Decisions on Guentzel Jarry Zucker start a retool

Created by: Pens3lieve

Team: 2023-24 Pittsburgh Penguins

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 30, 2023

Published: Apr. 30, 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

Every year the GM (whoever he is) says we need to get younger and Sully says we need to get tougher to play against but overall it hasn’t happened in a while
And now after Ron Hextall has destroyed a winning franchise in about 2 years it’s up to whoever the new management team will be to right the ship and actually begin the retool/rebuild

I don’t want to trade Guentzel but honestly signing him to a max extension makes zero sense as we MIGHT be a playoff team next year but after that probably not… if we keep him to start next year then flip him at the deadline I can at least see that strategy but most likely PIT will still be able to talk themselves into being in it even if they’re not… basically it comes down to not wanting to lose Guentzel for nothing. I love him and it’s been amazing to watch him develop into a perennial 40-goal scorer but even he’s about to hit 30 and at this point what else can he accomplish with us… obviously former PIT execs in MIN and VAN (presumably) would have interest in Jake so that’s where I’m trying to work out a deal at least top of mind
*the jarry and zucker contracts are take it or leave it type

Let me know your thoughts down below 👇 on all the moves and signings and whether they’d help the team next year be more competitive

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Lindberg, Filip	2	$800,000
Puustinen, Valtteri	2	$800,000
Smith, Ty	2	$850,000
O'Connor, Drew	2	$850,000
Poehling, Ryan	2	$850,000
Comtois, Maxime	2	$2,000,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Jarry, Tristan	1	$3,500,000
Zucker, Jason	4	$5,000,000
Hill, Adin	2	$3,000,000
Soucy, Carson	4	$3,500,000
Borowiecki, Mark	1	$775,000
Perry, Corey	1	$900,000
Hörnqvist, Patric	1	$900,000
Khudobin, Anton	1	$900,000
Rodrigues, Evan	2	$2,500,000

Trades

PIT

Foligno, Marcus
2023 1st round pick (MIN)
2023 2nd round pick (VGK)
2024 2nd round pick (MIN)

Additional Details:

Foligno is only for salary purposes bc I’m assuming PIT would have to take $ back… if not even better for PIT

MIN

Guentzel, Jake ($3,000,000 retained)

Additional Details:

Guentzel signs a 8x7.5M extension

PIT

Comtois, Maxime [RFA Rights]

ANA

Légaré, Nathan
Rutta, Jan
2025 4th round pick (PIT)

Retained Salary Transactions

Jake Guentzel: $3,000,000 (66.67%)

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	$82,500,000	$78,535,592	$0	$0	$3,964,408

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Rakell, Rickard $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 5	Crosby, Sidney $8,700,000$8,700,000 C NMC UFA - 2	Granlund, Mikael $5,000,000$5,000,000 C, RW UFA - 2
Zucker, Jason $5,000,000$5,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Malkin, Evgeni $6,100,000$6,100,000 C NMC UFA - 3	Rust, Bryan $5,125,000$5,125,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 5
O'Connor, Drew $850,000$850,000 LW UFA - 2	Rodrigues, Evan $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, C UFA - 4	Foligno, Marcus $3,100,000$3,100,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 1
Comtois, Maxime $2,000,000$2,000,000 LW RFA - 1	Carter, Jeff $3,125,000$3,125,000 RW, C NMC UFA - 1	Perry, Corey $900,000$900,000 RW UFA - 1

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	Jarry, Tristan $3,500,000$3,500,000 G UFA - 5
Soucy, Carson $3,500,000$3,500,000 LD/RD UFA - 3	Petry, Jeff $2,343,750$2,343,750 RD M-NTC, NMC UFA - 2	Hill, Adin $3,000,000$3,000,000 G UFA - 2
Smith, Ty $850,000$850,000 LD/RD RFA - 1	Friedman, Mark $775,000$775,000 LD/RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Ruhwedel, Chad $800,000$800,000 RD UFA - 1
Hörnqvist, Patric $900,000$900,000 RW UFA
Nylander, Alexander $775,000$775,000 RW, LW RFA - 1

Taxi Squad
Podkolzin, Vasily $925,000$925,000 ($0$0$0$0) ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 1
Poehling, Ryan $850,000$850,000 ($0$0$0$0) C, LW UFA - 1
Puustinen, Valtteri $800,000$800,000 ($0$0$0$0) RW, LW UFA - 1
Poulin, Samuel $863,333$863,333 ($0$0$0$0) C, LW RFA - 1
Borowiecki, Mark $775,000$775,000 ($0$0$0$0) LD UFA
DeSmith, Casey $1,800,000$1,800,000 ($650,000$650K$650,000$650K) G UFA - 1
Khudobin, Anton $900,000$900,000 ($0$0$0$0) G UFA

Top Comments

Apr. 30, 2023 at 4:39 p.m.

mv21227

Joined: Jul. 2020

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Canucks aren’t doing that

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Apr. 30, 2023 at 4:44 p.m.

Pens3lieve

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Joined: May 2019

Posts: 3,024

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Quoting: mv21227

Canucks aren’t doing that

Curious as to your thinking… POJ stuck with the team for a full season and is a solid #4 option long term while podkolzin couldn’t even stick and was send back to the ahl for development… sounds like POJ is a year or two ahead of him

Apr. 30, 2023 at 4:50 p.m.

remowilliams

Joined: Dec. 2018

Posts: 2,654

Likes: 1,174

Although not a bad trade Canucks pass.Podz is a keeper.We need another top 4 R D man l.IMHO.

Apr. 30, 2023 at 4:56 p.m.

Juiceman

Ex Nucks fan

Joined: Jun. 2021

Posts: 17,615

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Quoting: Pens3lieve

POJ is 1 or 2 years ahead of him because he is 2 years older...

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Apr. 30, 2023 at 4:59 p.m.

YesThisIsFlo

Canucks Fan... Help

Joined: May 2017

Posts: 526

Likes: 328

Quoting: Pens3lieve

This makes sense since POJ is two years older than Podkolzin. Canucks just aren't in need of a LHD right now honestly. They have Hughes, OEL (sadly), and like 3 or 4 solid LHD prospects in Hirose, Rathbone, Pettersson, and Brisebois. If POJ was a right handed dman, they would consider it a bit more, but.. he's not.

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