Granlund or Smith

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Created by: Arom5477

Team: 2020-21 Pittsburgh Penguins

Initial Creation Date: Sep. 28, 2020

Published: Sep. 28, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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In your opinion, what RW should be targeted in UFA?

Craig Smith of Mikael Granlund?

Craig Smith offers a Bryan Rust 2.0 vibe; being a swiss army knife type of player. Has speed and goal scoring ability.

Granlund offers proven chemistry with Zucker and was very good offensively in MIN.

Both offer to be centers when needed.

My preference: if you can get Granlund at $4M AAV then I would prefer him. His chemistry with Zucker would allow Guentzel to drop down to Malkin and Rust's line, recreating one of the most dominant lines of 2019-20. BUT, if he commands more than that, I would have no issue signing Smith.

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Jarry, Tristan		3	$2,666,667
Lafferty, Sam		2	$800,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
van Riemsdyk, Trevor		2	$1,500,000
Granlund, Mikael		3	$4,000,000

Trades

PIT

These players aren't going to ANA. This is just them being traded somewhere, because they are likely to not be on the team next year.

ANA

Retained Salary Transactions

Nick Bjugstad: $2,050,000 (50%)

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	$79,326,009	$0	$850,000	$2,173,991

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Zucker, Jason $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 3	Crosby, Sidney $8,700,000$8,700,000 C NMC UFA - 5	Granlund, Mikael $4,000,000$4,000,000 C, RW UFA - 1
Guentzel, Jake $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 4	Malkin, Evgeni $9,500,000$9,500,000 C NMC UFA - 2	Rust, Bryan $3,500,000$3,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Poulin, Samuel $894,167$894,167 C, LW RFA - 4	McCann, Jared $2,940,000$2,940,000 C, LW UFA - 2	Kapanen, Kasperi $3,200,000$3,200,000 RW UFA - 2
Aston-Reese, Zach $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	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 $2,666,667$2,666,667 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
Matheson, Michael $4,875,000$4,875,000 LD UFA - 6	van Riemsdyk, Trevor $1,500,000$1,500,000 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Lafferty, Sam $800,000$800,000 RW, C, LW UFA - 2
Ruhwedel, Chad $700,000$700,000 RD UFA - 1
Sceviour, Colton $1,200,000$1,200,000 RW, C UFA - 1

Sep. 28, 2020 at 2:12 p.m.

Dan10900

Joined: Jun. 2018

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If you can get Granlund that cheap, yes, but I wouldn't exactly shy away from Smith bc age

Sep. 28, 2020 at 2:27 p.m.

GuentzelvaniaUSA

Pengweenies

Joined: Jun. 2015

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In my opinion we shouldnt be targeting a RW in the first place. I like rust, kap, tanev and scevior down the right side. thats pretty good and they all play the game the right way

Id look for a 3rd pair RD or a 3/4C since McCann is best utilized at wing

Sep. 28, 2020 at 2:27 p.m.

TySmith4Norris

All-Team Pylon

Joined: Jun. 2015

Posts: 2,625

Likes: 515

Smith better fit/higher floor, Granlund better age/higher ceiling

personally like Smith

Sep. 28, 2020 at 2:28 p.m.

TySmith4Norris

All-Team Pylon

Joined: Jun. 2015

Posts: 2,625

Likes: 515

Quoting: GuentzelvaniaUSA

In my opinion we shouldnt be targeting a RW in the first place.

Id look for a 3rd pair RD or a 3/4C since McCann is best utilized at wing

McCann is still young enough that he could develop into a 3C,

third line RW that can be competent as a 3C is a nice insurance policy, especially if you don't like the UFA centers available (personally not a fan)

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