If you tear it down are you trading Crosby? That’s the elephant in the room if you will.
- Feds91Stammer

It is, but I cannot imagion Crosby ever getting traded unless he wants to.

That being said, one would have thought the same about Gretz.... And there was a lot of finger pointing after the trade...

The Pens are more likely to be run as a business than ever before... And businsses do what makes or saves the most money

If youre going to rebuild, do it completely. Too many rebuilds are hampered by half-@ss attempts where the team is finishing just outside the playoffs and then you're screwed. Too good to get a top 5 pick and too bad to qualify for the playoffs. Not to mention, the rules now limiting how far up you can move in the lottery and how you're limited to 1 #1 overall pick means rebuilding is a lot harder than it used to be. I think people remember our last rebuild and think its that easier when in reality, we got a once in a lifetime chance. Look at teams in the NHL that are still rebuilding, years after they started and are still struggling.

With FSG, there is zero appetite to do that. I have a hard time believing they paid what they paid to start over. If they wanted to do that, they would've waited a few years or bought a different team. I have to think they bought this team because of the infrastructure in place with their core guys.

As I said in an earlier page, send an offer sheet to a RFA. You might need to get your 2023 3rd round pick back, but you could send an offer sheet to a guy whose team is against the cap.

As I said in an earlier page, send an offer sheet to a RFA. You might need to get your 2023 3rd round pick back, but you could send an offer sheet to a guy whose team is against the cap.
- SuperHenderson13

Just be prepared for the payback

I would hate to see him go, but I think I would hate to see him attempting to prop up sh!tty team even more.
- madmike71

Didn't Zetterberg, and Datsyuk stay together until they retired? Also, I coulda sworn the team was built around them. They played great till the end, didn't they?

Didn't Zetterberg, and Datsyuk stay together until they retired? Also, I coulda sworn the team was built around them. They played great till the end, didn't they?
- nateca444

Datsyuk left 2 years before Zetterberg was done.

They are an example of how not to manage a team in the Pens situation.

Dregger says we’re close with Rust. Interesting… Didn’t think he’d be the first show to drop.