Breaking: Kyle Dubas and the Pens appear to be nearing a significant 3-team trade involving Erik Karlsson
Penguins President and GM Kyle Dubas has amassed quite a few new titles in his first season in Pittsburgh without even seeing a puck drop yet. After being turned down by Brandon Pridham for the Pens GM job, Dubas pulled a move straight out of Horrible Bosses and named himself GM. With both hands firmly on the wheel of the Penguins organization, Dubas is ready to take a massive swing.
The Penguins core is aging fast, but any year Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin are on your roster is a year to go for it. According to Elliotte Friedman, that's exactly what Dubas is planning to do. Per a report from Friedman this morning, the Pens are pushing hard to acquire Erik Karlsson on Sunday. Adding Karlsson's services may just be the move that puts the Penguins back in the contenders group.
The deal, according to Friedman, would involve a third team for salary retention reasons or as a way of clearing some additional salary in case a player with a NMC or NTC does not wish to play in San Jose. As of this writing it's not clear who that team will be, but some have speculated that it may be Chicago. In classic Dubas fashion, we probably won't know the exact details of the trade until the team itself announces it.
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AOUT 6 | 219 ANSWERS Breaking: Kyle Dubas and the Pens appear to be nearing a significant 3-team trade involving Erik Karlsson Would trading for Erik Karlsson make the Penguins true contenders again? | ||
| No, their goaltending sucks | 36 | 16.4 % |
| They're too old | 124 | 56.6 % |
| Never bet against Crosby | 59 | 26.9 % |
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