By Brian Metzer
By making defenseman Simon Despres a healthy scratch last night in Winnipeg, the Penguins stirred up the rumor mill quite a bit and the speculation about Despres’s availability is running wild.
Both the Tribune Review and Philly Daily News talked about Despres being on the trading block. This speculation goes back to last season when I had heard around several hockey circles that the former Memorial Cup star would be available in the right deal.
That never came to pass, but it seems that it is again the case. Here is a sampling of the speculation…
First my colleague over at the Penguins’ Radio Network and beat reporter at the Tribune Review, Rob Rossi, weighed in via his chipped ice blog yesterday:
Shero has been stockpiling young defensemen almost since the moment he arrived in Pittsburgh. Yes they feed the pipeline, but they are also fodder for bringing in other things you need, as Rob points out above.
Next up, Frank Seravelli of the Philadelphia Daily News, mentions Despres as a possible target for the Flyers who are very banged up right now.
These guys don’t report on the availability of a player unless they are indeed hearing talk about it. As I said, it isn’t shocking, as he was a guy that could have been on the move last year.
Keep your eyes on this one Pens fans, as it could be the kind of move that solidifies this line-up, or it could be a bunch of nothing.
Stay tuned!
yep Severalli [picked up from Retard Rossi ! that is how “Rumors” start
Who on the Pens isn’t available? Sid, Gino, Neal, Letang & MAF
by the way are you trying to say Rossi is “Respected” ? why did the Trib take him of the Pens Beat at the Pens insistence & gave him a Great big Title that doesn’t mean DICK !
https://www.facebook.com/LetsGoPens66
Exactly what I posted about
Why would the pens trade him to Philly? Philly beat writer must be an idiot. Do the Yanks-Red Sox trade players? No. Does really any division teams in any sport do? Usually not and there is no way the pens or the cryers do this.