Finally someone who values Weegar as much as me.

I am a flyers fan, so beware: I also don't watch pens games for that obvious reason...

- Is murray that cheap?
- is pettersson that expensive?

That middle six looks quite weak to me, especially considering you have Simon on the top line. I feel like someone else should be in Aston-Reese's spot with that 8M.

ok where to start. well I don't believe you watch the pens if you trust ZAR on 2nd line, and we might as well stay on the second line with that disgraceful trade for nyquist. A first round pick who is currently tearing it up in the Q. Whats the point of 8 mil cap space?

I remember watching Kemp play for the U.S at the World Juniors and he looked pretty solid, might turn into a player yet, if some team could get him as a "throw in" he'd be worth taking a flyer on.

I have watched Nikita play probably 35 games at Penn St.
I really like him as a player there. He's big, physical, has a mean streak. He's hard to play against, makes smart decisions with the puck. Can start a break out with his passes and he has a very heavy slap shot.
He's very responsible in his own end. For a big guy he's also pretty nimble.

But here is the thing. While he has decent speed once he gets moving, he's still on the slower end and he has very little acceleration.
I use to think Pav had a chance to come in and play 4C for the penguins.
I think I was clearly wrong about that at this point. That game is much too fast now.
But that's ok, because I don't think the penguins are grooming him to play forward.
Pav is going to end up being the Penguins Burns/Chara player.
Burns started on the wing and turned into a defenseman, one who actually took faceoffs occasionally.
I see the same thing happening here with Pav.
He's nimble enough on his skates to walk a blue line. He's got decent feet. But he's never going to win a footrace going 200 feet.
Look for the penguins to turn him into a stay at home defenseman if they are going to get him on the roster.
It's the right move to make with him. You won't have to worry about him being fast enough to contribute in the offensive end and still get back to help on defense.
He's got the decision making of a center so he can read the ice find the pass and then occasionally jump into the play with that huge shot that no one is going to want to stand in front of.
He's extremely tall, 6'7-6'8 and will use a very long stick to help him in the defensive zone. He's build like a tank and has the size to seriously clear the net. Not many players are going to be willing to give a guy who is 6'8 250lbs crap on the ice.
It's going to take a year or two to groom him. But I think this is the direction the penguins will be going.

Simon has been on the top line, and he's been good, the Murray contract cold range anywhere from like 6-8.5 imo, but he hasn't been spectacular this year, so I went with the lower range, and Pettersson is a solid top 4 d man, plus he took a steal of a deal for this year, and I'd bet that comes up in negotiations this year, plus that third line has all gotten a lot of top 6 time (thanks to injuries) this year

"Tearing it up in the Q", the highest scoring of the 3 Junior leagues, and he's been worse than a lot of other late first/early seconds that are in those other leagues, and he had an 8 point night to boost his stats, take that out he's got 20 points in 15 games putting him around guys like Nikita Alexandrov and Maxime Trepanier... And Nyquist is a winger that isn't bad I'm his own zone (which was basically a must for me when looking for someone to pair with Malkin) and he can also get 60+ points, maybe even 70 on PIT, and ZAR was there, as a similar skill level player to Tanev, but imo has slightly higher offensive ability, but less speed/physicality, depends on what you want between the two, and the reason I stayed away from FA is GMJR does not have a good history going after "big fish FAs" I'd rather him just stick to the phones lol