2020 realistic

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Created by: gregb569

Team: 2020-21 Pittsburgh Penguins

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 22, 2020

Published: Jun. 25, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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3rd line RD options:

1 - If Will Reilly is ready (which I doubt he is, but another Marino-type surprise would be amazing :tearsofjoy) we promote him.
2 - Go into UFA, there's a ton of options we'd be able to sign for 1 year as a plug and play, stop gap type of signing. TVR, Bogosian, Rutta, Stone, Engelland etc. My ideal order would most likely be:
Engelland
TVR
Rutta
Bogosian
Stone
3. O/S a RFA like Cernak or Weegar (although he is probably too pricey.)

I think scenario 2 is most likely with maybe us signing TVR for a 1 year deal.

2021 we will be again, tight for cap space but with only ZAR, Blueger, Marino & Murray as important pieces to resign, we should be alright. We'll have to pawn a pick/prospect to SEA to move Horny to make it work.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Pavlychev, Nikita		2	$925,000
Puustinen, Valtteri		3	$925,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Angello, Anthony	1	$833,750
Lafferty, Sam	1	$867,500
Miletic, Sam	2	$810,000
McCann, Jared	4	$3,500,000
Labanc, Kevin	4	$3,500,000
Murray, Matt	1	$3,750,000
Simon, Dominik	2	$1,000,000
Riikola, Juuso	1	$892,500
Nyberg, John	1	$845,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
van Riemsdyk, Trevor		1	$2,300,000

Trades

PIT

ANA

Bjugstad, Nick
2020 4th round pick (PIT)

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Placeholder, this can be done with any team who's willing. Moving Bjugstad frees up a decent chunk of cap space we desperately need. JJ is most likely going nowhere, and I highly doubt they trade Horny this offseason, so it has to be Jugs. Willing to package as much as a 4th to "get rid" of this contract, although I don't expect it to really cost anything.

PIT

Labanc, Kevin [RFA Rights]

SJS

Jarry, Tristan [RFA Rights]
Rodrigues, Evan [RFA Rights]
2022 4th round pick (PIT)

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SJ gets a drastic upgrade in net + capable middle 6/bottom 6 F. Not sure if SJ is willing to move Labanc at this point, but it solves their most glaring weakness.

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	$81,500,000	$77,460,175	$0	$850,000	$4,039,825

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
Rust, Bryan $3,500,000$3,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	Malkin, Evgeni $9,500,000$9,500,000 C NMC UFA - 2	Hörnqvist, Patric $5,300,000$5,300,000 RW NTC UFA - 3
Simon, Dominik $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	McCann, Jared $3,500,000$3,500,000 C, LW UFA - 2	Labanc, Kevin $3,500,000$3,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 4
	Blueger, Teddy $750,000$750,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Tanev, Brandon $3,500,000$3,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 5
Aston-Reese, Zach $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 1

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	Murray, Matt $3,750,000$3,750,000 G UFA - 4
Pettersson, Marcus $4,025,175$4,025,175 LD UFA - 5	Marino, John $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) RD UFA - 1	DeSmith, Casey $1,250,000$1,250,000 G UFA - 2
Johnson, Jack $1,150,000$1,150,000 LD UFA - 1	van Riemsdyk, Trevor $2,300,000$2,300,000 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Riikola, Juuso $892,500$892,500 LD UFA - 2
Lafferty, Sam $867,500$867,500 RW, C, LW UFA - 2
Ruhwedel, Chad $700,000$700,000 RD UFA - 1

Jun. 25, 2020 at 10:59 a.m.

Jexus

Joined: Jun. 2020

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Unfotunately we have two glaring weaknesses, goalie and top six right wingers. This fills one hole while digging another one deeper. But its definitely a deal worth considering but in the end we probably keep labanc and go after ufa goaltending like Greiss or Khudobin.

Jun. 25, 2020 at 12:12 p.m.

gregb569

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gregb569

Joined: Feb. 2019

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Quoting: Jexus

I think Murray will be able to bounce back.. he is a 2nd half of the season type of goalie anyway. He was starting to play really well.

As for the winger weakness.. I'm not sure you'd call having Jake, Zucker, Rust & Horny in the top 6 anything but weak? Especially considering the flexibility this team has in moving guys like McCann or Labanc to the top 6...

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