Salary Cap: Pittsburgh Penguins Salary Cap Thread: FA Begins & So Does Fleury Watch

[Jacob]

Weird choice for Hall. Buffalo isn’t like Detroit was in 2008 for Hossa.

 

[SEALBound]

Now hear me out:

1) Sign Voynov for 2 years at 3 mil per.
2) Trade Pettersson for Roslovic.
3) Profit.

$3mil for voynov? Not only do I not want him back here but he will be lucky to get 800k. $3mil? Hells to the no.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

I suppose Schmidt's cap is enough to clear room for Pietrangelo and his ~$10.5 million AAV, but doesn't leave them a whole lotta room. I think MAF would still probably be dealt, but having Pietrangelo on board probably eliminates the possibility of us landing a great add-on in a MAF deal.

 

[Jacob]

Is Hamonic retiring? I know he’s always wanted to stay out west anyway so not realistic for us.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Lol Vegas fans still think they'll be able to get out of Fleury's contract without eating money or giving up much

Not buying out Fleury has already cost them Schmidt, and they refuse to admit that not buying out Fleury was a mistake.

 

[Peat]

I'm seeing people speculate there's a handshake on Buffalo having a handshake with Hall on trading him at 50% retained to his contender of choice at the deadline, but I'm not sure I'm buying that.

 

[Empoleon8771]

 

[ZorkEnchanter]

Weird choice for Hall. Buffalo isn’t like Detroit was in 2008 for Hossa.

8 million weird?

 

[ZorkEnchanter]

Lol Vegas fans still think they'll be able to get out of Fleury's contract without eating money or giving up much

Not buying out Fleury has already cost them Schmidt, and they refuse to admit that not buying out Fleury was a mistake.

Does Fleury have to be protected in Seattle Expansion?

 

[Empoleon8771]

Does Fleury have to be protected in Seattle Expansion?

No but they have to trade him to get cap complaints, so the expansion draft doesn't even matter.

 

[ZorkEnchanter]

No but they have to trade him to get cap complaints, so the expansion draft doesn't even matter.

I was wondering more towards the people that trade for him. With Covid over the next two seasons, Vegas will have to lose that #1 and a top prospect to move him- minimum.

 

[Tom Hanks]

I'm seeing people speculate there's a handshake on Buffalo having a handshake with Hall on trading him at 50% retained to his contender of choice at the deadline, but I'm not sure I'm buying that.

If they are in a playoff spot they won’t if they’re out they will.

 

[HandshakeLine]

I'm seeing people speculate there's a handshake on Buffalo having a handshake with Hall on trading him at 50% retained to his contender of choice at the deadline, but I'm not sure I'm buying that.

What if... dun dun dun, Buffalo decides IT is a contender?

 

[HandshakeLine]

8 million weird?

This too. I’d play in hockey Bangalore for the right amount of cash.

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

There's a pretty wide gulf between being permanently ostracized from polite society and simply not getting paid millions of dollars to play professional sports. You could make an argument that Voynov has "done his time," and that's fine, but that doesn't entitle him to an NHL career. Personally, I don't want him anywhere near this team.

Coming out of jail doesn't entitle you to a job either. But if you're good enough to do it...

 

[Freeptop]

Wow Buffalo is really surprising. I thought for sure Hall would go somewhere he had a better chance of winning.

Weird choice for Hall. Buffalo isn’t like Detroit was in 2008 for Hossa.

I can see this for a few reasons:
1. Not many teams can afford an 8M cap hit right now.
2. He's betting that he can get an even bigger payday after playing with Eichel for a year.
3. As a one year deal, that'll be very movable at the deadline, if the Sabres are once again out of it. So he isn't even necessarily giving up a chance of winning, in the end.

 

[SomeDude]

Given Hall’s injury history and Buffalo’s history with.....everything related to professional sports.

This won’t end well for anyone.

 

[JimmyTwoTimes]

If we really want to go all in get Nate Schmidt from Vegas...by taking on Fleury at 4mil. Thats about 10mil in cap.

We have 2.5. Would need to clear 7.5. Trading Petts would get us down to 3.5. DeSmith down to 2.25. Then you can just move out Ruh and ZAR.

Dumo - Letang
Schmidt - Marino
Matheson - Riikola

Jarry
MAF

Tell me thats not a better D and Goalie duo

Yeah it wouldnt happen but JR said he wants to go all in. Even if Petts somehow becomes as good as Nate eventually...its not happening these next few years.

We wouldnt even have to worry about scoring from our bottom 6. Our Defense would all get 10-15 goals other than Dumo. With Riikola around 8 or so

But whats even better is it allows us to trade Letang next year instead of him walking for nothing back. I cant see him wanting to stay anyway, thats prob why we traded for Matheson. To start preparing for Letang to be gone

 

[Pens x]

Buffalo has improved almost overnight, on paper, since Botts was fired.

 

[MayorofWBS]

I suppose Schmidt's cap is enough to clear room for Pietrangelo and his ~$10.5 million AAV, but doesn't leave them a whole lotta room. I think MAF would still probably be dealt, but having Pietrangelo on board probably eliminates the possibility of us landing a great add-on in a MAF deal.

How much can a team go over in the offseason? If Pietrangelo is ~$10.5 million AAV, there's still more moves that will be needed even trading Schmidt for pennies on the dollar.

 

[End of Line]

Buffalo has improved almost overnight, on paper, since Botts was fired.

Their top 6 looks stacked now.

 

[Rakell67]

Their top 6 looks stacked now.

What would the lines be?

 

[Darren McCord]

What would the lines be?

Probs

Hall - Eichel - Skinner/Rienhart
Olofsson - Staal - Rienhart/skinner

 

[Tom Hanks]

How much can a team go over in the offseason? If Pietrangelo is ~$10.5 million AAV, there's still more moves that will be needed even trading Schmidt for pennies on the dollar.

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

I’m sure you’re upset we could have got
Watson.

Not terribly upset because we need skill more than we need brawn, but a big banger for cheap never hurt.