Team: 2019-20 Pittsburgh Penguins

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 16, 2019

Published: Aug. 19, 2019

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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FORWARDS :

**- Yah, Yah I kno... I thought Gally was going to be paired w/ Geno on day 1 too. But what "IF" he does play w/ GOAT87 & The Great Snake59
The more I watch & breakdown Gally's game, This is what I come up w/ -
1) He is def a RWer bc almost every shot or goal is from the Right side.
2) He is very very good on the rush, can make a perfect pass, can take a pass on rush & shoot from any angle.
3) Goes to the net WAY more than I thought.
4) Has the speed to play w/ Sid
5) Sid loves skillfull give & go type wingers like Simon - Gally is Simon x's 150.

**- PLUS this opens up the possibility to move McCann-Can to Geno's wing and also move Bugstad back to his much better position of RW.
Where 27 can concentrate on scoring, rather than being the shut-down 3rd line C but also he could take some of the face-offs from Geno too.
IMO, a 2nd line of 19-71-27 would be dangerous AF.

**- I'm a big fan of Zacha but after a down year (from playing w/ bad wingers) & NJ having all those young C's. I'd love to get this former #6 overall
pick. Then to pair him w/ a healthy Horny (who just killed it in Worlds) and the young Kahun (I still dont get why CHI traded him, lol) would make a very good 3rd line.

**- The 4th Line - Blueger finally gets his chance at being the 4C w/ Tanev & Simon gives us a line that is a pain in the arse to play against,
can play D, can play in Off zone, & maybe even score here & there.

**- Extras
ZAR - needs to stay healthy but can play on any line & a good PK guy & Hawryluk is a solid young winger that goes 100mph always

WBS - Coming or could help ??
- Signed Haley - so we dont get beat up all the time, lol
- O. Palve - How does he adjust to smaller rink?
- A. Johnson - Fast AF but can he be a NHLer?
- LW- Bjorkqvist , C- Lafferty, LW- Miletic, LW- Bellerive, RW- Angello - Do any of them make a push for NHL time ???
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DEFENSE :

**- 1st Pair - Dumo / Letang - one of the best top pairings in NHL (need to not kill them w/ TOI tho, like last yr)

**- 2nd Pair - Hutton / Schultz - After being injured most of last yr, I think Schultzy has a great yr. (As long as JJ is gone). I still have no clue how
Hutton is still not signed? I think he would be a great guy to pair w/ 4. He has decent size, can skate good, and can move the puck fast.

**- 3rd Pair - Petersson / Guddy - They played great together - why break it up?

**- EXTRAS - Ruhwedel is a perfect #7 guy / Riikola can play both sides, played great early but play fell off last yr.
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GOALIES :

- STARTER - Murray - 25 yrs old - 2 Cups / Basically got us into playoffs by himself the last 20 games.

BACKUP's -
DeSmith - Did a hell of a job last yr & cheap
Jarry - Pens are very confident he will clear waivers & be in WBS - I pray they are right.

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