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Originally Posted by NoSkillz
Buffalo will give you Afinogenov and you can keep all of those guys.
A bag of pucks will suffice...
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Great, another floating winger to pair with Satan.
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Originally Posted by DeToxRox
Honestly, there are two ways Pitt goes:
Damaged goods for damaged goods, or a pending UFA who costs more then he's worth.
Pittsburgh is like Detroit; any deal they make is probably going to be a one year move unless they plan on replenishing guys that must be moved with farm hands.
I am not sure that Pittsburgh has enough guys who could step in to make a nessecary move to get a top 6 winger considering the cost of one of those already.
If you deal Staal, you're not going to get a more accomplished scorer, so obviously as you said you have to package him, and now who do you get back?
Chances are it's a guy who either just got paid or will get paid unless he is a prospect, which obviously the Pens don't need right now.
I think Pit has to stay the course and see what shakes out closer to the deadline, and determine then the best plan for them, and then maybe make a run at Gabs, as risky as it is, but after what happened with Hossa, I don't see it really being a fit.
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Yeah, they really can't afford to give up what they gave up for Hossa for another similar player (Gaborik). They need to hold onto their 1st rounders and get a winger who they can pay cheap for a handful of years.
Like Dr Sak said, they'll have D to deal. Once Gonchar returns, they'll be at 9. And have a handful of young guys who could compete for spots in 2 years.
Nathan Horton is a name I am hearing alot, because he's struggling in Florida. He's at $4M a year. I would do Goligoski+ for him, but paying him, along with Crosby and Malkin, plus retaining Staal is probably close to impossible. Staal is going to be near $4M himself = $25M for 4 forwards.
At the deadline, a guy like Tkachuk makes tons of sense, and being a UFA on the downside of his career, he won't command what Hossa did.
I think they'd go after Havlat (assuming Chicago is out of it) before Gaborik.