Follow the trade deadline right here on Pensburgh

by FrankD on Mar 2, 2009 7:15 PM EST in News

The hype is building and the big day is less than 48 hrs away. You can follow all of the trade deadline news and chat it up with hockey fans right here on Pensburgh.

I plan to run with an open thread throughout the day, complete with regular updates of moves across the NHL straight up til the Wednesday 3pm deadline (and beyond I'm sure). Feel free to join in with your own predictions of who's going where, or if you hear anything on the move toss up a link to keep the day rolling.

With that said, if you hear something toss up a link from a news source, or at least one that references a news source.

If anything breaks for the Pens we'll likely have a story up asap. However the thread will remain at the top of the page until a little after 3:00. Be sure to check in throughout the day though. It's sure to be fun.

This is one of the most exciting days of the year. SBN Hockey is prepared. All of the team blogs will have some action going on so feel free to check them out. You can also keep up on the stories via SBN's 2009 NHL Trade Deadline Hub.

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The name I’m curious to watch, Marian Gaborik. I’m predicting he goes to a contender who offers the best deal to the Wild. It shouldn’t be a whole lot to get him away either, considering he’s the Ben Sheets of the NHL.

That’d be my high risk high reward bet at the deadline. Though there’s plenty of names circulating in Ottawa.

by Lavender on Mar 2, 2009 8:01 PM EST reply actions

although i do like gaborik. his cap hit is way to large for the pens to take on. maybe in the off season the pens can get him a little cheeper. but right now he’s to high risk for many teams to even consider trading anything for him. also he won’t be available to play for another week or so. no gm is crazy enough to take that kind of risk. but it will be fun to see what he’ll do once he becomes a free agent.

by lambofgad on Mar 2, 2009 8:55 PM EST up reply actions

I’m more making an assumption of him being on the move, in general. I don’t think the Pens will add any other pieces unless it falls in their lap for the right price.

by Lavender on Mar 2, 2009 10:02 PM EST up reply actions

Avery?

I saw an interesting article over at postgameheroes.com regarding Sean Avery and the Penguins. Apperantly Avery is getting recalled tomorrow and every team will have a chance to claim him. As much as I hate Avery, he seems like just the player we need.

Link to the article: http://www.postgameheroes.com/?p=5818

by obsessed478 on Mar 2, 2009 8:44 PM EST reply actions

i’ve been on the fence about avery going to the pens since i heard the rumor on center ice. the more i though about it the more i like it. but seeing Kunitz out there thats the kind of player the pens need not avery the parasite. he’ll go to new york and destroy that locker room not ours.

the only other pen i can see moving is stall. i do hate the idea but he would get the most in return. and since sid has been out he has been producing more. but he also has been getting more ice time. he may not move before trade deadline. but i can see him moving in the summer when their need for another forward arises.

by lambofgad on Mar 2, 2009 9:00 PM EST up reply actions

You know what? Staal isn’t looking bad these past few games. I’m willing to look at him differently next season if he can close out with 25 goals (he has 17 right now).

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by FrankD on Mar 2, 2009 9:14 PM EST up reply actions

and i think he will get 25 goals or even more with the way he’s playing lately. i still think they should move him to malkins wing.

by lambofgad on Mar 2, 2009 11:36 PM EST up reply actions

The only way Stall will get those kind of numbers is if he stays as one of two top centers, which won’t happen with the Pens with Malkin and Crosby around or if he moves to wing, which despite his rookie year success seems to be a lost cause.

I am of the opinion that the rest of the season the Pens have to try Stall at wing with either Crosby or Malkin and if he can’t produce move him for a wing that can during the summer.

I like Stall for what he can be with the Pens, a defensive minded forward who kills penaltys and scores about 15 to 20 goals a year. What I don’t like is paying the type of player 4 million a year in the salary cap era with the salary cap likely to go down this summer.

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by Dr Tre on Mar 3, 2009 8:30 AM EST up reply actions

I think that once Crosby gets back we’ll see Bylsma try out some lines which I would bet will see both Kunitz and Staal getting some time on the wings of Crosby and Malkin. Obviously with Staal next on the depth chart for Centers he’s going to be the 2nd line center until Crosby is back from injury. Then we’ll see how it goes – maybe he could make a strong winger – then again, maybe not.

by Dayna on Mar 3, 2009 9:21 AM EST up reply actions

Avery is the last person the Pens need. Word out of Dallas hinted that he was so horrible in the locker room – making fun of other players, picking on the “weaker” ones and starting a ruckus for no reason – that adding him to the Pens would be a disaster. We’re doing fine since Byslma came on board. I don’t want any major moves to shake the team up right now. They’re having fun out there and winning. I’m cool with that.

