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Created by: Hockeyfan1234

Team: 2022-23 Pittsburgh Penguins

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 25, 2022

Published: Jun. 25, 2022

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Don't fix what isn't broken on the 1st line.
Reports say pens are further away on Malkin than Letang so I believe pens re-sign Letang and let Geno walk. They sign Trochek to replace him and re-sign Rakell and Heinen to make a solid 2nd line.
Carter wasn't bad to start the season and picked it up for the playoffs a bit. I think he would benefit more from having players that excel at carrying the puck into the zone and shoot while he creates a center lane drive and is the big body in front of the net deflecting pucks. That's where Zucker and Nylander come in respectfully.
fourth line are fast energy guys that don't mind throwing the body.
First d pair is abiding by the rule 'don't fix what isn't broken'
Matheson is best when given a very defensive minded d partner so why not give him one of the best.
poj did best when paired with Marino. Also gives him a solid defensive d so that he can have confidence to do his thing in the offensive zone.
fleury is a great backup that is also insurance.
gmrh has said guys like Zohorna, oconnor, bjorkqvist, nylander, poj, puustinen, hallinder, and poulin could have a real good chance at making the roster out of camp. I'd bet the players that would be subject to waivers have the best shot and the others are injury call ups

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Grewe, Albin		3	$925,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Joseph, Pierre-Olivier	2	$850,000
Nylander, Alexander	2	$850,000
Kapanen, Kasperi	2	$2,500,000
Heinen, Danton	3	$2,500,000
Björkqvist, Kasper	2	$800,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Lyubushkin, Ilya	4	$3,500,000
Trocheck, Vincent	7	$6,500,000
Rakell, Rickard	5	$5,250,000
Letang, Kris	4	$7,250,000
Fleury, Marc-André	3	$2,250,000

Trades

PIT

2024 7th round pick (BOS)

ARI

McGinn, Brock

PIT

Grewe, Albin [Reserve List]
2022 3rd round pick (DET)

DET

Buyouts

Jack Johnson: $1,916,667

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$82,500,000	$80,766,667	$0	$0	$1,733,333

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Guentzel, Jake $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 2	Crosby, Sidney $8,700,000$8,700,000 C NMC UFA - 3	Rust, Bryan $5,125,000$5,125,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 6
Heinen, Danton $2,500,000$2,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Trocheck, Vincent $6,500,000$6,500,000 C, RW UFA - 7	Rakell, Rickard $5,250,000$5,250,000 RW, LW UFA - 6
Zucker, Jason $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1	Carter, Jeff $3,125,000$3,125,000 RW, C NMC UFA - 2	Nylander, Alexander $850,000$850,000 RW, LW RFA - 1
O'Connor, Drew $750,000$750,000 LW UFA - 1	Blueger, Teddy $2,200,000$2,200,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Zohorna, Radim $750,000$750,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Björkqvist, Kasper $800,000$800,000 LW RFA

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Dumoulin, Brian $4,100,000$4,100,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 1	Letang, Kris $7,250,000$7,250,000 RD UFA - 6	Jarry, Tristan $3,500,000$3,500,000 G UFA - 1
Matheson, Michael $4,875,000$4,875,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 4	Lyubushkin, Ilya $3,500,000$3,500,000 RD UFA - 2
Joseph, Pierre-Olivier $850,000$850,000 LD RFA - 2	Marino, John $4,400,000$4,400,000 RD UFA - 5	Fleury, Marc-André $2,250,000$2,250,000 G UFA - 2
Friedman, Mark $775,000$775,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Ruhwedel, Chad $800,000$800,000 RD UFA - 2

Jun. 25, 2022 at 1:50 a.m.

TampaBayLightning22

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Detroit accepts, Players useful.

According to Pierre Lebrun Ron Hextal offered Kris Letang $8,000,000 x 3 years and he turned it down as he wants 5 years. So he's not taking less to stay there in Pittsburgh.

