Sid and Geno.

I don't actually think Jason Zucker is even a cap dump. We won't be getting anywhere near what we paid for him, but his production in Pittsburgh hasn't actually been that much lower than his typical season from Minnesota. He played 456 games with minnesota, scoring 132 goals and 243 points. That's an average of about 24 goals and 44 points every 82 games. In 94 games with Pittsburgh, Zucker has 23 goals and 47 points. Yeah, I get it, he gets paid more than we'd like and his injury luck has sucked. That definitely lowers his value. But it doesn't lower his value into the negatives.

Other than that, rumor is Malkin was asking for a deal around $6.6 mil, and I don't think Domi is worth $5 mil unless the Pens essentially get into a bidding war over him.

It's unfortunate because if Zucker could just stay healthy he would be a decent fit and certainly wouldn't be worth the assets it takes to move him out. Dude just can't stay healthy for the life of him and that liability is going to keep anyone in any potential position of competing from taking on his contract. Seems like a great dude too, just super unhealthy.