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Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 11, 2018 at 4:06 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 11, 2018 at 11:03 a.m.
Thread: Pittsburgh loves Amanda's Brother
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>pharrow</b></div><div>My honest feeling was they let him sit in WBS last year for 2 reasons. The first is log jam on R wing. The second was contract year. If he came up and played good, they would be stuck paying him this year. But because he spent most the year in WBS they get a few years of him on the cheap now. I don't think they they sit him in WBS a full year again. If that happens he is probably getting traded. Once he comes up though that's it, because I believe he is no longer waiver eligible.</div></div>

Sprong is a good player and one of the reasons Sullivan didn't play sprong is because he knows he isn't very strong defensively. let him play a little bit in the AHL this season and then bring him up about mid-December or so
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 11, 2018 at 12:50 a.m.
Thread: Pittsburgh loves Amanda's Brother
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>pharrow</b></div><div>This is a clueless statement.
Jordy B is a great young prospect. He racked up 92 points in the defensive WHL. he averaged over 1 goal a game.
Sam Militec also racked up 92 points in the OHL. Averaging over a point a game.
Both their stats were comparable to a Dubois who Columbus drafted 1st round.
Then there is D'Oreo aka the cookie monster. Which is the reason they agreed to trade away a good goalie prospect last year.
So to say there is no talent coming out of the Pens organization is absurd. They excel at finding good college players and undrafted players with talent.</div></div>

I never said they had no talent. I said they don't have a huge prospect pool. yes Pittsburgh is a place where undrafted player and college free agents excel but they don't have top end prospects. Jordy B and Sam M will be better versions of Conor Sheary or they could be even better and be like Guentzel. who knows. both of those two had monster years last year but thats one year which isn't enough to be considered high end prospects
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 10, 2018 at 11:23 p.m.
Thread: Pittsburgh loves Amanda's Brother
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>IceDragon</b></div><div>Ottawa would want Letang more than Weber.

Jim Rutherford has spoken about Daniel Sprong playing for Pittsburgh full-time for 2018-2019. Sprong will need to prove he can score consistently. The Penguins will need to weed out prospects who have been in the system for several years and are running their courses.</div></div>

You got it right on the weber front but I forgot to add Victor Mete if that would help at all. and ik what Rutherford has said about sprong but there is a reason Sullivan never played him when he was up for a short period of time. and Pittsburgh does need to keep their prospects but for a winning team its also hard to get prospects if you keep trading 1st round picks to get players to help win a cup and Pittsburgh does seem to "hit the lottery" on undrafted free agents and college free agents
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 10, 2018 at 11:11 p.m.
Thread: Pittsburgh loves Amanda's Brother
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>IceDragon</b></div><div>I am currently liking the idea of a Pittsburgh/Ottawa trade. Pittsburgh won the trade with Brassard despite Brassard playing or being injured in postseason play. I do not know if Jim Rutherford and Pierre Dorion have discussed Letang and Karlsson.</div></div>

its something letang would his NTMC for I would think. or you do a three team deal where Mete, Weber, Sprong, '19 1st round pick (MTL) go to Ottawa, Letang, '19 1st (PIT) to Montreal, Karlsson, White/Brown/1st or 2 2nd round picks go to Pittsburgh. good deal for all 3 clubs. young scorer and a veteran leader go to a rebuilding club in Montreal, a capable defenseman and hometown boy and pick to Montreal and an elite defender and maybe pick(s) or prospect go to Pittsburgh as they save on cap for this season
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 10, 2018 at 8:54 p.m.
Thread: Pittsburgh loves Amanda's Brother
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>IceDragon</b></div><div>The Penguins struggled on defense in the 2018-2019 season. Many instances involved camping out in the defense zone, killing power plays, and turnovers and giveaways.

A step in the Penguins improving their corps of defensemen would be trading Kris Letang. The Penguins played better without Letang when he missed the remainder of the 2016-2017 season. Letang had issues with turnovers and giveaways in the 2017-2018 season. He also has a high dollar contract the Penguins would like to shed to create cap space and improve the roster.</div></div>

I do agree with you on this but the one problem is that who wants letang. he played his first "full" season in 3 years cuz of a stroke and neck surgery so I don't see big market out there for him unless you trade him and a pick or two and a prospect or whatever Pittsburgh has for Karlsson and thats even a stretch. the pens D has played better with him out of the lineup cuz they are free to play the game they can cuz they don't have to makeup for his mistakes. id give letang some time to start the 18-19 season to see if he returns to form or not