best players.

Do they trust McCann enough to fill that role consistently?
I like Faska, I might make that trade, But that's not what it boils down to. It boils down to does it help them win to trust McCann on the win full time, and then where do his minutes come from.
18,18,15 is what you are looking at right now. The top two lines aren't getting less time. 7-9 minutes is what is left. The only way to add time to that 3rd line is to take it off the Buzzsaw line. Does that make you a better team? Buzzsaw line gets most of it's starts in the Dzone, they flip possession and are outscoring the other team 5v5 on the ice. Not by a huge margin, but they are outscoring them. On top of it, that's the other teams best players they are doing that to. Do you want to take that off the ice? What's it worth to take that off the ice? I don't think this team is trying to build a 3rd line. I know fans have wanted to see that. They are trying to build a 4th line.

As for the MP trade, MTL probably declines. If Chiarot resigns it's basically a lateral move. They didn't lose in the bubble due to MTL. They lost because you asked an older team to come out and play good hockey after a long break of doing nothing. That was never gonna happen. They had such bad coaching on top of it, they were shooting themselves in the foot the whole time. Benching McCann for 41 year old statue PM. Sullivan is an idiot.
 
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