Équipe: 2018-19 Penguins de Pittsburgh

Date de création initiale: 17 nov. 2018

Publié: 17 nov. 2018

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

Step 1 Cullen retires. They can keep him on staff as a coach. He clearly doesn't need to be on the ice.
Step two, send off Brass and Sheahand. I do like Brass as a player, there is clearly talent there. But he's not worked out here. Even when he has performed well. He isn't on the ice enough, not sure whats up with that. However, he's a long term solution for a Dallas team that needs help at Center. Their 2C is 35 years old on the last year of a contract. Brass is 31 and can be that stop gap for 2-3 years while this team figures out what they are going to do at 2C over the longer term.
3rd is to get some help at RHD. The trade works for Ottawa. No one is sticking around on that team. Maatta while not perfect is signed long term at a reasonable cost and can help fix that locker room. That's a team that is going to have a hard time not only keeping their players, but also attracting new ones to play there. Bringing in a young defenseman who probably needs a new team to wake up is a good option.
The penguins get a guy who can be a 3rd RHD when Schultz gets back.

This team has problems getting the puck out of it's own end. That's on the defense and the bottom 6 centers aren't helping. Some of that is on Brass for frankly not being there, and Cullen and Sheahand simply aren't getting it done. Sheahand probably needs to be on a wing. Brass probably needs a place he can restart. He is just lost in Pittsburgh.
The only other move I can see coming is them unloading JJ. But I don't see how that is gonna happen till Seattle comes into the league.

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