Looking ahead to 2020 2021 forecaster part 1

Team: 2020-21 Pittsburgh Penguins

Initial Creation Date: May 21, 2020

Published: May 25, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

2020 SC Final-TBL v/s STL
SC Champions-STL

Continuing on in the NHL simulation, Here is the offseason for 2020.

notable retirees:
Thornton, Marleau, Kovalchuk

Draft Lottery
1-NSH(5.0%)(shocker-they move up 8 spots)
2-DET(18.5%)
3-OTT(13.5%)

PIT Draft:
Pick 92-L. Plihal, LW, TWF, 56 OVR, Potential: Top-9
Pick 123-D. Robinson, G, HYB, 45 OVR, Pot: Starter
PIck 154-M. Lapierre, RW, PWF, 50 OVR, Pot: Top-9
Pick 185-J. Karlsson, C, SNP, 51 OVR, Pot: Top-9

Contract extensions:(I can't force any player to sign so some values might differ slightly)
P. Varone-------1 x 830K
R. Barber-------1 x 650K
J. McCann------8 x 2.755M
S. Lafferty-----1 x 690M
D. Simon------4 x 915K
J. Riikola-------2 x 895K
K. Bjorkqvist-1 x 900K
D. O'Connor-2 x 1.006M
C. Lee----------2 x 875K
W. Reilly------1 x 900K
M. Murray---6 x 5.300M
T. Jarry--------1 x 1.600M
E. Rodrigues-2 x 895K

Free Agency Period Begins

July 1-Trade-PIT trades P. Hornqvist, 2021 1st to ANA for R. Rakell, M. Jones, J. Mahura

Trade-PIT trades N. Bjugstad, D. Robinson to BUF for C. Miller, 2022 3rd

Trade-PIT trades J. Johnson, L. Plihal, 2022 2nd to NJD for P. Zacha, 2021 4th

Offer sheet--PIT offers I. Mikheyev 7 x 1.813M--TOR matches.

July 2-FA signing-PIT signs C. Sheary 3 x 2.410M

July 3-Trade-PIT trades A. Martinsen and D. Warsofsky to TBL for J. Rutta
Trade-PIT trades C. Ruhwedel to MIN for B. Hunt

Other notable signings:
NJD signs B. Holtby 6 x $7.372M
NYI signs J. Schultz 2 x $5.526M
OTT signs T. Hall 6 x $7.690M
ANA offer sheets M. Sergachev 8 x $8.885M--picks(4 1sts) transferred to TBL
EDM offer sheets A. Vasilevskiy 6 x $7.195M--picks(1st,2nd,3rd) transferred to TBL(Sim started at beginning of 2019-20 season so contracts signed after that were non-existent.)

Penguins Players OVR Progression:
S. Poulin----------(Pot.=Top-6)---------+9(71 OVR)
N. Legare---------(Pot.=Top-9)---------+9(73 OVR)
K. Bjorkqvist-----(Pot.=Top-9)---------+9(70 OVR)
M. Lapierre------(Pot.=Top-9)---------+9(59 OVR)
F. Hallander-----(Pot.=Top-9)---------+8(74 OVR)
J. Carlsson--------(Pot.=Top-9)---------+6(57 OVR)
M. Pettersson---(Pot.=Top-4)---------+4(85 OVR)
P. Joseph----------(Pot.=Top-4)---------+4(72 OVR)
W. Reilly-----------(Pot.=Top-6)---------+4(77 OVR)
J. McCann---------(Pot.=Top-6)---------+3(85 OVR)
J. Mahura---------(Pot.=Top-6)---------+2(77 OVR)
C. Lee--------------(Pot.=Top-6)---------+2(77 OVR)
K. Letang---------(Pot.=Elite)-----------+1(91 OVR)
S. Lafferty--------(Pot.=Top-9)---------+1(78 OVR)
J. Marino----------(Pot.=Top-4)---------+1(84 OVR)
D. Simon----------(Pot.=4th line)------+1(82 OVR)
D. O'Connor-----(Pot.=Top-9)---------+1(75 OVR)
B. Hunt------------(Pot.=7th D)-----------1(76 OVR)
J. Riikola-----------(Pot.=Top-6)----------1(79 OVR)
E. Malkin----------(Pot.=Franchise)-----2(92 OVR)
T. Jarry-------------(Pot.=Starter)-------+4(87 OVR)

Notable offseason trades:
OTT acquires A. Georgiev
BUF acquires H. Lundqvist
DET acquires C. Sissons

2020-21 Season at halfway point:

PIT record: 25-9-7 (2nd in League to DAL)

League Leaders:
Forwards:
Goals-A. Svechnikov(30)
Assists-S. Crosby(43)
Points-P. Kane(66)

Defense:
Goals-R. McDonagh(12)
Assists-E. Karlsson(51)
Points-E. Karlsson(61)

Goalies:
W-B. Bishop(22)
GAA-J. Korpisalo(2.58)
SV%-R. Lehner(.921)

PIT stats through 41 Games:

Forwards:
Rakell(26 G, 33 A)-------Crosby(12 G, 43 A)-------Guentzel(28 G, 26 A)
Zucker(12 G, 22 A)------Malkin(17 G, 18 A)--------Rust(13 G, 18 A)
Tanev(3 G, 11 A)---------McCann(11 G, 9 A)-------Sheary(10 G, 11 A)
Simon(5 G, 8 A)----------Bleuger(1 G, 4 A)----------Zacha(3 G, 3 A)

ZAR(2 G, 0 A)------------Rodrigues(0 G, 1 A)

Letang(8 G, 27 A)
not much else...

Goalies:
Murray-20 GP, 13 W, 2.61 GAA, .908 SV%, 1 SH
Jarry-----21 GP, 12 W, 2.61 GAA, .906 SV% 4 SH

Notable trades:
TBL trades Coburn+ to NSH for Saros
PHI trades Niskanen + to DET for Svechnikov

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