If we somehow find ourselves in the postseason next year looks different

Created by: edeangel84

Team: 2024-25 Pittsburgh Penguins

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 5, 2024

Published: Apr. 5, 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

I was all onboard with scraping this team to the trash heap and starting over. I still am not convinced this team has anything left to offer… but the fact that they are fighting right now and showing a sense of urgency that’s been invisible for months prior tells me that 87 deserves another run. We should be looking to move Jarry and Rakell this offseason. I also hope Dubas learns that a buyout is sometimes a good idea.

Resign:
Crosby 8.7Mx2
Pettersson: 6.5Mx6

Buyout-Reilly Smith

Waive-Acciari

Any RFA who isn’t already ours I’m assuming won’t get a qualifying offer and will be a UFA.

There’s plenty of opportunities for depth players to move into this lineup. We can still send down Puustinen and Poulin among the forwards. Also we could send down Rooney to give Ponomarev a spot if he performs well in WBS. As far as the Dman go, guys like Ludvig, Shea, Rathbone, and St. Ivany all can rotate into the lineup as needed. For goalies Vladar stars the year as the 2, but if he struggles he can be sent down for either Copley or Blomqvist (who I’m hoping is the long term answer).

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Yager, Brayden		3	$950,000
Nickl, Thimo		2	$875,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Bemström, Emil	1	$925,000
St. Ivany, Jack	2	$925,000
Puustinen, Valtteri	2	$925,000
Poulin, Samuel	1	$925,000
Gruden, Jonathan	1	$925,000
Cajkovic, Maxim	1	$875,000
Douglas, Curtis	1	$875,000
Steeves, Alex	1	$875,000
Sutter, Riley	1	$875,000
Weatherby, Jasper	1	$875,000
Hollowell, Mac	1	$875,000
Rathbone, Jack	1	$875,000
Coghlan, Dylan	1	$875,000
Andonovski, Corey	1	$875,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Nedeljkovic, Alex	1	$2,250,000
Griffith, Seth	1	$850,000
Copley, Pheonix	1	$900,000
Fedun, Taylor	1	$875,000
Khaira, Jujhar	1	$875,000
Toffoli, Tyler	3	$5,000,000
Monahan, Sean	4	$4,000,000
Skjei, Brady	5	$6,000,000
Chatfield, Jalen	4	$2,250,000
Shea, Ryan	1	$850,000

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
Douglas, Curtis	$875,000	No Compensation
Steeves, Alex	$875,000	No Compensation
Sutter, Riley	$875,000	No Compensation
Weatherby, Jasper	$875,000	No Compensation
Hollowell, Mac	$875,000	No Compensation
Coghlan, Dylan	$875,000	No Compensation

Trades

PIT

2026 6th round pick (ARI)

Additional Details:

Rakell is better than this but it’s a contract that needs to be moved. We need to give the younger forwards space to play and we need space for UFAs.

ARI

Rakell, Rickard
Svejkovsky, Lukas
2025 3rd round pick (PIT)

Additional Details:

We give up the higher pick and toss in a minor piece, either a cheap ELC or a mid tier prospect.

PIT

Hunt, Dryden
Rooney, Kevin
Vladar, Daniel
2024 3rd round pick (VGK)

Additional Details:

This is a trade that occurs AFTER Markstrom is traded. Wolf and Jarry are the Flames goalies.

CGY

Jarry, Tristan
Joseph, Pierre-Olivier [RFA Rights]
2026 4th round pick (PIT)

Additional Details:

Vladar and Rooney come back to help with cap for the upcoming season. POJ and the pick are added in to give a little extra incentive to make the move and take on additional years of Jarry’s contract.

Buyouts

Jack Johnson: $916,667
Reilly Smith: $2,333,334

Retained Salary Transactions

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

Buried

Noel Acciari: $850,000 ($2,000,000)

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	$87,700,000	$86,337,676	$0	$0	$1,362,324

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Bunting, Michael $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW M-NTC UFA - 2	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
Monahan, Sean $4,000,000$4,000,000 C, LW, RW UFA	Malkin, Evgeni $6,100,000$6,100,000 C NMC UFA - 2	Toffoli, Tyler $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, LW UFA
O'Connor, Drew $925,000$925,000 LW UFA - 1	Eller, Lars $2,450,000$2,450,000 C UFA - 1	Puustinen, Valtteri $925,000$925,000 RW, LW UFA
Poulin, Samuel $925,000$925,000 C, LW RFA - 2	Rooney, Kevin $1,300,000$1,300,000 C UFA - 1	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	Karlsson, Erik $10,000,000$10,000,000 RD NMC UFA - 3	Nedeljkovic, Alex $2,250,000$2,250,000 G UFA
Skjei, Brady $6,000,000$6,000,000 LD UFA	Letang, Kris $6,100,000$6,100,000 RD NMC UFA - 4	Vladar, Daniel $2,200,000$2,200,000 G UFA - 1
Graves, Ryan $4,500,000$4,500,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 5	Chatfield, Jalen $2,250,000$2,250,000 RD UFA

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Nieto, Matt $900,000$900,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Bemström, Emil $925,000$925,000 RW, LW RFA
Ludvig, John $775,000$775,000 LD RFA - 1