Penguins Live Chat: Draft Potentials; Laine, Goodrow, UFA/Trade Targets
And away we go. Another Pittsburgh Penguins Live Chat with PHN’s Dan Kingerski. On the docket this week are a couple of potential Penguins draft targets, trade targets, potential buyout candidates and whatever else our hockey-crazy readers bring to the table.
We’ll start with two prospects, one of whom is 6-foot-7, the other a slick right-handed defenseman.
Of course, the NHL trade rumors are swirling around Patrik Laine, as he and the Columbus Blue Jackets are seeking a trade so the player can get a fresh start after four seasons of below-expectation production. And what to do about Barclay Goodrow? Will the San Jose Sharks claim him, or will he be a buyout candidate?
That and all of your questions, comments and the Stanley Cup Final, too.
Dan, heard the beginning of the Live Chat, good stuff. I think Laine coming to the Pens would be a smart gamble, still a reclamation project, but one of the few ways the Pens get a younger player of his potential that can help them compete now and perhaps in the future. I see Laine has only a 10 team NTC, so that doesn’t hold CBJ hostage, but I would think if you sent a player like Smith that way with only 1 year left at 5 mil, CBJ would have to RS, maybe not 3.7 mil, but something. If… Read more »
It would be even funnier since the Caps just picked up PLD. Heh.
Yes, that is a hefty contract if he doesn’t fit in there
Gruden is ready for a 4th line role.
Maybe for WB.
Better than 55- he is terrible.
I thought so, too. But his offense is not there. Not sure how they see him. It’s an error on my part to frequently omit him from the discussion.