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Created by: Pens3lieve

Team: 2025-26 Pittsburgh Penguins

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 21, 2024

Published: Mar. 23, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

playing off my last ACGM... pens move any and all expiring deals they can for mainly prospects, change of scenery trades and moving bigger deals out...

don't take most of this too seriously, i'm not a prospect expert, and everyone and their mother including overvalues prospects at times (see Sprong, Daniel) but most of these moves are more theories about the general direction of PIT

NOTE-some of these trades happen this upcoming offseason and next years TDL in advance of the SID extention, another FA, etc...

stick tap to @F50Marco for the MTL trade idea

@mokumboi your thoughts on the STL idea for Pettersson at 50% retained?

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Barron, Justin	2	$1,150,000
Bemström, Emil	1	$900,000
Cajkovic, Maxim	1	$775,000
Gauthier, Taylor	2	$775,000
Hamaliuk, Dillon	2	$775,000
Ponomarev, Vasili	2	$775,000
Rathbone, Jack	2	$775,000
St. Ivany, Jack	2	$775,000
Svejkovsky, Lukas	2	$775,000
Puustinen, Valtteri	2	$1,100,000
Poulin, Samuel	2	$950,000
Ludvig, John	2	$850,000
Joseph, Pierre-Olivier	2	$900,000
Holmberg, Pontus	2	$850,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Crosby, Sidney	3	$8,700,000
O'Connor, Drew	2	$1,700,000
Puljujärvi, Jesse	1	$800,000
Stalock, Alex	1	$775,000
Nedeljkovic, Alex	2	$2,500,000

Trades

PIT

Holmberg, Pontus [RFA Rights]

TOR

Acciari, Noel

PIT

Anderson, Josh
Barron, Justin [RFA Rights]
2024 1st round pick (WPG)
2024 7th round pick (WSH)
2025 3rd round pick (VAN)

MTL

2024 2nd round pick (PHI)

Additional Details:

Reilly Smith, 1x$5M
Note: the 2024 2nd is conditional and can be upgraded to a 1st if CAR makes the SC Final, this post assumes they don't

PIT

NJD

Graves, Ryan

Additional Details:

Matt Nieto 1x900K

PIT

Edwards, Ethan [Reserve List]
Málek, Jakub [Reserve List]
2026 2nd round pick (NJD)
2026 4th round pick (NJD)

Additional Details:

2026 2nd condition-upgrades to a 1st if NJD makes the EC final
2026 4th condition-the best of the 3 4rd round picks

NJD

Jarry, Tristan

PIT

Kaskimäki, Aleksanteri [Reserve List]
Lindstein, Theo
2025 2nd round pick (STL)
2025 5th round pick (STL)

Additional Details:

STL #5/#14 prospects per the Athletic
2nd upgrades to a 1st in either 2025 or 2026 (STL choice) if STL makes it to the 2nd round of playoffs

STL

Gruden, Jonathan [RFA Rights]

Additional Details:

LHD Marcus Pettersson 50% retained, 1x~2M

PIT

2026 3rd round pick (COL)
2026 6th round pick (MIN)

MIN

C Lars Eller, 50% retained, 1x1.225M

PIT

2025 6th round pick (BOS)
2026 3rd round pick (BOS)

BOS

Haula, Erik ($1,575,000 retained)

Buyouts

Jack Johnson: $916,667

Retained Salary Transactions

Erik Haula: $1,575,000 (50%)

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	$91,500,000	$74,577,500	$0	$557,500	$16,922,500

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Palat, Ondrej $6,000,000$6,000,000 LW, RW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 2	Crosby, Sidney $8,700,000$8,700,000 C UFA	Rust, Bryan $5,125,000$5,125,000 RW, LW UFA - 3
Bunting, Michael $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW UFA - 1	Malkin, Evgeni $6,100,000$6,100,000 C NMC UFA - 1	Anderson, Josh $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 2
Puustinen, Valtteri $1,100,000$1,100,000 RW, LW UFA	O'Connor, Drew $1,700,000$1,700,000 LW UFA	Rakell, Rickard $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 3
Holmberg, Pontus $850,000$850,000 C, LW RFA	Poulin, Samuel $950,000$950,000 C, LW RFA	Bemström, Emil $900,000$900,000 RW, LW RFA

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Joseph, Pierre-Olivier $900,000$900,000 LD RFA	Letang, Kris $6,100,000$6,100,000 RD NMC UFA - 3	Nedeljkovic, Alex $2,500,000$2,500,000 G UFA
Ludvig, John $850,000$850,000 LD RFA	Karlsson, Erik $10,000,000$10,000,000 RD NMC UFA - 2	Blomqvist, Joel $886,667$886,667 G RFA - 1
Pickering, Owen $918,333$918,333 ($500,000$500K) LD RFA - 1	Barron, Justin $1,150,000$1,150,000 RD RFA

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Koivunen, Ville $805,833$805,833 ($57,500$58K) RW RFA - 1
Ponomarev, Vasili $775,000$775,000 C RFA
St. Ivany, Jack $775,000$775,000 RD RFA

Taxi Squad
Stalock, Alex $775,000$775,000 ($0$0$0$0) G UFA
Puljujärvi, Jesse $800,000$800,000 ($0$0$0$0) RW UFA

Mar. 23 at 1:59 p.m.

