<p>The <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/pittsburgh-penguins/line-combinations">Pittsburgh Penguins</a> have gotten off to a terrible start in 2024-25, going 6-9-2 and currently near the bottom of the NHL standings. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5919773/2024/11/13/penguins-today-lars-eller-trade-capitals/">Reports this week indicated</a> the club was open for business, willing to move on anyone on the roster except for captain Sidney Crosby. </p>



<p>They wasted no time, <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/news/penguins-trade-lars-eller-to-capitals-for-25-fifth-round-pick-27-third-round-pick">trading Lars Eller </a>to the <a href="https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/washington-capitals/line-combinations">Washington Capitals</a> in exchange for two draft picks on Tuesday. Could it be the first move in a series of moves that signal the Penguins are ready to rebuild? </p>



<p>On Wednesday’s episode of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdX70Kyg8jk">Daily Faceoff LIVE</a>, Frank Seravalli and Tyler Yaremchuk discuss where the Penguins are and what’s next for a club that’s far from a Stanley Cup contender. </p>



<p><strong>Tyler Yaremchuk</strong>: The Eller deal was a pretty small trade, Frank, but it does show that the Penguins are trying to do something to shake things up. </p><div class="injected-ad injected-video" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="0" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="145"></div>



<p><strong>Frank Seravalli</strong>: Are they? That ain’t it. That’s just moving around some deck chairs on the Titanic, with all due respect to Lars Eller. </p>



<p>In fact, what it was is Kyle Dubas undoing one of the missteps he had from his first month on the job as Penguins’ GM: Sign Lars Eller, sign Noel Acciari to a three-year deal, give Tristan Jarry a five-year deal, and oh yeah, trade for Erik Karlsson and trade away your first-round pick in a year that you missed the playoffs. </p>



<p>I did see the reporting and I did speak to some GMs who mentioned that, yes, the Penguins are open for business. I guess I would ask: in what way? How big are we talking here? I look at the Penguins roster and I see, “Okay, Sidney Crosby is untouchable,” but then there’s Kris Letang, Karlsson, Evgeni Malkin … a lot of these guys have no-move clauses, and others are untradeable.</p><div class="injected-ad" data-nn-ad-tech-injection-count="1" data-nn-ad-tech-max-gap="130" data-nn-ad-tech-current-gap="159"></div>



<p>You can listen to the full segment and the rest of the episode here…</p>


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