I think it will play out a little differently. Some of these guys will stick around because not only are their contracts difficult to move, but the team will need to stay at the floor. Maybe someone like Rust or EK end up being moved after the Pens eat some salary. But guys like Jarry and Graves I don't think go without sweeteners that they won't do if they start a rebuild.

Crosby and Letang could get interesting.
- Tojo.

EK is not tradeable...he doesnt play a lick of defense and at 10M per ugly

Jarry will be auditioned for two weeks in WBS. This may be the best chance we have to rid ourselves of him and actually get a decent return. We will get the short end of the trade here, but it will be what's best moving forward.

I'm not trading Graves, not yet anyway. He's been a decent player so far. I may even keep him.

I can see your side of this. I just think we're close to blowing it up.
- Thunderbolt

Jarry will be tradeable with about 1.5M retained but you arent getting bv anything worthwhile in return.

EK is not tradeable...he doesnt play a lick of defense and at 10M per ugly
- hfc355

He is most definitely tradeable. Not going to get a monster package for him but every other team sees what we see. A horribly coached and assembled team.

He won the Norris with +100 and the came to Pittsburgh and has been mediocre. I think there are a bunch of teams that would be in on him.

Dubas is a horrible GM
- optimus-reim

He is. Definitely amongst the worst in the league.

Letang has lost a step or two. He used to make up for mistakes by outskating guys. Having Dumoulin back helped also. Dumoulin was the biggest unsung hero this team has had in a long time, maybe ever.

Guentzel: I may be alone in this, but I seriously doubt he wanted to sign here. Whether he wanted to sign here or not, Dubas did him a favor.
- Thunderbolt

Completely with you on Dumo. Really outstanding player for a long time that slid a bit under the radar with all the offensive stars.

Jake? Guess we'll never know. Seemed to me like he wanted to stay. I can't disagree with you though that he's better off elsewhere.

Completely with you on Dumo. Really outstanding player for a long time that slid a bit under the radar with all the offensive stars.

Jake? Guess we'll never know. Seemed to me like he wanted to stay. I can't disagree with you though that he's better off elsewhere.
- Tojo.

Jake 100% wanted to stay, but probably not so much that he was willing to take a $10M pay cut over the next 7 years.

I was ok with moving on from him but aside from the fact he was really talented, everyone may have underestimated the impact in the locker room. This feels like a team full of players that don't really want to play with each other.

We've had so many great locker room guys over the years... Whitney, Talbot, Laraque, Fleury, Kunitz, Kessel... Jake was a quirky guy that everyone liked. Is there anyone fun left?

Does Sully completely flip the lines on their head tonight? At least pretend your trying something to get this team going.

Jake 100% wanted to stay, but probably not so much that he was willing to take a $10M pay cut over the next 7 years.

I was ok with moving on from him but aside from the fact he was really talented, everyone may have underestimated the impact in the locker room. This feels like a team full of players that don't really want to play with each other.

We've had so many great locker room guys over the years... Whitney, Talbot, Laraque, Fleury, Kunitz, Kessel... Jake was a quirky guy that everyone liked. Is there anyone fun left?
- MacPatty

The return for Jake sucked balls. 2 prospects who can’t make this roster and a 3rd liner and a 2nd???? Should have moved him earlier.

Hard to be a worse gm than Hex but dubas figured out how.