What a retool should look like

Created by: PenGoater99

Team: 2024-25 Pittsburgh Penguins

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 8, 2024

Published: Mar. 27, 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

A few extra notes:

Crosby extended: 8.7 x 2
Pettersson extended: 5.75 x 6

Ideally, Malkin would be moved to the wing, but it's going to be incredibly difficult to find a second line center in either the free agent or trade markets.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Yager, Brayden		3	$950,000
Lucius, Cruz		3	$950,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Bemström, Emil	2	$975,000
Poulin, Samuel	2	$875,000
Puustinen, Valtteri	1	$1,500,000
Gruden, Jonathan	2	$800,000
Robertson, Nicholas	2	$1,850,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Chatfield, Jalen	3	$2,000,000
Nedeljkovic, Alex	1	$2,000,000
Zadorov, Nikita	4	$4,250,000
Olofsson, Fredrik	1	$800,000
DeSimone, Nick	1	$800,000
Reilly, Mike	1	$2,000,000

Trades

PIT

2026 3rd round pick (FLA)

FLA

Smith, Reilly

Additional Details:

Panthers were interested in Smith prior to the deadline. A trade would be easier to facilitate once the offseason rolls around. Could act as a Tarasenko replacement.

PIT

2026 4th round pick (BOS)

BOS

Acciari, Noel

Additional Details:

This guy just fits in Boston. Low cap hit, bottom 6 wing/center.

PIT

2026 2nd round pick (SEA)

SEA

Eller, Lars
2025 6th round pick (PIT)

Additional Details:

Would be a nice Wennberg replacement. Can't find much better value for a 3C at 2.45M

PIT

2026 6th round pick (EDM)

EDM

Nieto, Matt

PIT

2026 5th round pick (MIN)

MIN

Joseph, Pierre-Olivier [RFA Rights]

Additional Details:

Doesn't have to be Minnesota

PIT

Roy, Nicolas

Additional Details:

Probably being a little too wishful here, but the logic is there.

Vegas now has Eichel, Hertl, Karlsson, and Hertl at center, Roy could be excess goods and it also helps them clear cap room.

VGK

Pickering, Owen

PIT

Järnkrok, Calle
Robertson, Nicholas [RFA Rights]

Additional Details:

Could be excess goods in Toronto, especially Jarnkrok

TOR

2026 2nd round pick (SEA)
2026 3rd round pick (FLA)

Buyouts

Jack Johnson: $916,667
Ryan Graves: $1,750,000

Retained Salary Transactions

Jeff Petry: $1,562,500 (25%)

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	$87,750,000	$83,029,342	$0	$0	$4,720,658

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Rakell, Rickard $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 4	Crosby, Sidney $8,700,000$8,700,000 C NMC UFA - 1	Rust, Bryan $5,125,000$5,125,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 4
Bunting, Michael $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW M-NTC UFA - 2	Malkin, Evgeni $6,100,000$6,100,000 C NMC UFA - 2	Robertson, Nicholas $1,850,000$1,850,000 LW, RW RFA
Puustinen, Valtteri $1,500,000$1,500,000 RW, LW UFA	Roy, Nicolas $3,000,000$3,000,000 C, RW UFA - 3	Järnkrok, Calle $2,100,000$2,100,000 RW, C, LW M-NTC UFA - 2
O'Connor, Drew $925,000$925,000 LW UFA - 1	Poulin, Samuel $875,000$875,000 C, LW RFA - 2	Puljujärvi, Jesse $800,000$800,000 RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Pettersson, Marcus $4,025,175$4,025,175 LD M-NTC UFA - 1	Letang, Kris $6,100,000$6,100,000 RD NMC UFA - 4	Jarry, Tristan $5,375,000$5,375,000 G M-NTC UFA - 4
Zadorov, Nikita $4,250,000$4,250,000 LD/RD UFA	Karlsson, Erik $10,000,000$10,000,000 RD NMC UFA - 3	Nedeljkovic, Alex $2,000,000$2,000,000 G UFA
Reilly, Mike $2,000,000$2,000,000 LD UFA	Chatfield, Jalen $2,000,000$2,000,000 RD UFA

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Bemström, Emil $975,000$975,000 RW, LW RFA
Olofsson, Fredrik $800,000$800,000 C, LW UFA
DeSimone, Nick $800,000$800,000 RD UFA

Taxi Squad
Ponomarev, Vasili $795,000$795,000 ($0$0$0$0) ($20,000$20K) C RFA - 1
Yager, Brayden $950,000$950,000 ($0$0$0$0) C, LW, RW RFA
Lucius, Cruz $950,000$950,000 ($0$0$0$0) RW RFA
Koivunen, Ville $805,833$805,833 ($0$0$0$0) ($82,500$82K) RW RFA - 2
Pieniniemi, Emil $870,000$870,000 ($0$0$0$0) ($80,000$80K) LD RFA - 2
Blomqvist, Joel $886,667$886,667 ($0$0$0$0) ($57,500$58K) G RFA - 2

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Rust, B.		Crosby, S.		Bunting, M.
	Karlsson, E.		Malkin, E.

Power Play 2
Rakell, R.		Roy, N.		Robertson, N.
	Puustinen, V.		Letang, K.

Penalty Kill 1
	Roy, N.	O'Connor, D.
	Pettersson, M.	Chatfield, J.

Penalty Kill 2
	Järnkrok, C.	Rust, B.
	Zadorov, N.	Letang, K.

Top Comments

Mar. 27 at 12:39 a.m.

SJSF

Joined: Oct. 2023

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No to Acciari, no room and no need

Mar. 27 at 2:54 a.m.

Cub19

Joined: Jun. 2023

Posts: 1,365

Likes: 411

Lol Chatfield will get more

Mar. 27 at 9:55 p.m.

CouldBeKoi

Koi

Joined: Mar. 2022

Posts: 91

Likes: 22

There is literally no reason for Seattle to do this.
1) They suck right now, they should not trade valuable future assets (especially when they have been great at drafting in the 2nd round)
2) They don't even need a Wennberg replacement. They are actually have almost too many center : Beniers, McCann, Wright, Gourde, Morrison/Winterton can all play center.
3) This is an overpay for Eller regardless

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What a retool should look like

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Description

Free Agent Signings

Trades

PIT

FLA

PIT

BOS

PIT

SEA

PIT

EDM

PIT

MIN

PIT

VGK

PIT

TOR

Buyouts

Retained Salary Transactions

Roster

Special Teams

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