[Trade] Pittsburgh trades Hornqvist to Florida for Mike Matheson and Colton Sceviour

[Harry Lime]

Lucic is a step above Johnson and Okposo at this point. Those two are threatening Alzner territory.

[Blaster86]

wat

[the-rasta-masta]

Seems like the Neal/Lucic trade to me. Matheson could be a good turn around story. He’s definitely got a lot of talent. Hornqvist is old. Both teams probably happy to make the deal.

[Blaster86]

Matheson is too slow and too stupid for the NHL.

[neo45]

Originally Posted by the-rasta-masta

Seems like the Neal/Lucic trade to me. Matheson could be a good turn around story. He’s definitely got a lot of talent. Hornqvist is old. Both teams probably happy to make the deal.

Difference is there was actually a role for Lucic to fill here, albeit at about 3x what it should cost, and Neal was addition via subtraction


Don’t see a role for Matheson in Pitt and Hornqvist was a proven success there

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan

My only thought is that they want cost-control above all else in Florida. We saw this with other contracts done early in RFA status for guys like Trocheck, Barkov, and even Bjugstad. It's great if the player pans out as expected, and Matheson seemed to have a strong early showing with room for development. But then he stalled and regressed, and hasn't come close to being a top defender since.

It's the gamble of paying young talent before they drive their own price up with production. Had Matheson panned out as expected, he likely would have commanded 6-7 million/year easily. Instead, he's more of an albatross contract.

Yeah, thinking about it, it’s the same as the Rasmus deal, isn’t it. Which we all applauded.

[sureLoss]

Friedman says that a couple sources have indicated to him that this trade is falling apart

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article...on-trade-held/

[Crown Royal]

Originally Posted by Blaster86

Matheson is too slow and too stupid for the NHL.

wat? too stupid maybe, but too slow is absolutely incorrect.

[PaperBagger'14]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Friedman says that a couple sources have indicated to him that this trade is falling apart

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article...on-trade-held/

Hey we were gonna trade you to a stanley cup barren wasteland but that fell through, see you at training camp! We're glad you're on our squad!

[Monahammer]

Originally Posted by PaperBagger'14

Hey we were gonna trade you to a stanley cup barren wasteland but that fell through, see you at training camp! We're glad you're on our squad!

We did exactly this to brodie and janko last year lol

[Crown Royal]

Originally Posted by Monahammer

We did exactly this to brodie and janko last year lol

True, but at was at least their hometown barren waste land.

[agulati]

Honestly, this is probably a good thing for the Pens, if this deal falls apart.

[Saqe]

Originally Posted by Crown Royal

wat? too stupid maybe, but too slow is absolutely incorrect.

Yeah Matheson is one of the best skaters in the nhl. He just has a stupid brain.

[Blaster86]

Originally Posted by Crown Royal

wat? too stupid maybe, but too slow is absolutely incorrect.

Sorry, meant slow as in "gosh that idiot sure is slow"

[Scroopy Noopers]

Originally Posted by Saqe

Yeah Matheson is one of the best skaters in the nhl. He just has a stupid brain.

Look how easily he protects the puck on his off wing heading up ice... interesting.

[GioforPM]

Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers

Look how easily he protects the puck on his off wing heading up ice... interesting.

Look how bad those defenders were. They stood still and waved bye bye.

[dustygoon]

Originally Posted by Monahammer

We did exactly this to brodie and janko last year lol

I forgot about that. Seems like ages ago. I assumed Brodie would be a synch to extend at a discount, but maybe not.

[sureLoss]

Looks like deal is back on.

Pierre LeBrun @PierreVLeBrun
Believe there’s traction now on getting that Matheson for Hornqvist deal done. Stay tuned

[sureLoss]

Pierre LeBrun @PierreVLeBrun
Trade call just wrapped up: Colton Seviour and Mike Matheson to Pittsburgh for Hornqvist, sources say

Pierre LeBrun @PierreVLeBrun
No salary retained

[devo22]

just an awful deal for Pittsburgh. Feels like Rutherford is just making moves for the sake of making moves ... have fun with that anchor of a contract.