Granlund

Forums/Armchair-GM

Page 1 of 1

Created by: AlphaHockey65

Team: 2020-21 Pittsburgh Penguins

Initial Creation Date: Sep. 9, 2020

Published: Sep. 9, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

I've read on The Athletic about the Pens moving on from McCann and Bjugstad.

What about Granlund for the answer at 3C? He's a struggling defensive forward with 50-60 upside who's just a hair under 30. He's miles better than Bjugstad and it allows us to have more solidity at C and a guy who can slot into the top 6 if an injury occurs to our wingers or Sid/Geno.

I don't think he comes cheap. Probably around 4.75-5.5 mil for a 4 year deal. But honestly, if you want the window to stay open for the next 2 years, you need a good player like him in your bottom 6.

I have Jarry at 2 million as he still hasn't had a full season at starter. Murray got 3.5 mil after winning a stanley cup.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Montour, Brandon	4	$3,500,000
Jarry, Tristan	2	$2,000,000
Jost, Tyson	2	$1,000,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Granlund, Mikael		4	$4,750,000

Trades

PIT

Montour, Brandon [RFA Rights]

BUF

McCann, Jared [RFA Rights]
2020 6th round pick (PIT)

PIT

Wood, Miles

NJD

Bjugstad, Nick
Légaré, Nathan
2020 4th round pick (PIT)

PIT

Jost, Tyson [RFA Rights]

Additional Details:

The goalie market is weird but Jim is looking for young players and Jost would be a nice target.

COL

Murray, Matt [RFA Rights]
2022 3rd round pick (PIT)

Buyouts

Jack Johnson: $1,166,667

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
22	$81,500,000	$79,870,175	$0	$982,500	$1,629,825

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	Kapanen, Kasperi $3,200,000$3,200,000 RW 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	Rust, Bryan $3,500,000$3,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Jost, Tyson $1,000,000$1,000,000 C UFA - 1	Granlund, Mikael $4,750,000$4,750,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Hörnqvist, Patric $5,300,000$5,300,000 RW NTC UFA - 3
Wood, Miles $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW UFA - 2	Blueger, Teddy $750,000$750,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Tanev, Brandon $3,500,000$3,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 5

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	Jarry, Tristan $2,000,000$2,000,000 G UFA - 3
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
Riikola, Juuso $1,150,000$1,150,000 LD UFA - 2	Montour, Brandon $3,500,000$3,500,000 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Maniscalco, Joshua $853,333$853,333 ($132,500$132K) RD UFA - 3		Aston-Reese, Zach $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Ruhwedel, Chad $700,000$700,000 RD UFA - 1

Sep. 9, 2020 at 3:09 p.m.

coga16

Joined: Jun. 2015

Posts: 20,030

Likes: 12,187

If Grubauer is hurt and will miss the start of the season sure.....if hes healthy I dont think there is any incentive for Avs to be trading assets on goalies
the deals fine but the logic behind the deal still doesnt add up for the avs.

Murray int an upgrade in net, hes a bigger risk with a bigger price tag

AlphaHockey65 liked this.

Sep. 9, 2020 at 3:11 p.m.

AlphaHockey65

Thread Starter

Joined: Jun. 2017

Posts: 564

Likes: 155

Quoting: coga16

If Grubauer is hurt and will miss the start of the season sure.....if hes healthy I dont think there is any incentive for Avs to be trading assets on goalies

Completely agree. I still think trading for Murray would be an overreaction by the Avs. Murray and Grubauer are pretty much equal

Sep. 9, 2020 at 3:22 p.m.

coga16

Joined: Jun. 2015

Posts: 20,030

Likes: 12,187

Quoting: AlphaHockey65

Completely agree. I still think trading for Murray would be an overreaction by the Avs. Murray and Grubauer are pretty much equal

it would be an over reaction. I know its a pretty easy speculation link for Murray to the Avs to fill some air time and articles, but as it stands Avs goalies were good just unhealthy and are still under contract for next season. Murray isnt an upgrade that would justify them to shift the net and eat into valuable cap space

Avs should explore the goalie market for a clear upgrade that fits their price tag but they arent forced to make a move from what we know right now, fully expect both goalies to be healthy to start next season so they arent forced to making a move this offseason

Sep. 9, 2020 at 3:45 p.m.

JimmyRuth

Joined: Jun. 2019

Posts: 206

Likes: 39

Murray is young RFA and just needs some injury luck. Two time champ. People are undervaluing him. Not sure Avs are best fit but he's got value.

Don't mind granlund at all as 3C

Sep. 9, 2020 at 3:47 p.m.

AlphaHockey65

Thread Starter

Joined: Jun. 2017

Posts: 564

Likes: 155

Quoting: coga16

I think upgrading your offence would make you an even bigger threat considering you still have loads of cap space.
I like your D and Byram + Timmins coming up is gonna be huge for you guys.

Sep. 9, 2020 at 3:51 p.m.

coga16

Joined: Jun. 2015

Posts: 20,030

Likes: 12,187

Quoting: AlphaHockey65

I think upgrading your offence would make you an even bigger threat considering you still have loads of cap space.
I like your D and Byram + Timmins coming up is gonna be huge for you guys.

A 2nd line winger would he the target or a true 3c, compher is fine by can be upgraded and bellemare shouldn’t be leaned on as much for defensive draws. Those are the upgrades they easily can do

Goalie upgrades are not off the table but only meaningful ones, lateral moves in net won’t solve anything

Sep. 9, 2020 at 7:08 p.m.

Pensfan89

Joined: Jul. 2017

Posts: 5,418

Likes: 1,440

Granlund doesn’t really play C though. The 3rd line centers I see as UFAs that may be worth a damn would be Haula, Koivu, and I think that’s it lol. Or we could let Teddy take the next step and making our 3B line our 3A line and pickup a guy like Richardson for the 4th line C.

Page 1 of 1

DISPLAY SETTING

BETTING ODDS

LOCALE

ARCHIVE

CBA

CALCULATORS

FANTASY HOCKEY TOOLS

TOOLS

PLAYERS

WESTERN CONFERENCE

EASTERN CONFERENCE

INTERACTIVE FEATURES

Forums/Armchair-GM

Granlund

Description

Free Agent Signings

Trades

PIT

BUF

PIT

NJD

PIT

COL

Buyouts

Embed Code

Text-Embed

Question:

Options: