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

[SEALBound]

I have little issue with the starts and playtime Blomqvist has gotten, especially given the results.

I would have supported Larsson up over Jarry but it is what it is.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

NHL starter? Yes.

Getting NHL minutes? No.

1. Not what you said.
2. I'm going through the top 20 goalies this season based on games played. They're reaching the 20 games played in a season threshold around age 23-24.

 

[Gurglesons]

1. Not what you said.
2. I'm going through the top 20 goalies this season based on games played. They're reaching the 20 games played in a season threshold around age 23-24.

I think the reality is that the Penguins don't actually view Blomqvist as one of their top prospects.

They brought him up to give Murashov a shot in the AHL. He's expendable.

His usage is bizarre in the NHL. And at his age, there is no reason to at least give him a short stretch especially on a bad team with Ned performing how he is.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

I think the reality is that the Penguins don't actually view Blomqvist as one of their top prospects.

They brought him up to give Murashov a shot in the AHL. He's expendable.

Way to change the subject.

 

[Epic Neal Time]

Yes, but who is considered ‘core’. Right now it sounds like they aren’t trading anyone who isn’t on an expiring contract which doesn’t include Rakell.

Core to me is Crosby, Malkin, Rust, Letang. I'd move anyone else. I don't see you getting any real value from 71 or 58 at this point, not compared to what they'll bring from an intangibles/leadership POV while also not playing well enough to keep us out of tank mode. I wouldn't trade Rust personally, but that is an interesting debate. They could potentially get a lot for him, but I can also see him as a career Penguin and even a transitional captain after Sid retires.

 

[Buddy Bizarre]

Do you really think a contender is looking at the Pens roster and thinking to themselves, "you know what, we are probably one Noel Accari away from really taking a run at this thing.".????

Honestly yes. GM's are dinosaurs and they value grit over actual talent all the damn time.

 

[Sideline]

Do you really think a contender is looking at the Pens roster and thinking to themselves, "you know what, we are probably one Noel Accari away from really taking a run at this thing.".????

Do you really think Noel Acciari is the only player the Penguins could trade?

 

[Epic Neal Time]

Also, trading Malkin or Letang would be so pointless. You can't tell me Chicago wouldn't have been better off keeping Kane rather than trading him for a 2nd and burning that bridge.

 

[Ragamuffin Gunner]

I just ran a Tank Nation SIM and came out with UTA 1st and Pens 2nd, so sign me up for that Rak trade!

 

[pensfan71]

I just ran a Tank Nation SIM and came out with UTA 1st and Pens 2nd, so sign me up for that Rak trade!

I need to know who your goalies were

 

[Gurglesons]

Way to change the subject.

He's 23. As you stated most prospects are playing 20 games in the NHL at his age.

He started 12 this year despite being up for large portions of the year. It's just not intelligent development.

But, if you want to defend the team that hasn't gotten 100 games out of a player since 2015 that was internally drafted, go on ahead.

 

[Ulf5]

Blom should have been sent down a while ago but it's funny that Jarry is being called up after giving up 13 goals in his last 3 games. If they put Ned and Jarry in net together, they might be into something

Claim they're both hurt every game at the last minute and play the EBUG. Let a plug get a hit from the dream of his life drug.

 

[Empoleon8771]

If you want to trade someone like Acciari, I think the best bet would be to add a mid round pick to him and target a young AHLer that can allow you to call up someone else without an issue. That's fairly similar to what the Penguins did with the Fehr trade back in the day, it was something like Fehr and a 4th for Corrado.

I think the reality is that the Penguins don't actually view Blomqvist as one of their top prospects.

They brought him up to give Murashov a shot in the AHL. He's expendable.

His usage is bizarre in the NHL. And at his age, there is no reason to at least give him a short stretch especially on a bad team with Ned performing how he is.

Or maybe he's just been playing badly and they want to send him to the AHL because he's playing badly. .

 

[Randy Butternubs]

pixies =

 

[Ragamuffin Gunner]

Which brings ups a point I've been meaning to make about Chicago. I feel they should be aggressive after someone like Rakell to help with the insulation of Bedard. They already have prospects with all the low drafting. And in the next 3 drafts they have 5 first round picks and 7 second round picks.
They're going to be major players in free agency since they're near the top in cap space. But you're not guaranteed anything in ufa. Grabbing a cost-controlled 25 goal scorer now gives Bedard a wing whether you strike out or hit the jackpot in ufa.
If you get a forward or 2, now you're set.
According to the main boards lineup thread, his current wings are Bertuzzi and Athanasiou.

