GDT: Free Agency Day 1: You're from Boston? Come on down

[Honour Over Glory]

So they want to rebuild and be competitive, sort of what other teams do to refresh a roster with youth and picks but still be competitive. Dubas and Sullivan sat down and hammered out a plan.

The plan? Make it so zero youth have a shot at any spots in the line up except for St Ivany based on need and even then even he won't.

So the entire roster is entirely veteran heavy again. Lol...

 

[Zap Rowsdower]

Roll Fizzlebeef would be a good pick up.
Zap Rowsdower also.
I feel Rowsdower is more NHL ready.

I'm ready! Put me in!

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Any college kids or Russians we can sign that might be able to step in right away? Should be giving these guys a chance now.

They've signed so many veterans that no young player hoping to win a spot in camp will steer clear of this team altogether.

Dubas at this point should just trade Puustinen and let him have a shot elsewhere, this is frustrating to see them not understand how a rebuild should go. Getting a few picks and moving out bad contracts to only add more veterans and block spots for ones that played last year that deserve a shot is ridiculous. Puustinen has earned a spot about as much as Drew O'Connor has.

Drew in his break out year at 25 put up 33pts in 79 games getting a lot of top 6 minutes. Puustinen put up a 30pt pace in the same 79 games getting less top 6 minutes as a rookie. But one is more deserving somehow.

 

[The Great Mighty Poo]

I'm ready! Put me in!

 

[66-30-33]

They've signed so many veterans that no young player hoping to win a spot in camp will steer clear of this team altogether.

Dubas at this point should just trade Puustinen and let him have a shot elsewhere, this is frustrating to see them not understand how a rebuild should go. Getting a few picks and moving out bad contracts to only add more veterans and block spots for ones that played last year that deserve a shot is ridiculous. Puustinen has earned a spot about as much as Drew O'Connor has.

Drew in his break out year at 25 put up 33pts in 79 games getting a lot of top 6 minutes. Puustinen put up a 30pt pace in the same 79 games getting less top 6 minutes as a rookie. But one is more deserving somehow.

Need more old guys like Tarasenko.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Brian Burke when asked how teams can sign guys right as FA begins?

"Well, it's obvious. They are tampering. I talked with Bob Daly about this, and he said 'I've asked teams, how can you sign a guy to a complicated 7 year deal when it's 12:02, and free agency just started?', he knows. But he said he also can't prove it. He said 'bring me a case, bring me the proof and I will throw the book at them, but I can't do anything without proof'. I mean teams cheat, they have been cheating since I came into the league in '92, it's nothing new."

Also he hates soccer, haha.

"you know what the best thing about being fired from the Penguins? It's that I will never have to watch a damn soccer game again in my life." I guess his associates had Liverpool on a lot, haha.

I wish Burke would tell us more of the stupid shit the Penguins did, because so many just stay quiet. f*** it. Light these assholes up in the media with their shit. I wish more players also spoke out instead of being boring ass drones.

 

[GilbertSeinfeld]

"Trumpy, you can do stupid things!"

 

[Gurglesons]

They've signed so many veterans that no young player hoping to win a spot in camp will steer clear of this team altogether.

Dubas at this point should just trade Puustinen and let him have a shot elsewhere, this is frustrating to see them not understand how a rebuild should go. Getting a few picks and moving out bad contracts to only add more veterans and block spots for ones that played last year that deserve a shot is ridiculous. Puustinen has earned a spot about as much as Drew O'Connor has.

Drew in his break out year at 25 put up 33pts in 79 games getting a lot of top 6 minutes. Puustinen put up a 30pt pace in the same 79 games getting less top 6 minutes as a rookie. But one is more deserving somehow.

Don’t question the rebuild.

“We’ve finally chosen a lane”.

Quit complaining.

Nothing Dubas can do.

 

[Tender Rip]

Hi all. I have just taken a break from work to finally look over what Pens have been doing in free agency. After that I checked that, yes indeed, Sully is still the head coach of the team.

Based on the above, I fear that my interactions with you all will be much reduced next season and indeed it will be another year of not watching on my part. Sad.
Enjoy the Summer though!

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Don’t question the rebuild.

“We’ve finally chosen a lane”.

Quit complaining.

Nothing Dubas can do.

Go all in mate, trade the picks and prospects, go for one last run under the illustrious Michael Sullivan.

 

[Gurglesons]

Go all in mate, trade the picks and prospects, go for one last run under the illustrious Michael Sullivan.

David Quinn is going to fix EK65.

 

[Turin]

To give a better answer:

It's from Reddit -- a screencap of an email from the Pens front office for season ticket holders. The OP then said they then later received a clarification:

"Big hiccup on our part. Our pre-drafted schedule release email that you just received from me stated that Vladimir Tarasenko was signed by the Penguins. Not entirely sure how that news made it into an email, but that information is just a rumor and not at all confirmed. I do apologize for the misunderstanding. Thanks!"

