Penguins Trade Deadline Update: The Morning After
I suppose like many of you, I’m still trying to process my feelings about the Penguins’ trade deadline moves…or lack of…depending on your perspective.
Compared to MassMutual East rivals Boston (Taylor Hall, Curtis Lazar, Mike Reilly), Washington (Anthony Mantha, Michael Raffl) and the Islanders (Kyle Palmieri, Travis Zajac) we were pikers.
Maybe that’s not a bad thing. It isn’t always about landing the biggest fish, but rather the right fish.
I admit I was surprised by the Jeff Carter deal, which apparently had been in the works for a month. I would’ve preferred Calgary’s Sam Bennett, who was dished to Florida for a second-round pick. Perhaps too high a price to pay for a player who’s been trending downward.
Back to Carter. Still not really sure how I feel about this.
On one hand, we acquired a proven veteran and one-time elite scorer who can play center or right wing, two areas of need. As recently as 2019-20, he was still sniping at a 20-goal clip over a full season.