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Jun. 25, 2022 at 2:36 a.m.

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Quoting: TampaBayLightning22

Detroit accepts, Players useful.

what? I can't see either of them making the wings any better.

Jun. 25, 2022 at 2:40 a.m.

TampaBayLightning22

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Quoting: hockey12

what? I can't see either of them making the wings any better.

They're only plugs until the kids are ready, Kapanen would be a fine 2nd line RW for now. Not sure if Pettersson makes it if Edvinsson becomes our 2nd pairing LD he's obviously not a top pairing guy and is too expensive for a bottom pairing LD.

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Jun. 25, 2022 at 3:15 a.m.

BestGMBenning

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Quoting: TampaBayLightning22

Reports also say Letang could take anywhere between $7.5M-8M to stay in Pittsburgh. It could be that Hextall is trying to offer the max of said report of money to Letang in order for him to sign the 3 year deal. But I do doubt Letang accepts the same amount of AAV of his previous contract.

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Jun. 25, 2022 at 3:20 a.m.

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Quoting: TampaBayLightning22

Pettersson is a solid defensive defencemen. It’s honestly crazy seeing how much mixed reports there are of his value. He’s been a fine defencemen but he is offensively not that good. I’m still a bit stumped as to why Sully changed things up when Marino and Pettersson were a fine shutdown duo. But looking at it now I think it’s because of how offensively deficient they were together and Sully could’ve just been trying to get more offence from the defence. But it did come at the sacrifice of Pettersson’s playing time.

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Jun. 25, 2022 at 6:09 a.m.

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Quoting: BestGMBenning

Pettersson is rock solid defensively with great puck control and is exactly what Detroit needs to pair with Hronek to help him out with his deficiencies. We're happy to take him.

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Jun. 25, 2022 at 6:12 a.m.

BestGMBenning

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Quoting: Billy12Bob

Pettersson is rock solid defensively with great puck control and is exactly what Detroit needs to pair with Hronek to help him out with his deficiencies. We're happy to take him.

I still think Pittsburgh can get more value than a 3rd though. But considering the cap more and more, we might just have to take a 3rd.

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Jun. 25, 2022 at 6:31 a.m.

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Quoting: BestGMBenning

I still think Pittsburgh can get more value than a 3rd though. But considering the cap more and more, we might just have to take a 3rd.

LD are a dime a dozen this summer with so many teams in cap hell. PIT have three young defenders losing their waiver exemption this summer and needs to shed cap and WPG is in the exact same situation. Neither team have any option other than accept what they're given. With VGK and two or three other teams also looking to dump LD on the market there's no chance of a bidding war. The teams with both cap available and also roster spots open are a lot fewer than the teams looking to get rid of defenders.

Detroit is obviously going to exploit other team's misfortune as much as it's possible.

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Jun. 25, 2022 at 10:17 a.m.

Hockeyfan1234

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Quoting: hockey12

what? I can't see either of them making the wings any better.

those players don't make them any worse either. the idea is that you could probably plug Kap into a top 6 role and he gets back to his game and you can turn a profit on him at the tdl or offseason. MP is a solid shutdown guy that would be perfect to pair with Hronek or Sieder. if in two years he gets bumped out by the younger guys and you get at least a 3rd round pick, then it's a win in him too. Otherwise he is a fail safe if multiple young guys don't plan out

Jun. 25, 2022 at 10:19 a.m.

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Quoting: TampaBayLightning22

I think he would take less to stay here if he got 4-5 years. Reports are that it isn't salary it is just a heads thing. I wouldn't mind a 4-5 years at 7.5-8 per year. especially if we could sign lyubushkin for a bit cheaper

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Jun. 25, 2022 at 10:22 a.m.

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Quoting: Hockeyfan1234

Honestly $7,000,000 x 4-5 years is a fair offer, it's not like he hasn't made his money over the course of his career or anything.

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