It might be a little premature to pose such a question. After all, the season’s barely a quarter of the way done and we’re still in the playoff hunt. Heck, Evgeni Malkin has yet to play a game for us due to knee surgery. His presence may well be enough to lift us out of our present state of mediocrity.
However, when PenguinPoop writer and commenter Jim questioned whether we should consider trading Bryan Rust, it got me to thinking. Will we be buyers or sellers at the trade deadline? Or more to the point, should we be buyers or sellers at the deadline?