Overhaul

Created by: Pensfan89

Team: 2022-23 Pittsburgh Penguins

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 13, 2022

Published: Apr. 13, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Legend

Left Handed

Original Team

Waivers Exempt

Right Handed

Position

Trade Clause

Max Perf. Bonus

Expiry Status

Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

Dumo to the kings just makes sense. They need a veteran top pair defensive defenseman short term and probably fits their style more. Pens get more physical.

Zucker to any contender 50% retained. He’d be a solid add for 2.75 million to any contender. I saw a blues acgm with Barbashev for MP. They need a young second pair LHD and pens could use a cheaper top 9 winger.

Detroit trades a prospect that probably doesn’t have room to come up for one that’s already ready that will no longer have the pressure. Could be a cheap resurrection project. Pens get a prospect that brings a combo of physicality and skill.

Since Heinen seems to be in Sully’s doghouse. Trade him for a pick and let OConnor, Zohorna, Nylander get their chances.

Pens keep some of their core but lose Malkin. I believe Malkin is the least important piece to keep.
Rakell has been great since coming here and brings physicality and skill, seems to have great chemistry with Sid.
Bringing rust back is huge due to his ability to play up and down the lineup and also having chemistry with Sid.
Trochek again brings that grit and skill combo that they need.
Lyubushkin is amazing defensively and brings physicality they need on the blue line to go with Friedman’s pest like ability.
Beaulieu is a solid 7/8 d that brings physicality into the lineup when injuries occur.
Fleury gives Sully a trusted vet backup that can take the reigns if Jarry struggles and can also take the load off Jarry getting more games than DeSmith or most others would be able to play.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Grewe, Albin		3	$863,333

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Lemieux, Brendan	2	$1,750,000
Nylander, Alexander	2	$925,000
Joseph, Pierre-Olivier	2	$925,000
Lee, Cameron	2	$800,000
Reilly, Will	1	$900,000
Drozg, Jan	1	$900,000
D'Orio, Alex	1	$900,000
Björkqvist, Kasper	1	$900,000
Bellerive, Jordy	1	$900,000
Almeida, Justin	1	$900,000
Almari, Niclas	1	$900,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Letang, Kris	5	$7,000,000
Rakell, Rickard	5	$5,500,000
Rust, Bryan	6	$6,500,000
Trocheck, Vincent	6	$6,750,000
Fleury, Marc-André	3	$3,000,000
Beaulieu, Nathan	2	$800,000
Lyubushkin, Ilya	4	$1,900,000

Trades

PIT

Lemieux, Brendan [RFA Rights]
2022 3rd round pick (PIT)

LAK

Dumoulin, Brian
2022 6th round pick (PIT)

PIT

2022 3rd round pick (COL)

Additional Details:

Could be any contender looking for a cheap top 9 forward.

COL

Zucker, Jason ($2,750,000 retained)

PIT

Barbashev, Ivan

STL

Pettersson, Marcus

PIT

Grewe, Albin [Reserve List]

DET

Kapanen, Kasperi [RFA Rights]

PIT

2023 3rd round pick (TOR)

TOR

Heinen, Danton [RFA Rights]
2023 7th round pick (TOR)

Buyouts

Jack Johnson: $1,916,667

Retained Salary Transactions

Jason Zucker: $2,750,000 (50%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2022
2023
2024

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$82,500,000	$79,091,667	$0	$0	$3,408,333

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Guentzel, Jake $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 2	Crosby, Sidney $8,700,000$8,700,000 C NMC UFA - 3	Rakell, Rickard $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 6
Barbashev, Ivan $2,250,000$2,250,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Trocheck, Vincent $6,750,000$6,750,000 C, RW UFA - 7	Rust, Bryan $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 6
Lemieux, Brendan $1,750,000$1,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Carter, Jeff $3,125,000$3,125,000 RW, C NMC UFA - 2	Nylander, Alexander $925,000$925,000 RW, LW RFA - 1
O'Connor, Drew $750,000$750,000 LW UFA - 1	Blueger, Teddy $2,200,000$2,200,000 C, LW UFA - 1	McGinn, Brock $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 3
Zohorna, Radim $750,000$750,000 LW, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Matheson, Michael $4,875,000$4,875,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 4	Letang, Kris $7,000,000$7,000,000 RD UFA - 6	Jarry, Tristan $3,500,000$3,500,000 G UFA - 1
Joseph, Pierre-Olivier $925,000$925,000 LD RFA - 2	Marino, John $4,400,000$4,400,000 RD UFA - 5
Friedman, Mark $775,000$775,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Lyubushkin, Ilya $1,900,000$1,900,000 RD UFA - 2	Fleury, Marc-André $3,000,000$3,000,000 G UFA - 2
Beaulieu, Nathan $800,000$800,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Ruhwedel, Chad $800,000$800,000 RD UFA - 2

Top Comments

Apr. 13, 2022 at 12:36 p.m.

McRanteskog

RETIRED

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Gunna keep it a stack with you.
Zuckers value as a rental is greatly diminished by the fact he cant seem to stay healthy,

Apr. 13, 2022 at 12:42 p.m.

Pensfan89

Joined: Jul. 2017

Posts: 5,418

Likes: 1,440

Quoting: McRanteskog

Gunna keep it a stack with you.
Zuckers value as a rental is greatly diminished by the fact he cant seem to stay healthy,

Sure but it’s at less than 3 million and he went from getting a 1st plus good prospect to a 3rd. Honestly the pick doesn’t really matter anyway.

Apr. 13, 2022 at 12:48 p.m.

DeadWingsv2

PlusMinus is stupid

Joined: May 2018

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Likes: 7,154

Hard pass from Detroit. I don't want Kapanen for free, let alone giving up a prospect, even an average prospect.

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Apr. 13, 2022 at 1:27 p.m.

turtlemountain

Joined: Jun. 2015

Posts: 2,697

Likes: 3,013

Maybe I’m out of the loop, but why is every Pens fan trying to move on from Zucker?

Apr. 13, 2022 at 2:01 p.m.

Billy12Bob

Joined: Sep. 2020

Posts: 5,588

Likes: 3,001

I would do the Kapanen to Detroit deal.

He's a good fit, with very good defensive numbers (more takeaways than giveaways etc.) and he's a right handed shot which we're short of. Kasperi also has better numbers overall than Fabbri does even if he doesn't rebound which I think he's likely to.

The only drawback I can see to that deal is that he isn't bringing Pettersson with him, fix that.

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