wtf

This deal is terrible for the pens.

A 30 year old Schnieder fits in perfectly with the Crosby, Malkin, Letang, and Kessel core age. It's widely accepted that he is one of the best goalies in the league. I understand Murray has a lot of upside, but there is always that chance that a young goalie starts out great and fizzles out. Fleury, Kunitz, and Pouliot are all moveable at this point, and Cammalleri is a very Malkin type winger.

Woof. Lots of things wrong with this. Not only is this a rough deal for the Pens, it makes no sense for the Devils. Why would they give away their good goaltending situation to inherit our terrible one? I can't stomach that Cammalleri contract either. He's super streaky and at $5M until 2019 means we aren't going to be able to resign most of Sheary, Rust, Kuhnhackl, Wilson, Schultz, or Dumoulin. On top of all of that, Pittsburgh would still have to acquire another goalie who is eligible to expose for the expansion draft.

Terrible goaltending situation that led to a cup last year... We are in a sticky situation due to the expansions draft. Our goaltending is an asset that most of the league would be envious of had the issue of expansion not come up. Don't let this site brainwash into thinking there isn't value there just because you see a lot of people trying to move the same players.

I'm not deluded enough to think that NJ has interest in giving up Schneider for Fleury and Cammalleri for an older UFA winger and an 8th overall pick who can't crack a top 7 or 8 Penguins defense. You might as well just trade them Fleury because they can't protect both and 100% chance that one of the two left exposed is taken by Vegas.

On top of that, inheriting that goaltending situation does them no good. NJ isn't making a Cup run this year even if they manage to make the playoffs.