Less then a day after the Pens had decided to keep Rick Nash, the Nashville Predators came knocking and within a matter a minutes a deal was struck. Although the Pens seemed to find chemistry in their last two wins, the team felt that a shake up was in order. It was tough to move a franchise player in Nash as we paid a lot to get him earlier this offseason and he was in our longterm plans. However we feel that he never really fit into our playing style. We want to play a fast high tempo skilled game and we feel that Cammy is a better fit now into that system. Malik was also a great PK and shutdown guy, but we don't play that system in Pittsburgh. Our plan is to play all offense and let Louie bail us out. So this trade hurts on the DF end but adds some skill to our team and hopefully will increase our offensive output.
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