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Salary Cap: '24-'25 Salary Thread: Crosbicles Volume MMXXVI: Sid is Still Goat

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With Bunting out, it makes me wonder if I want to call up McGroarty or Koivunen and give them a look in the top-6. I generally think they should keep down those two plus Broz and Pickering for as much of this year as possible, but getting a 3-4 week run on Malkin's line and then going back to WBS wouldn't be bad for any of their developments.

That said, Spezza said in an article that their strategy is to not call them up "until they're here to stay", so I'm expecting that they spend all of this year in the AHL. Which I don't really mind tbh.
 
Empoleon8771 said:
That said, Spezza said in an article that their strategy is to not call them up "until they're here to stay", so I'm expecting that they spend all of this year in the AHL. Which I don't really mind tbh.
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That seems like an unnecessarily dumb thing to say publicly.

Even if it is the plan, keep that internally. Now that it’s out there, if a guy comes up and isn’t ready or underperforms, there is additional unneeded pressure as the team said they wouldn’t come up until they’re staying up.
 
Dennis Reynolds said:
Bunting probably wasn't going to be dealt anyway, but if a GM really wanted him, they'd still trade for him. It's not like he blew out his knee or shoulder or something. It's a limited, defined, non-hockey health procedure. He'll be fine. It's not even a concern for a GM.
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Guesstimated the 22nd for 3 weeksish.
At that point, the Pens still have 11 games left. Plenty of time left if another team were interested. They should have close to the same amount of games remaining.
 
Empoleon8771 said:
That said, Spezza said in an article that their strategy is to not call them up "until they're here to stay", so I'm expecting that they spend all of this year in the AHL. Which I don't really mind tbh.
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Which I get, but I don't. I would say give the player at least a good 10 games in the NHL to experience the speed and strength of the top league as motivation for their offseason training. But whatever.
 
Ulf5 said:
Guesstimated the 22nd for 3 weeksish.
At that point, the Pens still have 11 games left. Plenty of time left if another team were interested. They should have close to the same amount of games remaining.
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The trade deadline is next Friday so at this point he isn't getting traded until the summer
 
SomeDude said:
That seems like an unnecessarily dumb thing to say publicly.

Even if it is the plan, keep that internally. Now that it’s out there, if a guy comes up and isn’t ready or underperforms, there is additional unneeded pressure as the team said they wouldn’t come up until they’re staying up.
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Spezza said that's what they've been telling the prospects as well, so it's not like it's new to them.
 
Malkinstheman said:
The trade deadline is next Friday so at this point he isn't getting traded until the summer
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Injured players can still be traded. Anyone trading for him was suspect to begin with. As Dennis pointed out, it's not a lingering injury that would make acquiring him questionable going forward.
But if anyone is interested, there's still time in the regular season for Bunting to acclimate to his new team.
 
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Dennis Reynolds said:
Bunting probably wasn't going to be dealt anyway, but if a GM really wanted him, they'd still trade for him. It's not like he blew out his knee or shoulder or something. It's a limited, defined, non-hockey health procedure. He'll be fine. It's not even a concern for a GM.
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Yup and it is permissible to trade injured players as long as there has been full disclosure.
 
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SomeDude said:
That seems like an unnecessarily dumb thing to say publicly.

Even if it is the plan, keep that internally. Now that it’s out there, if a guy comes up and isn’t ready or underperforms, there is additional unneeded pressure as the team said they wouldn’t come up until they’re staying up.
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It's hard to think clearly when there's a camera or mic in your face.
 
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