In Part 2, the Penguins take on another reclamation bad contract in the younger Kotkaniemi, one year of Freddy Andersen to teach and insulate Blomqvist, and a promising left wing prospect Bradley Nadeau, while the Hurricanes re-shape their forward group by taking on playoff badass and Brind'Amour type Bryan Rust, hope that Reilly Smith can become a 25-30 goal scorer again after a down year I attribute to unhappiness with change. He'll bounce back. 'Canes also get a replacement center in Lars Eller.

Pittsburgh:
Andersen - Blomqvist

Pettersson - Letang
Graves - Karlsson
Joseph - St. Ivany
Ludvig

Kaliyev - Crosby - Rakell
O'Connor - Dubois - Bunting
Nadeau - Kotkaniemi - Fa.gemo
Bemstrom - Acciari - Puustinen
Nieto/Puljujarvi


Carolina re-signs Jordan Martinook, Jack Drury and Seth Jarvis with enough cap space to bring on Brenden Dillon on the D to insulate Scott Morrow in his early years. Possibly enough to bring back Stefan Noesen as well.

Carolina:
Vacant - Kochetkov

Slavin - Burns
Orlov - Chatfield
Dillon - Morrow

Svechnikov - Aho - Jarvis
Smith - Kuznetsov - Rust
Martinook - Staal - Noesen
Drury - Eller - Fast
Lemieux

In the end, Pittsburgh swaps:
Out:
C Evgeni Malkin
G Tristan Jarry
R Bryan Rust
F Reilly Smith
C Lars Eller

In:
G Frederik Andersen
C Pierre-Luc Dubois
C Jesperi Kotkaniemi
L Bradley Nadeau
L Arthur Kaliyev
R Sam Fa.gemo
G Erik Portillo
2024 1st Round Pick (Lak #21)

Youth movement continues in exchange for taking on a couple bad contracts they hope will become not bad contracts.

in reading both of these just now, I think you are a sicko... and that is a compliment.

Wow that is truly terrible for the Canes.