Letting Malkin walk would be a mistake

Created by: AlphaHockey65

Team: 2022-23 Pittsburgh Penguins

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 30, 2022

Published: Jun. 30, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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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

Rumours are that Letang wants 5 years north of 8 mil.
Malkin wants a deal similar to Crosby's remaining length and will not take under 6 mil.

Assuming we re-sign both Malkin and Letang, cuts have to be made.
-Rodrigues cannot be resigned unless Zucker is moved
-Kapanen is gone. I really don't think this guy has much value after a disastrous season and a massive overpay by the Pens
-You have to pray Heinen takes under 1.5 mil short-term. He will very likely price himself out of Pittsburgh

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Joseph, Pierre-Olivier	3	$850,000
Nylander, Alexander	3	$850,000
Heinen, Danton	1	$1,300,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Malkin, Evgeni	3	$6,750,000
DeSmith, Casey	1	$1,250,000
Letang, Kris	5	$8,000,000
Rakell, Rickard	4	$5,000,000

Buyouts

Jack Johnson: $1,916,667

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$82,500,000	$80,955,175	$0	$0	$1,544,825

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	Rust, Bryan $5,125,000$5,125,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 6
Zucker, Jason $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1	Malkin, Evgeni $6,750,000$6,750,000 C UFA - 4	Rakell, Rickard $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 6
Poulin, Samuel $863,333$863,333 C, LW RFA - 2	Carter, Jeff $3,125,000$3,125,000 RW, C NMC UFA - 2	Heinen, Danton $1,300,000$1,300,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
McGinn, Brock $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 3	Blueger, Teddy $2,200,000$2,200,000 C, LW UFA - 1	O'Connor, Drew $750,000$750,000 LW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Dumoulin, Brian $4,100,000$4,100,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 1	Letang, Kris $8,000,000$8,000,000 RD UFA - 6	Jarry, Tristan $3,500,000$3,500,000 G UFA - 1
Matheson, Michael $4,875,000$4,875,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 4	Marino, John $4,400,000$4,400,000 RD UFA - 5
Pettersson, Marcus $4,025,175$4,025,175 LD UFA - 3	Ruhwedel, Chad $800,000$800,000 RD UFA - 2	DeSmith, Casey $1,250,000$1,250,000 G UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Friedman, Mark $775,000$775,000 LD/RD UFA - 2
Zohorna, Radim $750,000$750,000 LW, RW UFA - 1

Top Comments

Jun. 30, 2022 at 1:51 p.m.

doublem24

DoubleM24

Joined: Oct. 2016

Posts: 138

Likes: 51

Isn't Heinen an RFA? I was under the impression they could give him a QA. If so, they could at least get 3rd Round pick if someone offers a deal north of 1.4M right?

Jun. 30, 2022 at 3:50 p.m.

Haymaker26

Joined: Jun. 2021

Posts: 979

Likes: 418

It's almost a certainty that a defenseman on Pitt will be dealt, most likely Pettersson, to make room for PO Joseph. That way we'll have the room to pay Heinen more, and probably also Malkin. I could see Malkin getting ~7, Heinen and DeSmith getting at least 2 mil, probably around 2.5 each.

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