The day has finally come! Erik Karlsson is a freaking member of the Pittsburgh Penguins! Pat and Hunter dive into the trade for this special episode of the Locked On Penguins podcast and give their immediate reactions to it. They look at how Kyle Dubas fleeced both teams in the deal and how the Penguins really didn’t have to give up much to get the reigning Norris Trophy winner. They then analyze how much Karlsson will help on the power play, plus how he will take some pressure off Kris Letang at 5v5 so that he doesn’t have to be THE guy. After that, they look at how the Penguins will be a lot more fun to watch this upcoming season, even though they may not be a true Stanley Cup Contender like a team like the Avalanche or the Stars. All that, plus much more is in this short emergency episode of Locked On Penguins.
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– We got Erik Karlsson, #65, with 65 days left until puck drop, it was meant to happen today! I wonder if Dubas waited until today for that exact reason, Crosby is very superstitious, so this brings some good juju to the Penguins, hopefully.
– Getting rid of 4 of 5 of our worst contracts and even with retaining 1.56 mil on Petry and only getting 1.5 mil retained on Karlsson we still somehow shed 3.1 mil in cap space is a massive win!
– If somehow we can get Carter to LTIR or off the books and remove all 5 of our bad contracts, this is the sickest moves I have ever seen!
– Not to mention we brought in a good young player in Pitlick who has 71% on finishing and can add some much needed depth scoring, or hell (not likely to happen) even put him up with Sid and make him Sheary v2.0.
– Then there's the top-10 protection on the 1st round pick! Another win!
– Karlsson as PP1 QB is going to be amazing and this team will be so exciting to watch, all gas, no brakes!
– Taking pressure off of Letang and hopefully splitting minutes with him is another huge factor that getting Karlsson will add to the Pens!
– This Karlsson pickup was this generations Paul Coffey pickup! I am super hyped!
– If Nedeljkovic can play even close to how he did in his rookie season, when he was nominated for the Calder, he will be a huge upgrade to DeSmith.
– I would love to see Tomas Tatar picked up for the 3rd line (if we can get him at a decent price) and maybe a better 3rd pair right D than Chad Ruhwedel, or give Ty Smith a chance on 3rd pair on his offhand.
– Maybe put Nylander with Malkin and move Rust down to the 3rd line if he struggles this year. Tatar – Eller – Rust would be a pretty sick 3rd line. Definitely would be a lot better than the Daily Faceoff projected Granlund – Eller – Carter line!
– Lastly, define irony: Mike Hoffman traded out of Ottawa (cuz of drama with Erik Karlsson's wife and his g/f) to San Jose, to immediately get flipped out of San Jose for Erik Karlsson. Then Erik Karlsson gets traded to Pittsburgh, who just traded for Mike Hoffman, then immediately flip him to San Jose for Erik Karlsson. LOL!
Who is gonna take the 3rd pair right side now?
This is amazing Dubas did great job anybody find's fault with this is IDIOT
Hall of Fame Future Norris Trophy winner 2020 version Paul Coffey
Top 4 defenseman Pens Karlsson,Petterson,Letang Graves Deep run playoff mobile defensemen
Great GMs new ones Pens Dubas,Steelers Khan
Oh yeah Dubas did this no buy out
This will take 5 minutes a game off Kris good for him defense is controlling puck clock 🕒 that's defense Petterson,Graves defense
Definitley playoffs deeper maybe never know.
I honestly thought this was 🐗💩