Pens get swept 1 to 0 in all 3 games AND Its the Best thing to ever happen

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Created by: Sidstick87

Team: 2020-21 Pittsburgh Penguins

Initial Creation Date: May 20, 2020

Published: May 26, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

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MY GOD THIS TEAM WOULD BE HARD AS NAILS [This is my DREAM Scenario] - (If Pens don't go all the way this yr)

~ Get the next Great NHL Winger in Draft in Lafreniere & drop him into NHL w/ Geno & Rakell as linemates

~ Get my RWer or [my Kessel Replacement] in Rakell & hope his game turns around.

~ Get a great 2-way, mid 20's, great face-off guy - 3rd line Center in Tierney

~ Even tho traded Murr's, still got an underrated 1B Type younger Goalie still w/ very good Upside in Ullmark
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LHD- J. Johnson #3 is The Compliance & Complete - Special Buyout for the 20'-21' Season
* All NHL Teams get a [1] time buyout bc of Virus & with Cap NOT going up to the thought to be est of $85-$87m Cap Ceiling.

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ROSTER BREAK-DOWN : [Lines & Pairings]

FORWARDS :
- Line 1A ----- 59 ~ 87 ~ 16 ----- I wanted Rakell w/ Sid but this line will work for me, lol
- Line 1B ----- 11 ~ 71 ~ 67 ----- This could be just Scary AF - wow
- Line 3A ----- 19 ~ 50 ~ 17 ----- Best & most versatile 3rd line in NHL
- Line 3B ----- 13 ~ 53 ~ 72 ----- Holy 4th line - Yah, I kno Horny isn't a 4th liner but he prob wouldn't even care.

- [2] - H/S ----- 9 / 37 ----- E-Rod & Lafferty are 2 perfect back-ups that can both play all 3 positions

~ Breakdown - To have [7] Wingers that can all play in the Top 6 is just insane & could move these lines all over & different ways.

DEFENSE :
- #1 Pair ----- 8 ~ 58 ----- One of the best Top Pairings in the NHL
- #2 Pair ----- 29 ~ 6 ----- McCabe would be a perfect guy to pair w/ Johny Hockey
- #3 Pair ----- 28 ~ 5 ----- Ceci mite be better out of Canada (I'd take a chance) & Pettersson just keeps getting better

- [1] - H/S ---- 2 ----- Ruhwedel is the best #7 Dman in NHL - Also have LHD-man P.O.J. coming

GOALIES :
- 1A ---- 35 ---- Jarry is ready to take over
- 1B ---- 32 ---- Ullmark is a fav of mine - very underrated IMO

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Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Petruzzelli, Keith		3	$842,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Jarry, Tristan	3	$2,750,000
McCann, Jared	3	$3,000,000
Lafferty, Sam	2	$750,000
Angello, Anthony	2	$725,000
Rodrigues, Evan	1	$900,000
Ullmark, Linus	2	$2,000,000
Tierney, Chris	2	$3,000,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Ceci, Cody	1	$3,000,000
Heatherington, Dillon	2	$725,000
LaDue, Paul	2	$725,000
Poturalski, Andrew	2	$725,000
Lettieri, Vinni	2	$725,000
Rau, Kyle	2	$750,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Lafreniere, Alexis		3	$925,000

Trades

PIT

2020 1st round pick (PIT)

Additional Details:

Lottery Protected

MIN

2021 1st round pick (PIT)

PIT

Petruzzelli, Keith [Reserve List]
2020 1st round pick (DET)
2021 3rd round pick (DET)

Additional Details:

[#1 Overall Pick]
~ LW- Alexis Lafreniere

PIT Gets:
- The #1 Pick to be mentored by Sid also from Rimouski & also a #1 Pick - [It's meant to be]
- Petuzzelli a falling Goalie prospect but I still like him & a 3rd Rdr next year.

DET

Murray, Matt [RFA Rights]
2020 1st round pick (PIT)

Additional Details:

[#8 - #10 Overall Pick]

DET Gets:
- A franchise Goalie still only 25 yrs old & already a 2- Time Cup winning Goalie.
And still get a Top 10 Pick

PIT

McCabe, Jake ($1,425,000 retained)
Ullmark, Linus [RFA Rights]

Additional Details:

~ G- L. ULLMARK is a very Underrated Goalie IMO & would be a near perfect [cheaper & getting better each yr] 1B to 1A G- Jarry.
+ BUF: Signs Holtby & has Ukko-Pekka coming.
~ McCABE - a very good D-man who's been stuck on a bad team for too long.
* BUF fans give away McCabe for a 3rd to a 6th Rd Pick in every Armchair team.

