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Created by: Marcsnack

Team: 2024-25 Pittsburgh Penguins

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 8, 2024

Published: Mar. 9, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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DEPARTURES:
I feel like Smith & Eller are two players we can move this offseason. If we cannot move Eller, I would try and move Acciari instead, but I would keep at least one of them.
I dont think we will be able to move Rakell, but if you can, I would consider.
If Blomqvist isnt ready, I would bring back Ned on a 1-2 year deal.

WEAPONIZING CAP:
With so much cap, I would try and weaponize it a bit. Other options include Faksa (DAL), Campbell (EDM), Goodrow (NYR). In this trade, WPG moves out nearly $6M by sending us their bottom pairing D and a young forward who does not play much, as well as a 3rd. They get a veteran back in Nieto.

YOUNG TALENT:
I would love to see a big influx of young talent on the roster. DOC & Puustinen are already playing in the NHL right now. I do think Poulin and Ponomarev will join the roster at some point this season, so we will see if they do well enough to stick around for next year. I do not think Yager or Pickering are ready just yet.

FREE AGENTS/NEW PLAYERS:
If we decide to not weaponize cap, I can see us targeting a dman or two via free agency. I would also like to sign a winger. I went for DeBrusk, because he is on the younger side of UFAs available. I can also see us getting roster players back for Smith/Eller and not get as high/any picks in return.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Puustinen, Valtteri	1	$900,000
Poulin, Samuel	2	$800,000
Joseph, Pierre-Olivier	2	$900,000
Bemström, Emil	1	$875,000

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
DeBrusk, Jake		4	$4,250,000

Trades

PIT

2024 2nd round pick (ANA)

Additional Details:

Traded anywhere

ANA

Smith, Reilly

PIT

2025 3rd round pick (ANA)

Additional Details:

Traded anywhere

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
23	$87,675,000	$82,761,009	$0	$77,500	$4,913,991

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Bunting, Michael $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW M-NTC UFA - 2	Crosby, Sidney $8,700,000$8,700,000 C NMC UFA - 1	Puustinen, Valtteri $900,000$900,000 RW, LW UFA
O'Connor, Drew $925,000$925,000 LW UFA - 1	Malkin, Evgeni $6,100,000$6,100,000 C NMC UFA - 2	Rust, Bryan $5,125,000$5,125,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 4
DeBrusk, Jake $4,250,000$4,250,000 RW, LW UFA	Poulin, Samuel $800,000$800,000 C, LW RFA	Rakell, Rickard $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 4
Kupari, Rasmus $1,000,000$1,000,000 C, LW, RW RFA - 1	Ponomarev, Vasili $795,000$795,000 ($20,000$20K) C RFA - 1	Acciari, Noel $2,000,000$2,000,000 C, RW M-NTC UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
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	Jarry, Tristan $5,375,000$5,375,000 G M-NTC UFA - 4
Graves, Ryan $4,500,000$4,500,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 5	Letang, Kris $6,100,000$6,100,000 RD NMC UFA - 4	Blomqvist, Joel $886,667$886,667 ($57,500$58K) G RFA - 2
Joseph, Pierre-Olivier $900,000$900,000 LD RFA	Schmidt, Nate $5,950,000$5,950,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Bemström, Emil $875,000$875,000 RW, LW RFA
Puljujärvi, Jesse $800,000$800,000 RW UFA - 1
Ludvig, John $775,000$775,000 LD RFA - 1

Mar. 9 at 12:32 a.m.

Play_Party_Hard

Joined: Apr. 2022

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I know Dubas is against it, but I don't think a Reilly Smith buyout would be that terrible. I have a hard time finding a suitable trade for him in 2024-2025.

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Mar. 9 at 1:02 a.m.

edeangel84

JimmyPaek

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Quoting: Play_Party_Hard

I know Dubas is against it, but I don't think a Reilly Smith buyout would be that terrible. I have a hard time finding a suitable trade for him in 2024-2025.

That’s by far my biggest problem with Dubas, the anti-buyouts. His biggest mistake of the entire offseason was not using a buyout on Granlund before free agency opened. Had he done that it would have created not only another roster spot open in the forward group, but freed up a couple million more before UFAs signed. That could have helped us attract another forward for a middle 6 role and of course it would have avoided an unnecessary trade for EK.

Mar. 9 at 1:19 a.m.

CF18GM

Joined: May 2021

Posts: 627

Likes: 408

Makes absolutely no sense for WPG to spend that many assets to dump Schmidt in his final year. They can easily retain half and get late pick back or just buy him out. They have enough bottom six players and dont need Nieto.

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Mar. 9 at 3:28 p.m.

BELIEVEnPENGUINS

Pens71

Joined: Apr. 2023

Posts: 117

Likes: 53

Quoting: edeangel84

no thanks to buying out Granlund. He made the right call on the trade. Buyouts stink.....aka J.Johnson. still paying him

Mar. 9 at 5:57 p.m.

Marcsnack

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Joined: Feb. 2020

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Quoting: Play_Party_Hard

I know Dubas is against it, but I don't think a Reilly Smith buyout would be that terrible. I have a hard time finding a suitable trade for him in 2024-2025.

I defo think someone out there pays for Smith. We can definitely trade him for a return.

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