A rumor I'm hearing...

by wg1of5 on Mar 1, 2010 8:05 PM EST

I'm hearing tales of Alex Goligoski for Ryan Callahan? Can someone allay my fears here? Make no mistake, I'd LOVE to have Callahan - he's one of my favorite players outside of a Penguin uniform. He plays with the high skill level and reckless abandon I remember from Ryan Malone. However, I'm not terribly enthusiastic about trading GoGo for anybody. I know it's just a rumor, but it scares me nonetheless.

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go-go to go

as a pens fan this would be an upgrade. callahan is good two way player and goligoski is defensive liability. letang is our future back on the blueline. i like go-go but his defense is suspect at best!

by malkin in the middle on Mar 1, 2010 8:31 PM EST reply actions

Where’s this rumor coming from? This is the first I’ve heard of it.

I don’t see it happening, but who knows. It’d be rare for an intra-divisional trade, don’t know if both GMs would want to trade two young players for each other.

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by Hooks Orpik on Mar 1, 2010 8:34 PM EST reply actions

There have been quite a few trades with the pens/strangers over the years.
both guys are the same age/similar size not sure I like it. NY has scoring issues, but I have a hard time believing they would be give up a scorer.

by Randy F on Mar 1, 2010 9:27 PM EST up reply actions

But when recently (in a post-cap world) when both teams have playoff aspirations?

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by Hooks Orpik on Mar 2, 2010 10:25 AM EST up reply actions

I don’t think I’d like the deal. Granted, it’d be trading from a strength (offensive D) for a weakness, but I don’t know. Also, not sure how it would happen under the cap, given that Callahan’s cap hit is $2.3M this year as opposed to Gogo’s $1.833M.

by JustinM on Mar 1, 2010 9:14 PM EST reply actions

I believe both salaries would be prorated.

According to NHL Numbers, we have about a half-mil of cap space left. By my math (done by subtracting GoGo’s cap hit from Callahan’s, multiplying by 42 [number of days left in season], and dividing by 193 [total number of days in the season]), this would decrease our cap space by slightly over 100K.

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Why can't Mendy bust a long TD run? We could use it.

by wg1of5 on Mar 1, 2010 9:41 PM EST up reply actions

From my basic understanding, this would be close to accurate. From a purely salary cap situation, this would work for the Penguins without having to make any additional moves.

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by Hooks Orpik on Mar 2, 2010 10:25 AM EST up reply actions