Salary Cap: Salary Cap & Roster Building: SPEED, YOUTH, AND POSITIVITY!

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Let me ask you a question do you randomly blind spot take out people? I do at least 3-4 times a month. I turn backwards over the shoulder and regularly delete anyone under 5’8ish often.

I have the grace of an rhino.

I once ruined a hoodie by accidentally elbowing a shorter dude in the face and getting blood all over it. Entirely unintentional.

 

[66-30-33]

POJ's strengths are listed as Skating and vision. Not bad at all.

Pretty cool to get a 1st round pick like him back in the deal along with Chucky though.

 

[Tom Hanks]

Well we might have a few million left after signing all of our RFAs. So....I suppose JR dipping into FA is an option now.

We won’t have that much. We have 5 mil to sign MP, Blue, ZAR and a 13th F. We actually won’t have anything left or very minimal

 

[Rusty Razor]

Galchenyuk likes the same spot as Sid and Geno on the power play. Ours just got a lot worse based on geometry.

 

[Harvey Birdman]

I have the grace of an rhino.

I once ruined a hoodie by accidentally elbowing a shorter dude in the face and getting blood all over it. Entirely unintentional.

You and me are definitely tall lanky brothers from a different mother.

 

[66-30-33]

We won’t have that much. We have 5 mil to sign MP, Blue, ZAR and a 13th F. We actually won’t have anything left or very minimal

We are probably done unless JR really wants to keep getting younger. Hornqvist would then be the next to go for say Virtanen+.

 

[JRS91]

I think a line of Galchenyuk, Malkin and Rust has the potential to be very good.

 

[Pancakes]

We won’t have that much. We have 5 mil to sign MP, Blue, ZAR and a 13th F. We actually won’t have anything left or very minimal

Yeah. MP himself you'd figure gets 2. ZAR & Blue probably 900k-1 mil. Then the 13th f.

 

[Jules Winnfield]

GMJR ain’t done yet...

 

[Tom Hanks]

We are probably done unless JR really wants to keep getting younger. Hornqvist would then be the next to go for say Virtanen+.

JR (to Hornqvist): “Do you want to go to be traded?”

Hornqvist: “No I’m happy here and that’s why I negotiated a full NTC until the end of 2020/21. Leave me alone JR you know what I do to goalies.” (JR was a goalie).

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

You and me are definitely tall lanky brothers from a different mother.

Oh, I'm less lank and more squatch.

 

[Malkinstheman]

Now trade JJ and during the season try trading for a top-4D.

 

[66-30-33]

GMJR ain’t done yet...

He probably is, what else would he do?

JR (to Hornqvist): “Do you want to go to be traded?”

Hornqvist: “No I’m happy here and that’s why I negotiated a full NTC until the end of 2020/21. Leave me alone JR you know what I do to goalies.” (JR was a goalie).

Hornqvist: I hit hard! (in Ryback voice).

 

[Gurglesons]

So, moving Kessel gives us the opportunity to sign Williams on the cheap right?

Guentzel - Sid - Williams
Gally - Malkin - Rust
McCann - Bjugstad - Hornqvist
Simon - Blueger - Kahun

Yaaaaas

 

[Tom Hanks]

Yeah. MP himself you'd figure gets 2. ZAR & Blue probably 900k-1 mil. Then the 13th f.

Pettersson likely gets closer to 3. I think between 2.5 and 2.8 more likely. ZAR probably 1 mil and Blue around the 750-800k range.

Only way to do something now is dollar for dollar or someone like Rust pretty much for futures and even then the UFA probably can only be around 2.5 to have some buffer for injuries.

Now that we have Galchenyuk probably best to keep Rust although Kahun could be a good fit there too (and maybe Horny)

Without Rust:
Guentzel-Crosby-McCann/Simon
Galchenyuk-Malkin-Kahun
Simon/McCann-Bjugstad-Hornqvist
ZAR-Blueger-WBS/UFA

 

[JRS91]

Pierre-Olivier Joseph is the sleeper in this trade. Big return.

 

[Pete Gas]

This also gives Sully no excuses

 

[Ugene Magic]

Kessel did **** all for Malkin last season and Sid just came off arguably his best season so I don’t see it that way. Jake took over as our 3rd best forward.

We’ve gained Kahun and Galchenyuk and lost Kessel in the forward group plus having McCann and Bjugstad for a full year. I think we’ll have a better flow and we got better IMO

Yeah, teams respected Kessel.

This is what I see.

 

[Gurglesons]

Yeah, teams respected Kessel.

This is what I see.

I see a forward group that looks more like our 15-16 championship than what 17-18 and last year were.

 

[66-30-33]

Pierre-Olivier Joseph is the sleeper in this trade. Big return.

Yes or no? say a team trades for JJ and demands POJ to be added and they give us like a 5th. Would you do it? nobody will trade for JJ unless we add something to him.

 

[BmxHockey]

Well, I was wrong. And I am now wondering if Arizona was one of the teams Phil had on his 8 team short list to be traded to? Hmm... Forced out for sure.

 

[Ugene Magic]

I see a forward group that looks more like our 15-16 championship than what 17-18 and last year were.

Not even close.

 

[Ludwig120]

Well, I was wrong. And I am now wondering if Arizona was one of the teams Phil had on his 8 team short list to be traded to? Hmm... Forced out for sure.

They were according to reports

 

[Empoleon8771]

Re-signing Pettersson (2 years at $1.5 million), Blueger ($800k) and Johnson ($750k) gives the Penguins $2.75 million in cap space. If you want to believe the talk that they're going after Brandon Tanev, they'd have that much money to give him and they'd end up with this:

Guentzel-Crosby-Kahun
Galchenyuk-Malkin-Rust
McCann-Bjugstad-Hornqvist
Tanev-Blueger-Simon
Johnson

Dumoulin-Letang
Johnson-Schultz
Pettersson-Gudbranson
Riikola-Ruhwedel

I really like that forward group, especially if Galchenyuk gets back to 30 goal form.

 

[Gurglesons]

Not even close.

Guentzel is better than Kessel was in 15-16.