What I Wouldve Done Instead

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Created by: la_scaloneta

Team: 2023-24 Pittsburgh Penguins

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 11, 2024

Published: Apr. 11, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Free Agent Signings

CREATED		YEARS	CAP HIT
Guentzel, Jake		1	$6,000,000
Kuznetsov, Evgeni		1	$3,900,000

Trades

PIT

Bahl, Kevin

NJD

Jarry, Tristan

Additional Details:

Devils needed a goalie

PIT

Jake Guentzel

CAR

Never traded - it was a worthless trade cuz we got no top prospects or picks, Bunting was useful but we could’ve got him for a 2nd cuz he was a cap dump for Carolina

PIT

2025 4th round pick (TBL)

TBL

Graves, Ryan

Additional Details:

Tampa needed a 2LD with Sergachev out and Graves is a cap dump for PIT

PIT

Evgeny Kuznetsov (50% Retention)

*For a third at 3.9 million, I would have taken him - he is one of the best playoff performers of this generation

WSH

2025 3rd round pick (PIT)

Buyouts

Jack Johnson: $916,667

Retained Salary Transactions

Jake Guentzel: $1,500,000 (25%)
Jeff Petry: $1,562,500 (25%)

Buried

Jeff Carter: $1,975,000 ($3,125,000)

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
22	$83,500,000	$82,148,509	$0	$137,500	$1,351,491

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Guentzel, Jake $6,000,000$6,000,000	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
Puustinen, Valtteri $775,000$775,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Kuznetsov, Evgeni $3,900,000$3,900,000	Smith, Reilly $5,000,000$5,000,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 2
O'Connor, Drew $925,000$925,000 LW UFA - 2	Eller, Lars $2,450,000$2,450,000 C UFA - 2	Puljujärvi, Jesse $800,000$800,000 RW UFA - 2
		Bemström, Emil $900,000$900,000 RW, LW RFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Pettersson, Marcus $4,025,175$4,025,175 LD M-NTC UFA - 2	Karlsson, Erik $10,000,000$10,000,000 RD NMC UFA - 4	Nedeljkovic, Alex $1,500,000$1,500,000 G UFA - 1
Bahl, Kevin $1,050,000$1,050,000 LD RFA - 2	Letang, Kris $6,100,000$6,100,000 RD NMC UFA - 5	Blomqvist, Joel $886,667$886,667 ($57,500$58K) G RFA - 3
Joseph, Pierre-Olivier $825,000$825,000 LD RFA - 1	St. Ivany, Jack $857,500$857,500 ($80,000$80K) RD RFA - 1
Shea, Ryan $775,000$775,000 LD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
		Nieto, Matt $900,000$900,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
		Acciari, Noel $2,000,000$2,000,000 C, RW M-NTC UFA - 3
		Harkins, Jansen $850,000$850,000 LW UFA - 1

Apr. 11 at 8:28 p.m.

Boltsradynasty

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TB doesn't have the cap beyond this year for Graves so No major reason they passed on Hanifin too

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Apr. 11 at 8:29 p.m.

fullblowncaniac90

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Couldn’t have gotten Bunts for a 2nd but ok

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Apr. 11 at 8:31 p.m.

LuckyMoneyPuck

SkateOrDie

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what makes you think WSH would trade with PIT?
On top of it, why do you think PIT would have traded a goalie to NJ if they thought they still had a chance.

Apr. 11 at 10:19 p.m.

la_scaloneta

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Quoting: fullblowncaniac90

Couldn’t have gotten Bunts for a 2nd but ok

Sure we could’ve. The guy had 30 points in 60 games and is making 4.5x3.

Apr. 11 at 10:20 p.m.

la_scaloneta

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Quoting: LuckyMoneyPuck

what makes you think WSH would trade with PIT?
On top of it, why do you think PIT would have traded a goalie to NJ if they thought they still had a chance.

I am not a believer in Jarry, the guy has lost his spot to Nedeljkovic and makes 5x5.

Apr. 11 at 10:21 p.m.

la_scaloneta

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Quoting: Boltsradynasty

TB doesn't have the cap beyond this year for Graves so No major reason they passed on Hanifin too

Fair, I guess without the Sergachev injury TBL don’t need a LHD anyway, they need a RD behind Cernak.

Apr. 11 at 10:23 p.m.

Caniac555

Hurricane Waddell

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Canes reject

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Apr. 11 at 10:35 p.m.

LuckyMoneyPuck

SkateOrDie

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Quoting: la_scaloneta

I am not a believer in Jarry, the guy has lost his spot to Nedeljkovic and makes 5x5.

that's great, the reason NJ isn't in the hunt is they have a goalie worse than Jarry. Which is why PIT would never have sent him there to begin with.

Apr. 12 at 12:34 a.m.

Boltsradynasty

Miss YA Killer

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Quoting: la_scaloneta

Fair, I guess without the Sergachev injury TBL don’t need a LHD anyway, they need a RD behind Cernak.

TBs right side is underrated the teams biggest problem early was adjusting to the new system since 1/1 they went from a -18 to a plus 23 goal differential.

Apr. 12 at 5:19 p.m.

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la_scaloneta

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Quoting: LuckyMoneyPuck

that's great, the reason NJ isn't in the hunt is they have a goalie worse than Jarry. Which is why PIT would never have sent him there to begin with.

Maybe they wouldn’t but I would have traded him for a bag of pucks. I’ve wanted him out since the 2021 debacle.

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