What if the odd man out is another Hextall mistake

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Created by: gpmack95

Team: 2023-24 Pittsburgh Penguins

Initial Creation Date: Aug. 6, 2023

Published: Aug. 6, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Free Agent Signings

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Tatar, Tomas		1	$1,000,000

Trades

PIT

Fabbri, Robby

DET

Rust, Bryan

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Not saying this is the full trade, but Dubas made it a goal to move Hextall’s mistakes. I personally didn’t want Rust resigned, but maybe DET would swap injury prone Fabbri for the hometown kid.

Buyouts

Jack Johnson: $916,667

Retained Salary Transactions

Jeff Petry: $1,562,500 (25%)

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
22	$83,500,000	$81,954,342	$0	$0	$1,545,658

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Tatar, Tomas $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Crosby, Sidney $8,700,000$8,700,000 C NMC UFA - 2	Rakell, Rickard $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, LW M-NTC 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	Nylander, Alexander $775,000$775,000 RW, LW RFA - 1
O'Connor, Drew $925,000$925,000 LW UFA - 2	Fabbri, Robby $4,000,000$4,000,000 LW UFA - 2	Pitlick, Rem $1,100,000$1,100,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Nieto, Matt $900,000$900,000 LW, RW UFA - 2	Eller, Lars $2,450,000$2,450,000 C UFA - 2	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	Karlsson, Erik $10,000,000$10,000,000 RD NMC UFA - 4	Nedeljkovic, Alex $1,500,000$1,500,000 G UFA - 1
Joseph, Pierre-Olivier $825,000$825,000 LD RFA - 1	Smith, Ty $775,000$775,000 LD/RD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Carter, Jeff $3,125,000$3,125,000 RW, C NMC UFA - 1	Guentzel, Jake $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1
Ruhwedel, Chad $800,000$800,000 RD UFA - 1

Aug. 6, 2023 at 3:50 p.m.

Aebexz

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You know what? I don’t hate it for Detroit even though I think they will decline it

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Aug. 6, 2023 at 3:50 p.m.

SharkTank

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Red Wings would make that trade in a second. Fabbri misses a ton of games.

Edit: Rust has 5 years left on his contract. Maybe not.

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Aug. 6, 2023 at 3:51 p.m.

pens1991

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Nah, they won't trade him. He's still a solid player, could have a rebound year.

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Aug. 6, 2023 at 3:52 p.m.

CoachCoach

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Not with Rust's contract. Fabbri is good when he plays, he just tends not to play.

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Aug. 6, 2023 at 3:55 p.m.

jfkst1

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Quoting: CoachCoach

Not with Rust's contract. Fabbri is good when he plays, he just tends not to play.

Sounds like a natural born Penguin already.

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Aug. 6, 2023 at 4:06 p.m.

Leafsfan98

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I think the number 1 rule is: don't trade (especially cap dumps) to Yzerman and Sakic... They will take advantage of it and fleece you

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Aug. 6, 2023 at 4:08 p.m.

brgh4life

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Rust is not a mistake. He might be slightly overpaid, but he is a solid top 6 winger with pk and pp ability. He makes the team better. Fabbri is cheap glass.

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Aug. 6, 2023 at 4:26 p.m.

palhal

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Five years of 31 year old Rust doesn't seem like a good idea.

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Aug. 6, 2023 at 4:29 p.m.

MajesticWalrus

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Quoting: brgh4life

Rust is not a mistake. He might be slightly overpaid, but he is a solid top 6 winger with pk and pp ability. He makes the team better. Fabbri is cheap glass.

Quoting: pens1991

Nah, they won't trade him. He's still a solid player, could have a rebound year.

I agree with them. You're blatantly wrong. He's not a cap dump nor a Hextall mistake. Great two way top 6 player.

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Aug. 6, 2023 at 5:17 p.m.

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aedoran

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Quoting: pens1991

Nah, they won't trade him. He's still a solid player, could have a rebound year.

Actually I think the length of Rust's contract is a bigger obstacle for Detroit. I don't know if Yzerman will take on a 5yr contract that he didn't negotiate.

Aug. 6, 2023 at 5:28 p.m.

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aedoran

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Quoting: MajesticWalrus

I agree with them. You're blatantly wrong. He's not a cap dump nor a Hextall mistake. Great two way top 6 player.

I agree Rust is a very good 2 way player but at 30yrs old I think his cap hit or term could've been lower.

Aug. 6, 2023 at 5:29 p.m.

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buffbry

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Wings pass, stop making trades to wings

Aug. 6, 2023 at 6:58 p.m.

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pens1991

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Quoting: aedoran

Actually I think the length of Rust's contract is a bigger obstacle for Detroit. I don't know if Yzerman will take on a 5yr contract that he didn't negotiate.

Yeah the term and NMC wasn't a great contract by Hextall (shocking) but i'm not opposed to keeping rust around.

All is irrelevant for Pittsburgh in 2 years so

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Aug. 6, 2023 at 7:12 p.m.

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aedoran

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Quoting: pens1991

Yeah the term and NMC wasn't a great contract by Hextall (shocking) but i'm not opposed to keeping rust around.

All is irrelevant for Pittsburgh in 2 years so

I agree Rust is quite a bit more durable and if their contracts were even this would be a very bad move for Pittsburgh. In the end I don't think the extra $1.125M in cap space would be worth losing Rust.

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