Were not trading Zucker

i want to trade im
But all the trades are good

Nah

"Just now we realize how important zucker is, he’s willing to go into the dirty areas and is a hard forechecker, which opens up space for geno." - From @Pens2000

I agree 100% with him

Would you put Heinen on RW then on 2nd line? Because him and Malkin have something going right now

Nick Paul would look amazing in Pittsburgh's system. What would you offer for Anton Forsberg and Paul?

I agree about Paul. Probably similar tbh

Paul would be great in Pittsburghs system but I think that they'll try and resign him, but if he were to be traded you could probably just up that package to a first and a later round pick.

No way PIT offers that then

I think that a first is fair because Anton Forsberg has been considerably good and consistant and Paul would be of insane value in the playoffs because of his versatility and coachablility. It's a pretty fair trade though considering that Anton Forsberg is probably worth a second as well as Nick Paul. That really amounts to a first and the late round pick would be to just insure that Ottawa is getting two assets back. I don' t think that will happen under Ron Hextall.

I think the trades here are fair.
I don't think PIT will move their 2nd rounder pick though.

I think the most likely trade there is probably DAL. It's kind of a sneaky move. Low cost.
They probably keep zucker for the playoffs. He'll be gone next year though if he doesn't really shine.

Hes gone regardless. They must keep Letang. Malkin wants to stay and will take pay cut. Im more than glad to let Rust walk

It’s because I don’t think he is gonna come back from injury

Sully said tonight on the coaches show he will be on ice very soon and in lineup in near future. If i had to guess, before deadline to see what he can do/to showcase

I don't think Letang or Malkin really has much to do with if they keep or move Zucker. It's based on the play.
Between the two of them, they will probably cost less next year than what they make this year. That's my take on those two.

Malkin will prob take 3 x 6M

Letang wants raise-- Id give him 4 x 8-8.5M

Isn't Zucker a "character guy"?

If we offer Geno 6M a year we are foolish. The dude said he is rich. That doesn’t mean you insult him and offer him a pathetic contract offer.

Geno could still get 9M over a 2-3 year contract from plenty of teams.

The Pens should over him 7.5 a year over 4 years. Front load the first 2 years.

Geno isn't getting over 9 mil,

I didn’t say over I said 9.

Joe Pavelski is still getting 7M. He is a great player but Geno is clearly younger and better than he is. Pavelski will probably get another 7+M contract again next year.

Furthermore, I said plenty of teams would offer him that. Not the Pens.

DeSmith is a "meh" NHL backup while Forsberg should not be in the NHL at all.

That’s why I just think they need one winger for geno. Zucker hasn’t been that bad this this with him and heinen has been good so either works. They just need to get someone who can finish

he's not even getting 9.
Are you kidding me.

Dude what’s your problem? Do you even read entire posts? I said other teams could give him 9.

I said the Pens should offer around 7.5 over 4 years.

The entire point of the post is the dude above who posted 3yr for 6M. That’s lunacy to think the Pens would even offer such an amount to Geno.

9M from the Pens is 100% not going to work, and he knows that. But 6M is a slap in the face.

But just continue on being a douche bag that posts 27 times a day on a AGM forum.

Other teams aren't giving him 9 either.
My god dude. He's 36 years old next season, wanting term. No one is signing him to anywhere near 9. Talk about lunacy. No one would do that.
As a matter of fact, 7.5 probably is a very high optimistic value.
It's not a matter of if the wheels come off but when and at 36.... it's any minute now. Everyone knows that. Including the penguins.
Fact is, the offer he gave up above is more in like with the Hall offer. 4x6. Which I have said on here is probably the starting point. It's not a slap in the face, he doesn't play defense, he doesn't win faceoffs, the PP struggles, and eventually his legs are going. Hell he has more points on the PP than he does even strength. That's a very telling sign.

Just wow. Whatever you say dude. Keep posting and getting your street cred. You are a fool to think any of this.

His 5v5 points are low because he has Heinen and ****ing Kapanen as his wingers. But Geno sucks.