Line Up Changes

Created by: Play_Party_Hard

Team: 2022-23 Pittsburgh Penguins

Initial Creation Date: Nov. 6, 2022

Published: Nov. 6, 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

This is a bad losing streak but it is still early November. Hextall gambled on a 22 man roster to start the season but poor play among veterans and injuries have taken their toll. It's time to make one roster adjustment (trade) but mostly make some tweaks to the line up.

Trade Kapanen. Enough is a enough. Bringing him back was Hextall's worst move this off-season which handcuffed how he could form the bottom-six. I hoped this could be avoided but it is time to pay up to get rid of him. Puustinen has shown signs of quality, smart two-way play. Get him in the line up.

Swap Rakell and Rust. This has probably been Sid's call, but move Rakell back up to the first line. The analytics are evident and he more than passes the eye test when playing up there. Zucker-Malkin-Rust had a good thing going at the start of the season.

It's time to make some promotions on the blue line. Pettersson has pretty much been stellar so far, move him up next to Letang. Joseph should graduate from third pair minutes, move him up next to Petry. Call up Smith for his season debut and sit Dumoulin in the press box.

As for special teams, it's time to get Letang back on PK1. The idea of managing his minutes was a nice thought but Dumoulin has been a complete disaster. Let Smith utilize his talents and quarterback PP2.

Trades

PIT

Sundsvik, Albin [Reserve List]

ANA

Kapanen, Kasperi
2024 2nd round pick (PIT)
2025 3rd round pick (PIT)

Buyouts

Jack Johnson: $1,916,667

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2023
2024
2025

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$82,500,000	$75,516,425	$0	$482,500	$6,983,575

Roster

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 $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 6
Zucker, Jason $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1	Malkin, Evgeni $6,100,000$6,100,000 C NMC UFA - 4	Rust, Bryan $5,125,000$5,125,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 6
Heinen, Danton $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Carter, Jeff $3,125,000$3,125,000 RW, C NMC UFA - 2	Puustinen, Valtteri $842,500$842,500 ($82,500$82K) RW, LW 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	Archibald, Josh $900,000$900,000 RW, LW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Pettersson, Marcus $4,025,175$4,025,175 LD UFA - 3	Letang, Kris $6,100,000$6,100,000 RD NMC UFA - 6	Jarry, Tristan $3,500,000$3,500,000 G UFA - 1
Joseph, Pierre-Olivier $825,000$825,000 LD RFA - 2	Petry, Jeff $2,343,750$2,343,750 RD M-NTC, NMC UFA - 3	DeSmith, Casey $1,800,000$1,800,000 G UFA - 2
Smith, Ty $863,333$863,333 ($400,000$400K) LD/RD RFA - 1	Rutta, Jan $2,750,000$2,750,000 LD/RD UFA - 3

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Ruhwedel, Chad $800,000$800,000 RD UFA - 2
Poehling, Ryan $750,000$750,000 C, LW UFA - 1
Dumoulin, Brian $4,100,000$4,100,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Rust, B.		Crosby, S.		Guentzel, J.
	Letang, K.		Malkin, E.

Power Play 2
Rakell, R.		Carter, J.		Zucker, J.
	Smith, T.		Heinen, D.

Penalty Kill 1
	Blueger, T.	McGinn, B.
	Pettersson, M.	Letang, K.

Penalty Kill 2
	Carter, J.	Archibald, J.
	Rutta, J.	Petry, J.

Top Comments

Nov. 6, 2022 at 2:58 p.m.

brgh4life

Joined: Jun. 2019

Posts: 2,705

Likes: 994

Pretty much agree on all the major points made here. Rakell has been their most consistent forward on the season and I really did not understand the move from Crosby's line, especially with how well that second line started the season.