Pittsburgh Penguins ahead Reilly Smith has been producing a variety of commerce curiosity
Every day Faceoff: Tyler Yaremchuk and Frank Seravalli on the curiosity that Pittsburgh Penguins ahead Reilly Smith is getting.
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Yaremchuk: “Why do you will have Riley Smith forward of (Jake) Guentzel on this checklist?
Seravalli: “As a result of sources point out the Pittsburgh Penguins have obtained extra curiosity and extra groups up to now in Reilly Smith than Jake Guentzel. Stunned? Possibly you shouldn’t be. It’s not due to Guentzel’s harm, it’s simply because Smith will not be a rental. He has one 12 months left on his deal subsequent 12 months at 5 million bucks and he hasn’t been a slot in Pittsburgh. Let’s not get this twisted.
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However he’s somebody that was an enormous playoff contributor to the Vegas Golden Knights final 12 months. And somebody that I feel a variety of groups consider that they might rehab, notably if the Pittsburgh Penguins are keen to retain half on Smith to juice a return.
So perhaps that opens up a door that they get a haul for Smith and perhaps roll the cube and preserve Guentzel. I’d nonetheless be shocked if that’s the case however the Guentzel transaction isn’t essentially lower and dry both. They need to be asking for an absolute haul for him due to him being probably the most impactful ahead on our board and north of a point-per-game and 4 of the final 5 seasons.
So all that to say Smith is actually in demand from the Penguins and so they’re in a spot now within the standings the place they in all probability can’t ignore a few of these calls.
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Has Reilly Smith been producing extra commerce curiosity than Jake Guentzel?@tyleryaremchuk & @frank_seravalli focus on the commerce discussions involving each Pittsburgh Penguins.
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