Untouchable gets thrown around way too much these days - Gretzky was traded. Nobody is untouchable.

Also apparently Maata is now the next bobby orr. Guys awesome but anyone can be traded.
- Joel_Eh

That’s because draft picks and prospects have unlimited potential. Fans are delusional.

Yeah, that talk has really ramped up these past few months. We will see how he develops.
- Jeropotato

He's the real deal. This from a Flyers fan.

i dont think that gets it done - Kesler for Sutter + Maata maybe...
- Joel_Eh

Yeah right, we wouldnt even do maata for kesler straiht up, u crazy man.

Pit doesnt need Forwards, and trading away maata for a forward would make no sense. especially there best d man, so unless they get back a solid number 1 or 2 d man - it would not be an improvement
- since93

And more importantly, low cap hit!

So to improve the team you would have to get back an equally good D and a top 6 F
- Champ

Or a better D, but yeah.

He's the real deal. This from a Flyers fan.
- PhillySportsGuy

I don't doubt it.

Ek is the new strategy to just have these quick hit blogs in an effort to stop having a large rumour blog go off the rails like the last one did with Kesler?

We are onto your games

Or a better D, but yeah.
- Jeropotato

You won't find a better D with his cap hit.

Why does Pittsburgh need to bring in anyone from another team? They have God and Jesus are a 1-2 punch. If anything needs to change it's a piece on defense to replace Martin. Other than that, they are plenty deep with Jokinen, Kobasew, Sutter, Neal, Kunitz Pyatt... Let a kid or two grab a spot for now with the injury to Dupuis. Kesler would get lost in the shuffle there,
- Panthers88

They have God & Jesus, I guess they aren't happy until they get Moses too!

Ek is the new strategy to just have these quick hit blogs in an effort to stop having a large rumour blog go off the rails like the last one did with Kesler?

We are onto your games
- DDM-Coga

its the Kesler effect

I don't doubt it.
- Jeropotato

Pens would need to move serious money to make that trade happen.

Maata isn't just a stud for a 19 year old, he may be playing an integral part to their team next year. Niskanen and Orpik may be gone and Letang's heart condition would scare me a little.

They have God & Jesus, I guess they aren't happy until they get Moses too!
- NewfieStud

hands off my dog

They have God & Jesus, I guess they aren't happy until they get Moses too!
- NewfieStud

They have God & Jesus, I guess they aren't happy until they get Moses too!
- NewfieStud

God and Jesus can grow facial hair though

God and Jesus can grow facial hair though
- DDM-Coga

Maata will too when he is 40

Maatta is untouchable.
- cap1681

Maata is OK but Vatanen is the real deal!

Honestly, with all of Flower's struggles, its a wonder how the Pens blew this pick by not selecting Malcolm Subban.

Maata is OK but Vatanen is the real deal!

Honestly, with all of Flower's struggles, its a wonder how the Pens blew this pick by not selecting Malcolm Subban.
- MrBigglesworth

Kesler for Lucic! What????

Maata will too when he is 40
- Champ

can Fins even grow?

can Fins even grow?
- DDM-Coga

I think Selanne has some peach fuzz, but he hasn't shaved since he entered the league.

They have God & Jesus, I guess they aren't happy until they get Moses too!
- NewfieStud

Well, he and Pouliot are the names that will be brought up most.
- PhillySportsGuy

Dude, who brings them up? Fools on this site or the idiots on the HF Boards? Maatta isn't going anywhere. People lack commonsense if they bring him up.

Dude, who brings them up? Fools on this site or the idiots on the HF Boards? Maatta isn't going anywhere. People lack commonsense if they bring him up.
- Oneonta Penguin

common sense doesnt live here, this is the place that stupid built, welcome to the club

Dude, who brings them up? Fools on this site? Maatta isn't going anywhere. People lack commonsense if they bring him up.
- Oneonta Penguin

I'm saying those are the guys people will be interested in.

Its the same thing people do with Couturier.

Why would the Canucks deal their top scorer when the Sedins are struggling? Also, Kesler has a NTC, and has come out saying he has not asked for a trade. This is just a rumour.

i hate to say it, but i must agree with most of you, maata looks to be the real deal, but many a player has looked to be the real deal and turned out the other way.

that being said, i wouldnt trade him straight up for kesler. because if he did turn out to be the real deal, then we would regret it for a long time. so we must give him a chance.

i heard the pens were getting, kesler, evander kane, martin st louis, ryan miller and calahan for chris conner. its alot like last years trade deadline where we got everyone for nothin and still didnt win the cup