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Team: 2017-18 Pittsburgh Penguins
Initial Creation Date: Mar. 21, 2017
Published: Mar. 21, 2017
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Description
The Penguins one up their team speed from their cup team by acquiring one of the most explosive and talented skaters in the league.

The Pens' brass realize that their #1 defenseman Kris Letang is not worth his contract while consistently missing massive chunks of the season year-after-year. Many teams would kill to have his services based on his talent alone. Colorado, a team dying for a #1 d-man are willing to give up the world for him. Letang could certainly pick up a much larger return, but given his health issues, the prices drop a bit, but MacKinnon is a haul that could potentially happen given the Avalanche's desperation, and the 2nd is a conditional based on how many games Letang plays.

The Letang move is made much easier to swallow with the emergence of Justin Schultz in his absence. They add Del Zotto as another sort of reclamation project that they have been known for. Jerabek is perhaps the best available European free agent d-man, similar to Zaitsev last year. Pittsburgh is the ideal place for him with the departure of Letang and an opening on the PP where he thrives in Russia.

Fleury finds his new starting job in Las Vegas after being selected in the Expansion Draft.

Sprong has the potential to be an elite scorer, and next to Geno, the sky is the limit for him. His tenacity on the puck and ability to play either wing is the perfect complement to Malkin and Phil.
Free Agent Signings
RFAYEARSCAP HIT
2$750,000
1$725,000
3$3,300,000
1$850,000
4$3,700,000
4$4,400,000
3$900,000
UFAYEARSCAP HIT
1$2,800,000
Jerabek, Jakub
1$925,000
Trades
1.
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  1. Fleury, Marc-André
2.
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  1. MacKinnon, Nathan
  2. 2018 2nd round pick (COL)
COL
  1. Letang, Kris
DraftRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7
2018
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2019
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2020
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ROSTER SIZESALARY CAPCAP HITOVERAGES TooltipBONUSESCAP SPACE
25$73,000,000$69,568,225$50,000$622,500$3,431,775

Roster

Left WingCentreRight Wing
Sheary, Conor
$3,700,000$3,700,000
LW, RW
UFA - 3
Crosby, Sidney
$8,700,000$8,700,000
C
NMC
UFA - 8
Guentzel, Jake
$734,167$734,167 (Performance Bonus$182,500$182K)
LW, RW
UFA - 2
Sprong, Daniel
$692,500$692,500 (Performance Bonus$182,500$182K)
RW, LW
UFA - 1
Malkin, Evgeni
$9,500,000$9,500,000
C
NMC
UFA - 5
Kessel, Phil
$6,800,000$6,800,000
RW
M-NTC, NMC
UFA - 5
Hagelin, Carl
$1,875,000$1,875,000
LW
UFA - 2
MacKinnon, Nathan
$6,300,000$6,300,000
C
UFA - 6
Hörnqvist, Patric
$4,250,000$4,250,000
RW
M-NTC
UFA - 1
Rust, Bryan
$640,000$640,000
RW, LW
UFA - 1
Sundqvist, Oskar
$900,000$900,000
RW, C
UFA - 1
Wilson, Scott
$625,000$625,000
LW
UFA - 1
Rowney, Carter
$612,500$612,500
C, RW
UFA - 1
Kühnhackl, Tom
$625,000$625,000
RW
UFA - 1
Archibald, Josh
$750,000$750,000
RW, LW
UFA - 2
Left DefenseRight DefenseGoaltender
Schultz, Justin
$4,400,000$4,400,000
RD
UFA - 3
Cole, Ian
$2,100,000$2,100,000
LD/RD
UFA - 1
Murray, Matt
$3,750,000$3,750,000
G
UFA - 3
Määttä, Olli
$3,333,225$3,333,225
LD
UFA - 5
Jerabek, Jakub
$925,000$925,000
Jarry, Tristan
$630,833$630,833 (Performance Bonus$257,500$258K)
G
UFA - 1
Dumoulin, Brian
$3,300,000$3,300,000
LD
UFA - 6
Del Zotto, Michael
$2,800,000$2,800,000
LD
UFA - 2
Corrado, Frank
$725,000$725,000
RD
UFA - 1
Pouliot, Derrick
$850,000$850,000
LD
UFA - 1

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Mar. 21, 2017 at 4:02 p.m.
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MacK and a 2nd? Wow...living in a bit of a fantasy land
Mar. 21, 2017 at 4:06 p.m.
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No way we trade Letang, even for McKinnon. The only comparable value coming back would be McDavid or Matthews.
This D is nowhere close to being contender-level without Kris
Mar. 21, 2017 at 4:10 p.m.
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No way we trade Letang, even for McKinnon. The only comparable value coming back would be McDavid or Matthews.
This D is nowhere close to being contender-level without Kris


OK this is coming from a pens fan. you are painfully overvaluing letang....youre hating the D core were playing with saying theyre bad without him but hes only played in 41 games.
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Mar. 21, 2017 at 4:15 p.m.
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To be honest, it has crossed my mind that they should move him. Considered elite, but too fragile. He holds quite a bit of value.
Mar. 21, 2017 at 4:15 p.m.
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No way we trade Letang, even for McKinnon. The only comparable value coming back would be McDavid or Matthews.
This D is nowhere close to being contender-level without Kris


you are out of your mind if you think Letang is on the same level as those two.. There are probably at least 10 other defensemen I'd take over Letang and there probably isn't more than one or two forwards I'd take over either one of those kids...
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Mar. 21, 2017 at 4:24 p.m.
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No way we trade Letang, even for McKinnon. The only comparable value coming back would be McDavid or Matthews.
This D is nowhere close to being contender-level without Kris


OK this is coming from a pens fan. you are painfully overvaluing letang....youre hating the D core were playing with saying theyre bad without him but hes only played in 41 games.


