- Teams looking for help on the blueline may come calling for Mathieu Schneider, and to a lesser extent, Chris Chelios.
- The Penguins need someone to play along side Sidney Crosby or Evgeni Malkin, but they also need some defensive help. They could use a player like Barret Jackman but he’s probably not available.
- 38 year old and recent healthy scratch, Slava Kozlov, will most likely be made available by the Atlanta Thrashers.
- Matheson thinks that the Penguins will eventually trade Malkin, making Crosby and Staal their 1-2 centers. For Malkin he thinks they could get a front line winger, top defenseman, forward prospect, and a 1st and 2nd round pick.
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#1 by Mike at February 2nd, 2010
Pens are absolutely nuts if they are thinking of moving Malkin. Crosby can’t carry that team without Malkin in the lineup and it’s a proven fact.
When Malkin is out of that lineup the Penguins are avg at best and when Crosby was out last year with his injury, Malkin stepped up an led the team.
Pens trading away Malkin is going to be a BIG mistake and will bring back memories of Jagr.
If they make a trade in that fashion they are never going to make it back to the cup with a true 3rd line center Jordan Staal.
#2 by Joe Samson at February 2nd, 2010
The Avalanche needs to rid of these defensemen toot sweet. 1) Scott Hanan 2) Brett Clark 3) John Michael Liles. There is over $10M in salaries here. These three have yelloe streaks in them. Won’t hit any where on the ice. I seems if they do hit some one it is some one who they know won’t him them back. Talk about clearing in front of the net. Not these guys. Rid of these salaries and bring in a goal scorer or at least a good defensemen over 6 feet 4 tall. Sherman our GM needs to think about big defensemen over the next few drafts. All of upcoming defensemen are below six feet tall.