Surely ONE of these young guys is a good player

Team: 2022-23 Pittsburgh Penguins

Initial Creation Date: May 17, 2022

Published: May 17, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

I wanna be clear. I know this roster would be dick. Don't take this too seriously, I dont think this is realistic, and I don't think this would even be a good team. I just think its a fun idea.

However, basically I look at it like this. You've got 8 unproven forwards. If half of them "hit" and become NHL caliber guys. You've got yourself a roster. Hell. Even if only 3 of them "hit" you've got yourself a good idea of who you wanna be keeping and you can then move out the rest of them for actual quality NHLers. Poulin, Legare, Heinen, Puustinen, Hallander, O'Connor, Zohorna, and Nylander. If even 3 of these guys are middle 6 caliber you can be competitive.

Plus, this roster leaves you with 12mil in cap space to acquire actual talent, and you still get to keep Geno and Letang. You keep fans happy, you keep Sid happy, you keep Geno and Letang happy. And you set yourself up for a chance to compete before the big 3s contracts are up (since you've got tons of cap space).