I dunno...Joe Sakic remained an elite player well past the age of 35. I could see Sid aging along those lines. Not sure about Geno though.
It's that defense that makes no sense to me. How many times has Pittsburgh completely whiffed on a defensive prospect since Sid came to town? They even acquired another team's bust in Penny Oleksiak's brother, then handed him back after he got his ass handed to him in a fight with Tom Wilson (and I don't think for a moment that fight and the result didn't play a part in the decision). Taken by itself, that D-corps (Letang/Dumolin/Schultz/Riiiiiiikola) doesn't look like a contender to me...but it was more or less the core that won two Cups, so...
I get what Rutherford is trying to do but his last few moves since the 2nd Cup win have been questionable at best.
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