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PART 2- 2020-2021 PITTSBURGH PENS - If my TRADES happened in Pt1- The Best Team

Created by: Sidstick87

Team: 2020-21 Pittsburgh Penguins

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 1, 2020

Published: Jun. 6, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

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** If ONLY we would have made the "CORRECT MOVES" in 19'-20' at deadline, This 20'-21' Pittsburgh Pens team would have been Un-Stoppable **
This is the 95'-96' Bulls of Hockey - I'm thinking 70-75 Wins w/ 2 or 3 losses in playoffs & Championship Rings pre-made in regular season.
The NHL just decides to have the Cup travel w/ team till the end of Season & Playoffs, lol.

~ A Top 6 of : Crosby87 - Malkin71 - Guentzel59 - Rakell67 - Zucker16 - Granlund64 - would be In-freaking-sane !!
~ A Top 9 of : Crosby87 - Malkin71 - Guentzel59 - Rakell67 - Zucker16 - Granlund64 - Rusty17 - McCanner19 - Horny72 - Lowry27(17) is even more Crazy.
**** This team would be strait Arkham Asylum Bonkers ****
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2020-2021 ~ OFF - SEASON MOVES

BUY-OUT :
** With Cap staying at a Flat $81.5m ~ All teams get [1] Free Buy-Out ~ *{Still have to pay the selected Players salary owed but The Cap Hit does NOT count}
PENGUINS select - LHD- Jack Johnson #3 [$3.25m] - {Put on LTIR to Show}

BUFFALO TRADE :
- Even tho I love MURRAY, If we get to Cup Finals, win another Cup in 19'-20' OR even have a long run in Play-offs w/ #30 in Net ....... [We probably will not be able to afford him at that point]
+ JARRY is the younger & more affordable Goalie that keeps getting better & better - Is he the long term better option ? - (Also I've been rooting for him for like 3yrs now, while everyone traded him)
~ Pens could have got a legit star Center to groom & former Top 10 pick in C. MITTELSTADT - [who I put in WBS to get confidence back]
~ RHD- JOKIHARJU is a Pens type of D-man & would be a perfect 3rd pair guy for now.
~ ULLMARK is only 26 yrs old & just entering his prime as a Goalie & keeps getting better each yr.

UFA SIGNING :
- After a down year in NSH - Jason Zucker gets former teammate ~ L/RW- Mikael GRANLUND #64 to take a 1-yr deal for cheaper than market value -
1] to Re-boost his value, 2] to have 87 or 71 as a Center, & 3] to also Win a Cup!!
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ROSTER BREAKDOWN :

FORWARDS-
LINE #1 ----- 59 ~ 87 ~ 67 ----- Best Line in NHL - Rakell & Jake both hit 35-40 Goals - Sid hits 120 Points in 70 gms / Wins Hart & FINALLY gets the much deserved Selke Trophy
LINE #2 ----- 16 ~ 71 ~ 64 ----- 2nd Best Line in NHL - Granlund bounces back w/ 25G / 60P , Zucker 25G / 60P, Geno hits 100 Points in 70 gms.
LINE #3 ----- 19 ~ 27 ~ 17 ----- [27-Lowry] - 19 & 17 are both Top 6 Wingers & both being great 2-way players Along w/ Lowry's size, F/O ability, physical play, & Hockey smarts- makes this a perfect 3rd line.
LINE #4 ----- 13 ~ 53 ~ 72 ----- 72 is NOT a 4th liner but he wouldn't care + would bring a real scoring ability w/ Turbo & Teddy B - 2 of the best 4th liners.
* [2] H/S ----- 18 / 9 ----- Simon & E-Rod would both be in starting 12 on any other team in NHL & both can play all 3 positions
*AHL [1st Call-Ups] ~ C- C. Mittelstadt / C/RW- S. Lafferty / RW- A. Angello / LW- D. O'Conner / C/LW- J. Bellerive / C/RW- V. Lettiere
**C/LW- F. Hallander - Europe? / LW- S. Poulin - Jrs? [Both will be on team in 21'-22']
Alternate Lines :
59 - 87 - 64 ----- Granlund could be the best winger w/ 87
16 - 71 - 67 ----- Rakell mite also be better w/ 71
17 - 19 - 72 ----- More Offensive 3rd line
53 - 27 - 13 ----- This could be the best shut-down line ever

