2/21/11

Pens Trade Goligoski; Recieve Neal and Niskanen

Just minutes ago, Penguins GM Ray Shero pulled the trigger to acquire forward James Neal and defenseman Matt Niskanen in exchange for defenseman Alex Goligoski. This move helps out Pittsburgh who is in desperate need of help after losing roughly 10 players due to injury within the past month or so. "O" face.

The biggest player in the deal for the Penguins is left winger James Neal who has 21 goals and 18 assists in 59 games. Neal will provide a scoring punch to a team who hasn't been completely healthy in a long time.

In addition to Neal, the Penguins receive Matt Niskanen, who in my opinion is more solid defensively than Goligoski, but lacks the point production that Goligoski brings to the team.


Touch the stars kid.

As for Dallas, Goligoski is a solid puck moving defenseman with a bright future ahead of him, but I really feel like they overpaid on this one. He's having a career season for sure, and he has a good amount of skill, but I just have a bad feeling about the way this trade will pan out for Dallas.

Nonetheless, this is an interesting trade, and it'll be fun to see if the Pens or Stars are looking to make any more moves in the near future.

My instincts say they are.
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15 comments:

  1. DudemeisterFebruary 21, 2011 at 7:31 PM

    Well, who am I to argue with your instincts.

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  2. ZakkFebruary 21, 2011 at 9:31 PM

    Sounds like a good trade.

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  3. spacemanFebruary 21, 2011 at 10:35 PM

    Lol, I'm with Dudemeister.

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  4. BassislvFebruary 21, 2011 at 11:14 PM

    nice update

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  5. GarthFebruary 22, 2011 at 12:24 AM

    good trade

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  6. EvanFebruary 22, 2011 at 12:37 AM

    @spaceman

    If you're going to say you will follow and "support", at least do it. I can check statistics ya know.

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  7. Anonymous.February 22, 2011 at 5:26 AM

    Sounds pretty worth it to me.

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  8. MeltedsnowgirlFebruary 22, 2011 at 7:17 AM

    I actually saw the Toronto Maple Leafs win a game once. They were playing against themselves in a charity game. >.>

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  9. Electric AddictFebruary 22, 2011 at 9:51 AM

    good stuff

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  10. Kicking RocksFebruary 22, 2011 at 12:19 PM

    o face lmao!

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  11. AnonymousFebruary 22, 2011 at 1:33 PM

    Hope it works out for the Pens!

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  12. AnonymouseFebruary 22, 2011 at 3:11 PM

    sounds good to me.

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  13. RabidmooseFebruary 22, 2011 at 7:20 PM

    Hope it works out for them.

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  14. ZachFebruary 22, 2011 at 11:53 PM

    GO PENS.

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  15. TotoFebruary 24, 2011 at 11:53 AM

    nice stuff!

    Followed and will support daily!
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