Quoting: GMTD
@RoyalBlueSabres
@Pharrow
@Skyraider112
@Eli
I know Galchenyuk has been traded twice now, once for Domi and once for Kessel. That sounds like he has a lot of value to me or at least in Chayka and Rutherford opinions. But his value seems to have been tarnished in Pittsburgh.
So is he only worth a pocket of lint? Or can he be reclaimed? The answer lies in the middle IMO.
Over the last 5 years he and Reinhart have similar starts. Over that time Reinhart has 12 more goals, and about 20 more pts, about the difference this year alone.
As a Sabre’s fan I would want to give up as little as possible and trade shall we say extra players. Buffalo has 5 second pairing RHD, so I would want to send one of them. Buffalo also has at least 4 good possession bottom 6 forwards (Asplund, Girgensons, Larsson, and Okposo). Okposo is out because his salary is too high and he is too injury prone. Asplund is out because he cheap and IMO Betterall would not want to trade him. That leaves Girgensons and Larsson, either of them have more goals than Chucky.
So I am offering Bogosian and Larsson for Galchenyuk. I patiently await your ever constructive criticism.
The penguins won't fill the contracts to 50/50 they have at least 1 possibly 2 players in the NCAA they want to sign and already have to figure out how to open that 2nd spot up.
I don't know why you wouldn't just do Vesey for him straight up. It's the most common sense move on both teams. Vesey takes up a bit of cap space and is doing basically nothing in BUF.
He like Chucky has a chance to turn it around on a different club.
The last thing the penguins need is another bottom 6 forward. They got more guys who can play that role than they can fit on the roster. Even with 4 forward injuries they are still fielding a decent team in the bottom 6. When those guys are healthy they have more forwards than they know what to do with.
As far as RHD. The penguins have 2 top RHD in Marino and Letang. They also have Schultz there. Why would they want to take on a heavy salary for a guy who would be 3rd pairing at best when the whole team is about to have cap issues. I mean hell they could be riding the bench behind all 3 of those guys.
That makes no sense. Honestly, you can probably move one of those defense man to WPG or TOR or DET. The penguins have about 4 million in bonus money looking like it might be due this year. I don't know that for sure yet, but it does look like it. They are basically pressed to the cap just as much as Buffalo. Kahun looks like he will get his bonus which I think is 20 goals. Marino will get his I think as well. That's the reason the penguins haven't put a single player on LTIR even though Sid, Jugs and Dumo are out 8 weeks and would all qualify. They are trying to keep the cap low for those bonus payments to not kick into next year.
The best trade here is Vesey for Chucky. Both teams win there. They take a gamble on a guy who no longer really fits. Vesey has a whopping 1 more goal than Chucky at 5v5 play but has played more games.
I don't see either player resigning with either team next year. It's a no brainer.