Team: 2023-24 Pittsburgh Penguins

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 10, 2023

Published: Jun. 10, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

random thoughts

#1-Pens Acquire a #1LHD (Travis Sahheim)
Pens get a slightly retained sanheim for 5M for a 1st, top d prospect pickering, and phi also takes granlund's contract bc it's obvious they aren't going anywhere but down any time soon...

#2-Pens Need a new #3C (Ryan O'Reilly)
Pit needs someone who can play #2C in a pinch with the age and injury history of 87 and 71. It would be even better if said 3C was a great 2 way player, could play special teams, and wasn't 35+ years old. I can see Rodrigues, compher, haula, etc as interesting FA option. through trade there is no shortage of possibilities and dubas is extremely creative so I can't even imagine all the possibilities with that. on the other hand, dubas has a history of acquiring players he knew/had previously in some way. here's wondering if his 2nd NHL franchise will have a steady dose of players from his 1st.

#3-the Goalie situation
Here's hoping Tristan Jarry is not asking Pit for a 6x6M contract but if he wants anything near that then I look for a sign & trade to hopefully not lose him for nothing to FA. Adin Hill was my preferred choice but as he's been amazing for Vegas I expect someone to give him a enormous raise... either a contract like Alex Njdelkovic (spelling) (3-4 years, $4.5M) or the high end being jack Campbells Edmonton contract of around 5x5.
I would love to grab hellebyuck (sp) or Saros but the ask is said to be enormous and I would rather have two goalies in a rotation then one hopefully good starter. Dubas has always had goaltending depth, while having some bad injury luck. I look for him to get one in FA and one in trade while seeing what is out there for jarry/desmith. I think if he gets a tandem then he might even stash desmith at WBS as he only costs 600-700K while there...
as far as trading jarry I was thinking of teams with younger rosters looking to compete in a year or two such as Ottawa, buffalo, Montreal, Columbus, etc.

#4-buyout Jeff Carter. if you can't trade him, don't let him waste a roster spot.

I also think dubas will try to move petry but I'm almost out of ideas for where he could be moved tbh...

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