Sensible Commentary
Rejoint: juill. 2016
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I'm guessing the Pens fell out of the Noah Hanifin sweepstakes because they didn't have the assets to pay the Flames, as Rob Rossi's initial reporting seemed to have indicated. Pittsburgh was on Hanifin's short list, and he was amenable to signing an extension if acquired, but this was really the next best thing that didn't require giving up any of the pitiable number of trade assets that Kyle Dubas had on hand.
Graves seems like the kind of player that should mesh well with Kris Letang. Term's a non-issue to me at this point, considering that the Pens have pushed all their chips into the middle of the table at this point. As David Farragut once said, "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead." It's Cup or bust for Crosby and Friends at this point.