Barrie's not good man cmon, we need a haul for Jarry

Thank god u aren’t gm

honestly edmonton would prob add in a few picks wasn't really focused on making it a good deal. Just tryna see how the nhl team would look next year

how do we replace letang?

Simple, you probably can’t replace him. Hate to say it but Letang needs to be one of the main focal points of our off season. I don’t think pens fans understand just how valuable he is to this team. Bite the bullet now and sign him to his 8x4 or whatever he wants that doesn’t hit the 9m territory. If that somehow ends up not being the case, we probably end up overpaying Klingberg in all honesty. Or possibly trade for Petry but only if there’s retained involved and not our first rounder. I can tell you right now, Hextall knows enough about his dmen, he ain’t touching Barrie.

Oilers say yes. Jarry carries some risk. I don't think Kapanen adds any value given what you have to qualify him at. Maybe Oilers add a 3rd.

I 100% agree that Letang should be focal point of the offseason and is probably most valuable player (sans Crosby) on the pens. But there exists a scenario where he doesn't end up signing with them. I would not touch Klingberg or any other RD UFA so was looking at cheap options that might be viable. The hope here would be Dumo bounces back in a contract year and picks up some of slack Barrie creates. Then hope Matheson Barrie and Marino are good enough to fill the letang hole via committee.

I agree, I would hope in that scenario we stay as far away from that Klingberg offer as possible but I have a strong feeling we would be all over it. Also yes I get what you’re saying but this team doesn’t have a lot of time left to experiment and hope that things work and situations pan out right. The Barrie experiment is a handful to digest and isn’t worth the gamble. I’d much rather go out and get a guy that has proven he can play top line minutes and will be a production machine on that 1D spot. Hell, you could look into a Burns retained, DeAngelo offer sheet, Myers retained (would need another FA dman signing to help even out the strength of that top 4), etc

Yeah thats why i think Letang just has them over a barrel as well like i could see a 9.5x3 year deal and not hate it. I like the DeAngelo idea could definitely be interesting.

I’d take a guess and say Letang gets 9m max and if that’s what we have to pay him for the next 3-4 years to keep our cup window open and be able to contend than I’d say we do it. I don’t know how else we could replace a guy like that in one season and expect to still be on the same track and be in contention. It’s just highly unlikely. Now if he’s asking for 9.5-10m that’s a whole different animal.

Detroit accepts, player useful.

yeah I really think they'll have a hard time competing without Letang. I'd say best case scenario they sign him 8.5x4. I like Kadri as an option at center, would also love Malkin at 3c with Carter at wing. They haven't gelled that well together but maybe a full year would change things. Its gonna be a fun offseason though.

Yes without a doubt gonna be an interesting off-season