Some trade options for the Penguins
Mike DeFabo of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: The Pittsburgh Penguins could use a backup goaltender and some depth on the blue line.
Possible goaltending options include Jaroslav Halak and pending UFAs Braden Holtby, Thomas Greiss, Joonas Korpisalo, Pavel Francouz and Martin Jones.
Possible blue line options include Justin Braun and Marc Staal. They may not have the cap space and/or assets to land Hampus Lindholm, P.K. Subban, John Klingberg, Mark Giordano, Ben Chiarot and Nick Leddy.
A ‘big, physical forward’ possible option include Rickard Rakell.
Players the Penguins could move to help with cap space – Jason Zucker and Kasperi Kapanen. Defenseman Mike Matheson carries a $4.875 millon cap hit and Marcus Pettersson is just over $4 million.
They haven’t drafted in the first-round since 2019. They are only short two picks over the next two drafts. They are limited in prospects and not much salary cap space. Money-in and money-out.
Trade bait board
TSN: A look at the top 50 players who could get traded ahead of the March 21st NHL trade deadline.
1 | Jakob Chychrun | Arizona | LD |
2 | Ben Chiarot | Montreal | RD |
3 | Claude Giroux | Philadelphia | C |
4 | Tomas Hertl | San Jose | C |
5 | John Klingberg | Dallas | RD |
6 | Mark Giordano | Seattle | LD |
7 | Justin Braun | Philadelphia | RD |
8 | Alexandar Georgiev | NY Rangers | G |
9 | Colin Miller | Buffalo | RD |
10 | Pavel Zacha | New Jersey | LW |
11 | Max Domi | Columbus | LW |
12 | Phil Kessel | Arizona | RW |
13 | Marc-Andre Fleury | Chicago | G |
14 | Brandon Hagel | Chicago | LW |
15 | Hampus Lindholm | Anaheim | LD |
16 | Andrew Copp | Winnipeg | C |
17 | Toronto first-round pick | ||
18 | Nick Paul | Ottawa | C |
19 | Braden Holtby | Dallas | G |
20 | Nick Leddy | Detroit | LD |
21 | Artturi Lehkonen | Montreal | RW |
22 | Michael Del Zotto | Ottawa | LD |
23 | Jake DeBrusk | Boston | LW |
24 | Robert Hagg | Buffalo | LD |
25 | Arizona Cap Space | ||
26 | Jack Roslovic | Columbus | C |
27 | J.T. Miller | Vancouver | C |
28 | Jeff Petry | Montreal | RD |
29 | Damon Severson | New Jersey | RD |
30 | Calle Jarnkrok | Seattle | C |
31 | Johan Larsson | Arizona | C |
32 | Josh Manson | Anaheim | RD |
33 | Mark Pysyk | Buffalo | RD |
34 | Calvin de Haan | Chicago | LD |
35 | Joonas Korpisalo | Columbus | G |
36 | Owen Tippett | Florida | RW |
37 | Mike Hoffman | Montreal | LW |
38 | Zach Sanford | Ottawa | RW |
39 | Rasmus Ristolainen | Philadelphia | RD |
40 | Marc Staal | Detroit | LD |
41 | Vitali Kravtsov | NY Rangers | RW |
42 | Nicolas Deslauriers | Anaheim | LW |
43 | Shane Bowers | Colorado | C |
44 | Zdeno Chara | NY Islanders | LD |
45 | Paul Stastny | Winnipeg | C/LW |
46 | Nils Lundkvist | NY Rangers | RD |
47 | Conor Garland | Vancouver | RW |
48 | Christian Fischer | Arizona | RW |
49 | Travis Dermott | Toronto | LD/RD |
50 | James van Riemsdyk | Philadelphia | LW |