The Lightning are struggling this season, as just about everyone knows. It's apparent that the collection of players assembled by the new ownership and management group down there just isn't getting it done -- whether Barry Melrose or former Penguin Rick Tocchet is behind the bench. Rather than just try to tweak things, new Tampa Bay GM Brian Lawton may be looking to shake things up more meaningfully.
Word is that, if the Lightning are considering making a big move, St. Louis might have an interest in moving on.
St. Louis would be a decent fit for a Penguins team still in need of a scoring winger for #87. St. Louis certainly fits that bill, although he still is probably a bit more of a playmaker than goal scorer. However, he doesn't come with an overwhelming salary cap hit -- *just* 5.25 million for the next 2 and a half seasons.
The next 2 months and change leading up to the trade deadline on March 4 are going to be interesting for Penguin fans. There will always be the speculation that Penguins GM Ray Shero may move a defenseman by then. Janne Pesonen's name continues to go around the rumor mill too, with Edmonton and Toronto supposedly showing some interest. Meanwhile, chatter connecting the Penguins to Brendan Shanahan and Ilya Kovalchuk seems to have died down -- for now anyway.
As always, I'll post any talk of interest I hear going around.
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