Semi-Realistic Barzal Trade

Équipe: 2018-19 Penguins de Pittsburgh

Date de création initiale: 27 janv. 2019

Publié: 27 janv. 2019

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

With all the Barzal posts that have been made after the ASG (and yes, I know they're mostly just for fun) I feel obliged to explain why the Penguins don't need him. The first reason is the asking price. Since the Islanders are currently in first place, they're not going to take a package of picks. The only player on the Pens roster that they would likely be interested in is Guentzel since he's young and on a similar trajectory as Barzal. Taking a look at some of their stats, there's a lot of similarities.

Guentzel: 47 points, 24 goals, 8.1 relative Corsi, and 54.8 FF%
Barzal: 45 points, 14 goals, 7.1 relative Corsi, and 53.0 FF%

The only difference is the goals total, which shouldn't come as a surprise since Guentzel has Crosby creating opportunities for him. Theoretically, if Barzal was swapped out for Guentzel in the 3-on-3 tournament you could expect the same results.

You can add whatever you think is necessary to balance out the value, and let me know in the poll below if you would still want to make that trade from the Penguins perspective.