What will hopefully go down as the worst trade in Ray Shero’s tenure as Pens’ GM is officially history. Alexei Ponikarovsky somehow got a one-year, $3 million deal from the LA Kings, who must be more desperate for offensive help than I had previously thought. Not to beat a dead horse, but Alex P. had 2 goals in 16 regular-season games for the Pens, then proceeded to do diddly-poo in the playoffs, netting 1 goal in 11 games.
The trade was worse than I had predicted at the time, and I didn’t like it when it happened. The Pens traded possibly their best offensive prospect, Luca Caputi, to Toronto for Ponikarovsky. In hindsight, the deal never should have been made. Ponikarovsky sucked, and it would sure be nice to have Caputi back for this season.
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http://penslabyrinth.com/2010/07/28/g...
