Bottom 6 shake up

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Created by: Basc

Team: 2023-24 Pittsburgh Penguins

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 5, 2023

Published: Jul. 5, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Taxi squad is all players I feel can compete for a NHL spot. trades aren’t really realistic, but the free agent signings I feel could improve the team. Power play & penalty kill is up to your mind. How does everyone feel about this team?

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Smith, Ty		1	$875,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Sundqvist, Oskar	4	$2,750,000
Suter, Pius	3	$3,250,000
Gregor, Noah	3	$1,250,000
Boqvist, Jesper	3	$1,250,000
Benoit, Simon	3	$800,000
Harrington, Scott	3	$800,000
Jones, Caleb	3	$1,500,000

Trades

PIT

Highmore, Matthew
Kleven, Tyler
2025 5th round pick (OTT)

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AHL help

OTT

Granlund, Mikael ($1,700,000 retained)

Additional Details:

Center help

PIT

2024 7th round pick (MTL)
2025 4th round pick (MTL)

MTL

Rutta, Jan

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Defense help

PIT

2025 5th round pick (DET)

DET

Carter, Jeff

Buyouts

Jack Johnson: $916,667

Retained Salary Transactions

Mikael Granlund: $1,700,000 (34%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2024
2025
2026

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
21	$83,500,000	$77,685,592	$0	$0	$5,814,408

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Guentzel, Jake $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1	Crosby, Sidney $8,700,000$8,700,000 C NMC UFA - 2	Rust, Bryan $5,125,000$5,125,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 5
Smith, Reilly $5,000,000$5,000,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 2	Malkin, Evgeni $6,100,000$6,100,000 C NMC UFA - 3	Rakell, Rickard $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 5
Suter, Pius $3,250,000$3,250,000 C, LW UFA - 2	Eller, Lars $2,450,000$2,450,000 C UFA - 2	Sundqvist, Oskar $2,750,000$2,750,000 RW, C UFA - 1
Gregor, Noah $1,250,000$1,250,000 LW, RW RFA - 1	Boqvist, Jesper $1,250,000$1,250,000 C, LW RFA - 1	Acciari, Noel $2,000,000$2,000,000 C, RW M-NTC UFA - 3

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Graves, Ryan $4,500,000$4,500,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 6	Letang, Kris $6,100,000$6,100,000 RD NMC UFA - 5	Jarry, Tristan $5,375,000$5,375,000 G M-NTC UFA - 5
Pettersson, Marcus $4,025,175$4,025,175 LD M-NTC UFA - 2	Petry, Jeff $2,343,750$2,343,750 RD M-NTC, NMC UFA - 2	Nedeljkovic, Alex $1,500,000$1,500,000 G UFA - 1
Joseph, Pierre-Olivier $825,000$825,000 LD RFA - 1	Smith, Ty $875,000$875,000 LD/RD RFA - 1
Jones, Caleb $1,500,000$1,500,000 LD/RD UFA - 1

Taxi Squad
Nieto, Matt $900,000$900,000 ($0$0$0$0) LW, RW UFA - 2
Nylander, Alexander $775,000$775,000 ($0$0$0$0) RW, LW RFA - 1
DeSmith, Casey $1,800,000$1,800,000 ($650,000$650K$650,000$650K) G UFA - 1
Benoit, Simon $800,000$800,000 ($0$0$0$0) LD UFA - 1
Harrington, Scott $800,000$800,000 ($0$0$0$0) LD UFA