really good write up on hockeybuzz showing who we are up against in terms of sellers and who's available, from a Pittsburgh blogger perspective:
Stewart
Tlustly
Glencross
Vermette
Briere
Fleischmann
Cole
Ryder
We are in a favorable position when we look at the other players, in that Glencross carries a much more palatable salary, and we have the room to eat some salary if need be to facilitate the trade. When compared to the above players, Glencross is not nearly as over the hill as some of these other players. However, Rutherford is loathe to put his 1st in 2016 or any of Harrington/Dumoulin/Pouliot in play.
“I don’t want to do something just to do something, and overpay,“ he said. “I can tell you that if we make a deal, we’ll have to pay a good price, but I have to feel comfortable that that player’s going to come in and help us.”
The Penguins already sent their first-round draft choice in 2015 to Edmonton in the David Perron deal, and Rutherford said that “ideally,” they will not have to part with any of their promising defense prospects.
“I think we’d be more apt to use a draft pick in ’16, not our first[-rounder],” he said. “Prospects, but more the second-tier prospects. Maybe somebody off our [NHL] team. Maybe.”
http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog/Ryan-...here/177/66521
http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/p...s/201502180223