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Created by: Mikescott22

Team: 2022-23 Pittsburgh Penguins

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 7, 2022

Published: Jul. 9, 2022

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Let me know what you think of this trade. From a Blues perspective I was under the impression that the Blues fans were looking to get rid of Scandella. Blues lose out on Saad but gain cap space for this year and a lot of space when Zucker's contract is done. While Zucker is overpaid by 1.5 or 2 mill he is still a very capable top 9 guy that can slot into the top 6 if need be. I think Zucker would fit better in the Blues system. Since Saad is the much better player I added POJ to even out the value.

From the pens perspective POJ was a Rutherford guy and I am not sure how much Hextall wants to keep him around. I think it would be worth bringing in Saad even at the expense of taking on Scandella. Besides Ruhwedel and Friedman are pretty easy to play with and he will be on the third pair. If Geno does sign around 6 mil there would be enough space (assuming dumo or MP is traded) to add a top six forward. I went with Burakovsky but I would be fine with Trocheck or Rakell. Rakell is probably the cheapest and most realistic. The taxi squad guys including Nylander should all be competing for that last spot either on the third or fourth line.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Joseph, Pierre-Olivier	1	$900,000
Nylander, Alexander	1	$800,000
Bellerive, Jordy	2	$750,000
Heinen, Danton	2	$2,000,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Burakovsky, André		6	$6,000,000
Malkin, Evgeni		4	$6,500,000

Trades

PIT

STL

PIT

Buium, Shai [Reserve List]

DET

Pettersson, Marcus

Buyouts

Jack Johnson: $1,916,667

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2023
2024
2025

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$82,500,000	$79,991,667	$0	$0	$2,508,333

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
Saad, Brandon $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW NTC UFA - 4	Malkin, Evgeni $6,500,000$6,500,000 C UFA - 4	Burakovsky, André $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 5
Heinen, Danton $2,000,000$2,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Carter, Jeff $3,125,000$3,125,000 RW, C NMC UFA - 2	Nylander, Alexander $800,000$800,000 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	McGinn, Brock $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 3

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Dumoulin, Brian $4,100,000$4,100,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 1	Letang, Kris $6,100,000$6,100,000 RD NMC 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	Marino, John $4,400,000$4,400,000 RD UFA - 5	DeSmith, Casey $1,800,000$1,800,000 G UFA - 2
	Ruhwedel, Chad $800,000$800,000 RD UFA - 2
Scandella, Marco $3,275,000$3,275,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Friedman, Mark $775,000$775,000 LD/RD UFA - 2
Zohorna, Radim $750,000$750,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Bellerive, Jordy $750,000$750,000 C UFA

Taxi Squad
Puustinen, Valtteri $842,500$842,500 ($0$0$0$0) ($82,500$82K) RW, LW UFA - 1
Poulin, Samuel $863,333$863,333 ($0$0$0$0) C, LW RFA - 2
Hållander, Filip $764,167$764,167 ($0$0$0$0) ($132,500$132K) C RFA - 1

Jul. 9, 2022 at 4:20 p.m.

Not_Isles5513

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Saad has a NTC and pens say **** no

Jul. 9, 2022 at 4:22 p.m.

conorshearyisgoat

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I can’t see the Blues taking this deal. you hit the nail on the head with Zucker; quality player currently being overpaid by $2M, but will likely rebound next season. the issue is that his trade value is negative right now because teams just aren’t looking to trade for that salary hoping for that rebound season. perhaps a Zucker trade could materialize if the Pens ate some salary.

I’m not aware of Saad being on the trade block, but I’d certainly be interested if he was. also, I know the new FO is not convinced by POJ, but I would not be willing to trade him

Jul. 9, 2022 at 4:23 p.m.

Chopper02

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Don't think the Blues go for this. Saad fit in very nicely with the Blues.yeah it helps in the long run cap wise so there's that element, but the Blues would trade for a NHL number 4 LD

Jul. 9, 2022 at 4:27 p.m.

mokumboi

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Scandella is less overpaid than Zucker. I think the Blues pass.

Jul. 9, 2022 at 4:31 p.m.

Mikescott22

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Quoting: Isles5513

Saad has a NTC and pens say **** no

Saad can only put 12 teams on his no trade list and since he is from Pittsburgh I don't see why the Pens would be on that list.

Jul. 9, 2022 at 4:35 p.m.

Mikescott22

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Quoting: mokumboi

Scandella is less overpaid than Zucker. I think the Blues pass.

I agree, my thinking was that you save cap space this year to help resign Perron and next year to resign about everyone.

Jul. 9, 2022 at 4:36 p.m.

Mikescott22

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Quoting: Chopper02

Don't think the Blues go for this. Saad fit in very nicely with the Blues.yeah it helps in the long run cap wise so there's that element, but the Blues would trade for a NHL number 4 LD

I am not sure if the Blues go for this either but I did not think this was an unreasonable direction for both teams to go.

Jul. 9, 2022 at 4:39 p.m.

Chopper02

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Quoting: Mikescott22

I am not sure if the Blues go for this either but I did not think this was an unreasonable direction for both teams to go.

It's not unreasonable so there's that. My guess is Perron doesn't come back so Saad fills in that slot and then Neighbours fills in elsewhere in the lineup.

Jul. 9, 2022 at 4:44 p.m.

Not_Isles5513

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Quoting: Mikescott22

Saad can only put 12 teams on his no trade list and since he is from Pittsburgh I don't see why the Pens would be on that list.

I thought he had a full NTC

Jul. 9, 2022 at 4:47 p.m.

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Mikescott22

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Quoting: Isles5513

I thought he had a full NTC

You are right he does have a Ful NTC. I misread it. In the last year he has a 12 team list.

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Jul. 9, 2022 at 5:00 p.m.

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Not_Isles5513

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Quoting: Mikescott22

You are right he does have a Ful NTC. I misread it. In the last year he has a 12 team list.

No sweat lol

Jul. 9, 2022 at 5:38 p.m.

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Lancebmx

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I don't think the wings accept that deal. We will give you a third.

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Jul. 9, 2022 at 6:55 p.m.

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buffbry

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Wings pass not close

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