The Penguins giving out two year extensions to Scott Wilson, Tom Kuhnhackl and Bryan Rust Monday was a situation of the ‘player’ getting the security of a one-way contract in return for taking maybe $50,000 or so less if they would have been tendered this summer.
From the Penguins standpoint, even if all three players have peaked, the Penguins need cheap bottom-6 forwards if they are going to continue with the same core they have.
Including the retained salary from the Rob Scuderi trade, Pittsburgh has $67,918,333 committed to 18 players for next season and there are serious concerns among NHL General Manager’s that the salary cap will stay the same or even drop to the $67-$68 million range if the players don’t accept the 5% escalator which they often accept.
Forwards on 1-way contracts: Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Phil Kessel, Patric Hornqvist, Carl Hagelin, Chris Kunitz, Eric Fehr, Nick Bonino, Bryan Rust, Tom Kuhnhackl, Scott Wilson
Defensemen on 1-way contracts: Kris Letang, Trevor Daley, Ian Cole, Brian Dumoulin, Olli Maatta
Goaltenders: Marc Andre Fleury, Matt Murray (2-way contract).
Ray Shero’s drafts produced a lack of high end talent, notably top-6 forwards, but as some in the organization say, you can’t judge a draft until six, even seven or eight years later.
It’s taken a while and the Penguins are now getting a slew of bottom-6 caliber players emerge around the same time in the likes of Rust, Kuhnhackl, Wilson (team feels there’s some top-6 upside there with Wilson) and you can add Oskar Sundqvist to that group who would be getting more consideration this season if a Nick Bonino wasn’t in the way. Josh Archibald could also join this group by next season as an option to play a role, along with a Domink Simon, a Rutherford draft pick.
These players might not be good enough to get the Penguins to the next level but it’s a better situation for the Penguins to now be in than the alternative with plugging players like Max Lapierre, Zach Sill, Craig Adams and Tanner Glass in there.
With a cap crunch coming, the Penguins are starting to see a small reward from the Shero drafts with the opportunity to plug cheap bottom-6 forwards into the mix. Mid-to-late round picks like Rust, Wilson are good examples of that.
Pittsburgh also boast the top goaltending prospect [hide] in the NHL in Matthew Murray and another high upside netminder in Tristan Jarry. From where the Shero draft classes looked at his firing, and it’s still not great by any means, but has pretty much gone from a D- to a C+ in a matter of two years. [/hide]
“Cap crunch” expected to move to 74 million from what I’ve read lol
At least Sutter scores clutch goals and shows up in the playoffs let’s see what Bonino and chubby what they will bring in the playoffs
Sutter has 12 points in 33 playoff games. You’re an idiot.
Trading Canadian Sutter for American Bonino made team weaker. Same goes about bortuzzo,despres for lovejoy a Cole. Too many Americans thank God that bone head GM used his brain and trade American scuderi for Daley. That was an upgrade still suckss as GM with all the downgrades his done. And the fraud chubby he got
But Daley is black…
Sutter played in only 20 games this year. Have you moved on from DB to Sutter?
jesus christ, are we still doing this thing where we pretend Despres doesn’t absolutely blow more guys than sam at a gay swinger’s convention?
Brandon Sutter was born in New York you fucking retard. I believe he played hockey in the US until junior!
I didn’t think it was possible to hate Bonino more than Sutter. What a stupid penalty he took. He’s worthless.
No ability to score. I still have the text I sent to my buddy last game…I can’t believe i’m gonna say this, but Sutter > Bonino!
True but we can’t afford Sutter at $4 mil.
Yeah agreed, but man is he useless. He just frustrates the shit out of me.
Whoa! You kept that text?!
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Hahahahaha once again same was right I guess another million in one stick to the wall Mr gay Dogg told you guys Sutter trade was bad. I guess pens did not need 3rd liner with 19 goals at 4m too expensive yet clowns here like Stan love chubby and his 20 goal at 10m
Worse than the Zatkoff trade?
