Quoting: Gregpapas411
i don't think the pens are making the playoffs. that being said, if i was the rangers i would accept in a heartbeat.
if this team can weather the storm with Crosby out, they will make the playoffs.
If they can't, they won't. They will know in 6 weeks if they are playoff bound. With the caps already 5 games a head, there isn't much room for error, it's a tight race in the east.
Quoting: claysbar
At this point, isn't Gal a negative return for any team that trades? He is truly in the cap dump category.
I don't think he's a cap dump. I think he's waiting for a team to pay him a contract so he isn't more worried about his next contract instead of playing hockey.
Right now he looks like he doesn't want to get hurt because he thinks he's hitting the open market. You saw the same crap last year out of Matt Duchene when CBJ traded for him. He wasn't interested in playing hockey, which is why they barely made the playoffs. He just wanted to not get hurt and sign his deal.
So it really depends how you look at it. If a team thinks he's a solution long term, he has value. If they don't they are probably wasting their time.
I have this sense with him, he's tired of being traded and wants to go where he wants to play. If it turns out any better there is up to anyone's guess.