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To Tampa Bay #GoBolts
F Tanner JeannotTo Nashville #Preds
D Cal Foote
2025 1st RD pick (Top 10 Protected)
2024 2nd RD pick
2023 3rd RD pick
2023 4th RD pick
2023 5th RD pickhttps://t.co/ZsyqK9MIAa— CapFriendly (@CapFriendly) February 27, 2023
I respect it. I think this is a crazy amount and I certainly wouldn’t have advocated for the Penguins to make this exact move. The part I respect is their self-awareness. They know and understand their window is now. They understand draft picks can be pretty overrated and they will use them to better their current product.
This weekend also saw Timo Meier’s time with the Sharks come to an end. He is now in the division. This was always a long shot for a team like the Penguins from an asset perspective. It was really a longshot due to the GM they have. I think they should have used their draft capital on a sure thing like Meier, or at least try. It doesn’t seem it was the case.
Another player moved this weekend, who I had planned on writing about this week, was Nino Niederreiter. I think an addition like Niederreiter would have been very helpful to the Penguins. A player with decent underlying numbers and an ability to finish. A perfect tweener top six/third line player. He only went for a 2nd round pick and he is not a rental. He carries a cap hit for 4M for this year and next. This was a reasonable way to spend a 2nd round pick.
What are the Penguins actually going to do? I can’t help but feel a James van Riemsdyk trade feels inevitable. I bet you can’t guess who gave him his five-year 35M contract with the Flyers. He wouldn’t be the most exciting acquisition. He would be an improvement to the winger depth on the team. It would be hard not to be considering what the group looks like.
JVR would be a rental. Hextall has spoken about rentals not being ideal. I believe that is within the scope of using a first-round pick. I don’t think rentals as a concept are a complete no go for the team. This is the type of move realistic for the management team in place. Trade deadline is Friday so we should have something trade related to discuss in the near future. I don’t think the Penguins still stand pat.
As for games the Penguins are back in action against the Nashville Predators tomorrow night. Another gettable two points against a team in sell mode.
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