Pens3lieve

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stick tap to @F50Marco for the MTL trade idea

@mokumboi your thoughts on the STL idea for Pettersson at 50% retained?

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Mar. 23 at 2:03 p.m.

GuyGuyGuy

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We have near 20m in cap space for next season. Why exactly should we pay a first and a very good RD prospect to dump Anderson?

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Mar. 23 at 2:04 p.m.

NorthernLeafsFan05

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Not only is Holmberg better than Acciari, but he is also cheaper and younger. Literally zero reason for Toronto to do that

Mar. 23 at 2:04 p.m.

mokumboi

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Quoting: Pens3lieve

stick tap to F50Marco for the MTL trade idea

mokumboi your thoughts on the STL idea for Pettersson at 50% retained?

Pettersson retained for one year doesn't even get you Lindstein, sir. If Krug goes they might do the conditional 2nd and a different LD prospect like Buchinger or Gaudet or Loof. Maybe even Perunovich. Lindstein isn't available.

Mar. 23 at 2:11 p.m.

Pens3lieve

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Quoting: GuyGuyGuy

We have near 20m in cap space for next season. Why exactly should we pay a first and a very good RD prospect to dump Anderson?

did you miss the 2nd and Reilly Smith going the other way lol?

Mar. 23 at 2:13 p.m.

Pens3lieve

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Quoting: mokumboi

like i said i'm not a prospect expert, i was not aware Lindstein was the reincarnated Al McInnis/Chris Pronger mutant beast defenseman lol excuse my hyperbole

if PIT was taking Krug's contract then we'd want to be sending a longer deal the other way, like rakell, rust type stuff

lol

all good... just getting your take

Mar. 23 at 2:14 p.m.

Pens3lieve

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Quoting: NorthernLeafsFan05

Not only is Holmberg better than Acciari, but he is also cheaper and younger. Literally zero reason for Toronto to do that

except that Treliving like players with snot or something lol

fair enough, just trying to find a taker

Mar. 23 at 2:16 p.m.

Campabee

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Habs pass, remove Anderson, Barron, Smith and the 1st and it's a deal. We don't need to dump Anderson (who I still believe GM's value) and Smith holds no value to us with Armia already here on a cheaper contract

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Mar. 23 at 2:18 p.m.

NorthernLeafsFan05

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Quoting: Pens3lieve

except that Treliving like players with snot or something lol

fair enough, just trying to find a taker

Treliving chose Holmberg over Acciari last summer 🤷‍♂️

Mar. 23 at 2:23 p.m.

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my_name_is_Fil

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i dont see montreal doing antyhign like that for the next ...many years if at all.
kent hughes is the iceman

Mar. 23 at 2:35 p.m.

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Just_A_Guess

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That is not a good trade for MTL, heavy duty pass.

Mar. 23 at 2:36 p.m.

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BorisBagel

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Habs definitely decline

Mar. 23 at 2:45 p.m.

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GuyGuyGuy

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Quoting: Pens3lieve

did you miss the 2nd and Reilly Smith going the other way lol?

I did miss Reilly Smith. The second is pretty much whatever. Smith could bring up a first maybe at the deadline. So we are still paying Barron to unnecessarily get out of Anderson’s contract

Mar. 23 at 2:55 p.m.

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NJDevils1317

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Palat isn't waiving a NMC for PIT

Mar. 23 at 3:25 p.m.

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Haymaker26

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Quoting: Pens3lieve

did you miss the 2nd and Reilly Smith going the other way lol?

Even with Smith and the 2nd going the other way, I dislike Anderson's contract so much that I'm not considering it from the Pens' perspective.
We could probably move Smith's 1 year for some low picks/prospects and use that cap space on someone like Teravainen or Mantha.

Mar. 23 at 4:53 p.m.

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jpsnow13

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Quoting: Pens3lieve

did you miss the 2nd and Reilly Smith going the other way lol?

He asking you why would MTL give the Pens 2x1st and that's your answer? Keep your scraps.

Mar. 23 at 5:10 p.m.

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mokumboi

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Quoting: Pens3lieve

like i said i'm not a prospect expert, i was not aware Lindstein was the reincarnated Al McInnis/Chris Pronger mutant beast defenseman lol excuse my hyperbole

if PIT was taking Krug's contract then we'd want to be sending a longer deal the other way, like rakell, rust type stuff

lol

all good... just getting your take

Nobody ever said Lindstein was any of that stuff, but he definitely is currently the only legit top 4 D prospect in the organization. So yeah, he's a protected species. And yes, he's worth more than one season of Pettersson.

And I did not mean to move Krug to Pittsburgh, just in general.

Mar. 23 at 6:47 p.m.

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AC14

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That’s a stinker of a deal for the Blues.

Mar. 23 at 11:24 p.m.

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Tennisman142

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Honestly the blues trade makes little sense for us. Petterson only has 1 more year before he needs a new contract. We are retooling/rebuilding around younger players and giving out another big extension to a LHD heading into his age 30 season is a bad move for us. We already have Krug eating up a lot of cap so adding more is just a misuse of cap space.

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