BUF

Additional Details:

- ZAR - a great bottom 6 Forward & prob the best Defensive forward in NHL.
- Riikola - a good 3rd pairing Dman that never got a fair chance in PIT.
- Miletic was brought to PIT by GMJB & after another good AHL yr, should start to get NHL time.

PIT

Rakell, Rickard
Stolarz, Anthony
2020 6th round pick (ANA)

Additional Details:

~ RAKELL is / has been a fav player of mine & after 2 - average seasons in ANA, this gives #67 a chance to get back to a 30+ G & 70 Point mark playing w/ 87 or 71.
+ ANA has so many young forwards that should be ready to take that next step in - Steel, Terry, Lundstrom, Comtois, & Jones. Also have Zegras coming [wow, they are loaded]
~ Stolarz is a very good #3 Goalie.

ANA

Bjugstad, Nick
DeSmith, Casey
Légaré, Nathan
2020 4th round pick (PIT)
2021 2nd round pick (PIT)

Additional Details:

- BJUGSTAD - Is still a good player (but had core injury) & could be a steal as a #2 - #3 Center or a Top 6 RWer.
- DeSMITH - would be a cheap / reliable back-up to Whitehall John (is still good even tho stuck in AHL).
- LEGARE - Pens 2nd best prospect (kills me to move him) & [2] Draft picks - 21' - 2nd Rdr & 20' - 4th Rdr

PIT

Tierney, Chris [RFA Rights]

Additional Details:

~ TIERNEY - the Nick Bonnino Trade 2.0?
In mid 20's, a great bottom 6 type 2- way Center & good face-off guy that is a 3rd line Center but playing 2nd line Center minutes bc on a bad team.

OTT

Almari, Niclas
Simon, Dominik [RFA Rights]

Additional Details:

- SIMON - a very good 2- way Top 9 Forward that can play all [3] positions, who's skill set is underrated. I'd bet he blows up up in OTT getting more playing time.
- ALMARI - a good LHD-man prospect that will prob be a bottom pairing guy.

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2020
2021
2022

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$82,000,000	$78,463,314	$0	$850,000	$3,536,686

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Guentzel, Jake $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 4	Crosby, Sidney $8,700,000$8,700,000 C NMC UFA - 5	Zucker, Jason $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 3
Lafreniere, Alexis $925,000$925,000	Malkin, Evgeni $9,500,000$9,500,000 C NMC UFA - 2	Rakell, Rickard $2,463,139$2,463,139 RW, LW UFA - 2
McCann, Jared $3,000,000$3,000,000 C, LW UFA - 2	Tierney, Chris $3,000,000$3,000,000 C UFA - 2	Rust, Bryan $3,500,000$3,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Tanev, Brandon $3,500,000$3,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 5	Blueger, Teddy $750,000$750,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Hörnqvist, Patric $5,300,000$5,300,000 RW NTC UFA - 3

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Dumoulin, Brian $4,100,000$4,100,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 3	Letang, Kris $7,250,000$7,250,000 RD M-NTC, NMC UFA - 2
McCabe, Jake $1,425,000$1,425,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Marino, John $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) RD UFA - 1
Pettersson, Marcus $4,025,175$4,025,175 LD UFA - 5	Ceci, Cody $3,000,000$3,000,000 RD UFA - 1	Jarry, Tristan $2,750,000$2,750,000 G UFA - 3
		Ullmark, Linus $2,000,000$2,000,000 G UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Rodrigues, Evan $900,000$900,000 LW, C UFA - 1		Johnson, Jack $1,150,000$1,150,000 LD UFA - 1
Lafferty, Sam $750,000$750,000 RW, C, LW UFA - 2
Ruhwedel, Chad $700,000$700,000 RD UFA - 1

May 26, 2020 at 6:08 p.m.

Sidstick87

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May 26, 2020 at 6:09 p.m.

Ragsandbluesfan

Rangers 2023

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Tierney and McCann should cost more, and jarry

May 26, 2020 at 6:09 p.m.

Ledge_And_Dairy

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Woah now, slow down speed racer

May 26, 2020 at 6:11 p.m.

firezfurx

Dubas isnt a genius

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Why would Detroit trade down 8 SPOTS for Murray?

If Murray is worth a 1st, and a 1st moves you 2 spots then Murray would get you to like 6th OA.

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May 26, 2020 at 6:11 p.m.

Sidstick87

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Quoting: Ragsandbluesfan

Tierney and McCann should cost more, and jarry

More of a hope w/ Cap prob staying put but it prob depends on what McCann & Jarry do in playoffs on what they get.

May 26, 2020 at 6:14 p.m.

pharrow

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did you really just give Ceci 3 million to be JJ 2.0?

