The #Pens have acquired Ryan Reaves and a 2nd round pick for Oskar Sundqvist and the 31st overall pick.

[Robot B9]

Win now. Stack the sumbyitch deck to help get 3 more Cups before Sid and Geno are out. A 3 year nadir afterward will be worth it.

[Tico Rick]

Exactly.

[Willie Kool]

Love this deal. GMJR isn't just building a team, he's building a DYNASTY

[Robot B9]

This confluence of talent might never come along again. Do everything to win now. The place in history will be worth it all.

[NTP66]

https://twitter.com/SWernerPG/status/878685577318715393

When do we play Dubinsky and Columbus again? I can't **** wait.

[Robot B9]

A functioning BGL?

[Dickie Dunn]

A functioning BGL?

To a degree I think yes. All the positives people said about BGL (puck possession, decent hands) is combined with a dude that can actually skate, which allows him to be vicious and timely on the forecheck.

[NTP66]

BGL?

[columbia]

Big George LaRoque (sp?)

[NTP66]

That can't be right based on the aforementioned description.

[mikey]

Reaves is a fourth liner who can fight...Laraque was a fighter first...

[Jim]

4 straight years with over 200 hits.

15-16 206 hits, 9 minors
16-17 239 hits, 17 minors

He knows how to play physical without taking stupid penalties.

[NailedPenguin]

All you need to know about the trade is that the opposition consists of

-Corsi humping bloggers
-the mayor
-the contest winner on 93.7 the Fan who just yesterday said one of his most trusted penguins sources was Ron Cook.

[columbia]

Bloody awful:

They traded their first round pick, a pick they haven't had since 2014, and their top center prospect, for a face puncher.

http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=86001

He's almost as stupid as the people, who bring you Pens Blog. Here was a golden oldie from April of 2015:

Report: Jim Rutherford out as GM when season ends
https://www.pensburgh.com/2015/4/21/846 ... eason-ends

Note how the PB clowns deleted their "report" after the fact.

[NailedPenguin]

Is that the Gunnerstaal guy on twitter? He pisses his pants at the very thought of physical hockey. Least shocking thing out there is that he opposes this deal.

[shafnutz05]

Reaves is a fourth liner who can fight...Laraque was a fighter first...

I'm coming around more and more on this addition. I think it's going to be fun having him on the team.

[columbia]

https://mobile.twitter.com/penguins/sta ... 4701640705

[Gaucho]

I think Reaves will prove to be a tremendous addition.

[NAN]

I'm getting more and more excited.

[columbia]

twss

[Silentom]

I like this move.

[Puckhead]

Well, count me as the newest Pens fan. As a lifelong Blues fan I wish we could have kept him, but, I get it. We need goals. Reaves is not a knuckledragger. He works his ass off every shift. The team LOVES him, the fans LOVE him. When Army protected him in the expansion draft, most of us got it. He hits, and hits, and hits again. In the playoffs the opposing D get skittish by game 3, they know he's there. He'll pound you in the face or destroy you on the boards. He's coming for you. He's smart though, not a defensive liability and doesn't take himself out of plays to make hits.

This is Reavo. 2016 second round against Dallas. Started getting out of hand type chippy. Stephen Johns hit Pietroangelo face first into the boards and Reaves got involved.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfjpoL78ErA

I'll never forget Mike Milbury saying "the moment Ryan Reaves looked at the Dallas bench, everybody found the water bottles at their feet very interesting to watch"

Go Pens! at least till you play my Blues.

[columbia]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lXbGImeqevw

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YL994a2oNd


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4IpLJJabFec



Just sayin'

[Kicksave]

Well, count me as the newest Pens fan. As a lifelong Blues fan I wish we could have kept him, but, I get it. We need goals. Reaves is not a knuckledragger. He works his ass off every shift. The team LOVES him, the fans LOVE him. When Army protected him in the expansion draft, most of us got it. He hits, and hits, and hits again. In the playoffs the opposing D get skittish by game 3, they know he's there. He'll pound you in the face or destroy you on the boards. He's coming for you. He's smart though, not a defensive liability and doesn't take himself out of plays to make hits.

This is Reavo. 2016 second round against Dallas. Started getting out of hand type chippy. Stephen Johns hit Pietroangelo face first into the boards and Reaves got involved.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfjpoL78ErA

I'll never forget Mike Milbury saying "the moment Ryan Reaves looked at the Dallas bench, everybody found the water bottles at their feet very interesting to watch"

Go Pens! at least till you play my Blues.

Thanks for stopping by and please feel free to stick around. We don't get many non-Pens fans around here. Pretty cool that you found our little corner of the internet.

[Puckhead]

Thank you very much. It's a nice corner. Basically I jumped on the bandwagon after y'all eliminated the Caps. I was hoping the Caps would make the conference final (it wasn't personal, if they made the CF we got an extra 2nd round pick from the Shattenkirk trade). I found it's nice rooting for a team that wins it all, I'm a Blues fan. Don't know how that works. I'm REALLY glad y'all beat the Preds. Nothing more annoying watching the media swing from Nashville's nut sack about how great their fan base is. They have to put rules up for Blues/Hawks games during the regular season so it still feels like a home game for the Preds. I'll stick around, if I get annoying, let me know.