I'll begin my Jeff Petry drinking game again. 🥃

I can hear the DET fans getting their pitchforks lol

Shot glass

Petry at 6 mil is very bad for us. Petry at 4 mil, plus a 3rd and two C+/B- prospects on a team nearing the end of their rebuild I don't think is as bad for them at all

Habs take that PO Joseph deal I think.

Habs reject the Anderson deal mostly on term and not on value. I don't think a deal including Rust ever gets done unless you're taking back Armia or Gallagher.

This is again not about value but about cap flexibility. So many bad contracts on our end already.

Very understandable.

LOL

Last year it was every Habs proposal, this year it's every Penguins proposal.

It's the CFACGM gift which keeps on giving.

We don't want Jeff Petry. I don't care that he's from Michigan, we don't want Jeff Petry.

Also Hallander and Puustinen hardly hold any value at all.

Interesting choice of weapon but I'm all for it haha

But his dad pitched for the 1984 World Series champion Detroit Tigers. Maybe Jeff Petry can pitch for the Tigers?

I agree. I'm not saying it's bad for DET at all - in fact I think it's an overpay and actually bad for the Pens. I was just making a joke because I know DET fans have been pretty vocal about hating any Petry trades.

Detroit doesn't want Petry, I'd rather bring Trouba home in a year or two. Or go after Ekblad in free agency if he doesn't remain in Florida.

And Bryan Rust and his NMC, Sure as hell isn't waiving for Montreal. he'd come home to Detroit before waiving to Montreal.

Ottawa accepts.

Rust doesn't waive for Montreal. But it's the type of trade that needs to be done for Anderson or Rust.

The trade might be better without those pond rockets.

no way that orlov accepts that contract

On a team that has more than enough depth, cruddy prospects is not something we need.

My drinking game is when someone trades DeSmith and adds a pick with no return. How can the Pens keep a really good backup making a reasonable amount of money? THE HORROR!!!

I hate almost all of this for the Pens.

We're trading a young D with top 4 potential in POJ in exchange for Kasperi Kapanen 2.0. Gurianov had no offense in Dallas, and has no defense in Montreal. That's a contract we'd regret.
None of Petry, Rutta, or DeSmith are cap dumps. Being overpaid doesn't make you a cap dump, even though Petry and Rutta are. Petry's a legit 2nd pair D, Rutta's a legit 3rd pair D, DeSmith's a legit backup.
And playing with only one regular RHD sounds like a bad idea. I'd rather play Smith on his regular side anyway.
Actually, if there is a cap dump that exists here, it's Josh Anderson. The guy is one of the most one-dimensional forwards in the NHL. He provides no playmaking and less defense. MTL could be the one adding a 2nd instead, and the Pens would still be getting fleeced.
Domi's not my favorite choice for 3C. I like him as a winger, but I'd prefer a 3C to be more defensively responsible then he is.
Goaltending is a downgrade. By a lot. I don't trust Korpisalo to repeat this year at all. The last time he had consecutive seasons above a .900 SV%, the Penguins were reigning Stanley Cup Champs. And I don't expect Varlamov to succeed in a starting role on a (hopefully) contender at his age.

What it looks to me like we've done here is empty what little is in the cupboards to get worse.

Rust is a legitimately good middle 6F. Anderson is a dumpster fire who makes Phil Kessel look like Patrice Bergeron.

Until Anderson plays the Leafs. Then he turns into Rocket Richard.

That is true. Some guys are killers of certain teams.