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Created by: K_DaBoss

Team: 2024-25 Pittsburgh Penguins

Initial Creation Date: Apr. 29, 2024

Published: Apr. 29, 2024

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Description

Don't bother with AHL. Chychrun has fallen out in OTT, 3rd pairing, -30, needs to play w/ EK65 --- Joseph gets to play with his brother; Anderson & Xhekaj in change of scenery deal --- Graves can reclaim his game (I know MTL has LD, but this is how the change of scenery deals goes) and MTL is looking for a cup winning, vet winger in Smith ; NSH saves on McDonagh contract and Pens get a LD for Letang, NSH also provides picks for an elite shutdown d-man in Pettersson (and can re-sign) and a quality winger in RAK who just turned 30 with term; Gibson comes home, but with salary retained --- ANA gets a quality goalie in Jarry, who needs a new scene, a shut down winger and elite PK man in Acciari, a 2nd rounder and various prospects for the right side - still seems like over payment but it's only Armchair GM. Pens can always swap Reinhardt to 2C, if need be.

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
St. Ivany, Jack		3	$1,000,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Puustinen, Valtteri	2	$850,000
Shea, Ryan	2	$850,000
Reinhart, Sam	6	$9,000,000
Stephenson, Chandler	4	$3,750,000
Nedeljkovic, Alex	3	$3,000,000

Trades

PIT

Chychrun, Jakob

OTT

Joseph, Pierre-Olivier [RFA Rights]
2026 3rd round pick (SJS)

PIT

Anderson, Josh
Xhekaj, Arber [RFA Rights]

MTL

PIT

McDonagh, Ryan
2024 2nd round pick (NSH)
2025 2nd round pick (NSH)

NSH

PIT

Gibson, John ($3,200,000 retained)

ANA

Acciari, Noel
Andonovski, Corey [RFA Rights]
Bemström, Emil [RFA Rights]
Collins, Nolan [Reserve List]
Jarry, Tristan
2024 2nd round pick (NSH)

Buyouts

Jack Johnson: $916,667

Retained Salary Transactions

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

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
20	$87,700,000	$86,460,000	$0	$82,500	$1,240,000

Roster

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	Koivunen, Ville $805,833$805,833 ($82,500$82K) RW RFA - 2
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	Reinhart, Sam $9,000,000$9,000,000 RW UFA
Poulin, Samuel $775,000$775,000 C, LW RFA - 2	Stephenson, Chandler $3,750,000$3,750,000 C, LW UFA	Rust, Bryan $5,125,000$5,125,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 4
Puustinen, Valtteri $850,000$850,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	Eller, Lars $2,450,000$2,450,000 C UFA - 1	Anderson, Josh $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 3

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Chychrun, Jakob $4,600,000$4,600,000 LD/RD M-NTC UFA - 1	Karlsson, Erik $10,000,000$10,000,000 RD NMC UFA - 3	Nedeljkovic, Alex $3,000,000$3,000,000 G UFA
McDonagh, Ryan $6,750,000$6,750,000 LD NTC UFA - 2	Letang, Kris $6,100,000$6,100,000 RD NMC UFA - 4	Gibson, John $3,200,000$3,200,000 G M-NTC UFA - 3
Shea, Ryan $850,000$850,000 LD UFA	St. Ivany, Jack $1,000,000$1,000,000 RD RFA

Taxi Squad
Ludvig, John $775,000$775,000 ($0$0$0$0) LD RFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Karlsson, E.		Crosby, S.		Reinhart, S.
	Bunting, M.		Anderson, J.

Power Play 2
Chychrun, J.		Letang, K.		Malkin, E.
	Koivunen, V.		Puustinen, V.

Penalty Kill 1
	Eller, L.	O'Connor, D.
	Rust, B.	McDonagh, R.

Penalty Kill 2
	St. Ivany, J.	Shea, R.
	Letang, K.	Poulin, S.

Apr. 29 at 8:50 p.m.

GoHabsGo99

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i would rather have Anderson for 3 years than Graves for 5 years

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Apr. 29 at 8:50 p.m.

Claesson4Norris

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Awful return for Ottawa.

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Apr. 29 at 8:53 p.m.

K_DaBoss

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Quoting: GoHabsGo99

i would rather have Anderson for 3 years than Graves for 5 years

I can follow the logic, but if he plays like he did in COL and NJ - you'll be thanking PIT. In all likelihood he regains form and plays better next season in whichever uniform.

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Apr. 29 at 8:55 p.m.

mikearky

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Ottawa is a no. They will get more. Debrincat wanted out and they still got a 1st at least.

Montreal is not taking cap dumps and giving up anyrhing close to that.

Nashville is not paying to take on Rackell and his contract for several years at 5 mil plus.

