Dude, you again proved in the last thread you are sooo beyond clueless in regards to the Pens. You know nothing.

If the penguins go with a protection list this is who they are protecting

Crosby
Malkin
Rust
Zucker
Kapenan
Mccann
Carter

Doumelin
Letang
Marino

Jarry

so of the available player only 3 are worth a look

Matheson
Petterson
Desmith

Zucker aint getting exposed. Penguins gave up 1st and solid B prospect for him so they aint moving him for nothing

Dude. Just stop. You're making yourself look more clueless with every post.

Marino is exempt which I'd expect you to know if you knew as much about the Pens as you claim to.

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Crosby
Malkin
Rust
Zucker
Kapenan
Guentzel
Carter

Doumelin
Letang
Petterson

Jarry

so of the available player only 2 are worth a look

Matheson
Desmith

so yall agree with this protection list or do you think Hextall gives Zucker away for nothing after paying a 1st and Addision for him.

MARINO IS EXEMPT

even so replace Marino with Petterson and Zucker still aint exposed leaving

Matheson
Desmith
Mccann

as Seattles targets

with Hextall probs planning to have Seattle take Matheson via throwing in a pick or low tier prospect thats the smart choice

Just stop.

They aren't gonna protect Carter. Nor would Seattle take him.
They will protect Blueger.

I think Seattle will have a choice of either McCann or Zucker. I don't know which they will protect. I honestly think zucker is the better player. That doesn't always mean it shows, especially in a year he's had injuries.

But I think the conversation is sort of useless. I honestly believe the deal is already made. It's not like these are guys who don't know each other. Mario and Ron go way back.
Teams work this out so they can have certainty going forward, which is what lets them made trades like the Carter trade without having to worry about it's effects. You don't make a trade like that if you don't know that you can keep him.

They did the same thing MAF. Teams cut deals early.

The thing is, Hextall didn’t give up anything for Zucker. GMJR did. I don’t think Hextall has any loyalty to him. Unless they can get the coach to agree to put Zucker with Sid and Jake with Geno then I could totally see Zucker going. They understand they will lose a pretty good player that they’d rather not. From your protection list there is a lot of players to look at. Tanev, ZAR, Blueger, and DeSmith are all more likely options than Matheson. I think the protection list is…
Crosby, Malkin, Jake, rust, kappy, McCann, Blueger, Letang, Dumo, Pettersson, and Jarry.
I don’t think you need to protect Carter as his age will protect him and he could just say he will retire if selected which will protect him. Which he has said before that if the kings were to trade him then he’d retire. The main reason he came to Pittsburgh was because of Hexy and Hexy needed a month to convince him. The main benefit of Zucker being selected for nothing is the cap space. It’d be hard to find a team to take Zucker in a flat cap world and pay what he is worth anyway. And the pens don’t have the cap space to keep him.

Hexy & Burke both said they aren’t trading Seattle anything to take a player. They know they will lose a good player and just deal with it.

Yeah I think it's either McCann or bleuger as the final guy protected

In general for sure Burke's gotta deal in place for them to take matheson whether is sending a pick or prospect it's for the best we get rid of him

Tanev no that contracts terrible

Hextall doesn't give a crap about what JR paid for Zucker. When Hextall came in, he should have been given a clean slate, where what the previous management paid for players didn't matter. The fact is the Pens can't afford Zucker, Matheson and Petterson. Zucker shouldn't be protected and Seattle will take one of these three. Pitt would have to pay for Seattle to take Matheson. Petterson probably has the best trade value as his contract doesn't look as bloated as Zuckers and top 4 LD are in slightly higher demand than a top 6 wing. Because of this and because Pitt doesn't really have anyone else to protect, I assume that they protect Petterson in that 3rd D spot and then trade him this summer. Or trade him before for someone that is exempt. The bigger question is whether Seattle would consider any of the BART line over Zucker, but the Pens will protect one of the three (hopefully Blueger).

No no, you don't get it. That guy watches the Pens all the time. He's an expert on all things Penguins! lol

Not really. Matheson’s contract is much worse. So if he is worth looking at then Tanev absolutely is. Tanev brings exactly what teams are looking for. A gritty player that plays with speed and that has a little bit of scoring capability. Is he slightly overpaid? Sure but Matheson is massively overpaid. He is a 3rd pair d that should play sheltered roles.

The Pens are stuck with Matheson. He's not going anywhere and Seattle is not taking him.

Agreed

The Pens are definitely protecting the following forwards: Sid, Geno, Kap, Rust, Jake and McCann.
The Pens are definitely protecting the following dmen: Dumoulin and Letang.

I believe they expose Carter because there's really no incentive or logical reasoning for Seattle to take Carter.
Zucker, ZAR and Tanev will be available and I think they either take Zucker or ZAR if they choose a forward.

I believe likely protect Pettersson, expose Matheson, but I won't be shocked if they protect either Riikola, Ruhwedel or Friedman which on the surface seems crazy and counterintuitive, but if they want to try and move salary off the books in a hurry, they will do it.

Yeah they won’t protect Carter. He’s too old and would make sense for Seattle to take without payment. Matheson’s contract protects him. I think they protect Pettersson. The pens are going to leave multiple good forwards that will be worth picking over Riikola/Ruh/Friedman. After the expansion draft Petty should be easy to move. Some teams are going to lose some pretty solid dmen that will need replacing and what better than a young top 4 d that has potential for improvement.