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by FrankD on Mar 2, 2009 8:51 PM EST reply actions

Boumeester is moving. So is kovalev!

by AngelaMc on Mar 2, 2009 11:10 PM EST reply actions

i really don’t see boumeester moving. i thing the panthers will try to make a run at it with what they have and boumeester is a big part of that team. he’ll sign somewhere else during the off season. as for kovalev he needs out of montreal. where he goes is little worry of mine. but very few teams in the playoff run can afford to take on his 4 mill contract without moving something hard to part with the other way. an cap space is an issue in montreal

by lambofgad on Mar 2, 2009 11:35 PM EST up reply actions

I got an inside, I guess I shall see how reputable this inside is?

by AngelaMc on Mar 2, 2009 11:50 PM EST up reply actions

Oh yeah? Who’s the insider? Please don’t say “a source.”

We may have to start calling you Eklund… ;-)

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by FrankD on Mar 3, 2009 12:01 AM EST up reply actions

You’re fiesty this eve. I didn’t say a ‘source’ either… He is NHL player rep of sorts… like I said we shall see how reputable he is.

by AngelaMc on Mar 3, 2009 12:07 AM EST up reply actions

because if he turns out to know what is going on I will steal info and we will always be in the loop: )

by AngelaMc on Mar 3, 2009 12:08 AM EST up reply actions

Nah not feisty, just kidding really.

You did say your family is tied in with hockey. I wouldn’t put anything past ya.

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by FrankD on Mar 3, 2009 12:17 AM EST up reply actions

Moore is for sure moving as well, according to said inside.

by AngelaMc on Mar 3, 2009 12:02 AM EST up reply actions

“insider”? does this mysterious stranger have a name? deep Throat was it? wart was that about watergate? timmy’s stuck in the well again.

by lambofgad on Mar 3, 2009 12:08 AM EST up reply actions

In Angela’s defense, she does know some peeps.

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by FrankD on Mar 3, 2009 12:17 AM EST up reply actions

j/k. i have no doubt about her sources. i do love the speculation on what players and where they are possibly moving.

by lambofgad on Mar 3, 2009 12:23 AM EST up reply actions

Ah, Frank stickin’ up for me… I feel invincible: ) Ah, I laugh at myself : )

by AngelaMc on Mar 3, 2009 12:36 AM EST up reply actions

Unless I missed this somewhere and the trade’s already been done – I just really want to know who the Guerin mystery team is. Anyone heard any rumours? Speculation on TSN was that it could be the Caps and they’re trying to clear some salary – but who knows?

by Dayna on Mar 3, 2009 9:16 AM EST reply actions

I read on a CBC or TSN story that it’s definitely an “Eastern Conference contender.” So I guess the Caps are a possibilit

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by FrankD on Mar 3, 2009 11:18 AM EST up reply actions

Hey all

I’m a staff writer at fearthefin.com, the SB Nation San Jose Sharks Blog… and I wanted to get some feedback on an idea I floated over there.

Sharks Send:
Jonathan Cheechoo
Lukas Kaspar
2nd Round Pick (either Buffalo’s or the Sharks)

Pittsburgh Sends
Jordan Staal

Any way you would make that deal? Discuss.

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by Matthew_Taylor on Mar 3, 2009 10:37 AM EST reply actions

Hmmm I don’t know anything about Kaspar. Offer me CheeChoo in 05/06 and this is a done deal. Now? I don’t know if I’d approve it for the sheer fact that I’d rather see Pitt keep with the promising younger guy over the potentially struggling slightly older guy.

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by FrankD on Mar 3, 2009 11:21 AM EST up reply actions

Right... that's the thing.

Cheechoo would have received a king’s ransom a few years ago, but he’s fallen off considerably after being moved off Joe’s line in favor of the faster, younger, more driven Setoguchi.

Would the Pens be willing to take a chance on Cheechoo, hoping that Sid could be his new Joe? Who knows. I do know, however, that Cheech is more suited to the Pens’ style of play. Could be a surprising fit.

Kaspar is a 21 year old prospect (top 5 in the Sharks’ system). He’s a talented shooter, but he hasn’t really shown the heart to succeed at the NHL level. I know, I just sold you on him right? ;)

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by Matthew_Taylor on Mar 3, 2009 11:29 AM EST up reply actions

Well we picked up that kid Tangradi from the Ducks, so I wonder how many more young prospects the Pens really want/need. Then again, Pitt has also traded away some draft picks over the past year or two, so perhaps it couldn’t hurt to have another young guy down on the farm.

From what I’ve seen CheeChoo is kinda a heavy skater. More like Hal Gill than Sidney Crosby. With that said, I don’t see how Cheech is much an upgrade to, say, Satan.

Although your description of the youngster was very flattering, I think I’d have to pass on a deal like this.

But is Setoguchi available? :-) I knew I did something right when I drafted him for my fantasy team. The kid’s a machine.

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by FrankD on Mar 3, 2009 12:04 PM EST up reply actions

Just heard Satan was put on waivers. Roberts has also been put on waivers. Is a move imminent.

by PensFan024 on Mar 3, 2009 12:46 PM EST reply actions

TSN has verified that both players are on waivers.

by PensFan024 on Mar 3, 2009 12:51 PM EST up reply actions

i wonder who their trying to make cap space for? i do like satans play as of late but he does clear up the most room to bring in another forward or d-man. we will see what this shapes into

by lambofgad on Mar 3, 2009 12:55 PM EST reply actions