DEFENSE-
PAIR #1 ----- 8 ~ 58 ------ 1 of Best Top Pairings in NHL
PAIR #2 ----- 29 ~ 6 ------ [29McCabe] Marino continues to get better & Gonch turns McCabe into a legit Top 4 Dman
PAIR #3 ----- 28 ~ 10 ---- Having a 3rd Pair as good as Pettersson & Jokiharju helps take some of the big min from 8 & 58
* [1] H/S ----- 2 - Ruhwedel is 1 of the best #7's in NHL
*AHL [1st Call-Ups] ----- LHD- P.O.J. / RHD- Z. Trotman / LHD- A. Borgman

GOALIES-
1A ----- Jarry35 -------- Jarry is ready to be the #1
1B ----- Ullmark32 ---- Ullmark would be a Perfect 1B & thrive w/ a better team in front of him.
3A ----- Stolarz31 ----- The perfect #3
3B ----- Comrie1 ------ Love the kid
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LOOKING AHEAD & FORWARD TO : The 21'-22' Pittsburgh Penguins
* Hopefully Cap goes Up Finally to the $85m range
~ Horny72 goes in Expansion Draft to Seattle
* TEAM CAP @ $66.3m with 16 Players = About = $18.7m of Team Cap space. (w/ Mittelstadt & POJ on team)
RFA's -
RHD- Marino - Est. - $5m Per
RHD- Jokiharju - Est. - $2m Per (Bridge)
C- Blueger - Est. - $1.75m Per
UFA's -
L/W- M. Granlund - Find a way to keep?
C- A. Lowry - Would be hard to replace his gm
LHD- J. McCabe - Is POJ ready?
C/W- E. Rodrigues - How does he progress?
RHD- C. Ruhwedel - does he take another cheap contract?
~ Young Prospects : C- C. Mittelstadt, LHD- P.O.J., LW- S. Poulin, & C/LW- P. Hallander All will make team [Poulin & Hallander could maybe start in AHL?]
LW- O'Conner, LHD- Almari, C- Bellerive, & LW- Bjorkqvist ~ All could also be pushing for time.
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Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Jarry, Tristan	3	$2,750,000
McCann, Jared	3	$3,000,000
Rodrigues, Evan	1	$800,000
Lafferty, Sam	2	$750,000
Angello, Anthony	2	$725,000
Ullmark, Linus	2	$1,950,000
Mittelstadt, Casey	3	$1,075,000
Simon, Dominik	2	$850,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Johnson, Adam	1	$725,000
Lettieri, Vinni	2	$725,000
Poturalski, Andrew	2	$725,000
Granlund, Mikael	1	$3,000,000
Borgman, Andreas	2	$750,000

Trades

PIT

Kahun, Dominik [RFA Rights]

Additional Details:

[Trade Never Happens]

*** SEE PART 1 FOR DETAILS ***

BUF

1. SHEARY, Conner
2. RODRIGUES, Evan

PIT

2021 3rd round pick (PIT)

Additional Details:

[Trade Never Happens]

*** SEE PART 1 FOR DETAILS ***

SJS

1. MARLEAU, Patrick

PIT

WPG

Additional Details:

[Last Year Trade Pre-Deadline]

*** SEE PART 1 FOR DETAILS ***

PIT

Rakell, Rickard
Stolarz, Anthony
2021 5th round pick (ANA)

Additional Details:

[Last Year Trade Pre-Deadline]

*** SEE PART 1 FOR DETAILS ***

ANA

Légaré, Nathan
2021 2nd round pick (PIT)

Additional Details:

3. KAHUN, Dominik

PIT

McCabe, Jake ($1,425,000 retained)

Additional Details:

2. RODRIGUES, Evan

BUF

Miletic, Sam [RFA Rights]
Riikola, Juuso [RFA Rights]
2020 5th round pick (PIT)

Additional Details:

[Last Year Trade Deadline-Day]

*** SEE PART 1 FOR DETAILS ***

PIT

Additional Details:

~ I am NOT sure of what Mittelstadt's value is after having a down yr in NHL & AHL this yr but it seems as if #37 could use a change to get him going again? Loved him at U-MINN.
~ Jokiharju would be a perfect young / cheap #3 RHD behind 58 & 6.
~ I'm a big Ullmark fan & if he was behind a better team he would get noticed - Perfect 1B behind Jarry.

BUF

Aston-Reese, Zach
Murray, Matt [RFA Rights]

Additional Details:

- This is determined - "as if" Murray has a deep playoff run in playoffs. PLUS GMJB knows how good he is.
- ZAR is a good bottom 6 guy, that is a great Defensive forward & great PK guy.

