GMJR never left

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Created by: igbpv

Team: 2023-24 Pittsburgh Penguins

Initial Creation Date: Jan. 19, 2024

Published: Jan. 19, 2024

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I’m not doing any assets or anything in these moves, just trying to reimagine what the pens could’ve looked like had JR gotten the go ahead to move Geno or Letang. The denial of that was reportedly a big reason for him stepping down. Some guys I’ve kept here are cause they’re role players and I don’t wanna speculate too much there, but also I think Eller and Acciarri are very much JR type signings

Trades

PIT

LAK

Carter, Jeff

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Not the kind of guy/contract I see JR bringing in

PIT

Again just removing him from the team since I think JR makes a trade for a LHD earlier

NJD

Graves, Ryan

PIT

Reinhart, Sam

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Idk what the assets would’ve been to get a deal going that sent Malkin to a team wanting a super star in 2021, and Sam to Pitt but it’s something I legit could’ve seen happening back then. JR reportedly wanted to move Geno or Letang and I could’ve seen Geno being the one to go, but a replacement would’ve had to be brought in and a guy like Reinhart was available at the time.

FLA

Malkin, Evgeni

PIT

VAN

Karlsson, Erik

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While I wouldn’t put the big trade for EK past JR, I think he’d have made a move sooner since I don’t think he brings in Petry, Hronek is a guy he liked and there was rumblings of that in Pitt b4 he brought him to the Nuks, I don’t think he lets Teddy leave Pitt either. Now since we don’t have the big EK trade, I think a big trade JR makes is bringing in Miller or Boeser when they were on the block for the Nuks, I’m doing Boeser here because his price was much lower at the time plus I think JR would see him as that Kessel like player for this team

PIT

Trocheck, Vincent

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A guy I think JR would heavily target to fill in the 2C role when he became a FA, with no Malkin and I’d presume Reinhart not playing to par as the 2C, they sign him and move Reinhart to wing

NYR

PIT

The way the timeline is going, it seems to me that it would’ve been either a Rakell trade or Rust resigning, JR was also interested in Rak when he was in Pitt but I’d see him resigning Rust over trading for him, even if I think the right move is the other way around

ANA

Rakell, Rickard

PIT

VAN

The kind of big guy JR loved to bring in, could’ve seen him as a signing for the pens when he was a FA as well, would’ve fit a need for them, same with Soucy, who’d have been a cheap target for the bottom six. It’s no coincidence I am stealing many Van players and guys that were known JR guys

PIT

Zucker, Jason ($800,000 retained)

ARI

Smith, Reilly

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I see no way JR let’s a guy he loves in Zucker walk, although I think he signs for less than he got from Ari, but for much more term

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

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$83,500,000	$81,642,675	$0	$0	$1,857,325

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	Reinhart, Sam $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW UFA - 1
Zucker, Jason $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Trocheck, Vincent $5,625,000$5,625,000 C, RW NMC UFA - 6	Boeser, Brock $6,650,000$6,650,000 RW UFA - 2
O'Connor, Drew $925,000$925,000 LW UFA - 2	Eller, Lars $2,450,000$2,450,000 C UFA - 2	Rust, Bryan $5,125,000$5,125,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 5
Suter, Pius $1,600,000$1,600,000 C, LW UFA - 2	Blueger, Teddy $1,900,000$1,900,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Acciari, Noel $2,000,000$2,000,000 C, RW M-NTC UFA - 3
Poulin, Samuel $863,333$863,333 C, LW RFA - 1		Puustinen, Valtteri $775,000$775,000 RW, LW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Pettersson, Marcus $4,025,175$4,025,175 LD M-NTC UFA - 2	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
Soucy, Carson $3,250,000$3,250,000 LD/RD NTC UFA - 3	Hronek, Filip $4,400,000$4,400,000 RD RFA - 1	Nedeljkovic, Alex $1,500,000$1,500,000 G UFA - 1
Joseph, Pierre-Olivier $825,000$825,000 LD RFA - 1	Ruhwedel, Chad $800,000$800,000 RD UFA - 1
Ludvig, John $775,000$775,000 LD RFA - 2

Jan. 19 at 3:28 p.m.

SidTheKid35

Friedman for Norris

Joined: Aug. 2021

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this team is so much better. damn. wanted boeser so bad but hextall never pulled the trigger.

Jan. 19 at 3:30 p.m.

igbpv

Thread Starter

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Quoting: SidTheKid35

this team is so much better. damn. wanted boeser so bad but hextall never pulled the trigger.

Tbh, idk that it’s so much better, I think Zucker and smith are pretty equal, no Geno or EK hurts the star power and offense tbh, but the team is more balanced and has depth so idk

Jan. 19 at 3:36 p.m.

kingkanuck

AN "ORIGINAL SIX"

Joined: Oct. 2016

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No, No, No from Canucks

Jan. 19 at 3:40 p.m.

igbpv

Thread Starter

Joined: Nov. 2017

Posts: 276

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Quoting: kingkanuck

No, No, No from Canucks

What’s the no here? I’m not doing assets or anything, it’s all purely speculation on what I think the team could look like if GMJR was still the GM, and there was a time everyone thought Boeser was for sure gone and I’d have thought JR would jump on that if he was pens GM at the time

Jan. 19 at 4:01 p.m.

NYR1983

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Canes fans laughed wildly when NYR signed Trochek to that deal. Said it was too much $. Don’t know if JR would have spent that coin. Then all season last year 31 fan bases criticized the contract no different than when kreider signed. But he did want to stay in the metro so it could have happened

Jan. 20 at 11:34 a.m.

igbpv

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Joined: Nov. 2017

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Quoting: NYR1983

JR just feels like a guy that signs the guys that just seem like he would, ya know? Like he signs awful deals too, but with no Geno in this thought experiment, feels like his pivot would be Trocheck, the Pittsburgh kid

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GMJR never left

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Trades

PIT

LAK

PIT

NJD

PIT

FLA

PIT

VAN

PIT

NYR

PIT

ANA

PIT

VAN

PIT

ARI

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