What the team would look like if GMJR was allowed to do his job

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Created by: gpmack95

Team: 2023-24 Pittsburgh Penguins

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 21, 2024

Published: Mar. 21, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

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Per some Pittsburgh media outlets, Jim Rutherford left because he wasn't allowed to trade a 1st round pick to STL in exchange for Vince Dunn. Say what you want about GMJR, but he knew talent when he saw it and if he was still here, I feel the team would be sitting comfortably in 3rd place in the Metro at the minimum.

Trades

CAR

PIT

Rodrigues, Evan

FLA

PIT

Matheson, Michael

MTL

PIT

Marino, John

NJD

PIT

VAN

PIT

McCann, Jared

SEA

PIT

DeSmith, Casey

VAN

PIT

Kane, Patrick

DET

Knowing GMJR and his love for big name hunting, this is someone I could see him giving like $4M too

10.

PIT

Jankowski, Mark

NSH

Buyouts

Jack Johnson: $916,667

Retained Salary Transactions

Jake Guentzel: $1,500,000 (25%)
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
20	$83,500,000	$79,429,342	$0	$0	$4,070,658

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	Rust, Bryan $5,125,000$5,125,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 5
McCann, Jared $5,000,000$5,000,000 C, LW M-NTC UFA - 4	Malkin, Evgeni $6,100,000$6,100,000 C NMC UFA - 3	Puustinen, Valtteri $775,000$775,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
O'Connor, Drew $925,000$925,000 LW UFA - 2	Rodrigues, Evan $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW, C UFA - 4	Kane, Patrick $2,750,000$2,750,000 RW NTC UFA - 1
Jankowski, Mark $775,000$775,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Blueger, Teddy $1,900,000$1,900,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Lafferty, Sam $1,150,000$1,150,000 RW, C, LW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Matheson, Michael $4,875,000$4,875,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 3	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	Dunn, Vince $7,350,000$7,350,000 LD/RD UFA - 4	DeSmith, Casey $1,800,000$1,800,000 G UFA - 1
Joseph, Pierre-Olivier $825,000$825,000 LD RFA - 1	Marino, John $4,400,000$4,400,000 RD UFA - 4

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Bunting, Michael $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW M-NTC UFA - 3
		Smith, Reilly $5,000,000$5,000,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 2
		Acciari, Noel $2,000,000$2,000,000 C, RW M-NTC UFA - 3
		Eller, Lars $2,450,000$2,450,000 C UFA - 2
		Rakell, Rickard $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 5
		Bemström, Emil $900,000$900,000 RW, LW RFA - 1
		Carter, Jeff $3,125,000$3,125,000 RW, C NMC UFA - 1
		Puljujärvi, Jesse $800,000$800,000 RW UFA - 2
		Nedeljkovic, Alex $1,500,000$1,500,000 G UFA - 1
		Graves, Ryan $4,500,000$4,500,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 6
		Ludvig, John $775,000$775,000 LD RFA - 2
		Nieto, Matt $900,000$900,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
		Harkins, Jansen $850,000$850,000 LW UFA - 1

Mar. 21 at 2:02 p.m.

jfkst1

"Go sell ice cream!"

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What media outlet said that? The rumor I heard was a contract dispute.

Mar. 21 at 2:07 p.m.

gpmack95

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Quoting: jfkst1

What media outlet said that? The rumor I heard was a contract dispute.

https://pittsburghhockeynow.com/pittsburgh-penguins-trade-talk-vince-dunn-jim-rutherford-resignation/#google_vignette then Inside Pittsburgh Sports (have to pay for it) said the return was 1st and Morehouse was pissed.

Mar. 21 at 2:14 p.m.

evelutions2

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If you keep McCann, you lose Dunn in the expansion draft, and vise versa.

Mar. 21 at 2:16 p.m.

gpmack95

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Quoting: evelutions2

If you keep McCann, you lose Dunn in the expansion draft, and vise versa.

We would have protected him -- probably lose either Matheson or Tanev

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