A New Goalie

Created by: Play_Party_Hard

Team: 2023-24 Pittsburgh Penguins

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 29, 2023

Published: Apr. 29, 2023

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

With some big changes possibly coming in Winnipeg, the new Pittsburgh GM swings big and lands a new starting goaltender. The bottom-six is mostly made of youth and serviceable cheap contracts to bring in some more well known UFAs in Bertuzzi and Compher. I know Nylander was just signed today, but I think he is mostly an AHL player (at least with this club). Puustinen should be the one to get the crack at top-six minutes. Friedman in my eyes should be the new 7th defenseman, especially with his ability to play both sides. Ruhwedel has been decent over the years, but I think he is entering the "mostly AHL" stage of his career.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Diliberatore, Peter	1	$874,125
Gruden, Jonathan	2	$787,500
O'Connor, Drew	1	$850,000
Poehling, Ryan	2	$900,000
Puustinen, Valtteri	2	$850,000
Smith, Ty	1	$874,125
Swoyer, Colin	1	$787,500

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Compher, J.T.	5	$4,750,000
Eyssimont, Michael	2	$925,000
Lyon, Alex	1	$850,000
Maenalanen, Saku	1	$850,000
Bertuzzi, Tyler	5	$5,500,000

Trades

PIT

Hellebuyck, Connor

Additional Details:

Hellebuyck signs extension with Pittsburgh 5 x $7.5M

WPG

Blomqvist, Joel
DeSmith, Casey
2023 1st round pick (PIT)
2024 3rd round pick (VGK)

PIT

Middleton, Jake

MIN

Joseph, Pierre-Olivier
2023 3rd round pick (NJD)

Buyouts

Jack Johnson: $916,667
Mikael Granlund: $833,333

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$83,500,000	$76,123,050	$0	$0	$7,376,950

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Guentzel, Jake $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1	Crosby, Sidney $8,700,000$8,700,000 C NMC UFA - 2	Rakell, Rickard $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 5
Bertuzzi, Tyler $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Malkin, Evgeni $6,100,000$6,100,000 C NMC UFA - 3	Puustinen, Valtteri $850,000$850,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
O'Connor, Drew $850,000$850,000 LW UFA - 2	Compher, J.T. $4,750,000$4,750,000 C, RW UFA - 5	Rust, Bryan $5,125,000$5,125,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 5
Maenalanen, Saku $850,000$850,000 RW, LW UFA	Poehling, Ryan $900,000$900,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Eyssimont, Michael $925,000$925,000 RW, C UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Pettersson, Marcus $4,025,175$4,025,175 LD M-NTC UFA - 2	Letang, Kris $6,100,000$6,100,000 RD NMC UFA - 5	Hellebuyck, Connor $6,166,667$6,166,667 G NMC UFA - 1
Middleton, Jake $2,450,000$2,450,000 LD UFA - 2	Petry, Jeff $2,343,750$2,343,750 RD M-NTC, NMC UFA - 2	Lyon, Alex $850,000$850,000 G UFA - 2
Smith, Ty $874,125$874,125 LD/RD RFA - 1	Rutta, Jan $2,750,000$2,750,000 LD/RD UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Poulin, Samuel $863,333$863,333 C, LW RFA - 1
Friedman, Mark $775,000$775,000 LD/RD UFA - 1
Carter, Jeff $3,125,000$3,125,000 RW, C NMC UFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Rakell, R.		Crosby, S.		Guentzel, J.
	Letang, K.		Malkin, E.

Power Play 2
Rust, B.		Compher, J.		Bertuzzi, T.
	Puustinen, V.		Smith, T.

Penalty Kill 1
	Compher, J.	Maenalanen, S.
	Middleton, J.	Rutta, J.

Penalty Kill 2
	Poehling, R.	Rust, B.
	Pettersson, M.	Petry, J.

Top Comments

Apr. 29, 2023 at 2:25 p.m.

PensGMwannabe

Joined: Jun. 2022

Posts: 652

Likes: 294

I would think Hellebuyck will ask for a bigger contract then that to sign an extension. If that's all it cost, then yes I would do it. But I would think He will want close to Vasilevsky type of contract, a little less. maybe $9mill AAV. That's too pricey to the Pens I would think.

Apr. 29, 2023 at 2:35 p.m.

MoSeider53

Future Norris guy

Joined: Aug. 2022

Posts: 15,605

Likes: 8,625

First off that garbage doesn't get Connor Hellebuyck signed autograph.

And you're not getting Hellebuyck any cheaper than 8 x $9,000,000 and according to TSN he's looking closer to Bobrovsky money.

Apr. 29, 2023 at 2:43 p.m.

Play_Party_Hard

Joined: Apr. 2022

Posts: 967

Likes: 391

Quoting: HockeyIsMyPassion61

First off that garbage doesn't get Connor Hellebuyck signed autograph.

And you're not getting Hellebuyck any cheaper than 8 x $9,000,000 and according to TSN he's looking closer to Bobrovsky money.

You act like a insider with a Twitter account on here. Hardo.

Not garbage, actually lots of Winnipeg made ACGMs I've seen start with a 1st, 3rd and a good prospect. I'd be more than happy to upgrade the 3rd to a 2nd or add another prospect. I would happily give him that contract as well but he also talks about how he wants to really win a Stanley Cup. Maybe he takes a little less for a contender.

Apr. 29, 2023 at 2:45 p.m.

Play_Party_Hard

Joined: Apr. 2022

Posts: 967

Likes: 391

Quoting: PensGMwannabe

I'd be ok with it, as the cap will increase over the next few years.

Apr. 29, 2023 at 2:46 p.m.

MoSeider53

Future Norris guy

Joined: Aug. 2022

Posts: 15,605

Likes: 8,625

Quoting: Play_Party_Hard

Not garbage, actually lots of Winnipeg made ACGMs I've seen start with a 1st, 3rd and a good prospect. I'd be more than happy to upgrade the 3rd to a 2nd or add another prospect. I would happily give him that contract as well but he also talks about how he wants to really win a Stanley Cup. Maybe he takes a little less for a contender.

What do you call it then? Blomqvist and DeSmith aren't players that Winnipeg would remotely have interest in. Pitt 14th is the only good part of the deal the rest is pretty meh.

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