will they suddenly look old and slow

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Created by: editor9999

Team: 2022-23 Pittsburgh Penguins

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 22, 2022

Published: Aug. 22, 2022

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Pittsburgh is one of the oldest teams.
Crosby is 35.
Malkin is 36.
Carter is 37 (and he turns 38 around halfway during the season).
Letang is 35 (Letang will be 36 by the time the first round of the playoffs wraps up).
Petry is 34 (and he turns 35 during this season).
Rutta is 32.
Dumoulin is 30 (he turns 31 very shortly).
Rust is 30.
Zucker is 30 (and he turns 31 during this season).
Last season we saw the Islanders look old and slow. I know they had Chara and Greene, but others struggled too. Bailey was 32. Pageau was 29. Palmieri was 30 (turned 31 during the season). Lee was 31 (he managed to salvage his season, but he was still recovering from injury during the first half). The key guys on the Islanders that struggled were younger.
I'm not too worried about Crosby, but some of the other guys I could see falling off and in some cases falling off a cliff. As long as they have Crosby (throw in Guentzel, Rust, and Letang if he doesn't fall off a cliff) playoffs will always be a possibility.

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
22	$82,500,000	$77,010,592	$0	$0	$5,489,408

Roster

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
Zucker, Jason $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1	Malkin, Evgeni $6,100,000$6,100,000 C NMC UFA - 4	Rakell, Rickard $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 6
Heinen, Danton $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Carter, Jeff $3,125,000$3,125,000 RW, C NMC UFA - 2	Kapanen, Kasperi $3,200,000$3,200,000 RW UFA - 2
McGinn, Brock $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 3	Blueger, Teddy $2,200,000$2,200,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Archibald, Josh $900,000$900,000 RW, LW UFA - 1

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
Pettersson, Marcus $4,025,175$4,025,175 LD UFA - 3	Petry, Jeff $2,343,750$2,343,750 RD M-NTC, NMC UFA - 3	DeSmith, Casey $1,800,000$1,800,000 G UFA - 2
Joseph, Pierre-Olivier $825,000$825,000 LD RFA - 2	Rutta, Jan $2,750,000$2,750,000 LD/RD UFA - 3

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Poehling, Ryan $750,000$750,000 C, LW UFA - 1
Ruhwedel, Chad $800,000$800,000 RD UFA - 2

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Guentzel, J.		Crosby, S.		Rust, B.
	Letang, K.		Malkin, E.

Power Play 2
Zucker, J.		Carter, J.		Heinen, D.
	Petry, J.		Rakell, R.

Penalty Kill 1
	Blueger, T.	McGinn, B.
	Dumoulin, B.	Letang, K.

Penalty Kill 2
	Carter, J.	Archibald, J.
	Pettersson, M.	Rutta, J.

Aug. 22, 2022 at 1:29 p.m.

Scooter81

NoQuitInNewYork

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I really agree with this. I think McGinn will be on the third line and Heinen on the fourth but I could see it go either way. I also I could see Rakell play with Crosby instead of Rust but I could also see it go either way.

Aug. 22, 2022 at 1:36 p.m.

Mr_Gardoki

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Out of the mentioned, the only one who will likely slow down is Carter and that's because he already showed signs last season. Everyone else probably won't start hitting that wall for another few years.

Aug. 22, 2022 at 1:39 p.m.

Hullsy09

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Quoting: Mr_Gardoki

If Carter gets a smaller role I don’t think it will be too big a problem

Aug. 22, 2022 at 2:08 p.m.

Mr_Gardoki

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Quoting: Hullsy09

If Carter gets a smaller role I don’t think it will be too big a problem

I agree. The beginning of the season probably hurt him having to fill in with the absence of Sid and Geno.

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Aug. 22, 2022 at 3:34 p.m.

brgh4life

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I'd like to Heinen get an extended look with Malkin. Showed great finishing ability last year at 5v5.

Aug. 22, 2022 at 3:42 p.m.

IconicHawk

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I think we will see a few signs but not the full longterm affect of it

Aug. 22, 2022 at 3:57 p.m.

Hullsy09

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Quoting: Mr_Gardoki

I agree. The beginning of the season probably hurt him having to fill in with the absence of Sid and Geno.

I believe he had either the fifth most total ice time or average time on ice (I can’t remember which) due to him playing PK, Pp, and high in the lineup when Sid/Geno were hurt.

If his role is reduced to him solely playing 3C and only one of pp or pk them I am confident he will be a done third line Center who will score like 18 goals and be good on draws

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