Re: Why the Pens are keeping Fleury
Originally Posted by
Doug Glatt
The Pens have, by far, the worst cap situation in the league. They are the only team that is actually over the cap. With the goalie market as it is, Fleury will remain a Pen as long as Rutherford can tolerate the squeeze.
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I could see Buffalo make a play for MAF. They have been very active and goaltending is an obvious weakness with only Lehner. I like the kid but I think he is on his last ticket, if he doesnt take the job over, the club should look at acquiring MAF/Bishop.
Great point here. If the Pens had the cap space I think they'd love to roll with both MAF and Murray for another season and then make a trade or very tough call on which one to protect. Given that they are actually over the cap I can see them trying to move MAF and taking their chances with Murray next season. If you have another great season and take another run at the Cup then end up losing one of the assets at trade deadline (if you go with Murray) or in expansion that might just be the price to pay to compete (and worth more than the 2nd rounder you'd get for MAF this offseason).
I think the Penguins will first try to get under the cap by moving one of Hageline/Hornqvist(modified-ntc) or Kunitz but if they can't do it that way they may have to consider moving MAF.
12 team H-2-H 1 year league, daily roster changes, 3 goalie start minimum/week
2xC, 2xRW, 2xLW, 4xD, 3xUtil, 2xG, 5 Bench
G, A, P, PIM, PPP, SHP, GWG, SOG, Hits, W, SV%, GAA, SVs
C: C. Keller, C. Mittelstadt, B. Nelson, R. Strome,
LW: K. Connor, B. Tkachuk, J. Gaudreau, J. Marchessault, E. Rodrigues, A. Lafreniere
RW: K. Fiala, J. Bratt, T. Jeannot V. Arvidsson
D: R. Josi, J. Trouba, E. Gustafsson,
G: L. Thompson, F. Gustavsson, V. Vanecek
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