Salary Cap: Pittsburgh Penguins Salary Cap Thread - If the dog days had dog days

[SHOOTANDSCORE]

4 weeks!

Ehhhhhh let's hope it doesn't get to that point.

Most projections for Galchenyuk succeeding here involve he and Geno establishing chemistry. I don't think putting him in the Brassard role (while increasing Sid's responsibilities) is a road we want to go down unless it's an absolute last resort.

Galchenyuk would make a great option for center if Sid or Geno got injured, but otherwise I'm not too keen on the idea.

It makes it one year of pain vs several though. We can live with that.

I may be a little tipsy right now...but I'm ****ing stocked to have Galchenyuk on the team. I cant wait to see how this kid does.

I have a feeling he's gonna do very well here.
MTL was a BIG stage and he performed very well.
One, he's still young.
Two, he's back to a BIG stage and he's been there before/he'll be very comfortable imo.
Three. The quality playmaking he'll play with is a notch or 2 better than he's ever had.

Also think the core, especially Geno which is key, will get comfy with him quickly cuz of his Russian roots.

ETA: I don't think he'll ever be able to drive his own line like Phil did here but i have a feeling he'll mesh much better with Sid/G in terms of style and them playing off each other.
Sorta like Neal did with G. Chucky will mesh with one of Sid/G for sure imo.

Doubt it would be Cullen just due to a lack of experience at this point in time. Recchi perhaps.

And what is the job exactly? Not to be a complete ass, but outside of the coach and the GM (both very visible positions - even if we don't know all the ins and outs) I don't think there's anyone on this board outside of perhaps 2-3 individuals who know enough about the in's and out's of what an AGM's job actually is to judge how good Guerin is or isn't, or how good Recchi would or wouldn't be at it.

The only reason I want Guerin gone is I think getting a different voice in the front office would be a good thing. But I don't think we know nearly enough about what his duties are and how good he does them to know whether he's good at his job or not. Clearly a couple people think so or he still wouldn't be here nor would MIN be interviewing him again.

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[EightyOne]

We'd like to introduce our new assistant GM...

We've heard the fans. We know they want younger personnel. People familiar with social media life. No more dinosaurs. No more jobs given without merit.

With that said, we welcome...








Austin Lemieux to our front office.
*JR and Mario say with a straight face*

 

[orby]

We'd like to introduce our new assistant GM...

We've heard the fans. We know they want younger personnel. People familiar with social media life. No more dinosaurs. No more jobs given without merit.

With that said, we welcome...








Austin Lemieux to our front office.
*JR and Mario say with a straight face*

Yeah right. It'd be Craig Adams

 

[SprootsMasterFlex]

Let's make it a real party... name Matthew Barnaby or Kevin Stevens as AGM

 

[Empoleon8771]

Vellucci will probably be named the assistant GM if Guerin gets hired. He'll serve the same role as he did in Carolina, assistant GM and AHL head coach and GM.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

[outrage over Priskie not signing with the Penguins intensifies]

*shakes fist*

 

[USMC607]

Boy things have been dead silent on the penguins front besides the Bill Guerin interviews.

Dont we still have to trade someone?, or is there otherwise to be cap compliant.

 

[Dangles78]

The Canes RD looks soooo nice.

Hamilton
Pesce
Faulk
TVR
Priskie
McKeown

Pens have

Letang
Schultz
Gudbranson
Ruhwedel
Trotman

 

[Gurglesons]

The Canes RD looks soooo nice.

Hamilton
Pesce
Faulk
TVR
Priskie
McKeown

Pens have

Letang
Schultz
Gudbranson
Ruhwedel
Trotman

The Canes also didn’t make the playoffs for a decade. They better have something to show for it.

 

[MayorofWBS]

The Canes RD looks soooo nice.

Hamilton
Pesce
Faulk
TVR
Priskie
McKeown

Pens have

Letang
Schultz
Gudbranson
Ruhwedel
Trotman

Canes have defenseman up the ying yang. I image Priskie will spend the whole year in the AHL (with maybe some spot call up time due to injury). Fluery and McKeown are both out of options and need to be with the big team full time. Jake Bean had a very good 1st year in the AHL. Bean's better than Fluery, McKeown or Priskie. Thinking they will still make a move yet....

Going by hand:

LD
Slavin
Fleury
Bean
Forsling

RD
Hamilton
Pesce
Faulk
TVR
Priskie
McKeown

 

[Turin]

The Canes RD looks soooo nice.

Hamilton
Pesce
Faulk
TVR
Priskie
McKeown

Pens have

Letang
Schultz
Gudbranson
Ruhwedel
Trotman

Now compare forwards and goalies.

