Why I See Karlsson Being a Penguin Instead of a Cane

Created by: Hockyluv21

Team: 2023-24 Pittsburgh Penguins

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 14, 2023

Published: Jul. 16, 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

Two words: bad contracts. The Canes lack any sort of cap-hits that would sweeten the return for EK in any way, while Pittsburgh has several that would make the overall trade package more enticing for San Jose.

Trades

PIT

SJS

Carter, Jeff
Granlund, Mikael
O'Connor, Drew [RFA Rights]
Smith, Ty [RFA Rights]
2024 1st round pick (PIT)
2025 2nd round pick (PIT)
2026 1st round pick (PIT)

Additional Details:

Carter is immediately bought out.

PIT

Kravtsov, Vitali [RFA Rights]
Myers, Tyler ($3,000,000 retained)

VAN

Petry, Jeff
2026 3rd round pick (PIT)

Buyouts

Jack Johnson: $916,667

Buried

Alex Nedeljkovic: $350,000 ($1,500,000)
Tyler Myers: $1,850,000 ($3,000,000)

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$83,500,000	$80,055,175	$0	$0	$3,444,825

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	Rust, Bryan $5,125,000$5,125,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 5
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
Johnsson, Andreas $800,000$800,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Eller, Lars $2,450,000$2,450,000 C UFA - 2	Nylander, Alexander $775,000$775,000 RW, LW RFA - 1
Nieto, Matt $900,000$900,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Acciari, Noel $2,000,000$2,000,000 C, RW M-NTC UFA - 3	Hinostroza, Vinnie $775,000$775,000 RW, LW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Graves, Ryan $4,500,000$4,500,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 6	Karlsson, Erik $7,000,000$7,000,000 RD NMC UFA - 4	Jarry, Tristan $5,375,000$5,375,000 G M-NTC UFA - 5
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	DeSmith, Casey $1,800,000$1,800,000 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

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Poulin, Samuel $863,333$863,333 C, LW RFA - 1
Zohorna, Radim $775,000$775,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Ruhwedel, Chad $800,000$800,000 RD UFA - 1