This year is the first one when MacKinnon has more points than Letang since 13-14, and Letang's point per game pace is still better.
You may hate his health all you want, but you can't trade a top-5 D for a what, top-20, top-50 forward? Think back to Larsson for Hall trade: Mac is not much better than Hall, while Letang is miles ahead of Adam.
Mar. 21, 2017 at 4:26 p.m.
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No way we trade Letang, even for McKinnon. The only comparable value coming back would be McDavid or Matthews.
This D is nowhere close to being contender-level without Kris


you are out of your mind if you think Letang is on the same level as those two.. There are probably at least 10 other defensemen I'd take over Letang and there probably isn't more than one or two forwards I'd take over either one of those kids...


They are probably better on a pure skill vs skill basis, but if we are looking at value they would bring to the Pens team - they are not a huge upgrade over Letang.
I'm not saying this would be a fair deal - it would defenitely be unfair to Oilers/Toronto, but this is the kind of value you got give to make Pens move Kris
Mar. 21, 2017 at 4:30 p.m.
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Quoting: NateElder12


you are out of your mind if you think Letang is on the same level as those two.. There are probably at least 10 other defensemen I'd take over Letang and there probably isn't more than one or two forwards I'd take over either one of those kids...


They are probably better on a pure skill vs skill basis, but if we are looking at value they would bring to the Pens team - they are not a huge upgrade over Letang.
I'm not saying this would be a fair deal - it would defenitely be unfair to Oilers/Toronto, but this is the kind of value you got give to make Pens move Kris


You're talking about Letang, who figures to play in about 75% of the games in a season because he's made of glass. You're saying he's as important as McDavid or Matthews? In essence, Letang is more valuable than Crosby? Because Crosby, Matthews, and McDavid are on the same plane with regards to value to the team's success. You're crazy to say that haha.
Mar. 21, 2017 at 4:36 p.m.
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If you want speed, Byron and Larkin could be considered.
Not sure where McKinnon as a 3C came from.
Mar. 21, 2017 at 4:38 p.m.
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No way we trade Letang, even for McKinnon. The only comparable value coming back would be McDavid or Matthews.
This D is nowhere close to being contender-level without Kris


Lmao what a silly comment. Letang is a star, anybody would be lucky to have him. With that said, come on now....McDavid really?
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Mar. 21, 2017 at 4:44 p.m.
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Welp, good thing that at least Rutherford is smart enough for this to never happen
Mar. 21, 2017 at 4:51 p.m.
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No way we trade Letang, even for McKinnon. The only comparable value coming back would be McDavid or Matthews.
This D is nowhere close to being contender-level without Kris


Lmao what a silly comment. Letang is a star, anybody would be lucky to have him. With that said, come on now....McDavid really?


Hes a 30 year old Dman....what team is going to trade a 20-21 year old fwd for an aging Dmen...granted a good one, but he isnt going to be getting healthier as the years go by.
Mar. 21, 2017 at 6:04 p.m.
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when healthy, letang is easily top 5 best D in the league. Pens are a better team with him then without him. I would not trade mackinnon for letang as a pens fan at all. with that being said, avs wouldn't make this trade either. why would a rebuilding team want to trade away the future of their team for a dman whose injury prone and almost 30? makes no sense for both teams. one good year of Schultz doesn't equal the 6 elite seasons letang has put up. pens D looks painfully weak without him. Definitely not cup level.

pens = win now = keep letang
avs = win tomorrow = keep mackinnon
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Mar. 21, 2017 at 6:22 p.m.
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"Sprong has the potential to be an elite scorer, and next to Geno"

Holy hell, PIT fans, chill out over Sprong. He has potential but he isn't Geno level, he won't even be on the opening night roster for PIT.
Mar. 21, 2017 at 6:45 p.m.
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Edited Mar. 21, 2017 at 8:25 p.m.
First off, this isn't meant to be a realistic lineup, more ideal imo. For sure, we will never trade Letang, and I agree that we are better with him than without, but we are 20-7-3 without him this season. His talent is certainly top 5, but his decision-making is just bad. That $7.25 million could be used elsewhere to help fill multiple holes in the roster. MacKinnon is a dream acquisition that will never happen, it's just something that I think could really push our forward group to the next level speed wise.
Also, our D today looks very similar to this hear, and while not ideal, we've made due with much worse.
Mar. 21, 2017 at 6:49 p.m.
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"Sprong has the potential to be an elite scorer, and next to Geno"

Holy hell, PIT fans, chill out over Sprong. He has potential but he isn't Geno level, he won't even be on the opening night roster for PIT.


I never said he was on Geno's level, I said next to him on the wing he has potential to be elite. His talent is there, that's undeniable, he just has tone put it all together.
 
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