Chicago got bedard so that means PIT gets Celebrini right

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Created by: Pens3lieve

Team: 2023-24 Pittsburgh Penguins

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 25, 2024

Published: Mar. 25, 2024

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I mean there’s always a chance, right? I’d love seeing the hockey world collectively burn to the ground if PIT got a top-2 pick in the lottery, let me know your thoughts down below 👇 lol 😂

Free Agent Signings

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Celebrini, Macklin		3	$950,000

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

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LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$83,500,000	$84,286,842	$0	$80,000	-$786,842

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Smith, Reilly $5,000,000$5,000,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 2	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
Bunting, Michael $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW M-NTC UFA - 3	Malkin, Evgeni $6,100,000$6,100,000 C NMC UFA - 3	Rakell, Rickard $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 5
O'Connor, Drew $925,000$925,000 LW UFA - 2	Eller, Lars $2,450,000$2,450,000 C UFA - 2	Carter, Jeff $3,125,000$3,125,000 RW, C NMC UFA - 1
Puustinen, Valtteri $775,000$775,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Acciari, Noel $2,000,000$2,000,000 C, RW M-NTC UFA - 3	Bemström, Emil $900,000$900,000 RW, LW RFA - 1
	Celebrini, Macklin $950,000$950,000	Puljujärvi, Jesse $800,000$800,000 RW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Graves, Ryan $4,500,000$4,500,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 6	Karlsson, Erik $10,000,000$10,000,000 RD NMC UFA - 4	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	Letang, Kris $6,100,000$6,100,000 RD NMC UFA - 5	Nedeljkovic, Alex $1,500,000$1,500,000 G UFA - 1
Joseph, Pierre-Olivier $825,000$825,000 LD RFA - 1	St. Ivany, Jack $857,500$857,500 ($80,000$80K) RD RFA - 1
Ludvig, John $775,000$775,000 LD RFA - 2

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Nieto, Matt $900,000$900,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
		Harkins, Jansen $850,000$850,000 LW UFA - 1

Mar. 25 at 1:39 p.m.

jfkst1

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Bedard is viewed as a much stronger #1 overall pick. McKenna in 2026 is expected to be the next can't miss prospect.

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Mar. 25 at 1:39 p.m.

MTLaveragefan

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Oh him or Misa and Gavin McKenna.

100% in the bag. Bettman is already piping the lottery

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Mar. 25 at 1:44 p.m.

ChiHawk

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5% chance as of now

Mar. 25 at 1:44 p.m.

athrin

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its guaranteed, the draft has not bee random or luck since the lotery system was implemented, the NHL CHOOSES who gets 1st OA just like they chose last year that CHI was gong to get 1st OA because the kane/toews era is over, and since the crosby/malkin er is coming to a close that means the NHL will GIVE 1st OA to PIT, PIT being in the top 10 right now give the nhl cover.

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Mar. 25 at 1:44 p.m.

ChiHawk

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Quoting: jfkst1

Bedard is viewed as a much stronger #1 overall pick. McKenna in 2026 is expected to be the next can't miss prospect.

Agree with this. Hagan and Celebrini are both very very good prospects but not at the level of Bedard and maybe McKenna

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Mar. 25 at 1:45 p.m.

ChiHawk

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Hey there tinfoil hat guy, let us know when the aliens are visiting and proof of the world being flat! laugh

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Mar. 25 at 1:46 p.m.

SociallyHawkward

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Just waiting for it. Bettman knows Pittsburgh fans aren't loyal so they have to get a young stud within a year or 2 of Crosby retirement.

Mar. 25 at 1:50 p.m.

Fluxcc

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Celebrini would be great, don't get me wrong, but I absolutely LOVE Demidov! His hands are silky smooth and he makes exciting plays. That is exactly the kind of talent we need on the Penguins during the rebuild when the team is struggling, give the fans something to ooh and ahh about in the games. He would be very exciting to watch.

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Mar. 25 at 2:25 p.m.

jfkst1

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Quoting: SociallyHawkward

Just waiting for it. Bettman knows Pittsburgh fans aren't loyal so they have to get a young stud within a year or 2 of Crosby retirement.

This is every bit as idiotic as the same fans saying Bettman fixed the draft for Chicago. And if NHL drafts were fixed, EDM wouldn't have won so many of them.

Mar. 25 at 2:27 p.m.

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jfkst1

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Quoting: ChiHawk

Agree with this. Hagan and Celebrini are both very very good prospects but not at the level of Bedard and maybe McKenna

McKenna is tracking very similarly to Bedard in production at the same age and he has more physical gifts in terms of mobility and size so hopefully if Bettman "fixes" a top pick for the Penguins, it would be a talent like that. Celebrini tracks more like Fantelli, Smith, Carlsson from the 2023 draft.

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