Pens do some trading

Team: 2019-20 Pittsburgh Penguins

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 17, 2020

Published: Aug. 17, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Toronto gets their younger starting goalie of the future in Matt Murray. They get two defensemen and one under a great contract in Pettersson. They get a cheaper C/Wing in McCann and they rid themselves of some bigger salaries so they take on Jack Johnson for a few more years. The Montreal Trade helps both teams across the board. The Buffalo trade helps the Sabres get the grit and toughness upfront that they need. while getting rid of a D man that wants out. The Minnesota Trade helps the Wild shed themselves of Ryan Suter's salary and they pick up some nice young players for their rebuild in Riikola on LD, Johnson the very fast speedy young center and Rodrigues the versatile young Center/Wing who is very cheap in price. On the Penguins side they get the Scoring and Speed they need on the Right Wing Side with Nylander and Kapanen. Domi gives them the grit they want and desperately need and Tie Domi is excited because his boy gets to play for Mario Lemieux's organization since they are very close buds. The Penguins get Rasmus to help out on defense and he doesn't cost a ton but he is still an upper end D man. And yes the Penguins take on a bad salary in Ryan Suter but the Penguins NEED a veteran Left Shot D man badly and Suter can play a TON of minutes effectively still. Minnesota gets younger for their rebuild and the Penguins go again for the Cup with a defense that can actually win in the next 3-5 years. This does get the Pens under the Cap BUT with Signing Tristan Jarry they would have to trade away a player like Kapanen for "Kap Space" or Letang to a team that has a cheaper right-handed shooting D man and thus moving Risto into the second pairing and the newly acquired player in the Letang trade to the third pair. Either way, Jarry MUST be signed but NOT too a crazy high contract but rather a longer term deal that fits our future. Casey DeSmith is a perfect backup and he can win at the NHL level.

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