Gibson is not great but he with retention will get more.

In general this post is very Pens favored.

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Apr. 29 at 8:56 p.m.

LumberJacques

Joined: Feb. 2019

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Quoting: K_DaBoss

I can follow the logic, but if he plays like he did in COL and NJ - you'll be thanking PIT. In all likelihood he regains form and plays better next season in whichever uniform.

Then there's also the Guhle, Matheson, Hutson, Struble and Harris part of the equation so adding Graves for 5 years is a huge problem.

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Apr. 29 at 8:58 p.m.

K_DaBoss

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Quoting: Claesson4Norris

Awful return for Ottawa.

I know OTT grossly overpaid for Chychrun from AZ/UTAH, but there's no way his value his anywhere near what is was. He's a change of scenery candidate as well, doesn't fit in OTT. He may be worth a 2nd and prospect, but that's the limit. I know there is one OTT fan who will have a comment.

Apr. 29 at 9:02 p.m.

gmgb

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You've got NSH giving up the better defenceman, and they're not saving any money if you're dumping Rakell on them.

The Preds decline, even before you start asking for picks too.

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Apr. 29 at 9:03 p.m.

K_DaBoss

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Quoting: mikearky

When Chychrun is moved, it won't be a huge haul ; MTL is making the change of scenery deal, Smith is more of a player they'd go after and they'd be getting him on the cheap ; NSH is paying for Pettersson and RAK is one year removed from nearly 30 goals, they'll need a Zucker replacement; Gibson deal is favoring ANA

Apr. 29 at 9:06 p.m.

K_DaBoss

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Quoting: gmgb

You've got NSH giving up the better defenceman, and they're not saving any money if you're dumping Rakell on them.

The Preds decline, even before you start asking for picks too.

If you're talking about McDonagh from TBL then yes you're correct; They can elect to resign or let Pettersson walk as it's his final year, Rak is easily worth a 2nd.

Apr. 29 at 9:07 p.m.

#10

StutzlesNumber1Fan

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You forgot the 1st round pick in that Chychrun trade brother

Apr. 29 at 9:09 p.m.

#11

Black61

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Quoting: K_DaBoss

I can follow the logic, but if he plays like he did in COL and NJ - you'll be thanking PIT. In all likelihood he regains form and plays better next season in whichever uniform.

https://twitter.com/JFreshHockey/status/1675236212888535040

https://twitter.com/JFreshHockey/status/1415834130852495363

Not really hes been a below average middle pair dman for a few years now. He was just more insulated

Apr. 29 at 9:16 p.m.

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Jded

Joined: Jun. 2016

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That ANA trade is 4 scrubs with no value, negative value Jarry, and a 2nd for Gibson, while ANA retains $10M of his salary. Please tell me you didn’t actually think this was serious 😂

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Apr. 29 at 9:23 p.m.

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gmgb

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Quoting: K_DaBoss

If you're talking about McDonagh from TBL then yes you're correct; They can elect to resign or let Pettersson walk as it's his final year, Rak is easily worth a 2nd.

Quoting: K_DaBoss

McDonagh's been great this season. Not so much last year, but coaching was the biggest issue then. He's still a better player than Pettersson.

Why wouldn't NSH re-sign Zucker, instead of taking on Rakell's contract? They could get him for less money and term than Rakell has, they already know how he fits in with their team, and it wouldn't cost them any assets.

If you think Rakell can fetch positive value from a team hoping he can bounce back, I think you'll be disappointed. He's got too much money and term owing.

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Apr. 29 at 9:24 p.m.

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GiggywithGibby

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Anaheim not bankrolling the Pens.

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Apr. 29 at 9:35 p.m.

#15

Haymaker26

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Quoting: GoHabsGo99

i would rather have Anderson for 3 years than Graves for 5 years

I would also rather you have Anderson.

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Apr. 29 at 9:36 p.m.

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emoprettyboy

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lmao took me a second to realize this was just a troll

Apr. 29 at 9:37 p.m.

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Haymaker26

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I think the only trade here that's good for the Penguins is the Ottawa one, and it sucks for Ottawa.
Stephenson also probably gets more money than that.

Apr. 29 at 9:47 p.m.

#18

GeneralLandro

Joined: Jun. 2021

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Insanely easy pass for Anaheim

1. Not retaining 50% on Gibson
2. Not taking Jarry & his contract because if we do trade Gibby, it is because Dostal is ready to be 1A
3. There is actually nothing of value in that trade we would want

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Apr. 30 at 10:16 a.m.

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DNP1932

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Quoting: gmgb

Not saying it’s a good trade, but no way McDonagh is better than pettersson right now. Not only that, but hes 7 years older than pettersson.

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