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The Marty St. Louis To Pittsburgh Talk
by Paul on 02/12/09 at 08:24 PM ET
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from Erik Erlendsson of Bolts Report,
Marty St. Louis’ name has popped up in relation to the Pittsburgh Penguins.
It’s not the first time St. Louis and the Penguins have been linked as Pittsburgh is trying to find somebody consistent to play on a line with Sidney Crosby. Marty would probably be a good fit with Crosby because he works hard every shift, can chase down pucks and works well in the corners. The name mentioned as coming back is defenseman Ryan Whitney. But here’s the thing, if the Lightning think Whitney is the No. 1 defenseman they need, it’s just not the case.
Now, if the deal was Whitney and Jordan Staal, maybe you think about it from the Lightning’s perspective. Otherwise, you don’t trade the heart and soul of this team
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Fretting about trading the ‘heart and soul’ of a team that bad is like worrying about trading the engine of your 1992 Geo Metro.
Who cares? You need a whole new car anyway.
All I can say to that is… 
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 02/12/09 at 09:14 PM ET
Somebody get that kid off the ice!
Posted by blankspace6 from Atlanta on 02/12/09 at 11:29 PM ET
regardless, tampa would have to be on crack to accept a straight up whitney for st.louis trade.
Posted by Luongo-is-my-hero on 02/13/09 at 12:05 AM ET
If Tampa had anyone with half a brain in their organization they wouldn’t be as bad as they are these past couple years.
That said, the smart thing to do would be to offer St. Louis for Gonchar and a #1. St. Louis’s contract term and reasonable dollar amount increase his value while Gonchar’s moderately bad injury history and shorter term diminishes his.
What Tampa Bay needs to start doing is a) getting out from under having 30+ mil of their cap committed through 2011 to guys who are on a terrible team, b) ...
Actually, it doesn’t really matter. As long as they are dumb enough to give guys like Meszaros 4 mil 6 year deals and Prospal 3.5 a year and Malone 4.5 through 2015 there isn’t much chance they can correct the direction of their franchise.
Posted by HockeyinHD on 02/13/09 at 06:25 AM ET
Why would PIT trade a defenseman when this season has made it abundantly-clear to everyone that their d-men beyond Whitney and Gonchar aren’t really very good?
Posted by Primis on 02/13/09 at 07:59 AM ET
Because I shill for myself, I thought about this a while back. However, if I am the Pens, I am looking directly at the Panthers on this one. They have plenty of young wingers and a need to replace Bouwmeester in a few months
Wingers for Crosby
Posted by bsalamon on 02/13/09 at 10:48 AM ET
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Dude… Tampa is 18-25-11. Fretting about trading the ‘heart and soul’ of a team that bad is like worrying about trading the engine of your 1992 Geo Metro.
Who cares? You need a whole new car anyway.
Posted by HockeyinHD on 02/12/09 at 08:31 PM ET