@QuinnVogt49Gold If he does become a UFA, I’d go for it. With his playoff performance, they might tender him and hope for a return, but id be surprised if he’s back with MTL next season.
@MShakeFactory Huge Penguins fan from Canada. Came down for a game last February. Didn’t have much time to see things in the city, but had to make a stop at the famous MilkShake Factory 👀
@JacobFlewellen@rutsburgh I get your points, I guess we’ll see. PIT isn’t in a rush to sell either, they can hold on to them until they get the return they deem acceptable.
@JacobFlewellen@rutsburgh .. so they can make the price as high as they want. There might be some teams who sell next deadline when they know they’re out, but how many as solid as Rust/Rakell will be available? I think the price is high and for good reason.
@JacobFlewellen@rutsburgh Nelson was a rental, 33, had 43 points in 61 games. Yes, he was a C which increases the value, but still a crazy return to get a 1st and their best prospect. Rust, 33, is on a very team-friendly deal as the cap goes up. 65 points in 71 games too. PIT is currently the only seller
@_DumbassTC I don’t think the Flames are willing to give up the necessary assets to make this happen though. Unless maybe they move Andersson and flip those assets, hard to see.
@PensNHLFan Some will argue that Ghost is more than capable of handling PP1 for them, as he put up 45 points in 70 games (53-point pace, which is exactly what EK put up).
PuckPedia shows Canes having:
Slavin-Chatfield
Miller-Walker
Ghost-Nikishin
Reilly
They don’t need to make a move, unless they feel like it would be an upgrade. Chatfield has an NMC, so you can rule him out.
@CosmicChaos24 I know, more of a numbers game. Ghost, Slavin, Nikishin are already left. With Miller, that’s 4, so one of them will play off-side. Chatfield, Walker and Morrow on the right. That’s 7 guys.