TDL Selloff plus Zegras in the Offseason

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Created by: Pens3lieve

Team: 2024-25 Pittsburgh Penguins

Initial Creation Date: Jan. 11, 2024

Published: Jan. 11, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

This post assumes:
-PIT falls out of it and sells off Jake and Ned at the TDL
-Dubas acquires a top-of-the-lineup type-ish player (Zegras)
-All acquisitions have shorter term contracts which leaves PIT in a position to sell many assets at the next TDL if things go south again
-Most if not all the acquisitions I made in this hypothetical post are or have been rumoured to be available through trade recently or thereabouts

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Broberg, Philip	3	$800,000
Clarke, Graeme	3	$800,000
Poulin, Samuel	3	$800,000
Puustinen, Valtteri	3	$800,000
Smith, Ty	1	$775,000
St. Ivany, Jack	2	$775,000
Hamaliuk, Dillon	2	$775,000
Gruden, Jonathan	2	$775,000
Andonovski, Corey	2	$775,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Harkins, Jansen	1	$775,000
Hellberg, Magnus	1	$775,000
Hinostroza, Vinnie	1	$775,000
Puljujärvi, Jesse	1	$775,000
Ruhwedel, Chad	1	$775,000
Shea, Ryan	1	$775,000
Zohorna, Radim	1	$775,000
Beauvillier, Anthony	1	$3,000,000
Amadio, Michael	2	$2,200,000
Brossoit, Laurent	1	$1,500,000

Trades

PIT

Broberg, Philip [RFA Rights]
Tullio, Tyler
2024 1st round pick (EDM)
2026 2nd round pick (EDM)

Additional Details:

Warren Foegle $2.75M (exp contract)
-2026 2nd upgrades to 2026 1st if EDM advances to the WC Final
-Tullio is EDM's #3 prospect per THW

EDM

Jansen Harkins $850K (exp contract)
Jake Guentzel $6M ($3M ret) (exp contract)
-JG signs 7 year, $8.5M extension

PIT

Clarke, Graeme [RFA Rights]
Stillman, Chase
2025 2nd round pick (NJD)

Additional Details:

-2025 2nd upgrades to a top-10 protected 1st if NJD advances to the EC Final
Clarke-NJD #9 prospect
Stillman-NJD #10 prospect
rankings by Daily Face-off

NJD

Nieto, Matt

Additional Details:

Alex Nedjeljovic $1.5M ($750K ret) (exp contract)
Ryan Shea $775K (exp contract)
-AN signs extension 2x$3.5M

PIT

Zegras, Trevor

ANA

Broz, Tristan [Reserve List]
Murashov, Sergei [Reserve List]
Nylander, Alexander [RFA Rights]
2024 1st round pick (EDM)
2025 1st round pick (PIT)

Additional Details:

PIT 1st is top-10 protected

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

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$87,500,000	$87,279,342	$0	$0	$220,658

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Kuzmenko, Andrei $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1	Crosby, Sidney $8,700,000$8,700,000 C NMC UFA - 1	Rakell, Rickard $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 4
Puustinen, Valtteri $800,000$800,000 RW, LW UFA	Malkin, Evgeni $6,100,000$6,100,000 C NMC UFA - 2	Beauvillier, Anthony $3,000,000$3,000,000 RW, LW UFA
Amadio, Michael $2,200,000$2,200,000 RW, LW UFA	Zegras, Trevor $5,750,000$5,750,000 C, LW RFA - 2	Rust, Bryan $5,125,000$5,125,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 4
O'Connor, Drew $925,000$925,000 LW UFA - 1	Eller, Lars $2,450,000$2,450,000 C UFA - 1	Acciari, Noel $2,000,000$2,000,000 C, RW M-NTC UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Broberg, Philip $800,000$800,000 LD RFA	Letang, Kris $6,100,000$6,100,000 RD NMC UFA - 4	Jarry, Tristan $5,375,000$5,375,000 G M-NTC UFA - 4
Pettersson, Marcus $4,025,175$4,025,175 LD M-NTC UFA - 1	Karlsson, Erik $10,000,000$10,000,000 RD NMC UFA - 3	Brossoit, Laurent $1,500,000$1,500,000 G UFA
Graves, Ryan $4,500,000$4,500,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 5	Boqvist, Adam $2,600,000$2,600,000 RD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Ruhwedel, Chad $775,000$775,000 RD UFA		Puljujärvi, Jesse $775,000$775,000 RW UFA - 1
Poulin, Samuel $800,000$800,000 C, LW RFA - 2
Ludvig, John $775,000$775,000 LD RFA - 1

Taxi Squad
Blomqvist, Joel $886,667$886,667 ($0$0$0$0) ($57,500$58K) G RFA - 2
Clarke, Graeme $800,000$800,000 ($0$0$0$0) RW, C RFA
Stillman, Chase $863,333$863,333 ($0$0$0$0) RW RFA - 2
Tullio, Tyler $823,333$823,333 ($0$0$0$0) RW RFA - 1
Harkins, Jansen $775,000$775,000 ($0$0$0$0) LW UFA

Jan. 11 at 1:31 p.m.

