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Forum: Pittsburgh PenguinsApr. 4, 2021 at 10:26 a.m.
Thread: Penguins' Expansion Protection
Not many people have discussed who Pittsburgh should and will likely protect for the expansion draft. In my opinion, assuming no big changes are made to the roster, I would protect the following:

Offense: Crosby, Malkin, Guentzel, Kapanen, Rust, McCann, and one of the following (Tanev, Blueger, ZAR). I believe that Zucker should be exposed. I don't think that Seattle would take him, but even if they do, it at least frees up some cap space.
Defense: Letang, Dumoulin, Pettersson
Goalie: Jarry

I would be intrigued to hear any thoughts or discussions. A lot of people have proposed Pettersson trades and it seems like a waste to trade him before the expansion draft. Unless the return is a defenseman that is worth protecting, trading him for offensive pieces would result in having to protect a defenseman that is not really worth protecting.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 2, 2021 at 12:49 p.m.
Thread: WAIVER CLAIMS
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ChampEddy</b></div><div>I was a big Gusev guy back when he was available from the start. Never hit the ceiling I think he is capable of. I wonder if the he goes unclaimed the Devils will allow us to trade Sceviour or Riikola and retain for him.

Only issue is it really isn`t what Burke and Hextall are publicly stating what they are looking for. Would also hate to break up Malkin and Kapanen as they seemed to have some really great chemistry.</div></div>

Why not just have Gusev either on the third line or playing on the left with Malkin and Kapanen? McCann looked alright on the left with them so moving Gusev down would make some sense too I guess. But yeah, Malkin and Kapanen seem to have chemistry both on and off the ice.