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Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 16, 2020 at 11:48 p.m.
Thread: Adding a RW
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Jesus</b></div><div>Here's the thing. Whenever he's in the offensive zone, he's generating chances. He played less than 8 minutes tonight and still got 2 shots on net and he got points in the 2 games before tonight despite only playing 10 minutes. It's just I don't think he's driving play in the neutral zone or winning puck battles the way that everyone else on the team does. He can't spend the entire game in the offensive zone, at some point he has to backcheck and step up in the neutral zone. I really don't think we should trade him or Bjugstad though. I mean is Tyler Toffoli really going to be that much better than Galchenyuk in the system that we play? Plus this team has so much chemistry I don't really want anyone getting moved off the NHL roster unless its absolutely necessary.</div></div>

Thats fair. Like I said, I do like him. I just see GMJR moving on from him. No matter what he does, it feels like it will happen. If Guentzel was healthy and everyone came back, he would be the one out of the lineup for sure. I do think the Pens would prefer Toffoli over him.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 10, 2020 at 1:52 p.m.
Thread: Next SZN
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>jimmmyg</b></div><div>Did some nice work with the salary cap and getting JJ off the books, but I don't want them to give up on Murray yet. Having 2 solid goalies isn't a bad thing, and I am not so sure Jarry will earn $3.5M after roughly 60-70 GP. Murray got that deal after winning two cups, but I agree that they should do a similar deal for Jarry. 2 first round picks would be very nice, though ?</div></div>

I do not think it is necessarily giving up on Murray. If Jarry keeps it up, it is clear that hell be the long-term option. I love Murray and appreciate everything he's done here in such a short amount of time. The way I see it, we need to move one of them before the Seattle expansion draft, since I do not want to lose another sick goalie for free. Let's say we keep him past this season and he puts up similar numbers next year, his value won't be high at all, but well be forced to make a move because of Seattle. If we move him in the summer, we can still get a solid return because of his age, credentials and potential. One bad year is something he can bounce back from for sure, but two years will really lower his value. Sure, next year could be an awesome year for him and he brings up his value and the Pens could do that, but they'll have to sign him to a contract and I am worried about the cap space.