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Post by blny on Jun 15, 2019 20:34:13 GMT -5
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Jun 15, 2019 23:38:34 GMT -5
Maata has missed a lot due to injury. Had lots of promise in his draft year.
A cap move perhaps. Who might they be chasing as there rumours about a few big names in Pittsburgh being shopped?
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Post by folatre on Jun 16, 2019 6:45:36 GMT -5
It is hard to believe these guys are only one year difference in age because it feels like Maatta has been around forever and Kahun just played his rookie season.
I think that you are right that Rutherford is moving the salary more so than the player, though to be fair between injuries and hitting a career plateau at a younger age than some guys Maatta is kind of marginal as a second pair guy. Kahun does not look special but he does a lot of things well. Who knows, he's cheap for now and maybe he can be a Swiss Army knife type guy on Malkin's line.
Bowman must be thinking that he can get a couple of years of respectable top 4 work out of the Finn, which would buy just the right amount of time for kids like Jokiharju and Beaudin to make the jump and hold down spots on the left side of the Chicago defense.
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Post by jkr on Jun 16, 2019 7:50:19 GMT -5
Weren't there concussion issues with him several years ago? That could change the way you play the game. It might explain the plateau after a promising start.
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Post by blny on Jun 16, 2019 9:51:26 GMT -5
Weren't there concussion issues with him several years ago? That could change the way you play the game. It might explain the plateau after a promising start. Maybe his heart isn't in it, but his legs definitely aren't. |
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Post by seventeen on Jun 16, 2019 14:16:22 GMT -5
Precisely. Was reading an analysis of this trade yesterday and the key thing that stuck out to me was the description of Maata's skating. If correct, he is really slow. Pitts already has Johnson and Gudbranson as key pylons, so a third one is difficult to manage. Now, why on earth would Chicago want him?
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