Salary Cap: Pens Salary Cap Thread: If we score 6 we win, its science!

[SomeDude]

I’m sure this won’t go over well here but with Ottawa offering a high pick to get rid of Zaitsev’s contract, I’d move Dumo out for a pick and take on Zaitsev. He sucks, but at least he hits people and can clear the net. Getting a couple extra picks in this draft would go a long way to restocking the cupboard.

 

[Gurglesons]

I’m sure this won’t go over well here but with Ottawa offering a high pick to get rid of Zaitsev’s contract, I’d move Dumo out for a pick and take on Zaitsev. He sucks, but at least he hits people and can clear the net. Getting a couple extra picks in this draft would go a long way to restocking the cupboard.

That contract is a franchise killer.

 

[66-30-33]

I’m sure this won’t go over well here but with Ottawa offering a high pick to get rid of Zaitsev’s contract, I’d move Dumo out for a pick and take on Zaitsev. He sucks, but at least he hits people and can clear the net. Getting a couple extra picks in this draft would go a long way to restocking the cupboard.

Ceci also sucked until we found his perfect role and he's been used that way since. I don't wanna gamble on him though, atleast Dumo is UFA at seasons end, Zai still has another year.

 

[SomeDude]

That contract is a franchise killer.

4.5 million for 1 more year? That’s a bad contract but hardly a franchise killer.

 

[Gurglesons]

Ceci also sucked until we found his perfect role and he's been used that way since. I don't wanna gamble on him though, atleast Dumo is UFA at seasons end, Zai still has another year.

I didn’t realize he only had one year left. Makes it make some sense, but he’s a RD so makes no sense.

4.5 million for 2 more years? That’s a bad contract but hardly a franchise killer.

Time flies. Thought he still has 3-4 years left.

 

[SomeDude]

I didn’t realize he only had one year left. Makes it make some sense, but he’s a RD so makes no sense.



Time flies. Thought he still has 3-4 years left.

Throw him on the left side. Who cares. Like I said, he’d just be here to hit people which is more than Dumo does. If Dumo can get a 3rd back and you get a 1st for taking Zaitsev, that’s a pretty big boon for trading crappy d-men and adding an extra year when we’re already set up to have a good cap situation next year.

 

[K Fleur]

Lol Zaitsev sucks ass.

Move Dumo sure whatever; but I like not adding players that suck ass.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Move Dumo sure whatever; but I like not adding players that suck ass.

How do you feel about reading for good players and then butchering their deployment?

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Why exactly is Meier an upgrade over Guentzel again?

I mean outside of what others have stated…

Timo has put up pretty close career stats to Jake, slightly younger, and without anyone remotely close to a Malkin, Crosby, etc around him to create space and benefit from.

Yeah I love Jake as well, on this team. But it’s just some convo for the sake of convo. I would never expect it. I also don’t really want to see Rust go either.

The biggest move they can make to fix this team would be to fire Sullivan. Not any single trade.

 

[Rakell67]

I think an easy move would be to acquire a cheap forward with some size and physicality in exchange for Heinen. Not a Reaves type but someone to fill in such as now with Archibald out. Heinen just doesn't much of anything in the bottom 6. Perhaps Sam Carrick from Anaheim?

Guentzel Crosby Rakell
Zucker Malkin Rust
McGinn Blueger Kapanen
Poehling Carter Carrick/Archibald
(Hallander first call up)

 

[K Fleur]

How do you feel about reading for good players and then butchering their deployment?

Indifferent.

I want to talk about the 4th line more. And DOC; let’s never stop talking about DOC.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

First move should be to remove Dumo's ass out of the organization. Luckily he's on an expiring contract, doesn't make a ton, and GMs are stupid enough to fetishize his ~veteran Cup experience~ enough to look past the fact that he's LARPing as Scuderi nowadays.

 

[BusinessGoose]

First move should be to remove Dumo's ass out of the organization. Luckily he's on an expiring contract, doesn't make a ton, and GMs are stupid enough to fetishize his ~veteran Cup experience~ enough to look past the fact that he's LARPing as Scuderi nowadays.

What if one of those idiot GMs...is our GM?

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

What if one of those idiot GMs...is our GM?

Spoiler: He is.

I'm expecting Dumo to stick around as a bottom pairing "calming vet presence" at like $2.5-3 million AAV for another couple years. Can't wait.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

Spoiler: He is.

I'm expecting Dumo to stick around as a bottom pairing "calming vet presence" at like $2.5-3 million AAV for another couple years. Can't wait.

I've already predicted this in a previous thread.

If Dumo's willing to take a pay cut from his current cap hit, I 100% can picture this organization re-signing him to a 3 year deal at the price tag you listed.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

I wonder what teams are on Dumo's no trade list.

 

[Gurglesons]

Once again, I don’t see Dumoulin being resigned. Does not fit at all with what Hextall has done here. There are no comparable spots to Dumo he’s resigned outside of Carter and that’s one of his guys. Dumo ain’t.

 

[66-30-33]

Once again, I don’t see Dumoulin being resigned. Does not fit at all with what Hextall has done here. There are no comparable spots to Dumo he’s resigned outside of Carter and that’s one of his guys. Dumo ain’t.

He let Marino/Matheson go to upgrade the D, chances are Dumo will also go to keep upgrading the D. Hopefully that upgrade is Chychrun, even though no rumors are linked to him and us but that's how Hextall rolls.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

I wonder what teams are on Dumo's no trade list.

Now? Or when his new one kicks in with the team in July?

 

[Gurglesons]

He let Marino/Matheson go to upgrade the D, chances are Dumo will also go to keep upgrading the D. Hopefully that upgrade is Chychrun, even though no rumors are linked to him and us but that's how Hextall rolls.

Yep. He also moved out Tanev, McCann, ZAR, Simon, etc.

 

[66-30-33]

Yep. He also moved out Tanev, McCann, ZAR, Simon, etc.

He isn't as eager to trade as JR but he trades players out eventually.

 

[Gurglesons]

He isn't as eager to trade as JR but he trades players out eventually.

People just want to use Carter and Kapanen as some type of excuses.

Carter continues to produce at a 3 million dollar rate and Kapanen has been our 7th best 5v5 forward as his contract pays him to be.

It’s kinda funny Letang is the worst contract Sullivan signed if we are going by this year and that’s the one everyone said was a steal and needed to be signed.