2020 and future

Équipe: 2020-21 Penguins de Pittsburgh

Date de création initiale: 13 juill. 2020

Publié: 14 juill. 2020

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

Lafferty - Local PA kid. 2 yr deal - yr 1 is 2 way, year 2 is 1 way. Good 13/14th F.

Angello - Turned 24 in March, 8 NHL games under his belt. Starts 2020 in the minors. 1 year contract to see if he can stick, if not he'll be career AHL most likely/go overseas. Can use his big body.

ERod - Didn't do a whole lot here albeit a small sample size. I wouldn't mind him back but not at that QO. maybe 1m/2yr. Would contend with Lafferty for the 13th/14th F spot.

Miletic - Just turned 23, 2 solid pro season in WBS. 2 year deal and maybe he can be an extra in 2021-2022.

McCann - If you look through my recent ACGM, I've been signing him 4yr/3.5M. Gonna go 3.2M for 3 years to save a teeny tiny bit of $. Exact contract of Kapanen who has a slightly higher career PPG for reference.

Simon - Initial timeline reports recovery expected 6-7 months. That'd put him at October 29th - November 29th with no setbacks. I'm going to go 3 years @ 1.5M.

Murray - Kind of a bridge deal here, but since his 2 cups / last 3 years, he's been slightly below league avg in terms of save % and right around avg GAA. This deal takes Murray to the 2022 offseason heading into 2023 a 29 year old goalie who should be able to sign a lucrative deal.

Grosenick - Veteran G for the AHL
Anas - AHL scoring depth
McCormick - AHL scoring/grit depth

Side note - Hallander has 3 yrs remaining on his rookie contract, not 2.

Let me know value of CHI trade. Obviously CHI is close up against the cap, but they need a G and aren't going to go with the 3 they have under contract right now.. I also think the potential savings from Crawford to Jarry won't be big enough to justify not doing this trade.

Byfuglien - I know this is probably way too much $, but I'd rather go higher than lower on this site. If he doesn't retire, I think he would be an absolute PERFECT addition to our blueline. He is a big body RHD who can eat up minutes if/when someone gets injured. Adds some much needed grit & tenacity on the backend and on the team in general.

Fedetov is a hulking Russian G who we entice to come over to PIT. Immediately splits starts with Grosenick for the #1 G spot in the AHL.

For 2021-2022, we need to resign Ruhwedel + Byfuglien as RFAs. Buff is most likely a cap casualty as his $ will need to be allocated to Marino. Ruhwedel will come back as the 7th/8th D which is perfectly okay.

Marino / Teddy / ZAR are all RFAs. They are all due for raises, especially Marino. I think a bridge deal for Marino would be ideal to save $ short term.. Think of McAvoy contract except Marino will get a little less $.

ZAR turned into a phenomenal bottom 6 piece this year and formed 1/3 of the best 4th line in hockey. I would love to keep him around on a deal similar to simon, maybe 2 or 3 x 1.5M ish. Drew O'Connor is someone I'd keep an eye on who could potentially fill ZAR role if we lose him/he prices himself out of PIT.

Teddy definitely deserves a raise. Had a great first full NHL season. Only knock I have against him is I'd like to see some more faceoff productivity. I would expect him to get a deal from 1.5M-1.75M and again, 2-3 years. Currently I see no replacement from within from the minors if Teddy isn't back.

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