Who Else Do The Penguins Look At To Deal with Their Goalie Scenario?
: Kingerski had an open mailbag on Twitter and was requested concerning the Penguins goaltender scenario and the doubtless candidates the group can go after.
As addressed on NHLRumors.com it doesn’t sound like Marc-Andre Fleury is an choice at this level. Fleury informed reporters in Minnesota he’s uninterested in transferring and is staying in Minnesota whilst a backup regardless of the match making sense from the Penguins’ facet of issues. So who else do they take a look at to probably substitute Tristan Jarry?
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Kingerski writes that he’s getting a number of questions surrounding John Gibson of the Anaheim Geese. He doesn’t assume Gibson will get traded to Pittsburgh from Anaheim with Anaheim holding a top-two decide. Buying and selling for Gibson would additionally price the Penguins quite a bit in return.
Then there may be Connor Hellebuyck. That may be a scenario to regulate as we all know he doesn’t need to be a part of a rebuild. Now if the Penguins do make this commerce, somebody with a no-trade or motion clause might need to go in return.
Different names on the market embrace Frederik Andersen, Jonathan Fast, Laurent Brossoit, and Antti Raanta.Â
Stan Bowman is Not an Possibility in Pittsburgh As GM
Dan Kingerski of Pittsburgh Hockey Now: Kingerski was requested about Stan Bowman being the following GM of the Pittsburgh Penguins, whose identify was introduced up by Andy Strickland.
As Kingerski acknowledged, he doesn’t need to dismiss what one other individual mentioned, however this transfer doesn’t make sense from a Pittsburgh perspective. Bowman’s monitor report has not been the best not too long ago, particularly relating to signing gamers. Changing Ron Hextall with Bowman can be seen as a lateral transfer.
Nicklas Backstrom‘s Future in Washington is Advanced
Tarik El-Bashir of The Athletic: (mailbag) The long run surrounding long-time ahead Nicklas Backstrom is a bit more complicated than we expect.
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As El-Bashir notes the context between what Backstrom is saying and what normal supervisor Brian MacLellan is saying is totally totally different. Backstrom believes with a wholesome offseason his hip will likely be 100%. Whereas the GM just isn’t positive even with a full offseason of coaching his hip will likely be able to go.
The query will likely be for Washington how lengthy do they offer Backstrom earlier than they make the choice for him?