My thinking behind this is that Laine is 26, can snipe and we'd be buying low. If he's anything like he was and though expensive, it'd be for two years. That would likely get the fanbase excited a bit. And we'd pick up a '25 or '26 3rd. Still have enough for Arvidsson.
If Columbus is retaining the Pens aren't getting a pick back. If anything we're adding the late pick. Which I would still do.
But we'd have two years of his salary while the Jackets would only have Smith on the books for a year. Laine has serious questions, and that would mitigate his value.
Don't see the point of Joseph unless he's a #7.Dubas on POJ and other potential qualifying offers at the draft, per Haase:
"There's an arbitration element to it that is important to us, and cap space," Dubas said. "So you're trying to measure the players that aren't going to be qualified, the other players that are going to get to free agency to see if you go down that path, what is that cap space? What type of player do we have? Is it better or equal? Can we get the same for less money? There's all those types of things. So we'll work through that."
Penguins don't qualify P.O Joseph ... but door isn't necessarily shut
Sunday's 5 p.m. deadline for teams to extending qualifying offers to their pending restricted free agents passed, and P.O Joseph didn't receive a qualifying offer.www.dkpittsburghsports.com
Also...
And can we pick a salary cap/off-season thread? Why do we have two?
Then there is no point because he'll get a lot more than a #7 would typically get.
Tamper Bay totally didn't have this drawn out and pitched to his agent before the 3rd was sent their way
Don't worry. His fan club here will post about his career all season long. Can't wait to hear them cry for him every night. "only 7.5mil we should have kept him for sid!"
