What teams have the cap space and are wanting to take Guentzel?
What teams have the assets for Guentzel?
What teams are not a part of his 12 team no-trade list?
Remember that cap space goes up next year and that gives a bunch of teams the latitude required to pick Jake up for a playoff run and then sign him long term. Jake holds all the cards similar to Tkachuk and Gaudreau; scary. I would love to see him sign in Pittsburg but as we keep hearing it’s a business and teams try to stay competitive and stay within the cap.
It’s crazy to me that the incompetency of this coaching staff has this situation even existing in the first place. If we just fired guys 2 months ago, we’re probably comfortably in the playoff picture and Jake wouldn’t be a potential sell lol this season is terribly frustrating, somehow more so than last season and the previous 4 playoff failures
It’s really only worth doing if the return is high value NHL ready prospects or cost controlled young players who are already in the NHL. Picks are pretty useless to a team built around a bunch of 35 year olds.
Tanner Jeannot return + another 1st
Would love to see Seattle take a swing at this and maybe offer Shane Wright in the deal
As we have already locked up the core players, to deviate from that strategy (and weaken the team short-term) sounds hypocritical and counter-intuitive.
However, given financial considerations, it’s understandable that a move might have to be made. It should only be made if the transaction represents a major haul where the Penguins can benefit from it.
I’d rather they trade away the coaching staff than Guentzel. Trading Guentzel isn’t going to solve anything for this team. They should make moves that have real impact. The coaching staff, Rakell, Smith, POJ to name a few.
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The questions are:
What teams have the cap space and are wanting to take Guentzel?
What teams have the assets for Guentzel?
What teams are not a part of his 12 team no-trade list?
Remember that cap space goes up next year and that gives a bunch of teams the latitude required to pick Jake up for a playoff run and then sign him long term. Jake holds all the cards similar to Tkachuk and Gaudreau; scary. I would love to see him sign in Pittsburg but as we keep hearing it’s a business and teams try to stay competitive and stay within the cap.
It’s crazy to me that the incompetency of this coaching staff has this situation even existing in the first place. If we just fired guys 2 months ago, we’re probably comfortably in the playoff picture and Jake wouldn’t be a potential sell lol this season is terribly frustrating, somehow more so than last season and the previous 4 playoff failures
It’s really only worth doing if the return is high value NHL ready prospects or cost controlled young players who are already in the NHL. Picks are pretty useless to a team built around a bunch of 35 year olds.
Tanner Jeannot return + another 1st
Would love to see Seattle take a swing at this and maybe offer Shane Wright in the deal
As we have already locked up the core players, to deviate from that strategy (and weaken the team short-term) sounds hypocritical and counter-intuitive.
However, given financial considerations, it’s understandable that a move might have to be made. It should only be made if the transaction represents a major haul where the Penguins can benefit from it.
I’d rather they trade away the coaching staff than Guentzel. Trading Guentzel isn’t going to solve anything for this team. They should make moves that have real impact. The coaching staff, Rakell, Smith, POJ to name a few.