I wonder if we could get both TOR's 1st this year and FLA's 1st next year from them considering how low they'll be.

 

[Gurglesons]

pixies =

23 is not young for a prospect in today's NHL how ever you want to frame it.

The fact PIT has tricked you into that mindset is just further evidence this team couldn't develop their way out of a paper bag.

At 23, you are hitting 5 years removed from your draft year. I'm not saying Blomqvist is a lost cause, but this idea that he has many more years left of seasoning is inaccurate.

 

[Ragamuffin Gunner]

I need to know who your goalies were

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[DesertedPenguin]

Yaroslav Askarov is considered one of the top young goalie prospects in the NHL. He's 22. He's played 15 NHL games, the same as Blomqvist.

Jesper Wallstedt from Minnesota is 22. He's played five games for the Wild.

Dustin Wolf is 23. Prior to this year, he played 18 total games for Calgary.

Blomqvist isn't their caliber. His development is on track for his age.

 

[SEALBound]

pixies =

That even ignores the premise that "a 23yo goalie with <20 NHL games is no longer a prospect and expendable"

 

[KrisLetAngry]

That Jones trade pretty much guarantees that you could get a 2026 1st for Karlsson if you retain him down to $7 million. Get on the phone with Dallas and try to figure something out.

Agreed.

"Take a stance" as in "I WILL NOT WAIVE" or "I decide whether I want to waive or not when the time comes"?

I think he knows he will get moved. But won't be asked to waive till Dubas has an offer he will accept.

You can either take this to mean that they have their eyes on another RD or aren't interesting in doing another big addition after Granlund. Everything Nill has said publicly is that they won't be doing anything else big

I think what Nill said when asked about it a few days ago is legit: he doesn't want to add an expensive player with term when they have numerous RFAs due for extension in the next 2 years.

My gut feeling at this point is that Karlsson goes to Carolina in the off-season as a Burns replacement.

Nothing wrong with doing it in the off season.

Expected.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

For the people who want to keep Rakell; if a team like the Sabres or Kraken had a 30 goal, 65pt dude who was 32 and were sitting like 5th worst in the league, would you say it was smart or dumb of them to trade the guy for a 1st+?

 

[Gurglesons]

Yaroslav Askarov is considered one of the top young goalie prospects in the NHL. He's 22. He's played 15 NHL games, the same as Blomqvist.

Jesper Wallstedt from Minnesota is 22. He's played five games for the Wild.

Dustin Wolf is 23. Prior to this year, he played 18 total games for Calgary.

Blomqvist isn't their caliber. His development is on track for his age.

I'm not the least bit surprised to see you swinging in from the top rope to defend the team that has literally not developed an internal draft pick in a decade.

That even ignores the premise that "a 23yo goalie with <20 NHL games is no longer a prospect and expendable"

I'm not saying he is not a prospect. I'm saying that Blomqvist is at an age where you expect him to start battling for a role especially when Jarry and Ned have shit the bed they way they have.

The fact he came up and basically got iced for a month and a half is not really a good look for how this team internally views him. Which is basically how this team internally views every prospect. It's why I don't put much stock into Koivunen's production in the AHL, because if he ever gets called up they'll just use him as they did Puustinen.

 

[Empoleon8771]

23 is not young for a prospect in today's NHL how ever you want to frame it.

There have been 7 goalies 23 or younger that have played more than 10 games in the NHL this year.

Any goalie under 25 is still a "young" goalie.

I'm not the least bit surprised to see you swinging in from the top rope to defend the team that has literally not developed an internal draft pick in a decade.

Or maybe the argument you're making is easily disproven and you having to resort to personal shots like that shows how bad of an argument you're making.

 

[pensfan71]

For the people who want to keep Rakell; if a team like the Sabres or Kraken had a 30 goal, 65pt dude who was 32 and were sitting like 5th worst in the league, would you say it was smart or dumb of them to trade the guy for a 1st+?

Agreed, Sid is not a baby, he knows where we're at and that's why he signed. If he somehow believed we'd contend...ya that's on him and is delusional thinking, love the guy and his fire but no way he looked a this roster and thought we're going on runs. So at that point, trade Rakell to set up his later years, it's the smart thing to do. This whole convo of us looking for a Rakell once we trade him, I get it but that's what our top 5 pick is for...sure Dubas and co. will probably say yep but what if we add that top 5 WITH Rakell?? At that point, you're doomed since Raks will likely hit a decline next year

 

[DesertedPenguin]

I'm not the least bit surprised to see you swinging in from the top rope to defend the team that has literally not developed an internal draft pick in a decade.

How about you address the substance of the rebuttals to your opinion, for once?