No Letang - Part 1

Rather sign Manson and put him with Matheson and keep Marino with Pettersson.

The issue with the CHI trade is that it doesn't fit the consistency of what Kyle Davidson has been saying. He's not looking for KK or Zucker type players. The Hawks are rebuilding and are looking for 1st round pick(s). Otherwise, I doubt it happens.

Yeah, that's why I prefaced that about Zucker if you read up top. It's a cap move for the Pens and only a one year investment for you guys. I don't know that you can get a 1st for Murphy, but I don't think it's unrealistic. You're not going to get a 1st for everything. I'm willing to swap out Kap for a different prospect if that makes it better.

TBH, the deal for me seems like an overpay for Murphy, but that being said, he might do OK in Pitt. I also agree that Zucker and Kap are not the type of players the Hawks are looking for, and I think the Pens might be better served by shopping them to a team that would be looking at NHL-ready mid-6 payers. I would be interested in the pick and Poulin as the Hawks forward depth is... not so good. I'd say switch out Zucker with another mid-pick or a complementary style-forward prospect (Like Zahorna, but probably not him, because I think he's probably ready to make the jump, but someone like him) and I would do that deal. I'd just drop Kap from the trade all together, no need to add in a replacement value for him, as I think that deal would be fine for the value of Murph.

I LOVE this. Only things is I think Forsberg probably gets upwards of 8.5 and if I had to guess he wants more than 5 years