This is our roster as of July 9th
- Went off of Cap prediction % charts for our RFA's and those are the probables of Petersson / Blueger / ZAR / A. Johnson
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PLAYERS MOST LIKELY TO GET TRADED :
- J. Johnson #3 - I think 99.9% of us agree that JJ needs to be moved, he is NOT a good fit w/ Schultzy as a 2nd pairing guy.
* Need to find another Petersson (a young / cheap LHD)
- Rusty #17 - I love Rusty as a player too but he is the odd man out w/ his higher cap hit but it will be hard replacing him.
Goalie -
DeSmith #1- Proved himself to be a great back-up and is signed for 3 more yrs
Jarry #35 - He is prob the 1 to go but IMO- why trade the younger, cheaper, goalie w/ way more up-side??
- ZAR #46 - He is prob the guy that gets thrown into the JJ trade b/c Tanev is an upgrade to all ZAR did.
Higher End Guys ($)
- D. Nurse, EDM
- O. Klefbom, EDM
- M. Matheson , FLO
- B. McNabb, VGK
- D. Forbort, LAK
- A. Martinez, LAK
- B. Hutton, VAN
- E. Gustavsson, CHI
Cheaper / younger
- J. McCabe, BUF
- H. Fleury, CAR
- D. Toews, NYI
- W. Butcher, NJD
- V. Mete, MTL
- J. Larsson, ANA
- J. Mahura, ANA
- J. Valimaki, CGY
- O. Kylington, CGY
- B. Harpur, TOR
- N. Beaulien, WPG
1- Top 6/9 RH-Winger - Yes we have enough Top 6 forwards but they are all LH. (A lot of these would take a big trade)
- N. Gusev, VGK
- B. Gallagher, MTL
- V. Trocheck, FLO
- A. Tuch, VGK
- R. Rakell, ANA
- J. Marchessault, VGK
- K. LaBanc, SJS
- S. Reinhart, BUF
- K. Palmieri, NJD
- C. Smith, NSH
- J. Puljujarvi, EDM
- J. Roslivic, WPG
- J. Virtanen, VAN
- J. Armia, MTL
Keep them both. Have a very good 13th F in case of injury. Trade JJ and Gud and a backup goalie and get cap relief. Trade for a young D or two for picks. Beaulieu or Mete would be great. Or try for Klefbom but that would be Rust or Bjug plus
I have always liked Will Butcher since it was rumored he was interested in playing for Pittsburgh. I am unsure if NJD would be willing to move him, but Shero did draft a few current roster players so maybe not impossible. I can see McNabb doing well in a low-usage role here as well. I also really like Marchessault but he is worth a penny so we would have to do some more cap control to make it work, since Vegas can't really take much back. I think Virtanen can be had, but I don't really see him playing above a bottom 6 role so Idk if the cost would be worth it with the recently acquired Tanev. Palmieri is a Penguins killer, so any chance to get those guys on our side would be a good thing. Some of the others are longshots or would cost too much, but can definitely see a good portion of them having a positive effect on this team.
I have always liked Will Butcher since it was rumored he was interested in playing for Pittsburgh. I am unsure if NJD would be willing to move him, but Shero did draft a few current roster players so maybe not impossible. I can see McNabb doing well in a low-usage role here as well. I also really like Marchessault but he is worth a penny so we would have to do some more cap control to make it work, since Vegas can't really take much back. I think Virtanen can be had, but I don't really see him playing above a bottom 6 role so Idk if the cost would be worth it with the recently acquired Tanev. Palmieri is a Penguins killer, so any chance to get those guys on our side would be a good thing. Some of the others are longshots or would cost too much, but can definitely see a good portion of them having a positive effect on this team.
Yah, I mean alot of the guys will not be traded but was just listing players I thought could fit here.
Because ??? Its easy to find a 3C ?? Thats just crazy, Rusty will def be the one to go.
Because Bjugstad is better suited as a winger anyways and really didn't fit well with the Pens last year. He could come out this year and be a different story but I`d rather have the cheaper, faster, big-time player that has contributed in Pitt for years now.
Because Bjugstad is better suited as a winger anyways and really didn't fit well with the Pens last year. He could come out this year and be a different story but I`d rather have the cheaper, faster, big-time player that has contributed in Pitt for years now.
I actually agree with u that Bjugstad is a better winger and should def be on Geno's wing but He really surprised me how well he played C when here, especially when most of his time started in D-zone being the 3rd C. But look at Bjugstads analytics, He is a really really good player that kind of had a bad luck season w/ a low shooting %.
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