Équipe: 2019-20 Penguins de Pittsburgh

Date de création initiale: 28 janv. 2020

Publié: 30 janv. 2020

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

Oookay so this is going to be one of my many attempts to play around with some ideas. I am still on the #TradeForZucker train but if he ends up costing more than we would like, these are some rental options.

TRADE #1
Granlund has been a fun player to watch for years now. He isn't having a great year and has 18pts through 43 games playing with some good centers, which is a situation we know pretty well. Galchenyuk has 16pts in 40 games and has been given opportunity to show his worth, but just isn't panning out. It certainly isn't for the lack of trying, but it is just not working. Both players are up for contracts this summer and could both benefit from a change. Maybe they both play better and get more $$$ in the summer. I think Granlund is the better player over the past 5 years included so they have to give up something more than just a player-for-player trade. Nashville sheds a little less than a million in case they want to make another trade and moves up 60 (approx) spots in this years draft.

TRADE #2
This is one I haven't given much thought until this morning (Thanks Eklund) but Vatanen can play in a Penguins foward-centric system and would push JJ out of the lineup. JJ probably can't be traded so having him as a depth D in case of injuries is best case scenario.

Let me know what you guys think

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