Retool

Équipe: 2023-24 Penguins de Pittsburgh

Date de création initiale: 25 avr. 2023

Publié: 25 avr. 2023

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

They won’t make Carter the healthy scratch but they should give him the basketball treatment and give him games off as “maintenance days” and have Benson in for him. The times the pens have back to backs or 3 in 4, Carter should be the healthy scratch in at least 1 of those games.

Just throwing things at the wall hoping they stick.

Line 1: if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it
Line 2: Nylander played his best on that second line in limited action. I prefer him to be there with 2 vets as opposed to a very young 3rd line.
Line 3: Poehling is one of the fastest skaters in the league. They need to surround him with faster skaters and let him fly. Not put him with guys like Carter.
Line 4: trying to put sprinkles on poo and hope it works. But I see Carter holding the young guys back.
D pair 1: MP is like a young Dumo and gives Letang a defensive defenseman that can move the puck.
D pair 2: Graves is a big nasty defenseman and Severson is younger than Petry and a solid puck moving offensive defenseman.
D pair 3: Rutta is a solid 3rd pair and will be a good vet to mentor Smith who looked solid last year.

Goalie 1: Vezina caliber goalie. Need to take advantage of Boston’s rough cap situation. I think they should be happy with a young, cheap 2nd pair D and a 3rd round pick. Allows them to trade one of Gryz or Reilly and use that cap to get a cheaper backup/1B in free agency.
Goalie 2: A guy who can start in a pinch if needed and probably more trustworthy to take some load off Ullmark than DeSmith.

I’m sure all the other teams will decline lol.

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