Just for James...

[Dougall]

[bill0755]

Actually McCann was traded to Toronto, another bad trade and Seattle claimed McCann from Toronto, and protected Carter and Blueger and the Pens actually lost Brandon Tanev in the Seattle expansion draft. 
 

Should have never traded McCann to Toronto and protected McCann and Tanev and exposed Blueger and Carter. 
 

If Hextall and Burke are still employed by the weekend, the the new owners, the Fenway Group are very absentee owners who only care about the Red Sox and their soccer team

 

[Dougall]

In essence you are correct, but the trade to Toronto was due to the fact he wasn’t going to be protected and they wanted a return asset.

[bill0755]

36 minutes ago, Dougall said:

In essence you are correct, but the trade to Toronto was due to the fact he wasn’t going to be protected and they wanted a return asset.

 

Very true, and he not only protected the old pilon named Jeff Carter, but signed the old pilon to a two year deal with a no movement clause. That and the

absolute WORST trade dealing move to acquire Grandlund at two more years at $5.0M, along with a boatload of other poor roster moves (trading Marino, signing McGinn to a long-term deal, sending him to the minors and then moving McGinn Cap to acquire another old slow pilon defenseman Kulikov, then also signing Kapenan to a two-year deal then waiving him, signing old slow defenseman Rutta. to a mulit year deal...etc. If he and Burke are still employed by the weekend there are going to be ALOT of pissed off Pens fans!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Festivus]

Pittsburgh still one of my favorite teams, probably 5th or so LOL but them there are a straight bunch of full ass stanky moves whoa. Hope it gets better. Yes there needs to be some accountability and changes. Hopefully not getting absentee type owners...

[James]

Protecting Blueger seemed like the right move at the time... hindsight is 20/20.  Carter 100% should have been exposed, and I think there's a really decent chance he'd have been taken.  Either Carter or McCann.  Either way, there was no need to lose a heart and soul player like Tanev. 

 

People hate on Carter, but he was a really excellent acquisition that year (especially at that price), and was decent last year.  The contract they gave him this year was fine... again, hindsight is 20/20.

 

Also, the Rakell acquisition was solid.  And re-signing the big three was, ultimately, what most people wanted, and he did it pretty well.

 

All that said... trading Matheson and Marino was bad work (although I don't hate the Marino deal).  Re-signing Kapanen was a huge mistake (that's not hindsight, either...).  The McGinn deal was stupid.  The Granlund trade was stupid.  The Bonino trade was stupid (albeit pretty cheap).  

[bill0755]

Looks like there is a strong feeling from some reporters close to the Pens (DK Sports) that Hextall and very likely Burke will be fired tomorrow. Will see, but as a fan that’s been to 15+ games this season, hearing multiple Fire Hextall chants during games, that it’s time for a big change in management and direction for this team. It’s a shame as they completely wasted a year when Crosby and Malkin played every game.