Bonino AND Fehr > better than having Sutter… For the same money.
Cue yogurt and Maloni
Florida beating Canadiens IN Montreal.
No home ice advantage there anymore.
Is anybody in Montreal to see it?
I wonder how your tampax felt tonight after losing vs an AHL Toronto team. Oh I forgot tampax fans don’t watch season hockey. Only playoffs hockey like Yoda does with the pens
I guess somewhere, Sam guaranteed a big win for Rubio tonight.
The cap isn’t dropping. That leaves the Pens with $5 million in room to sign a 5/6 dman and a 7th guy. A 4th liner and a 13th guy. Where’s the cap crisis? I don’t get it.
The Canadian dollar is worthless and the players have seriously discussed not voting in the 5% escalator, what exactly don’t you get other than everything?
The cap will not drop moron. The worst it does is stay at 73 million. Give your contrarian attitude a break loser.
What are you talking about!?
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Sam. Did you pull those Beau Bennett / Marty St Louis splits yet? Or are you still working on it?
Ryan Harris is Muslim! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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So is your current President you dumb fuckkk
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Voted for Hillary today. You’re welcome America.
I’m going to laugh when she’s in jail and Biden has to take over.
Umm, I’m totally for that. Just need someone to hold down the fort for 4 years. I’d gladly vote for a Republican if he/she was a better candidate, and not a complete nut job like that party continually throws up there.
I hear ya. I haven’t voted for the last two shitbirds they’ve thrown up there.
Astonishing. They’ve had 8 years to find a viable candidate and are in realistic danger of anointing Donald fn Trump. Embarrassing really.
The last two elections spurned this. People are tired of establishment dogshit. Want proof? Look how Mittens’s admonishment for Trump basically sent his popularity through the roof.
I know we joke a lot about Sam’s struggles with English, but let’s be honest, the dude is a dumba$$ in any language.
Was that ever disputed?
Just making sure. I don’t want anyone on here getting the wrong idea.
I know we joke a lot about Npl’s struggles with his weight, but lets be honest, the dude is a Fatassss in any Language
haha, you are so bad at this.
This article just went from a C to a D- coincidentally
It’s still a D- need TOP 6 fwds on entry level deals in cap world.
two drafted d on entry level contracts helps to move it north of a d-
LA has zero elc’s on their current roster, NYR have 1 in Hayes and he plays in the bottom 6, Minny has 2(Reilly & Dumba) but both are on D, Boston has 2(Acciari & Vatrano) but neither is in the top 6. So including the Pens that’s 5 of the 16 teams currently in the playoffs that don’t have an entry level contract in their top 6, clearly it isn’t a NEED.
D any news when our Porcelain boy Bennett will be back?
You know what someone should do? Put his stats next to Marty St. Louis’s this year just to see what we’re missing out on.
Samaloni
thats what happens when you trade young players for temporary washed up patch up when half of those players dont even play in the NHL anymore other than Iggy
Kessel will be off the books next year.
Wanna bet?
really hope so but this team likes to have frauds on the team malkin was another one that was suppose to be gone then they went to get kessel
this team has soo much potential to be a elite team but they choose to rip their fans of with some garbage product that is covering the fake glory Trade malkin and kessel and youll have a better team
Malkin is a fraud! Oh that’s good. If it wasn’t for Malkin and Fleury, this team would be looking at how well Auston Matthews was going to fit in next year. You fat french fuck.
You can’t draft high end talent when you’re starting your draft in the late second or third round every year.
Murray was a third round pick, no? Jarry a 2nd? they’re both first round talent.
Letang 3rd round
Now what value does that bring to point out something that pre-dates the trading away of picks – of what relevance is that?
“Mark Recchi was a 4th round pick.” Why thank you Sam!
Do people actually read this stuff anymore?
Only for laughs
look who is talking the clown himself .