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Pittsburgh Penguins Trade Chatter: Swapping Rob Scuderi for Mike Richards

Sometimes when you have a complex problem you have to think outside the box. You have to make tough decisions and take one step back and two to your side, before you can take three steps forward. Therein lies the problem that the Pittsburgh Penguins currently face with Rob Scuderi.

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At this point in his career Scuds is not worth the $3.375 million dollar cap hit he is due to receive over the next two years. The roster spot that he is taking up is too valuable to the Penguins to have sunken costs in a 6/7 defenseman when your top three players eat up almost $25 million in cap space.