Some Pittsburgh Penguins rumors regarding players named Brandon.
The first:
Brandon Sutter is on the block. This is courtesy of Bob McKenzie on Insider Trading.
Bob McKenzie on Insider Trading: Brandon Sutter's name could be out there in trade talks.
— Todd Cordell (@ToddCordell) June 9, 2015
This isn't very surprising. It lines up with everything that I have heard to this point. This is an absolute must for the Penguins.
The other Brandon rumor is indeed about Brandon Saad:
Rumblings: Penguins have interest in Brandon Saad http://t.co/XLsLZGdoCC
— ESPN NHL coverage (@ESPN_NHL) June 9, 2015
You could reword that title to say all 30 teams have interest in Brandon Saad. I don't believe for one second that Brandon Saad will be playing for a different team in 2015-16. This is a pipe dream.
Look at it from Chicago's point of view. Even if Saad signed an offersheet from another team why wouldn't they match it? You are allowed to go 10% over the cap in the summer time and they have close to 9M in cap space they can eliminate by trading Sharp and Bickell.
Now that they have a guy like Teravainen ready for prime time and have Artemi Panarin under contract for cheap it lessens the blow of trading those other forwards. Chicago may be in a cap crunch to fill out their roster, but it won't come at the expense of the terrific Brandon Saad.
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