Getting Younger Through Internal Moves Exclusively

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Created by: Fluxcc

Team: 2024-25 Pittsburgh Penguins

Initial Creation Date: Mar. 31, 2024

Published: Mar. 31, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Just a HYPOTHETICAL method of getting younger that is using internal assets exclusively. I don't think this would ever actually happen, just doing it for fun. We technically could field a young team without trading for a single player or signing anyone currently outside of our own system.

- JUST above the cap floor.

- Team's average age would be 27 years old.

- Sign TJ Hughes from the NCAA.

- Keep our 2024 1st round pick and pick Zeev Buium.

- Dump our vets for picks to use for rebuild assets. Send them to any team that will take them, the teams listed are just placeholders, any team that wants them is welcome to them.

Free Agent Signings

RESERVE LIST	YEARS	CAP HIT
Yager, Brayden	3	$950,000
Murashov, Sergei	3	$950,000
Collins, Nolan	3	$775,000
Nickl, Thimo	3	$775,000
Broz, Tristan	3	$850,000
Laatsch, Daniel	3	$850,000
Björkqvist, Kasper	3	$775,000

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Puustinen, Valtteri	3	$1,000,000
St. Ivany, Jack	3	$1,000,000
Poulin, Samuel	3	$1,000,000
Gruden, Jonathan	2	$900,000
Rathbone, Jack	3	$900,000
Andonovski, Corey	2	$950,000

CREATED	YEARS	CAP HIT
Buium, Zeev	3	$950,000
Hughes, TJ	3	$950,000
Rueschoff, Austin	2	$775,000
Joshua, Jagger	2	$775,000
Hayes, Avery	2	$775,000

Trades

PIT

2024 1st round pick (PIT)

SJS

2025 1st round pick (PIT)

PIT

2024 4th round pick (ARI)

ARI

Graves, Ryan
2025 3rd round pick (PIT)

PIT

2024 6th round pick (FLA)

FLA

Acciari, Noel

PIT

2024 2nd round pick (EDM)
2025 3rd round pick (EDM)

EDM

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

PIT

2025 2nd round pick (NJD)

NJD

Rakell, Rickard
2024 2nd round pick (EDM)
2026 3rd round pick (PIT)

PIT

2026 6th round pick (NJD)

NJD

Nieto, Matt

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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TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
20	$87,675,000	$65,628,509	$0	$160,000	$22,046,491

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
O'Connor, Drew $925,000$925,000 LW UFA - 1	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
Bunting, Michael $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW M-NTC UFA - 2	Malkin, Evgeni $6,100,000$6,100,000 C NMC UFA - 2	Puustinen, Valtteri $1,000,000$1,000,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Poulin, Samuel $1,000,000$1,000,000 C, LW RFA - 2	Yager, Brayden $950,000$950,000 C, LW, RW RFA	Koivunen, Ville $805,833$805,833 ($82,500$82K) RW RFA - 2
Gruden, Jonathan $900,000$900,000 LW RFA - 2	Ponomarev, Vasili $795,000$795,000 ($20,000$20K) C RFA - 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
Pickering, Owen $886,667$886,667 LD RFA - 3	Letang, Kris $6,100,000$6,100,000 RD NMC UFA - 4	Blomqvist, Joel $886,667$886,667 ($57,500$58K) G RFA - 2
Ludvig, John $775,000$775,000 LD RFA - 1	St. Ivany, Jack $1,000,000$1,000,000 RD UFA - 3

Mar. 31 at 10:09 p.m.

NJDevils1317

Joined: Aug. 2021

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Devils shouldn't be spending $5m on a player like Rakell. They can do more with that money and the 2nd rounder.

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Mar. 31 at 10:10 p.m.

Fluxcc

Thread Starter

Joined: Aug. 2023

Posts: 56

Likes: 10

Quoting: NJDevils1317

Devils shouldn't be spending $5m on a player like Rakell. They can do more with that money and the 2nd rounder.

Says right in the description:

"Send them to any team that will take them, the teams listed are just placeholders, any team that wants them is welcome to them."

Any team that wants our vets and will give us picks to stockpile for our eventual full rebuild is more than welcome to them. We just need to offload them in this purely hypothetical scenario that would never actually happen.

Mar. 31 at 10:19 p.m.

Nhl_oilers

Joined: Mar. 2019

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Make it just a 2nd for Eller, and Smith 50%, and it’s closer to fair imo.

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Mar. 31 at 10:24 p.m.

Fluxcc

Thread Starter

Joined: Aug. 2023

Posts: 56

Likes: 10

Quoting: Nhl_oilers

Make it just a 2nd for Eller, and Smith 50%, and it’s closer to fair imo.

That's fair. The picks and teams are really just placeholders, I don't really care what picks we get, as long as we aren't sending them for nothing.

This is a purely hypothetical team that would never actually happen anyways. No team is going to exclusively promote internally, not trade for a single player or sign a single UFA.

Mar. 31 at 10:33 p.m.

NJDevils1317

Joined: Aug. 2021

Posts: 4,785

Likes: 2,423

Quoting: Fluxcc

I read that, but not sure many teams thar would line up to take on that contract with that length, but one fewer team to consider as a placeholder

Mar. 31 at 10:58 p.m.

palhal

LongtimeLeafsufferer

Joined: Jul. 2015

Posts: 60,666

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Most teams are at the cap and just can't additional cap without sending similar cap back in trade. Besides, some players aren't playing up to their contract, the same reason the the author has traded them away.

Apr. 1 at 2:35 a.m.

SolarHarbor

Joined: Mar. 2024

Posts: 107

Likes: 18

I agree, this is prob the Pens future, but with a few caveats
1. Dubas was clear in recent interviews Graves is not moving
2. They need to keep 1 of Eller or Accari
3. Blom, Yager and Pickering should start in WBS. And Koivunen hasn't played in an NA rink yet so hell def be in WBS

id bet Rakell and Smith are gone. think Dubas is just waiting for offszn prices

Apr. 1 at 8:41 a.m.

CooleyforCalder

RIP Yotes

Joined: Dec. 2017

Posts: 281

Likes: 51

Yotes would only take Graves with $1M retained

Apr. 1 at 8:19 p.m.

vols94

Joined: Jul. 2018

Posts: 4,640

Likes: 1,127

Graves and Rakell and their negative value contracts are not going away that cheaply. Graves would take a 1st plus retention to move

SJ will take Smith and Rakell no retention with your 2024 1st and your 2026 2nd for FC

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