Pittsburgh Penguins trade tiers
Josh Yohe of The Athletic: The Pittsburgh Penguins have surprised many this season and GM Kyle Dubas could be doing to some buying to reward his team. To do some additions, they may need to do some subtractions as well. They may have to look at some ‘hockey trades.’ Penguins trade tiers heading into the March 6th NHL trade deadline.
‘Sorry to our Canadian friends’ division – Sidney Crosby
‘It’s not happening’ division – Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang
‘Send to voicemail’ division – Ben Kindel, Sergei Murashov, Will Horcoff, Bill Zonnon, Egor Chinakhov, and Harrison Brunickle.
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‘Maybe for a young star’ division – First-round pick
‘Hockey trade only’ division – Erik Karlsson, Bryan Rust, Tommy Novak, Rickard Rakell, Stuart Skinner, Parker Wotherspoon, Brett Kulak, Ryan Shea, Jack St. Ivany, and Arturs Silovs
‘More likely hockey trade’ division – Anthony Mantha, Noel Acciari, and Connor Dewar.
‘Unlikely’ division – Ville Koivunen, Rutger McGroarty, Joel Blomqvist, Justin Brazeau, Blake Lizotte, and Connor Clifton
‘Sure, we can talk’ division – Kevin Hayes and Ryan Graves
‘Most likely to go’ division – Draft picks not in the first round
The New Jeresy Devils are looking to make a ‘hockey trade’ coming out of the Olympic trade freeze
James Murphy of RG Media: An NHL source is saying the New Jersey Devils are looking to make an impact “hockey trade” to “send a message” to their roster. The trade freeze ends on February 22nd at 11:69 PM ET, and GM Tom Fitzgerald would like to make a move coming out of it.
The Devils are 11 points out and likely looking towards the future. Pending UFAs only include Evgenii Dadonov, Luke Glendening, and Zack MacEwen.
The source, “I know Dawson Mercer is a guy plenty of teams are asking about. I don’t think the Devils necessarily want to move him, but sometimes you need to shake a locker room up by trading a teammate they like and a valuable player.”
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The source doesn’t know who the Devils have been talking too, but RG Media has learned the Toronto Maple Leafs and Edmonton Oilers are also looking to make “hockey trades.” Back in mid-January, RG Media reported the Maple Leafs were interested in Dougie Hamilton, but that was before Luke Hughes went on the LTIR and Hamilton was pulled off the market. It’s believed that Hamilton could be back on the market now.
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