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Created by: pensfan21

Team: 2021-22 Pittsburgh Penguins

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 21, 2022

Published: Mar. 21, 2022

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Brian Burke just said in an interview that he likes the team they have and wouldn't expect any moves due to cap space. I really hope that is wrong. To me this is worst possible scanerio. We are not winning in the playoffs with our lack of scoring depth. At absolute best we get to round 2. I understand we don't have much cap space, but neither do a lot of teams and there are ways to make it work. Could have Zucker on LTIR or trade Petterson. Better to either fully go all in or trade away pending UFA's, not just stand pat. To me this is a huge wasted opportunity, and I really hope it is wrong.

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Jack Johnson: $1,166,667

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Juuso Riikola: $25,000 ($1,150,000)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2022
2023
2024

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$81,500,000	$74,378,206	$0	$0	$7,121,794

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Guentzel, Jake $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 3	Malkin, Evgeni $9,500,000$9,500,000 C NMC UFA - 1	Rust, Bryan $3,500,000$3,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
McGinn, Brock $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 4	Crosby, Sidney $8,700,000$8,700,000 C NMC UFA - 4	Kapanen, Kasperi $3,200,000$3,200,000 RW UFA - 1
Aston-Reese, Zach $1,725,000$1,725,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Carter, Jeff $2,636,364$2,636,364 RW, C UFA - 1	Rodrigues, Evan $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, C UFA - 1
Heinen, Danton $1,100,000$1,100,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Blueger, Teddy $2,200,000$2,200,000 C, LW UFA - 2	Simon, Dominik $750,000$750,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Boyle, Brian $750,000$750,000 LW, C UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Matheson, Michael $4,875,000$4,875,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 5	Letang, Kris $7,250,000$7,250,000 RD M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1	Jarry, Tristan $3,500,000$3,500,000 G UFA - 2
Dumoulin, Brian $4,100,000$4,100,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 2	Marino, John $4,400,000$4,400,000 RD UFA - 6	DeSmith, Casey $1,250,000$1,250,000 G UFA - 1
Pettersson, Marcus $4,025,175$4,025,175 LD UFA - 4	Ruhwedel, Chad $750,000$750,000 RD UFA - 1
Friedman, Mark $725,000$725,000 LD/RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Zucker, Jason $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 2
		Beaulieu, Nathan $1,250,000$1,250,000 LD/RD UFA - 1

Mar. 21, 2022 at 11:25 a.m.

edeangel84

JimmyPaek

Joined: Apr. 2019

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If this is it I think we are out in the first round again. The Rangers look really good right now and they can roll two goalies.

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Mar. 21, 2022 at 11:26 a.m.

SlickWilly

Joined: Nov. 2017

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yall want Kubalik for a 2nd?

Mar. 21, 2022 at 11:28 a.m.

DDUB

Joined: May 2016

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Awful decision if true

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Mar. 21, 2022 at 11:32 a.m.

pensfan21

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Quoting: edeangel84

If this is it I think we are out in the first round again. The Rangers look really good right now and they can roll two goalies.

Quoting: DDUB

Awful decision if true

Yeah it's an awful decision. I don't even think we'd get past the Rangers much less the Panthers or Hurricanes.

Mar. 21, 2022 at 11:33 a.m.

Scootox

Joined: Mar. 2022

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There are 5 teams like the CBJ that have over 10 million in cap space that are rebuilding. If Burke can't offload cap space for picks to improve the team now then that's on Burke.

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Mar. 21, 2022 at 11:34 a.m.

pensfan21

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Quoting: pensfan21

Yeah it's an awful decision. I don't even think we'd get past the Rangers much less the Panthers or Hurricanes.

Also our lack of depth scoring would be exposed so bad against Shesterkin. If no one but Crosby, Malkin, Letang, and Rust can score on regular goalies imagine against him.

Mar. 21, 2022 at 11:35 a.m.

pensfan21

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Quoting: Scootox

There are 5 teams like the CBJ that have over 10 million in cap space that are rebuilding. If Burke can't offload cap space for picks to improve the team now then that's on Burke.

It's true, seems like an excuse. If you don't have cap space it's the GM's job to make it. Tiring constantly hearing lack of cap space as reasons we won't do anything.

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Mar. 21, 2022 at 11:37 a.m.

edeangel84

JimmyPaek

Joined: Apr. 2019

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Burke and Hextall were brought to us to bridge the gap between contending and rebuilding. That means no selling off prospects or 1sts. The problem is that now this team has proven it’s not done for yet. This core is aged for sure but they are aging like a wine. This is the literal last chance to go for it, which means 1sts, POJ, Poulin, and Legare should be on the market. I’m afraid the story of this front office will be one of wasted opportunity and soon it really will be too late

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Mar. 21, 2022 at 12:05 p.m.

pensfan21

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Quoting: edeangel84

It's true. They act like our first round picks are gonna turn into Connor McDavid. It's unlikely our 1st will turn out to be a stud, much rather would have an improved chance at a cup even if it's not a huge chance. Burke said it's not worth it to trade a first when the odds of winning a cup are so low, but they're low for literally every team cause it's such a hard trophy to win. This mindset is just not the right one, I hope they're just saying all this to the media.

Mar. 21, 2022 at 12:12 p.m.

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edeangel84

JimmyPaek

Joined: Apr. 2019

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Quoting: pensfan21

Burke is on nhl network right now. He sounds like a guy who doesn’t believe in this team. Lots of trade deadline deals usually are bad nonsense.

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