Can Dubas Fix The Oldest Slowest Team in NHL History

Created by: Sidstick87

Team: 2023-24 Pittsburgh Penguins

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 1, 2023

Published: Jul. 2, 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

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
O'Connor, Drew	2	$950,000
Gruden, Jonathan	2	$775,000
McLeod, Ryan	2	$1,900,000
Wahlstrom, Oliver	2	$1,750,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Comtois, Maxime	2	$1,900,000
Boqvist, Jesper	2	$900,000
Zohorna, Radim	1	$775,000
Hellberg, Magnus	1	$785,000
Benoit, Simon	2	$825,000
Foote, Cal	2	$825,000
Meloche, Nicolas	1	$800,000
Hájek, Libor	1	$775,000
Clague, Kale	1	$775,000
Tierney, Chris	1	$800,000
Asplund, Rasmus	1	$800,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Karlsson, Erik		3	$5,500,000

Trades

PIT

Kähkönen, Kaapo

Additional Details:

2. Karlsson, Erik - ($8m)
{w/ Retained $3.5m}

SJS

Additional Details:

START of 3- TEAM TRADE
[CHI] ▬ [PIT] ▬ [SJS]

PIT

1. Karlsson, Erik - ($5.5m)
{w/ Retained $2.5m}

CHI

DeSmith, Casey
Friedman, Mark
2025 5th round pick (PIT)
2026 3rd round pick (PIT)

Additional Details:

END of 3- TEAM TRADE
[CHI] ▬ [PIT] ▬ [SJS]

PIT

McLeod, Ryan [RFA Rights]
2025 4th round pick (EDM)

EDM

Broz, Tristan [Reserve List]
2025 2nd round pick (PIT)

Additional Details:

Instead of Offer Sheet
[EDM] & [PIT] Trade

PIT

Wahlstrom, Oliver [RFA Rights]

Additional Details:

IMO, its a risk on Wahlstrom after injury but Love him.

NYI

Smith, Ty [RFA Rights]

Buyouts

Jack Johnson: $916,667

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2024
2025
2026

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
24	$83,500,000	$81,916,842	$0	$0	$1,583,158

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	Wahlstrom, Oliver $1,750,000$1,750,000 RW RFA - 1
Smith, Reilly $5,000,000$5,000,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 2	Malkin, Evgeni $6,100,000$6,100,000 C NMC UFA - 3	Rakell, Rickard $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 5
Comtois, Maxime $1,900,000$1,900,000 LW RFA - 1	McLeod, Ryan $1,900,000$1,900,000 C RFA - 2	Rust, Bryan $5,125,000$5,125,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 5
O'Connor, Drew $950,000$950,000 LW UFA - 2	Eller, Lars $2,450,000$2,450,000 C UFA - 2	Acciari, Noel $2,000,000$2,000,000 C, RW M-NTC UFA - 3
Nieto, Matt $900,000$900,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Boqvist, Jesper $900,000$900,000 C, LW RFA - 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 $5,375,000$5,375,000 G M-NTC UFA - 5
Graves, Ryan $4,500,000$4,500,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 6	Karlsson, Erik $5,500,000$5,500,000	Kähkönen, Kaapo $2,750,000$2,750,000 G UFA - 1
Joseph, Pierre-Olivier $825,000$825,000 LD RFA - 1	Rutta, Jan $2,750,000$2,750,000 LD/RD UFA - 2
Benoit, Simon $825,000$825,000 LD UFA - 1	Foote, Cal $825,000$825,000 RD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Carter, Jeff $3,125,000$3,125,000 RW, C NMC UFA - 1

Taxi Squad
Poulin, Samuel $863,333$863,333 ($0$0$0$0) C, LW RFA - 1
Asplund, Rasmus $800,000$800,000 ($0$0$0$0) LW, C RFA - 1
Tierney, Chris $800,000$800,000 ($0$0$0$0) C UFA - 1
Zohorna, Radim $775,000$775,000 ($0$0$0$0) LW, RW UFA - 1
Nylander, Alexander $775,000$775,000 ($0$0$0$0) RW, LW RFA - 1
Gruden, Jonathan $775,000$775,000 ($0$0$0$0) LW RFA - 1
Puustinen, Valtteri $775,000$775,000 ($0$0$0$0) RW, LW UFA - 1
Clague, Kale $775,000$775,000 ($0$0$0$0) LD/RD RFA - 1
Hájek, Libor $775,000$775,000 ($0$0$0$0) LD UFA
Ouellet, Xavier $762,500$762,500 ($0$0$0$0) LD/RD UFA - 1
Ruhwedel, Chad $800,000$800,000 ($0$0$0$0) RD UFA - 1
Meloche, Nicolas $800,000$800,000 ($0$0$0$0) RD UFA
Nedeljkovic, Alex $1,500,000$1,500,000 ($350,000$350K$350,000$350K) G UFA - 1
Hellberg, Magnus $785,000$785,000 ($0$0$0$0) G UFA - 1