Draft Lottery:
1st-DET(18.5%)
2nd-OTT(11.5%)
3rd-TBL(8.5%)(pick from EDM)--so they win the cup and the draft lottery...
NHL Draft.
PIT picks:
#62-J. Ledin, D, DFD, 61 OVR, Pot.--7th D
#103-E. Karlsson, LW, TWF, 60 OVR, Pot.--Minor
#155-J. Lindstrom, C, TWF, 59 OVR, Pot.--Top-9
#217-M. Lemieux, C, PLM, 56 OVR, Pot.--4th line
---A weak draft for PIT.
Contract Extensions:
J. Lindstrom-----3 x 650K
W. Reilly----------2 x 875K
K. Bjorkvist------2 x 875K
F. Hallander-----1 x 900K
J. Mahura--------2 x 825K
M. Jones----------2 x 865K
J. Marino---------8 x 5.0M
T. Blueger-------2 x 895K
Qualifying offers extended to ZAR, Jarry, Lafferty
July 1
PIT signs J. Ruttaa 1 x 886K
July 3
DET offer sheets T. Jarry for 4 x $6.165M--PIT does not match.(I can't afford it and will go with Murray/DeSmith.) 1st/3rd round picks transferred to PIT.
Notable signings:
DET signs P. Danault--4 x $5.259M
DET signs Z. Hyman--4 x $4.812M
Yes, DET is ready to compete.
WSH signs J. Saros--3 x $3.838M
TBL signs H. Lundqvist--2 x $2.452M
Trade
PIT trades D C. Miller to VGK for 2022/2023 2nd round picks
Player progression:
P. Joseph=======+6(77)
S. Poulin=======+5(76)
P. Zacha=======+4(85)
W. Reilly=======+4(81)
N. Legare======+3(76)
C. Lee=========+3(80)
R. Rakell=======+2(87)
J. Guentzel=====+2(91)
J. Mahura======+2(79)
J. Zucker=======+1(87)
M. Jones=======+1(77)
K. Letang=======-1(90)
B. Dumoulin====-1(84)
T. Blueger======-1(79)
B. Tanev=======-1(83)
D. Simon=======-2(80)
M. Murray======-1(85)
Opening day lineup below:
Guentzel-Crosby-Rakell
Zucker-Malkin-Rust
McCann-Zacha-Sheary
Simon-Erod-Tanev
Dumo-Letang
Pettersson-Marino
Lee-Reilly
Murray
November 28
The Pens have gotten off to a dismal 8-13-5 start and have lost the last 4. A shakeup is needed. The goaltending has been atrocious--especially DeSmith--his GAA is over 5. Zucker, Dumoulin and Lee are injured.
GMJR makes one of his famous in season shake up series of moves.
PIT trades C. DeSmith, P. Zacha to CGY for A. Raanta, 2023 2nd, 2024 3rd
PIT trades C. Sheary, J. Carlsson, 2023 1st, 2023 2nd to FLA for J. Huberdeau, 2022 4th
The Pens went 10-3-1 in Dec, 9-3-0 in Jan, then fell off the cliff in Feb, going 2-9-1.
Because of the disappointing play, and having 4 teams to jump over to get a wild card; I decided to do a 1 year retool, trading away Players on expiring deals for assets.
Mar.1--trade deadline day.
PIT trades 1st, 3rd, 4th to MIN for PIT 1st--needed my first back.
PIT trades Rakell, Rust to COL for (2) 1sts, 3rd, and J. Compher(now bad contract).
PIT trades ZAR(RFA rights) to ANA for 2nd
PIT trades A. Raanta to DET for F. Neilson(bad contract), (2) 2nds, 5th
PIT trades B. Tanev, E. Rodrigues, 2nd to FLA for A. Stralman(BC), (2) 1sts
PIT trades B. Dumoulin, D. O'Connor, 1st, 3rd to NYI for J. Beagle(BC), 1st---I wanted that high pick.
Ok so I blew up the team. But all the bad contracts are not JJ bad.
End of season stats(relevant players)
Crosby--------82 GP, 25 G, 71 A, 96 PTS, 18:18 TOI
Guentzel-----79 GP, 40 G, 47 A, 87 PTS, 18:15 TOI
Malkin--------82 GP, 32 G, 36 A, 68 PTS, 16:01 TOI
Huberdeau-56 GP, 10 G, 34 A, 44 PTS, 16:11 TOI
Zucker--------74 GP, 17 G, 38 A, 55 PTS, 15:20 TOI
McCann------81 GP, 22 G, 26 A, 48 PTS, 13:55 TOI
Simon---------82 GP, 14 G, 15 A, 29 PTS, 16:01 TOI
Bleuger-----66 GP, 2 G, 8 A, 10 PTS, 10:32 TOI
Letang--------82 GP, 14 G, 48 A, 62 PTS, 22:13 TOI
Lee------------71 GP, 5 G, 15 A, 20 PTS, 17:40 TOI
Pettersson-82 GP, 5 G, 13 A, 18 PTS, 20:20 TOI
Reilly---------70 GP, 3 G, 9 A, 12 PTS, 16:52 TOI
Marino------82 GP, 3 G, 8 A, 11 PTS, 19:34 TOI
Into the playoffs we go, with the Pens missing the playoffs for the first time in the Sidney Crosby Era.
SC Final===Boston-Nashville
SC Champ===Boston
Dude this is what he did in the NHL simulator game.
yeah and Det. didn't do nearly as bad as in real life. and DET offer sheeted Jarry so they didn't trade picks lol.
It gets better in the next couple years...