The Pens' general manager acquired power forward Brenden Morrow from the Dallas Stars and rugged defenseman Douglas Murray from the San Jose Sharks, proving in the process that he's the best general manager in the NHL.
Shero got the guys he wanted, and he got them before anyone else had the chance to drive up the prices on them.
Had he waited until closer to April 3, there’s a chance that Morrow and Murray would have been either snatched up by someone else or pursued by other teams, thus allowing Joe Nieuwendyk and Doug Wilson to drive up their asking prices and create a bidding war for their services.
Furthermore, with one less power forward and one less refrigerator-sized defenseman on the market, demand for other players of that ilk would have increased, ultimately making everyone else more expensive. You might not like giving up Joe Morrow to get Brenden Morrow, but you would have really hated trading Morrow for Boyd Gordon.
Shero is able to manufacture these trades due, in part, to the organization’s defensive depth. He’s got so many blue-chip defensi ...
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