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May 26, 2020 at 6:15 p.m.

justaBoss

What in tarnation

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If only Murray was actually good DET might have a reason to not laugh at this proposal.

They're not going to move their first rounder.

Only way PIT is getting Lafreniere is if they somehow win the draft lottery, which is nigh impossible.

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May 26, 2020 at 6:16 p.m.

UpsideDownQue

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That team is insane but those trades seem very lopsided in PITs favour. I dont think any of those teams accept

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May 26, 2020 at 6:16 p.m.

Yojimbo

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I would rather keep Legare than trade him for Rackell. Rackell is not a bad player but he is GROSSLY overrated.

I argue that you "back to 30 goal" comment is the key, that those 30 goal seasons were more the fluke than the norm and that heist a non physical, non defensive 20g 40pt middle 6 guy. That's nice, but not something that you sell the farm for.

May 26, 2020 at 6:18 p.m.

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Yojimbo

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Quoting: Yojimbo

And he is very much NOT a Kessel replacement as you commented.

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May 26, 2020 at 6:30 p.m.

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bunzy1034

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I would put a 15% chance to the Habs beating you guys, maybe a 1% chance of getting swept by them lol

May 26, 2020 at 6:30 p.m.

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Dan10900

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No way DET gives up Laf for just about anything on this team, the only way we'll get Laf is if we win the lotto

(*I love Miletic*) we're giving up the three best assets in the BUF trade imo...

At least you agree ANA doesn't need more middle 6 forwards... So why is the return package mostly two middle 6 forwards, a marginal backup upgrade, late pick, and 1 asset they'll find useful in the second... (Also Rakell is not close to a liability defensively like Kessel was... They're very different players)

Simon>Tierney, he's terrible (.... I mean Simon isn't great... But Tierney just isn't good)

May 26, 2020 at 6:33 p.m.

#13

aedoran

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The Detroit trade is so bad for Detroit there is no way that happens.

May 26, 2020 at 6:41 p.m.

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Sabres923

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Sabres say no. Ullmark was really solid this year. Him getting hurt was the reason why they didn’t make the playoffs.

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May 26, 2020 at 6:46 p.m.

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Hedman77

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That DET trade is easily one of the worst I’ve ever seen on this website

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May 26, 2020 at 7:01 p.m.

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Nhl_oilers

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Did you mean to tag yourself there?? Plus wow there’s so much to read that I didn’t bother to read it lol.

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May 26, 2020 at 7:09 p.m.

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What_Are_you_Drouin

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Matt Murray "franchise" goalie Okaaaaay bud

May 26, 2020 at 7:17 p.m.

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TheGuyInTheChair

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Quoting: weird_flex_but_ok

Matt Murray "franchise" goalie Okaaaaay bud

He is a franchise goalie but the trade is still not good

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May 26, 2020 at 8:02 p.m.

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BuFfaLOFaN

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That's the worst trade for #1 I've seen in a while...you aren't gonna get that, Maybe Guentzel and Marino + that 1st for them to think about it

May 26, 2020 at 8:15 p.m.

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mhockey91

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Quoting: Jesus

He is a franchise goalie but the trade is still not good

I agree. Murray gets drilled on CF but he’s still a legit goalie. Obviously Detroit doesn’t make this trade though

May 26, 2020 at 8:22 p.m.

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NoWah49

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Detroit easily declines, need another gigantic piece

May 26, 2020 at 8:33 p.m.

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Pens3lieve

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Team is sick. Love the details. I agree though DET wouldn't make that deal. No interest in Ceci but I love Rakell and McCabe and Tierney would be nice pieces to land.

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May 26, 2020 at 9:34 p.m.

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pharrow

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Quoting: justaBoss

I think they put it at 6% on the best odds.
I'm not sure how this all works.
Is the 2nd lottery for the ABC done before the 1st lottery?
If the lottery is done 1st, you are looking at 24.5% chance the 1st ends up going to a team in the hunt. Which frankly is better than any team.
Then it's equal odds of 12.5% to each team.
Which puts each teams over all odds at roughly 3%

May 27, 2020 at 5:38 a.m.

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gregb569

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The "ZAR is the best defensive forward in the NHL" has got to stop

I'm a PIT fan and can say that is absolutely ridiculous

With how much is wrong in this, that got overlooked by many... just thought I'd point it out

May 27, 2020 at 11:31 a.m.

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Sidstick87

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Quoting: pharrow

did you really just give Ceci 3 million to be JJ 2.0?

I needed a RHD-man in the end and he is still only 26, maybe he turns it around getting out of Canada & playing a sheltered 3rd pairing role? Id take a chance on a 1yr deal

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