I know Lange was pretty open about how much the move stung him and for a long time after. I would hope seeing how much everyone today is cherishing having his calls for the biggest moments in this era of Pens hockey would make it up to him.

FSN foolishly pushing out Mike Lange out from TV broadcasts in 2006 was the best thing that could have happened for Penguins fans. Seeing all these clips today of his calls from playoff games in the Crosby/Malkin era - those don't exist if he doesn't move back to radio.

Despite a thin prospect system, one small point potentially in the Pens favor on a Jiricek trade is that the Columbus GM drafted the players that came over in the Guentzel deal. Perhaps he has an extra affinity for them?

It feels like such a random footnote to his career.

Chicago has actually been coming on strong for me recently in terms of potential next stops for Sullivan.

I had trouble confirming so I may be off here, but I feel like there may be some bad blood on Sullivan's part with Boston ownership based on how his tenure with them ended in 2006.

"It is pretty clear that Guentzel’s trade away from the Penguins was the turning point when the team stopped trying to win in the present." Yup! Still think the cleanest way to mark this era of Pens hockey is Hossa trade - Guentzel trade.