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We seem to have about 2-3 too many forwards, 2 extra D, so presumably more trades will come before the season.
Can Brunicke play NCAA this year if they don’t think he’s ready for the NHL? I would think that’s a better option for players who are physically ready for it.
Edit: I think the answer for him is no because he played a few AHL games last year.
I read somewhere that Brunicke would have to go back to juniors this year. Didn’t specify why. I think it would be best to do what Anaheim was doing and keep him up (if he shows he’s close to deserving it) and closely monitor playing time. Play him, sit him a bit to watch tape and work in the gym, repeat.
Can you imagine how good this D would be if it was 2017. Letang, ek, dumba on that right side. Meow!
It’s the CHL agreement. Not old enough to go to the AHL and can’t go to NCAA because he’s already signed a pro contract.
Good move for assets and we had too many LD anyways.
This is how all blogs should be setup in the forum, thanks for that meltzer, also flyers suck.
Not sure if true but I read that per frank seravelli starting in 26/27 teams will allow 1 19 yr old to play in the ahl per season.
Yeah that will kick in for 2026-27.
That’s huge. Not only for NHL teams but more so for the kids whose development gets stunted by having to go back to Juniors with nothing more to accomplish. Hopefully that results in more kids taking the next step sooner since they get that extra year of seasoning in the AHL.
Dubas seems to be following the same model Arizona/ Utah did, by acquiring a ton of draft capital and pipeline developmental players. The challenge is taking all that and converting it to NHL on-ice success. Not many examples of teams being successful using this route (Utah, Detroit, Buffalo). Teams don’t want to give up developed, cost-controlled younger talent. I see this as only getting worse if the NHL expands in the next couple of years.
Wish the Pens would be in on Jason Robertson.
You need to hit on your draft picks. I don’t see any other way to build a consistent contender in a capped league. Build a good base of young (cost controlled) players. Then add when the right time is right. If we’re being completely honest, the Pens are still in the very early stages of a rebuild. They don’t have any “franchise” players on the horizon. Maybe a few good players, but no show stoppers. You need at least a couple of legit stars to be a regular contender.
Dubas has already said he’ll use his picks to make moves if he can, but you’re right, teams usually don’t let good young prospects leave for picks.
Really need those 2-3 cornerstone players via the draft but those supporting players can be had via trade (ala Florida Panthers), most of that team was acquired via trade outside of Barkov and Ekblad. Going to be tough to tell, typically those 10-20 picks in the first round don’t become jack shit. They really need to draft in the top 5 next year. That late season run by Jarry really screwed them.
Hopefully he uses some of those mid-later round picks to start adding players close to NHL level when the time is right instead of using them to draft projects.
Seems like EK will be leaving for sure now. Maybe flip Dumba at the deadline. Got a 2nd to take one year….pretty good IMO.
apparently they’ve been in talks with Detroit on EK. It’d be nice if they could somehow package EK and Rust to Detroit for a decent return. Then flip Dumba for a second that’s sooner than 2028 if we retain a bit.
Hi All! I was a long time reader on HB, but could never comment because I could not get the login to work!
Glad I found this site and everyone here (via a new post to an old blog on HB) and that I will be able to participate in the dicsussions!Welcome aboard!
Yeah this site is clunky. I also feel like we don’t always see RWs blogs on time. Either or, glad we can chat still.
That being said – why tf did we not trade for Isaac Howard???
Who says we didn’t try to? Maybe he didn’t want to sign on a rebuilding team. Playing with McD and Drai after they were in the finals b2b sounds better than playing with Sid and Geno who missed the playoffs for 3 straight years.
Trying to comment on the latest blog but it keeps asking me to sign in after already signing in. Anyone figure out how to get past that?
I would love Ehlers for the same reason, to shake at TDL and get more draft capital. He’s not going to sign for only 1 season, though. Ehlers, or no Ehlers, this team probably isn’t going to be in the bottom 5 of league standings, this upcoming season IMO.
They would have been bottom 5 this year if it wasn’t for JArry’s late season heater.
I don’t think they should sign anyone else. They should try to keep a roster spot or two to allow the AHL guys an avenue to get some experience and go back down for more AHL games if needed. If they keep signing guys, they’ll all be stuck in the AHL again. Not saying they need to be with the big club all season, but I’d prefer to give them flavors of the show and send them back if they aren’t ready.
Pens need to be sinking near the bottom of the standings so definitely don’t go after Ehlers lol hopefully they ship out EK and one of Rust/Rakell for more assets. Hell they should ship out both Rust and Rakell but who knows if they’d do that.
McGroarty-Sid-Mantha
Tomasino-Geno-Koivenen
Heinen-Novak-Hayes
Brazeau-Lizotte-Dewar/AcciariTank.
Good for Ned and us. Really want to see the Acciari trade to wherever. Then I want to see a Rakell trade and EK trade at some point this summer.
Did we actually sign Mantha?
The rumor came from Pagnotta, he’s a worse source than Serivelli who somehow has credibility these days.
Good day! I’m From HB 2008 when Brian Metzer used to post. Nice to see everyone is back.
I’m assuming everyone thinks we will be pretty quiet today? After the dust has settle, then I can see us trading a veteran.
I wouldn’t be surprised if we sign a guy or two for 1 year deals to trade at the deadline again even though I’d prefer not to and play the kids.
By the way, I’ve tried to send DM’s to multiple regulars on the HB board. I think EK has cut off my ability to DM people. I got through to superhenderson. Sent ones to MacPatty and Tojo. Was trying to send more to Grinder, Kid and Rolo and I started getting error messages about those people didn’t exist. Oh well.
were they banned too?
Don’t think so — I just sent them all message like 10 minutes ago.
