More of a Realistic Offseason

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Created by: Fluxcc

Team: 2024-25 Pittsburgh Penguins

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 30, 2024

Published: Mar. 30, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

- Not going crazy with trades or signings, more of a basic and realistic offseason than even many of the previous ACGM's I've made. Something Dubas might actually do.

- Have Pickering and Yager come to camp, play their 9 games and then make the NHL roster in the 25-26 season.

- Didn't fill out the rest of the AHL team, but sign people to fill the empty slots.

- Keep Rakell and hope he has an up year, looking at his career it is not uncommon for him to have up and down seasons.

- I don't think this is a contender, but it could potentially be a playoff team and does help them get a little bit younger.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST		YEARS	CAP HIT
Yager, Brayden		3	$950,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Puustinen, Valtteri	3	$1,000,000
Poulin, Samuel	2	$950,000
St. Ivany, Jack	3	$950,000
Gruden, Jonathan	2	$800,000
Rathbone, Jack	3	$900,000
Joseph, Pierre-Olivier	3	$950,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Nedeljkovic, Alex	2	$3,000,000
DeBrusk, Jake	3	$5,500,000
Lindholm, Elias	3	$6,000,000

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Graf, Collin		3	$950,000

Trades

PIT

2025 3rd round pick (EDM)

EDM

Smith, Reilly ($2,500,000 retained)

Additional Details:

Any team.

PIT

2024 4th round pick (ARI)
2024 7th round pick (ARI)

ARI

Additional Details:

Any team.

PIT

2024 6th round pick (BUF)

BUF

Acciari, Noel

Additional Details:

Any team.

Buyouts

Jack Johnson: $916,667

Retained Salary Transactions

Jeff Petry: $1,562,500 (25%)
Reilly Smith: $2,500,000 (50%)

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	$87,675,000	$86,754,342	$0	$0	$920,658

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	Rust, Bryan $5,125,000$5,125,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 4
Malkin, Evgeni $6,100,000$6,100,000 C NMC UFA - 2	Lindholm, Elias $6,000,000$6,000,000 C, RW UFA	DeBrusk, Jake $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW UFA
Puustinen, Valtteri $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW, LW UFA	O'Connor, Drew $925,000$925,000 LW UFA - 1	Rakell, Rickard $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 4
Poulin, Samuel $950,000$950,000 C, LW RFA - 2	Eller, Lars $2,450,000$2,450,000 C UFA - 1	Puljujärvi, Jesse $800,000$800,000 RW UFA - 1

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	Nedeljkovic, Alex $3,000,000$3,000,000 G UFA
Ludvig, John $775,000$775,000 LD RFA - 1	St. Ivany, Jack $950,000$950,000 RD RFA

Taxi Squad
Ponomarev, Vasili $795,000$795,000 ($0$0$0$0) ($20,000$20K) C RFA - 1
Koivunen, Ville $805,833$805,833 ($0$0$0$0) ($82,500$82K) RW RFA - 2
Rathbone, Jack $900,000$900,000 ($0$0$0$0) LD UFA

Mar. 31 at 12:02 a.m.

Nhl_oilers

Joined: Mar. 2019

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Not too bad! I would take this into consideration, if we can’t get a better winger for Draisaitl. Is there any way we can get Eller too, if Henrique doesn’t sign with us? Smith 50%, and Eller would be pretty good additions imo.

Mar. 31 at 12:06 a.m.

Fluxcc

Thread Starter

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Quoting: Nhl_oilers

I would definitely consider moving Eller and giving 4C to Ponomarev for the right return.

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Mar. 31 at 12:49 a.m.

Caerii

Joined: Aug. 2020

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There's no world where Minnesota even considers this

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Mar. 31 at 1:29 a.m.

MoSeider53

Future Norris guy

Joined: Aug. 2022

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Marco Rossi 100% returns a far better offer than this.

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Mar. 31 at 3:13 p.m.

LuckyMoneyPuck

SkateOrDie

Joined: Feb. 2024

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Lindholm looks like a 6m mistake

Mar. 31 at 3:54 p.m.

Fluxcc

Thread Starter

Joined: Aug. 2023

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Quoting: LuckyMoneyPuck

Lindholm looks like a 6m mistake

Could be yeah. Dan Kingerski a Pittsburgh reporter said that he has heard that Pittsburgh are / were looking at him.

Mar. 31 at 4:13 p.m.

LuckyMoneyPuck

SkateOrDie

Joined: Feb. 2024

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Quoting: Fluxcc

Could be yeah. Dan Kingerski a Pittsburgh reporter said that he has heard that Pittsburgh are / were looking at him.

I get why, as Malkin is done as a center. But he's not the answer. They are better off playing Yager there next year. Cheaper, and you'd probably get better results.
Lindholm just doesn't look interested and I can't see a team paying 6m for him after this season when he's turning 30 next year. He looks like a guy about to get a 2x3m contract.

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