Vancity2196

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Canucks pass.

Jan. 11 at 1:31 p.m.

NHLfan10506

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Nieto is worth ~4th or 5th rounder

Jan. 11 at 1:39 p.m.

SK101

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No chance Nieto and Ned is worth a 2nd let alone a potential 1st rounder. Canucks easily decline. Can’t see that offer getting zegras. The best piece would be the pens pick cause it could be a high draft pick but with top 10 protection it’s not really worth much.

Jan. 11 at 1:49 p.m.

dgibb10

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That’s a hell of a package you want for Ned.

3rd rounder, keep it simple

Jan. 11 at 1:52 p.m.

Pens3lieve

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Quoting: Vancity2196

Canucks pass.

Quoting: NHLfan10506

Nieto is worth ~4th or 5th rounder

Quoting: SK101

Ned gets a 2nd easily as EDM, TOR, NJD, DET, CAR, COL, SEA at least would be interested... Ned will prob be the best G available at the TDL if things go south for PIT...

the VAN trade was just 2 struggling wingers swapping... I don't think it's unrealistic if both teams were wanting a change of scenery...but PIT should add something to that trade...

Zegras is interesting bc although he's scored some sick goals, he has not yet put up star numbers so I do believe any offer would start with 3 good assets so I view him kind of as Chychrun in that his team doesn't have to move him bc he's young still but he like Chychrun is not a #1/#2 forward or D but more of a #3 on a championship team quote on quote...

Jan. 11 at 1:54 p.m.

GiggywithGibby

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A grab bag of spare parts doesn't get you Zegras. Pens have nothing in their system that is shiny enough to get Verbeek to pull the trigger.

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Jan. 11 at 1:55 p.m.

Pens3lieve

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Quoting: dgibb10

That’s a hell of a package you want for Ned.

3rd rounder, keep it simple

normally I'd agree with a 3rd give or take, but if Ned keeps playing the way he is rn, he would be the top G available and as I mentioned above, there are 5+ teams that would pony up to get him... so I don't believe a 2nd plus a prospect or two is unrealistic at all in that case... like this post assumes a lot of stuff in the future for sure... so I doubt everything plays out like this...

Jan. 11 at 1:59 p.m.

NHLfan10506

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Quoting: Pens3lieve

Okay...NJD would pass. We have plenty of forwards, need dman.

Jan. 11 at 2:00 p.m.

Oilers_29

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Quoting: NHLfan10506

Nieto is worth ~4th or 5th rounder

Nah he’s worth a 7th and 6th at best imo

Jan. 11 at 2:01 p.m.

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Oilers_29

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Quoting: Pens3lieve

Ur delusional and living in fantasy land if you think a 4th liner is returning a 2nd it’s just completely unrealistic

Jan. 11 at 2:17 p.m.

#11

NHLfan10506

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Quoting: Pens3lieve

NJD says, "Hard Pass"

Jan. 11 at 2:19 p.m.

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SK101

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Quoting: Pens3lieve

Ned is a backup and was one of the worst goalies in the league last year. He’s a good depth piece but there’s other goalies on the market. A lot of the teams listed won’t make the playoffs so they aren’t trading for a backup rental. I think a third is more than fair

Jan. 11 at 2:49 p.m.

#13

Pens3lieve

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Quoting: Oilers_29

Ur delusional and living in fantasy land if you think a 4th liner is returning a 2nd it’s just completely unrealistic

what 4th liner? the NJD trade was based around the goalie Nedjeljovic...?!

Jan. 11 at 2:51 p.m.

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Pens3lieve

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Quoting: SK101

I won't argue ned had a rough couple years but to be fair that was playing behind a terrible team that had a horrible team defence... but he was great in CAR and has been great in PIT... so if he plays behind a team that isn't horrible he should be just fine...

Jan. 11 at 3:47 p.m.

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OldNYIfan

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Two unsigned shot-in-the-dark prospects, an AHLer-for-life bust, a pick in the 20's, and a future first that is valuable only if it lands between 11 and 16 . . .

I don't think so.

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