The TRUTH Has FInally LEAKED…

The TRUTH Has FInally LEAKED…

The truth has finally leaked as a Pittsburgh Penguins insider has revealed the plan for both Ricard Raquel and Brian Rust heading into the future and this new season as Kyle Dubis continues to rebuild the Pittsburgh Penguins. We’re going to break down this new report and some other shocking details in this episode of Penguins Digest. But before we do that, a quick reminder to hit that subscribe button. About 68% of you who watch these videos are not subscribed to the channel. So, if you want to stay up to date with everything that’s happening with the Pittsburgh Penguins, go down below, hit that free subscribe button, because this is the place to be for all your daily Pittsburgh Penguins content. But Nick, things are starting to move. We’re getting some new information around the league, not just with the Pittsburgh Penguins in August as we head towards the preseason. And we get another update on what’s going to happen in the future uh with the Pittsburgh Penguins for both Brian Rust and Ricard Raquel because there’s been a cloud hanging over their heads at this point. Will both of them go? Will one of them go? Are they even going to get traded? Well, we have a little bit of clarity now. And this is from Josh Yo, of course, and he says that on Rustin and Raquel, are they even on this team when October 7th, the first day of the season rolls around? I’m not so sure they will be. That’s insane in of itself. We’re going to get into that. And he goes on to say, I think there’s a real chance at least one of them is gone before then. Now, we’ll break down this initial report and what you think on this first. Obviously, there was another report on uh that, you know, what the return is. We’ll get to that in a second in terms of what Kyle Dubis is looking for for these players. And it’s a little bit shocking actually to me. But um you know Josh is saying here it looks like both of them could be gone. At least one of them is going to be gone and that’s before the season. So Nick, what do you make of that? Because that’s going to happen this month. It’s going to happen in the next three weeks and you know I think there’s a real chance that one of them is traded. I have my choice of who I think it should be. But what do you think of this report? Um to be honest, I think there’s been a lot of reports over the last like few weeks, you know. Um we Darius, we heard all off seasonason that there’s going to be fireworks. I feel like they say that every year just to keep us interested. There hasn’t been any fireworks at all this offseason. Um but you know, I think people might get a little bit antsy getting closer to the preseason. They’re looking at holes in their roster they haven’t been able to fill yet. There’s been a lot of reports that half the league wants top six forwards. And what are Ricard Raquel and Brian Rush Darius? They are top six forwards. So, um it makes sense that they’ll be on their way out very very very soon. Obviously, Brian Rust had 65 points in 71 games, almost a point a game player. Um at age 33, you know, he’s still playing very well for his age. A little bit older, but um still putting up really good production. Ricard Raquel on the other hand, 70 points last year, arguably his best season and 81 uh in 81 games. And well, surprisingly, again, we’ve said this all season, not traded or all offseason, not traded at the trade deadline. Also, he’s 32 years old, so they’re pretty close in age. But two very good players. I think someone that could be moved first is a guy like Brian Rust just cuz I feel like a team like, you know, a team in the Western Conference might want um the Stanley Cup pedigree. Obviously, Ricard Raquel doesn’t have that. Brian Rust did win the cups with Pittsburgh. You know, obviously he was, you know, a way younger player then. That was almost what, like almost nine years ago, which is crazy to say out loud. Um, you know, maybe, you know, even I feel a little bit older saying that, but uh I think, uh, yeah, Brian Rush to me seems like the guy who who teams are going to be looking for, especially if they’re trying to get over that, you know, push push them over the finish line in terms of getting to that Stanley Cup finals or playoffs, whatever, whatever um, that milestone they want to hit is because he has a Stanley Cup pedigree. He’s a veteran in the league. He’s played with Cydney Crosby basically his whole career. So, he knows how to play with super skilled all-time elite players. A team I thought about a lot for Brian Rust was the Edmonton Oilers. I don’t know if they can make that work capwise. Even a team like the Toronto Maple Leafs who, you know, have some cat base really need a top six forward. Um, if you do look at their lines, they need someone and they have elite centers that Brian Russ wouldn’t be used to playing with. So, for me, Brian Russ is a guy that should be that could be moved first. I think he might have more suitors just because um you know outside of the point