25-26 Penguins Are Younger and Faster

Created by: edeangel84

Team: 2025-26 Pittsburgh Penguins

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 8, 2024

Published: Mar. 8, 2024

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

By this time next year I am sure MP is traded and I’m also thinking Rakell is gone. We will have new prospects drafted and some new ones from those trades. By the fall of 2025 we will start to see a different and much younger team.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST	YEARS	CAP HIT
Broz, Tristan	2	$900,000
Yager, Brayden	2	$950,000
Nickl, Thimo	2	$875,000
Lucius, Cruz	3	$850,000
Foster, Cooper	3	$800,000
Collins, Nolan	2	$800,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Ponomarev, Vasili	2	$950,000
Puustinen, Valtteri	2	$950,000
Bemström, Emil	1	$1,200,000
Joseph, Pierre-Olivier	1	$1,150,000
Rathbone, Jack	1	$875,000
Steeves, Alex	2	$875,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Crosby, Sidney	2	$8,700,000
Kovacevic, Johnathan	2	$1,500,000
O'Connor, Drew	2	$1,350,000
Greer, AJ	1	$1,400,000
Dermott, Travis	1	$950,000

Offer Sheets

Offer sheet annual average (AAV) is calculated by dividing the contract value by the lower of: 1. The contract length, or 2. Five years

PLAYER	AAV	COMPENSATION
Steeves, Alex	$875,000	No Compensation

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
23	$88,000,000	$68,077,500	$0	$557,500	$19,922,500

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Malkin, Evgeni $6,100,000$6,100,000 C NMC UFA - 1	Crosby, Sidney $8,700,000$8,700,000 C UFA	Rust, Bryan $5,125,000$5,125,000 RW, LW UFA - 3
Puustinen, Valtteri $950,000$950,000 RW, LW UFA	Yager, Brayden $950,000$950,000 C, LW, RW RFA	Koivunen, Ville $805,833$805,833 ($57,500$58K) RW RFA - 1
Bunting, Michael $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW UFA - 1	Ponomarev, Vasili $950,000$950,000 C RFA	Bemström, Emil $1,200,000$1,200,000 RW, LW RFA
O'Connor, Drew $1,350,000$1,350,000 LW UFA	Acciari, Noel $2,000,000$2,000,000 C, RW M-NTC UFA - 1	Greer, AJ $1,400,000$1,400,000 RW, LW UFA

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Graves, Ryan $4,500,000$4,500,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 4	Karlsson, Erik $10,000,000$10,000,000 RD NMC UFA - 2	Jarry, Tristan $5,375,000$5,375,000 G M-NTC UFA - 3
Pickering, Owen $918,333$918,333 ($500,000$500K) LD RFA - 1	Letang, Kris $6,100,000$6,100,000 RD NMC UFA - 3	Blomqvist, Joel $886,667$886,667 G RFA - 1
Joseph, Pierre-Olivier $1,150,000$1,150,000 LD RFA	Kovacevic, Johnathan $1,500,000$1,500,000 RD UFA

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Dermott, Travis $950,000$950,000 LD/RD UFA		Rakell, Rickard $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 3
Rathbone, Jack $875,000$875,000 LD UFA
Steeves, Alex $875,000$875,000 LW, RW RFA

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