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$78,329,981	$0	$1,487,500	$3,170,019

Roster

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	Rakell, Rickard $2,463,139$2,463,139 RW, LW UFA - 2
Zucker, Jason $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 3	Malkin, Evgeni $9,500,000$9,500,000 C NMC UFA - 2	Granlund, Mikael $3,000,000$3,000,000 C, RW UFA - 1
McCann, Jared $3,000,000$3,000,000 C, LW UFA - 2	Lowry, Adam $2,916,667$2,916,667 C UFA - 1	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	Jokiharju, Henri $925,000$925,000 ($637,500$638K) RD RFA - 1	Jarry, Tristan $2,750,000$2,750,000 G UFA - 3
		Ullmark, Linus $1,950,000$1,950,000 G UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Simon, Dominik $850,000$850,000 RW, LW UFA - 1		Johnson, Jack $1,150,000$1,150,000 LD UFA - 1
Rodrigues, Evan $800,000$800,000 LW, C UFA - 1
Ruhwedel, Chad $700,000$700,000 RD UFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Rakell, R.		Guentzel, J.		Crosby, S.
	Letang, K.		Malkin, E.

Power Play 2
Granlund, M.		Hörnqvist, P.		Zucker, J.
	Marino, J.		McCann, J.

Penalty Kill 1
	Marino, J.	Dumoulin, B.
	Tanev, B.	Lowry, A.

Penalty Kill 2
	McCabe, J.	Pettersson, M.
	Rust, B.	Blueger, T.

Jun. 6, 2020 at 8:03 p.m.

Lsendel3

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Yeah that’s brutal for Buffalo. Joki is the most valueable followed by Murray and Ullmark is real close to him. Mitts still has a lot of potential, not someone I’d trade for ZAR.

Jun. 6, 2020 at 9:09 p.m.

Pens3lieve

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My head is swimming after speed reading that...LOL
Murray to BUF is a good fit I think.

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Jun. 6, 2020 at 9:36 p.m.

Saskleaf

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Buffalo does not do that trade. Apparently Jokiharju is worth William Nylander, and way better than Alex.

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Jun. 6, 2020 at 9:37 p.m.

Lsendel3

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Quoting: Pens3lieve

My head is swimming after speed reading that...LOL
Murray to BUF is a good fit I think.

He is. Not at the cost of Joki, Ullmark, and Mitts. ZAR is a decent bottom sixer but he doesn’t move the needle. Ullmark going the other way doesn’t make sense for us either. The thought would be a 1A/1B with him and Murray. Him gone and Murray splits with Hutton again... gross

Jun. 7, 2020 at 10:53 a.m.

Sidstick87

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This is my part 2 to the part 1 from yesterday... Sorry so long, its my A.D.D. and having to make perfect, lol

Jun. 7, 2020 at 11:23 a.m.

Sidstick87

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Quoting: Lsendel3

Yeah that’s brutal for Buffalo. Joki is the most valueable followed by Murray and Ullmark is real close to him. Mitts still has a lot of potential, not someone I’d trade for ZAR.

I disagree, but thanks tho
- I think Murr's would do great there until UPL is ready & they could be a great tandem until UPL is ready to take over.
- But I am a big Ullmark fan, I think he could be great w/ a good team in front of him

Jun. 7, 2020 at 11:24 a.m.

Sidstick87

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Quoting: Saskleaf

Buffalo does not do that trade. Apparently Jokiharju is worth William Nylander, and way better than Alex.

Some ppl really over value there own players on here... I get it tho, lol

Jun. 7, 2020 at 11:26 a.m.

Sidstick87

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Quoting: Pens3lieve

My head is swimming after speed reading that...LOL
Murray to BUF is a good fit I think.

It would be tough to trade him to BUF but thought deal was kind of fair??
- Just not sure of Mitt's value now?? But I always really liked the kid & would take a chance on him?

Jun. 7, 2020 at 12:02 p.m.

Lsendel3

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Quoting: Sidstick87

I think Murray to Buf makes sense, just feel your value is way over valued. Yes he had a down year and could rebound. But why would Buf pay a premium on a buy low candidate? Like a .899 for how many games he’s played isn’t something Buf should be overpaying for. Ullmark had better numbers on a worse team, so don’t understand why they’d overpay for Murray. Idk who said Joki is worth Nylander (not me) but he has a ton of value as a 20 year old with over 100 games and hasn’t looked outta place. Doesn’t make sense for the Sabres to add a prospect like Mitts when Ullmark =< Murray and Joki >>> ZAR.

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Jun. 7, 2020 at 1:06 p.m.

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Sidstick87

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Quoting: Lsendel3

Reason = GMJB knows how good he is when he is on & healthy .... Not to many 25yr old 2-time Stanley Cup winning Goalies out there.
Even last season, Murr's is sole reason we even got into playoffs ... He started the last 25 gms of year & is always great when u need him to be.

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