Confirmed with Link: Penguins acquire Erik Karlsson for Granlund, 1st rounder in 2024, Rutta, Petry, DeSmith (more in first post)

[Malkinstheman]

One of you cap wizards tell me what we’re looking at now.

Karlsson at ~12 (just adding in Petry retention) is a lot, but we moved out so much…

EK had 1.5m retained and Petry around 1.56 so EK comes in at around 10.06m

 

[eXile3]

Top 10 protected on the pick too. Nice.

 

[Malkinstheman]

Retained on Petry, only 1.5mil saved in Karlsson and lost Rutta. I’m not happy

Yay to Ruh full time in the line up. Ffs….

Rutta is such a non factor if you're getting EK. Like its not even worth thinking about

 

[WickedWrister]

1.5m retention on EK is a little less than what we'd hoped but still palatable enough for the short term until Sid retires. Also love that the 2024 1st round pick is top 10 protected!

 

[Dominance]

EK had 1.5m retained and Petry around 1.56 so EK comes in at around 10.06m

EK’s contract is 11.5 not 10, though.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Man I really didn't think they'd pull this off. Thrilled to be wrong. Super stoked to see how he looks with this group next year. I don't know if this really puts them back into the thick of things but regardless the team should be fun to watch again.

 

[Zbynek]

Pitlick is an actual bottom-6 fit too. Yea this one aint bad at all.

Plus we keep both POJ and Ty Smith. That's a huge win was expecting one of these guys to go.

 

[mrzeigler]

It’s a great day for hockey

 

[Lust for Life]

CapFriendly has us at 80k over cap right now

Thank You - CapFriendly - NHL Salary Caps

Thank you for the amazing 9 years

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[Big Friggin Dummy]

God damn, that's a girthy trade.

I don't know what I'm most happy about; Petry going back to Montreal, EK being a Penguin, or not having to watch Granlund. Maybe that the Pens only spent a 1st as the only notable asset dealt.

 

[BrookswasHere44]

I am honestly not crazy about Karlsson still coming in at such a high cap hit, especially when the Penguins are retaining money on Petry.

They only paid a 1st so it's a hell of a deal, but I wanted Karlsson to come in at a lower AAV.

Give and take in negotiations I suppose

 

[ColePens]

HOLY SHIT

 

[WickedWrister]

Retained on Petry, only 1.5mil saved in Karlsson and lost Rutta. I’m not happy

Yay to Ruh full time in the line up. Ffs….

But we basically got to get rid of Granlund for free....

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Man I really didn't think they'd pull this off. Thrilled to be wrong. Super stoked to see how he looks with this group next year. I don't know if this really puts them back into the thick of things but regardless the team should be fun to watch again.

Three shifts until EK suffers a career ending ankle injury.

 

[Malkinstheman]

EK’s contract is 11.5 not 10, though.

Sorry, your right. So it basically just comes out to be 11.56m

 

[Andy99]

The only real unfortunate part of this is Chad Ruhwedel is now a regular on D and we probably can’t afford EK in 2 years lol

 

[eXile3]

Are people really upset about this because of Rutta? I mean … it’s Rutta.

 

[Peat]

I am honestly not crazy about Karlsson still coming in at such a high cap hit, especially when the Penguins are retaining money on Petry.

They only paid a 1st so it's a hell of a deal, but I wanted Karlsson to come in at a lower AAV.

Ditto. But at least the assets are there to maybe chase some value additions if needed.

One of you cap wizards tell me what we’re looking at now.

Karlsson at ~12 (just adding in Petry retention) is a lot, but we moved out so much…

Capfriendly says we're now only 80k over the cap with a 21 man roster.

 

[bathroomSTAAL]

Hopefully we don't ever have to think about Casey DeSmith again too. That will be nice

 

[Fordy]

thank god. they won’t be a chore to watch this year

 

[Malkinstheman]

This is a pretty good trade for all sides. San Jose retains only 1.5m, Pit gets EK for relatively cheap and MTL gets paid to get Petry

 

[WickedWrister]

Announce Jeff Carter LTIR next

 

[Empoleon8771]

I was going to do the cap calculatons but Capfriendly already beat me to it

Without Guentzel on LTIR, the Penguins are sitting with $-80k in cap space with a 22 man roster. Another way to put it, they're basically cap compliant with this 22 man roster:

Guentzel-Crosby-Rakell
Smith-Malkin-Rust
Pitlick-Eller-Acciari
O'Connor-Carter-Nieto
Hinostroza

Graves-Letang
Pettersson-Karlsson
POJ-Ruhwedel
Smith

Jarry-Nedjelkovic

Give and take in negotiations I suppose

Yeah I'm certainly not complaining, especially because the only piece of note the Penguins gave up was the 2024 1st. I was just hoping he'd come in a bit cheaper.

 

[Jacob]

I guess POJ - Smith becomes the 3rd pair.

 

[deakka]

How does the money look now? Can we add another forward to replace Guentzel (for the time being) and Granlund