production which to me is similar enough between the two players. Um uh he has that Stanley Cup pedigree. The intangibles are more there for a guy like Rust outside of a Ricard Raquel and um you know underrated aspect to this which I might add Darius Brian Rust is probably not going to play at the Olympics and Ricard Raquel probably will. So there is some stuff that um you know he’ll get that break maybe be rejuvenated. Ricard Raquel won’t have that this season if you’re looking in the short term and um if he’s not traded the the the Olympics are you know Kyle Dubis has gone on record saying he’s using the Olympics to look at all his players reevaluate things and Brian Russ you know for all for all my money won’t be there he probably wasn’t even on that initial 60-man roster or however big that roster was um was announced. So that’s a big thing for me is going to be in Italy probably playing for team Sweden. So, you know, Brian Russ to me seems like a guy that might be new first just cuz there’s so much going on outside of just, you know, his play on the ice, his again his Stanley Cup pedigree, his intangibles, his ability to play with good players. His contract’s not even that bad with the cap rider. So, for me, I think Brian Russ will be moved first. And we will definitely get into their contracts as well. And that’s what makes them so attractive that, you know, you don’t have to free up that much salary cap space if you are right up against it like the Toronto Maple Leafs. So, I think both players fit very well. But in terms of who I think they should trade, I mean, you bring up some great points and those are all the points why I think they should be keeping Brian Rust because they want to instill that culture with some of the younger guys, right? You don’t want to trade. We’re seeing with the Chicago Blackhawks, you can’t just go scorched earth and expect it to work. Like, you still need some good players there and a culture established there. So, I think that’s the reason they should hang on to him. And when you look at Ricard Raquel, too, um it was a career year for him last year. 70 points in 81 games. Like, that is great value for $5 million. So, I think that this is the guy you should be looking at trading. He can help a team. I understand and I I do believe and agree with you that, you know, Brian Rust has that Stanley Cup pedigree and he brings different intangibles to the table and that’s why he might actually be worth a little bit more, but to me, Ricardell is the guy you look at trading. And in terms of trading them, the second part of this as well from Joshu, he went on to say, “I wonder what you can get in return.” And Kyle Dubis wants NHL ready players more than anything. which I thought was interesting and also kind of makes sense because again, you can’t just go scorched earth uh and expect all these prospects to just show up in three years and your team’s going to be great. It’s just not going to work that way. We saw that with, you know, Lemieux stuck around to play with Sydney Crosby for a year, right? So, I feel like Crosby and uh some of those other guys want to, you know, pay it back in the future with some of the younger Penguins as well. But, nonetheless, they’re looking for like a 22-year-old guy. Uh, again, not exactly that, but you know, a guy that’s been in the league maybe for two years or something at this point and that can play right now. I think that’s very interesting as well because that really limits your options, I think, in terms of trades. But at the same time, and I wanted to bring this up, you know, when you look at their contracts and their cap hits, these are very attractive contracts. $5 million for a guy that scores 70 points. He’s locked up for three more years and uh the salary cap is rising. I think that’s great value. Same with Brian Russ. I mean, interchangeable $100,000, right? uh they make about the same. So, what do you make of that? I we have no idea who’s coming back the other way, but we do know that I think Kyle Dubis right now, uh while I think it’s the correct route to go in terms of return for these two players, you might be limiting your options for two guys that I think a lot of teams want. No. Uh Darius, I agree with you 100%. Uh I I think it’s very interesting to look at these 22-y old guys, but I think you made a great point about not going scorched earth. Chicago Blackhawks was a great example you brought up. Um, but you also did say they should keep Brian Rust because of his intangibles. They have Cindy Crosby, Chris Leag, so I think they’ll be okay. Um, but you do bring up a good point from that end obviously, but um, again, the Penguins have a lot of cash space to work with. They have a ton of assets that teams are going to want. So Kyle Dubis does have a lot of work ahead of him. Um, and I think I don’t know how many good teams have 22year-old NHL ready forwards playing for them. um is is is my thing because looking around the league at the main suitors, the best teams in the NHL that are in the cup