pittsburgh accepts

i love Pittsburgh, im a pens fan

Not sure about that.
Will the Pens even get 50 1st rounds?
Maybe the Rangers organization goes bankrupt in the fall of 2020 because of poor economic choices by the owner, and no one will want to buy the organization because they won't want to touch the engaged dept.
Or, the other way, the Pens organization goes bankrupt and there are no buyers.

There's too much uncertainty with this trade.

good for you

I agree there is uncertainty, but even if this lasts for 25 years instead of 50 the pens still come out on top. the risk is minimized since the Rangers are the highest valued franchise in the entire league so I dont think they will be going bankrupt anytime soon. Its more likely that PIT goes bankrupt but thats still unlikely imo as they are just outside the top 10 in terms of franchise valuation. This would definitely set them back but after about 5-10 years of collecting double the 1st rounders they will be just fine.

This is all hypothetical though and I doubt the league would even let this trade happen (due to the likely failure of each team to become cap compliant and also due to the uncertainty of the future that you mentioned)

lmao Namestnikov and Strome are still on the roster

Yeah, I was just pulling your leg.
I also think there's a limit to the number of years following the current season that teams can trade (say maybe 5 years max?)
Let's just say it isn't like the CHL, where they can probably trade picks that are currently novice players, thus being over 10 years younger than the players that are moved.

NYR passes. You can't win in a salary cap league without first round picks.

Four years of the top three rounds, plus Kakko, and that's it. Pittsburgh have to add Schultz and Jarry, retain 50% on Malkin, and take back Namestnikov, Strome, Staal, Smith, and Lundqvist, to make the cap work. Then the deal nearly falls apart, because Lundqvist hears what he's being traded for, realizes it doesn't help his Cup chances, and declines to waive.

The deal is saved when Pittsburgh agrees to flip Lundqvist to Columbus for Bemstrom and a 1st. Lundqvist signs off on the new three-way deal. With a goalie who's decent under pressure, to go with their excellent defense, Columbus wins the next two Stanley Cups, and Lundqvist finally retires, assured of a first-ballot entry into the Hall of Fame.

New York leads the league in regular season goals for, but their defense and goaltending aren't enough and they don't make it past the conference finals. Frustrated about lack of ice time, Panarin moves to the KHL after Crosby and Malkin retire. In the meantime, the extra sellouts and TV ratings in one of the biggest TV markets in North America help the NHL double its TV revenues, and no team ever worries about going bankrupt, again. GMs initially were confused about what Pittsburgh was going for, here, but after four years they get back to the playoffs, and remain profitable, indefinitely. Along with the picks they got for Murray, Letang, and Hornqvist, they develop a completely unrecognizable squad around Kakko, and it comes out better in five years than they'd be without this trade, or without the next four lottery picks they get in the basement of the league's toughest division.

Leave comedy to the professionals. It's harder than it looks.

Rangers decline because all the Kakkos that will be drafted will be better than all the Crosbys and Malkins