No my account has not been hacked this is based on Leafs4life34 post

Équipe: 2020-21 Penguins de Pittsburgh

Date de création initiale: 21 nov. 2020

Publié: 21 nov. 2020

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

this is based on a post by @Leafs4life34 's post...
https://www.capfriendly.com/armchair-gm/team/2112256

the PIT side of this. while a trade similar to this one may eventually find equal value, it hurts the Penguins D-core so much that I don't see the point at all.

a Marner/Holl for Rust/Letang trade would put the Pens D pairings looking like:
Dumoulin-Marino
Pettersson-Ceci
Matheson-Ruhwedel
Riikola

not good for a team that for the first time in a while actually has some decent D and potential to grow.

That being said, if the Pens start out slow say 4-9-2 or something bad in the first 15-20 games in a shortened season (prob)..... then GMJR (who has already restructured all but a few players from the cup teams) might resort to drastic measures to give this team a kick (I think Dumo or Rust or maybe the next level-Letang)

if a crazy move like this happened, the pairings would be weak and poor fits.
dumoulin/pettersson/ceci/ruhwedel are Defensive D
Marino/riikola are two way D
matheson/POJ are offensive turnover machines.
not to mention the right side is weak...(unless maniscalso is the next marino)...

now I think matheson can rebound if given a good partner (NOT CECI). If matheson finds his game and plays like he did to get THAT contract, plus Riikola can actually play, and POJ is ready then we have yet another LHD logjam. Pettersson prob has the most value. either he or Dumo would need to go. for this example I moved Pettersson to a young team for a better RHD than Ceci and a good #3C option. I'd probably rather move Dumo bc he's older but then who is the vet on the backend???

some have said Poulin is comfortable on either wing which would be nice, and also that he needs a bigger NHL challenge. I'd love to see him come up. the new look 3rd line has a shot to be great.

even removing the crazy TORONTO trade from this, the LHD issue will have to be addressed sometime.

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