Rebuild in a few years

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Created by: Hullsy09

Team: 2022-23 Pittsburgh Penguins

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 15, 2022

Published: Aug. 15, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

The penguins will be a very competitive team next year. And will be for a couple years more after that to a lesser degree. Then a rebuild will follow.

My weird hot take-ish question is, am I the only one that is kind of excited for the rebuild in a weird way? Don’t get me wrong I hope the team makes the playoffs the next 3 years and wins a Stanley cup. I am very excited that the team will be good and I don’t want them to rebuild yet. But I am also very interested in the prospect/scouting portion of the game and in my entire time as a penguins fan they haven’t missed the playoffs once.

I included on the team some players I think could be a part of the future penguins teams. I feel like a couple of these guys could end up being hidden gems like Plante, Svejkosky, and Puustinen. Blomqvist really doesn’t have a ceiling after the monster season he just had in Finland. Pickering could be an absolute horse - if he can grow his offensive game which we saw in spurts last year he could be the steal of the draft.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST	YEARS	CAP HIT
Blomqvist, Joel	3	$925,000
Broz, Tristan	3	$925,000
Plante, Zam	3	$925,000
Murashov, Sergei	3	$925,000

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
19	$82,500,000	$70,336,426	$0	$830,000	$12,163,574

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Guentzel, Jake $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 2	Poulin, Samuel $863,333$863,333 C, LW RFA - 2	Broz, Tristan $925,000$925,000 C RFA
Puustinen, Valtteri $842,500$842,500 ($82,500$82K) RW, LW UFA - 1	Hållander, Filip $764,167$764,167 ($132,500$132K) C RFA - 1	Nylander, Alexander $750,000$750,000 RW, LW RFA - 1
O'Connor, Drew $750,000$750,000 LW UFA - 1	Poehling, Ryan $750,000$750,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Plante, Zam $925,000$925,000 C RFA
Ansons, Raivis $844,167$844,167 LW RFA - 3	Svejkovsky, Lukas $859,167$859,167 ($82,500$82K) C RFA - 3	Légaré, Nathan $789,167$789,167 ($132,500$132K) RW RFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Pickering, Owen $950,000$950,000 LD RFA - 4	Smith, Ty $863,333$863,333 ($400,000$400K) LD/RD RFA - 1	Jarry, Tristan $3,500,000$3,500,000 G UFA - 1
Joseph, Pierre-Olivier $825,000$825,000 LD RFA - 2		Blomqvist, Joel $925,000$925,000 G RFA
		Murashov, Sergei $925,000$925,000 G RFA
		Lindberg, Filip $925,000$925,000 G RFA - 1

Taxi Squad
Friedman, Mark $775,000$775,000 ($0$0$0$0) LD/RD UFA - 2
Rust, Bryan $5,125,000$5,125,000 ($4,000,000$4M$4,000,000$4M) RW, LW NMC UFA - 6
McGinn, Brock $2,750,000$2,750,000 ($1,625,000$2M$1,625,000$2M) LW, RW UFA - 3
Pettersson, Marcus $4,025,175$4,025,175 ($2,900,175$3M$2,900,175$3M) LD UFA - 3
Crosby, Sidney $8,700,000$8,700,000 ($7,575,000$8M$7,575,000$8M) C NMC UFA - 3
Malkin, Evgeni $6,100,000$6,100,000 ($4,975,000$5M$4,975,000$5M) C NMC UFA - 4
Zucker, Jason $5,500,000$5,500,000 ($4,375,000$4M$4,375,000$4M) LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1
Kapanen, Kasperi $3,200,000$3,200,000 ($2,075,000$2M$2,075,000$2M) RW UFA - 2
Carter, Jeff $3,125,000$3,125,000 ($2,000,000$2M$2,000,000$2M) RW, C NMC UFA - 2
Rakell, Rickard $5,000,000$5,000,000 ($3,875,000$4M$3,875,000$4M) RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 6
Archibald, Josh $900,000$900,000 ($0$0$0$0) RW, LW UFA - 1
Blueger, Teddy $2,200,000$2,200,000 ($1,075,000$1M$1,075,000$1M) C, LW UFA - 1
Heinen, Danton $1,000,000$1,000,000 ($0$0$0$0) LW, RW UFA - 1
Ruhwedel, Chad $800,000$800,000 ($0$0$0$0) RD UFA - 2
Petry, Jeff $2,343,750$2,343,750 ($1,218,750$1M$1,218,750$1M) RD M-NTC, NMC UFA - 3
Dumoulin, Brian $4,100,000$4,100,000 ($2,975,000$3M$2,975,000$3M) LD M-NTC UFA - 1
Rutta, Jan $2,750,000$2,750,000 ($1,625,000$2M$1,625,000$2M) LD/RD UFA - 3
Letang, Kris $6,100,000$6,100,000 ($4,975,000$5M$4,975,000$5M) RD NMC UFA - 6
DeSmith, Casey $1,800,000$1,800,000 ($675,000$675K$675,000$675K) G UFA - 2

Aug. 15, 2022 at 2:33 a.m.

Hullsy09

Joined: May 2022

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Btw if you have any doubts about Zam Plante becoming the next superstar of the NHL look no further than his ALS ice bucket challenge video. This is a man of science lol.

https://youtube.com/shorts/KMZtBXw3zx4?feature=share

Aug. 15, 2022 at 2:54 a.m.

Lancebmx

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As a Detroit fan who really got more involved as we were coming out of the playoff seasons and into the rebuild, it's tough but super fun to think what could be. Considering the last time the penguins were in a rebuild you got MAF, Crosby, Malkin and Letang just to make a few, a rebuild would seem pretty exciting again.

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Aug. 15, 2022 at 3:01 a.m.

Hullsy09

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Quoting: Lancebmx

Wings are my second favourite team and it has been really cool watching Yzerman build this thing up

Aug. 31, 2022 at 10:42 p.m.

pensfan21

Joined: Jun. 2021

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I am very excited for the eventual rebuild. The tough losing seasons make the winning seasons more special. I think it will be exciting to see us draft early and get young new talent and watch them play. Plus hockey is just such a fun sport even when your team is bad it's still very entertaining. Don't get me wrong, I still hope we contend for a few more years, but trying to see some positives too with rebuilding.

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