 

[The Old Master]

Now compare forwards and goalies.

are you the guy that runs around with a needle popping all the kid's balloons?

 

[billybudd]

And what is the job exactly? Not to be a complete ass, but outside of the coach and the GM (both very visible positions - even if we don't know all the ins and outs) I don't think there's anyone on this board outside of perhaps 2-3 individuals who know enough about the in's and out's of what an AGM's job actually is to judge how good Guerin is or isn't, or how good Recchi would or wouldn't be at it.

AGM (as well as GM, in some franchises) is more of a compensation classification than a set of duties. Sort of like "Senior Vice President." Within that job title, a lot of different things can be delegated by superiors. At one point, Karmanos' job was to build out a new department and integrate the feedback into hockey operations. Botterill's job at the same time was financial management. Very little overlap between the two functions.

I do agree with you that none of us really have a good idea of what Bill Guerin has been doing on a daily basis for the last 8 years, at least before he was acting as Wilkes-barre's GM.

 

[Turin]

are you the guy that runs around with a needle popping all the kid's balloons?

Yes, and kicking soccer balls over the fence intentionally

 

[billybudd]

Canes have defenseman up the ying yang. I image Priskie will spend the whole year in the AHL (with maybe some spot call up time due to injury). Fluery and McKeown are both out of options and need to be with the big team full time. Jake Bean had a very good 1st year in the AHL. Bean's better than Fluery, McKeown or Priskie. Thinking they will still make a move yet....

Going by hand:

LD
Slavin
Fleury
Bean
Forsling

RD
Hamilton
Pesce
Faulk
TVR
Priskie
McKeown

That looks like an awful nice defense when you sort it out like that. I'm not a huge fan of Trevor VanRiemsdyk, but 4th on the depth chart on RD? That's a comfortable spot to be in when somebody gets hurt.

 

[66-30-33]

are you the guy that runs around with a needle popping all the kid's balloons?

Don't knock it until you try it.

 

[Peat]

Surprised Priskie picked an org with such depth given he was meant to want to not want to hit up the Caps due to depth things.

Boy things have been dead silent on the penguins front besides the Bill Guerin interviews.

Dont we still have to trade someone?, or is there otherwise to be cap compliant.

Rutherford says they can manage to be cap compliant without trades if needed, but we'll still probably trade. Waiting for someone to match his price.

 

[Andy99]

Surprised Priskie picked an org with such depth given he was meant to want to not want to hit up the Caps due to depth things.



Rutherford says they can manage to be cap compliant without trades if needed, but we'll still probably trade. Waiting for someone to match his price.

I think it's more than just someone meeting his price at this point...radio silence everywhere points to the fact that nothing will happen trade-wise until the RFA dominos fall and that's looking to be right before training camp. There are other teams worse than the Pens cap wise (like NYR) and who need to make trades and they're not accomplishing anything either. I doubt we'll be able to make a trade before the season starts. I'll be really surprised if we don't just tender Petts at a cheap one-year deal and make a trade as needed November or December.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

Surprised Priskie picked an org with such depth given he was meant to want to not want to hit up the Caps due to depth things.



Rutherford says they can manage to be cap compliant without trades if needed, but we'll still probably trade. Waiting for someone to match his price.

They could go short a couple of players to start the season and wait for about a week into training camp when three or four players inevitably go onto long term IR.

 

[Andy99]

They could go short a couple of players to start the season and wait for about a week into training camp when three or four players inevitably go onto long term IR.

I’ll be disappointed if one of them isn’t JJ...I know I’ve developed an allergy to his play on the ice...he should be allergic to it as well...

 

[Jaded-Fan]

I’ll be disappointed if one of them isn’t JJ...I know I’ve developed an allergy to his play on the ice...he should be allergic to it as well...

Given how he negatively impacted Malkin last year Malkin might accidental catch JJ with his stick 32 times.

 

[PensPlz]

Yeah right. It'd be Craig Adams

Harvard graduate Craig Adams*

As Steigerwald loved to remind us every game...

 

[ColePens]

Ewww - get politics the f*** out of here! No politics.

 

[HandshakeLine]

We'd like to introduce our new assistant GM...

We've heard the fans. We know they want younger personnel. People familiar with social media life. No more dinosaurs. No more jobs given without merit.

With that said, we welcome...








Austin Lemieux to our front office.
*JR and Mario say with a straight face*

Good. Lord knows he didn’t have the makings of a varsity athlete.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Ewww - get politics the **** out of here! No politics.

Boo that Clinton meme was top tier, you're no fun