Thanks. I would give you a like but my privilege was taken away for saying Tampas cups were fake.

That would be pretty hilarious if it turns out to be true.

As of right now Florida has 5 mil in cap space and you would think 4+ is going to Lundell.

 

[Sorry]

The old boys club of GMs saw they're getting couple extra dollars and spent it like drunken sailors. Some things never change.

 

[Gurglesons]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807856352540385612

 

[AuroraBorealis]

I don't see the urgency to do this.

The only guy whose value will definitely drop by the deadline is Petts. Everyone else's could go up, down, or sideways. If they move Karlsson with retention now, they are out of retention spots and that reduces their options throughout this year.

I've been a big Jarry backer but the team stopped playing him while chasing a playoff spot. His value is clearly dog doodoo right now.

I'm not moving Crosby unless he tells me he wants out.

It depends if you're taking cap back in a deal. If you're not, that means you can use the cap you just freed up to take on bad contracts in exchange for more picks.
So it's not just about the move in question, but also the domino effect.

Think of it this way. Karlsson is utilizing 10mil right now of what we instead could funnel toward helping the future. And that 10 mil is not helping us achieve anything useful last season or this upcoming one. All that he can do is make us draft lower, and I guess improve ticket/jersey sales. But we got rich ownership, so we're fine financially.
So any year that a GM is allowing that large of a chunk of our cap not to produce anything that progresses the organization toward a Cup... is a year of mismanaged cap.
Not to mention at his age his value will decrease every season you wait.

This is a worthy one to use the last retention spot on. The return would be significant at 5M x 3. Plus there's no guarantees that he'll be healthy later for us to capitalize on his value. He's healthy now, and we don't need him atm for anything.

 

[BusinessGoose]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807856352540385612

Got nothing on the Lindros trade

(jake was a descendent of it lol)

 

[Pancakes]

So they want to rebuild and be competitive, sort of what other teams do to refresh a roster with youth and picks but still be competitive. Dubas and Sullivan sat down and hammered out a plan.

The plan? Make it so zero youth have a shot at any spots in the line up except for St Ivany based on need and even then even he won't.

So the entire roster is entirely veteran heavy again. Lol...

I knew we had to get unconventional with our rebuild. The plan? Retool the roster with nothing but players over 30 years old.

 

[Dennis Reynolds]

Wait, are those even real names?

I GUARANTEE you that there is at least one person in Switzerland with the name Zap Rowsdower.

Edit:

I'm ready! Put me in!

See?! There he is.

 

[Rudy Russo]

David Quinn is going to fix EK65.

Add Graves, Grzelcyk, the power play and Mike Sullivan. (He has dirt on Sully since their college days.)

 

[Dennis Reynolds]

David Quinn is going to fix EK65.

Can you at least let us have some hope until it's PROVEN wrong?

 

[Kasperi kapanen]

Man, just got caught up and these signings really make no sense. The trades have been fine but how do we expect to play younger players if all the spots on this roster are taken? Pono, Poulin, and the possibility of a Yager 9 game stint are basically gone. I’ve been a Dubas supporter but jeez. Hope this is part of his plan lol.

 

[MayorofWBS]

I don't see the urgency to do this.

The only guy whose value will definitely drop by the deadline is Petts. Everyone else's could go up, down, or sideways. If they move Karlsson with retention now, they are out of retention spots and that reduces their options throughout this year.

I've been a big Jarry backer but the team stopped playing him while chasing a playoff spot. His value is clearly dog doodoo right now.

I'm not moving Crosby unless he tells me he wants out.

Disagree on Petts value dropping at the TDL. IMHO, you trade him right now and his a 2nd round pick and another 2nd or 3rd around pick and I don't think that will change at the TDL (especially if we retain).

 

[deakka]

One thing to take into account are that for example the pick we got for Hayes or Smith can also be used to speed up the rebuild/youth movement. Dunno tue ask for Mcgroathy but let's say we get him for 2x2nds. That essentially for Smith and taking on Hayes.

The rebuild doesn't have to come from only the players we draft. We can also use the picks on players that's closer to making the NHL now rather to draft someone in the 2nd round 2025 that will be 2-3 years away, at best.

I think Dubas also said something along those lines after the Guentzel trade. That we got assets to use in other trades.

 

[orby]

Something like 1 or 2 years, 4.5 or 5 mil for Tarasenko would be a good "cover your ass" move for Dubas. Top 6 player on a very movable contract. I assume they'd have to make a trade to accommodate him, though.

 

[Harvey Birdman]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1807856352540385612

My god... Thats like staring directly into a light blindingly bad.