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Forum: Armchair-GMNov. 1, 2019 at 6:21 p.m.
Thread: Sign Schultz and RFAs Galchenyuk walks
I don't think the question has ever been, is it possible to resign Schultz.
The question is, why would they?

They are grooming Marino to take his place. There should be no doubt in anyone's mind about that.
They are looking a Addison coming in next year, who they are extremely high on. I'm not even saying he's ready, but they are high on him.
They won't put 6+ million into Schultz knowing Marino can fill that role. Especially when the Schultz Pettersson pairing has been the weakest pairing on the penguins.
Schultz is really good offensively, there is no doubt about that. Someone will pay to have him come and be their PP point.
But the penguins don't need that. What they will be looking for instead is to stabilize the back end. Which means a stronger defensive player with offensive upside in Marino taking the 2LD role.
They will then find a reasonable cost 3RD, if not play Addison.
I really think the penguins will be busy picking into the NCAA FA market this year. There are a handful of players there that can help on the back end and they DO have openings to test them out.
If anything, this team will be shopping for an offensive threat who is decent on defense to pair with Malkin. That's the teams primary offseason shopping list.