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Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 10, 2015 at 8:19 p.m.
Thread: Maybe? ?
I don't like Emelin. <a href="http://public.tableau.com/shared/X2W7964G2?:display_count=yes" target="_blank">http://public.tableau.com/shared/X2W7964G2?:display_count=yes</a>
Getting paid too much to underachieve.
I would much rather make cap room (by the same method for example --&gt; trading Kunitz if Scuds is untradeable) and then sign Franson for a similar cap hit. <a href="http://public.tableau.com/shared/F2HQC3TGG?:display_count=yes" target="_blank">http://public.tableau.com/shared/F2HQC3TGG?:display_count=yes</a> <a href="http://public.tableau.com/shared/QB4PD3JKH?:display_count=yes" target="_blank">http://public.tableau.com/shared/QB4PD3JKH?:display_count=yes</a>
Emelin is awful possession wise while playing Top4 minutes while Franson has been nothing short of great in the same time span while playing fewer minutes.
Additionally, Franson fits the Pens' system being a solid puckmover with an eye for the net while still offering a pretty large frame to stop opponents from getting past him.

Forget about Emelin, think about Franson.
Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 31, 2015 at 7:49 p.m.
Thread: Finishing Up
Why would you get rid of Lovejoy. Just because he was an awful return for Despres considering it was a 1-for-1 trade, doesn't mean that he's not valuable.
1.1M for a good 3rd pairing defenseman with some experience (much needed considering our defense core is so young) is an excellent contract.
He's nothing too special but is reliable, he plays a safe game, and to ship him out when just getting rid of Scuds would do the trick.

If you deadset on shipping out a player along with Scuderi, look at a position were not in need of right now: Forward. Kunitz came off a bad season and seems to be the odd man out of the Top6. His cap hit seems a bit too high for a 3rd liner but knowing that he's played well in the past, he could warrant a pretty good return (i.e. a decent prospect and a pick, or a young-ish defenseman that could round out the defense core. At the beginning of the offseason, I was hesitant about shipping out Kunitz, but with the additions of Fehr and Bonino, it seems like he could be the next to leave.

Perron - Crosby - Hornqvist
Plotnikov? - Malkin - Kessel
Bennett - Bonino - Fehr
Wilson - Sheary - Dupuis ???????????????????