They give away John Marino so they can sign Kapanen. Galaxy braining.

Not with post Melnyk Pierre Dorion at the helm

Is Marino worse than I thought? ... Or not worth his cap-hit?

Is he just another example of Pittsburgh giving every d-man that walks by $4,000,000 x 6 years?

I haven't seen much of Ty Smith ... But I've seen every NJ fan blast him into the sun in AGM's because "he can't defend".

Why is PIT planning for the future?

Trade makes no sense unless another move is coming...Zucker for Petry??!

This team should be ALL IN with all their veterans signed til their 40s

Yeah. This is a cap move for sure.

Struggling because he was playing for a bad team, defensively. You can't develop a prospect in such context. But his offensive numbers were good enough. I think the trade is a win/win.

Both teams win here. Pens got a good prospect with good offensive numbers and upside, and still got some cap space. As for NJ, they got a solid top-4 d-man. As a Pens fan, I like it.

PS: Thanks for your service, Marino.

Don't know why NJD needs Marino, but overall the Devils win.

AT BEST this is a fair deal... and thats if Smith massively improves.. ATM Devils killed the Penguins. Penguins keep trading talent for magic beans and hope it works out. imo this is the time it bites them hard. traded their best assets for a sizable downgrade and a meaningless pick

WE WANT TA CHUCK , WE WANT TAH CHUCK

If GM of the year voting was actually fair, he’d be the early favourite this year.

Devils are now great at RD and Pinguins can now sign Kapanen, I'm notching this as a fair deal.

Honestly, what the hell do the Canucks do now?

I just don't get why they downgrade on an important position when their competitive window is the next 3 years? I would say Marino is more important than Kapanen.

This is a fair point, but who's to say they're done? They are now cap compliant and Ty Smith is a good trade chip at the TD (worst case)

No, cause this probably means Severson hits the market, and Hamilton wasn't even that great last year

Smith is getting real close to bust territory imo. Even if Sullivan can so called "fix" him, I'm not expecting a whole lot from Smith

This was unexpected. Looks like Severson is the odd man out

I pray so lol

Penguins got Marino for a 6th a few years ago.
Turned that 6th into a decent prospect and a 3rd

This trade made Pittsburgh's defence a lot worse while it made New Jersey's defence a lot better.



Pittsburgh should be receiving either a low 1st or a high 2nd.

Like when Winnipeg swapped Jacob Trouba for Neal Pionk.

Instead, Pittsburgh is only receiving a 3rd.



This is not good enough for Pittsburgh.

New Jersey wins the trade.

We win this trade easily. Smith is 22, two years younger than Marino. He already has better offensive instincts. Those are a given. He's also coming into his third year. He was ALL ROOKIE two seasons ago. He has never played on a good team and is coming into a great environment to improve. Marino was super overrated. Anyone that doesn't think so doesn't watch the pens. He had a good rookie year and then has fallen off every year since. His contract was terrible, all things considered. I'm glad he still had value around the league, but Smith has a legit shot to be a top pairing heavy minutes guy, or at least top 4. Marino has already hit his ceiling. Our cap looks better and so does our long term cap. Big time. This was a huge W for the pens. Hextall is having himself quite the offseason. Now let's just hope Jarry/DeSmith can get the job done when it matters for once. This will be their third year as the top 2. We have to win a series this year. And we have to beef up our blue line a little bit. Marino's cap hit off the books is a boon to our chances. It's going to take some more to win more than one round but I have faith. And Smith's ceiling is way higher than Marino's at this point in their careers.

Will Erod resign? What about Heinen? Who else will we move before training camp?

Come on Hexy you got this

And now we see why this happened as Matheson for Petry just happened

That was quick!