quiet offseason

Throw that e before the t mate, or is it too late?

Sure, Hornvqist is getting old -- but come on, this deal is just silly. PIT is retaining nearly 35% of his salary and they only get a 7th back? He was on pace for 50 points and 27 goals over an 82 game season. He can still play and produce. With that kind of retention, PIT could do much better than a 7th.

This would be quite an offseason

nice

pens have an internal cap now so they have to cut costs and hornqvist is the obvious place to cut since he cost $5.3m and plays on the 3rd line.

unfortunately for pittsburgh he has an m-ntc so that limits the teams he can play for. on top of that there are very few teams that would take on salary especially for a 33 year old with 3 years left on his contract. avs are one of those teams that have the space and need for his services. not a whole lot of negotiating power for pittsburgh.