finals that are in the final four or even make the playoffs, a lot of them just have a lot of strong established NHLers that aren’t on the cusp or have been, you know, young players in the league. Like there’s not there’s no one on Edmonton that I can think of right now. Um in Florida, I’m thinking of like uh Samoske who’s like young who’s like a player maybe they would look for in return. Even if you look at the Leafs, there’s not really anyone. Matthew Ny is not being traded for these guys. I’m looking like like even if the Rangers make it back or um the Carolina Hurricanes, like none of these, there’s not a lot of teams that are really good who are buying have 22-year-old NHL ready forwards that they’re going to want to trade because you know why 22-year-old NHL ready forwards don’t make a lot of money. So, I don’t understand why you would trade them for a Brian Russell or Ric or Carl Raquel because you want to extend that window. Unless you think it’s the answer, you know, to winning the Stanley Cup, I could see, you know, that uh that justification, but for me, it doesn’t make sense. I think Dubis has already done a good job of getting players back of that age group. Like the Jake Genszel trade, he brought back players that are playing right now. Even bringing a guy like Philip Thomasino, um, who I don’t know how how well he’s going to play next year, but he was a younger guy they brought in. um you know trade obviously Rucker Mgardi they traded uh Braden Jagger but he was more NHL ready he’s done a lot of that already I know we already have a lot of draft picks for for me I think Dubis could be making a mistake by trying to you know put himself in a box of what the return is going to be just get the best you can whether it’s draft picks maybe you can flip a draft pick for a disgruntled young player we’ve seen that happen with guys like yos slavis scarov or even an Lquist over the past couple years you could do that if you have an extra first I wouldn’t I wouldn’t look at this if I was as a, you know, in-n-out transaction. You’re going to want to take these assets and do more things with them. He always does do that as well. So, for me, I think the 22-year-old thing is a little bit, you know, putting him in a box. But, uh, Darius, I’m curious if you think that’s the only way they should look at it or they, you know, they should maybe look at more deeper past just what the return is going to be for Rush or Raquel, what they can do with it because um, in my opinion, I don’t even understand getting 23 22 year olds because um, Sydney Crowley is already 38 or whatever. Walkkins leaving the team next year. The Tang’s old. Carlson is gonna leave. You know, you might even want to get younger than that or guys who are going to be in Wilsbury. I think it’s a little bit confusing from my opinion. Um, but I think Dubis might might be looking at it just from, you know, his time uh his trade streak in Toronto. Even some um trades he’s already made in Pittsburgh. I think from that point of view, it will be interesting to see what he does with the returns. Yeah, I think that, you know, when you’re looking at acquiring a 22 23 year old forward that can make an impact in the NHL right now, u not too many team like look at Mason McTavish. might be up for grabs right now. The Anaheim Ducks don’t want Ricard Raquel and Brian Russ. It doesn’t match up to their timeline, right? Like kind of like you were alluding to. So that doesn’t make sense. So Kyle Dubis, I think, and he loves to make these trades just like you said as well that I think it’s going to be like a three or fourstep trade where he’s going to make a trade where the, you know, Brian Rust or Ricardell go out the door and you get maybe, you know, a couple draft picks back like assets in that way and then you flip those assets to go out and get like a player that you want. I think that’s fine and I think that’s the only way this actually does make sense because for what you want back, there’s no team that wants those two players that has that on their roster. I just I just don’t think it exists or that they can trade them away. It just doesn’t exist. So, I feel like it’s going to be a multi-step trade here uh where there’s a lot of moving parts and I think that’s okay. And Kyle Dubis, we’ve seen it before, loves those trades, especially around the draft. So, we’ll see what he ends up doing. But, we want to hear what you have to say in the comments about this new report. Sounds like one of, if not both of them will be traded, which is kind of interesting because it takes all the pressure off of Eric Carlson all of a sudden. What’s happening with him? So, you know, looks like one of them, if not both of them will be traded. Let us know in the comments if you want them to trade them, which one you want them to trade, and uh the fact that, you know, the Pittsburgh Penguins are going to be making some moves. It’s going to be very interesting. Let us know how you feel in the comments. 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