Penguins Retool but Avoid Mortgaging the Future

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Created by: pavelski_tip_in

Team: 2024-25 Pittsburgh Penguins

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 14, 2024

Published: Mar. 18, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Penguins avoid the rebuild until 25-26

(1) Fire Mike Sullivan

(2) Retain 2024 pick and Carolina makes Stanley Cup

(3) Trade for a top 6 forward with the 2 2024 first round picks.

(4) Offload Graves while he still maintains value (just not a good fit for the team)

(5) Round out the team with a few UFAs to improve the powerplay and complete the defensive group.

(6) Keep 2026 1st, Yager, and Pickering

Free Agent Signings

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

UFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Sprong, Daniel		3	$2,750,000
Chatfield, Jalen		3	$2,000,000

Trades

PIT

2024 1st round pick (CAR)

CAR

2024 2nd round pick (PHI)

PIT

2024 1st round pick (PIT)

SJS

2025 1st round pick (PIT)

PIT

Middleton, Jake

MIN

Poulin, Samuel
2026 3rd round pick (SJS)

PIT

Keller, Clayton

Additional Details:

Keller might be swinging too high, but maybe the Coyotes look to cash in and start again in a new city.

If Keller is unavailable, #10 + #31 is a solid package that can net the Penguins a top 6 forward from a rebuilding team. Needs to be a team that would accept picks instead of players.

Other options could include Tuch or Caufield.

ARI

Graves, Ryan
2024 1st round pick (CAR)
2024 1st round pick (PIT)

Additional Details:

Graves is not a salary dump but needs a change of scenery.

Pittsburgh pick is in the top 10.

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
23	$87,500,000	$87,391,009	$0	$57,500	$108,991

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Keller, Clayton $7,150,000$7,150,000 LW, RW NTC UFA - 4	Crosby, Sidney $8,700,000$8,700,000 C NMC UFA - 1	Rust, Bryan $5,125,000$5,125,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 4
Smith, Reilly $5,000,000$5,000,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1	Malkin, Evgeni $6,100,000$6,100,000 C NMC UFA - 2	Rakell, Rickard $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 4
Bunting, Michael $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW M-NTC UFA - 2	Eller, Lars $2,450,000$2,450,000 C UFA - 1	Sprong, Daniel $2,750,000$2,750,000 RW, LW UFA
Puustinen, Valtteri $800,000$800,000 RW, LW UFA	Acciari, Noel $2,000,000$2,000,000 C, RW M-NTC UFA - 2	Bemström, Emil $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW, LW RFA
O'Connor, Drew $925,000$925,000 LW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Middleton, Jake $2,450,000$2,450,000 LD 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
Pettersson, Marcus $4,025,175$4,025,175 LD M-NTC UFA - 1	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 $1,000,000$1,000,000 LD RFA	Chatfield, Jalen $2,000,000$2,000,000 RD UFA
Ludvig, John $775,000$775,000 LD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Puljujärvi, Jesse $800,000$800,000 RW UFA - 1		Nieto, Matt $900,000$900,000 LW, RW UFA - 1

Mar. 18 at 3:23 p.m.

littlejerryseinfeld

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Keep Alex tuchs name out of your mouth please

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Mar. 18 at 3:33 p.m.

goodfella

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How about Granlund for the two 1sts?

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Mar. 18 at 3:43 p.m.

pavelski_tip_in

Thread Starter

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Quoting: goodfella

How about Granlund for the two 1sts?

0.81 PPG for Granlund vs 0.92 for Keller.

Sharks would have to include 3 3rds to make up the difference.

Mar. 18 at 3:47 p.m.

CoolHandL

Joined: Jul. 2021

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Not enough for Middleton, so the Wild say no. The Wild want more big mobile D-men anyway, not less.

Mar. 18 at 3:49 p.m.

bwhsocal

Joined: Jun. 2023

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AZ passes on that

Mar. 18 at 5:15 p.m.

Novistic

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awful offer for keller, who wouldnt be traded anyway

Mar. 18 at 7:13 p.m.

Marked_Difference

Joined: Oct. 2022

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Hard pass on Keller but I could see a way forward for Schmaltz. Wouldn't be as high as a price either

Schmaltz and 2025 2nd (TOR) for Graves (ret ~2MM) and [2024 1st (PIT) -Guarantee SJC gets unprotected 20251st.]

Mar. 19 at 11:22 a.m.

pavelski_tip_in

Thread Starter

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Quoting: Novistic

awful offer for keller, who wouldnt be traded anyway

I take your point about it being an underpay for Keller.

Ignore Graves for a second and let me know a few players in the league you would value at 2 first round picks (one top 10 and one late first rounder). Bonus points if they play for a rebuilding team. It's about the same value as Chicago got for Debrincat coming off his 40 goal season.

Mar. 19 at 11:29 a.m.

pavelski_tip_in

Thread Starter

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Quoting: Marked_Difference

I think you've done a good job at balancing out the value with the 2nd round pick and lopping off one of the 1sts.

At the end of the day, if I'm a GM trading a top 10 pick, I would want a nailed-on top line player. Schmaltz isn't even projected to hit 60 points this season (which may be a function of the team he plays for). Ottawa got a 40 goal scorer for #7 overall in the DeBrincat trade. Turns out he wasn't as good of a player as they had hoped, but they paid up for his goal scoring potential.

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