Salary Cap: Pens '24-'25 Salary Thread: The Crosbicles Volume XIX

[Honour Over Glory]

Lol do you see Harkins level of offensive talent mate?

Bunting-Glass-Beauvillier has promise. Will Sullivan give it more time? Probably not.

 

[AuroraBorealis]

Glass and Pulijujarvi both have the smarts/talent to play up in the lineup. (And I really don’t care if someone tries to convonce me Glass is garbage. I see something else.)
If the coach wasn’t so regimented, there are some options to try. Unfortunately, he is who he is, so it would take more injuries to see other combos.

I agree. Glass is hanging in there offensively under difficult conditions. 71% D-zone starts. Acciari and Hayes his most common linemates.
There's 5 Forward regulars who've done worse at even-strength point generation, including Rust and Bunting. I'm glad to see him get a chance in a more offensive role tonight.

Outside of that he's been our stingiest Forward PK'er. Crushing it there. That alone warrants a lineup spot on a team that can't keep the puck out of the net.

We got 7 games in 12 nights here. 4 of them are weak opponents. Rust isn't gonna be back for a bit still. He's gotta seize this opportunity.

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

If you have to retain to move Rust, just keep him. He's consistently productive and a character guy. You don't get much for ~5 mil these days, people.

Debrusk and Bertuzzi made more than Rust in UFA on long term deals. You can talk about age, but I'd bet Rust is a better player over the duration of his deal.

 

[Sideline]

If you have to retain to move Rust, just keep him. He's consistently productive and a character guy. You don't get much for ~5 mil these days, people.

Debrusk and Bertuzzi made more than Rust in UFA on long term deals. You can talk about age, but I'd bet Rust is a better player over the duration of his deal.

Completely agree. The Penguins aren't 3MM of cap space away from competing in 2026. They should be trading guys to gain assets not spending assets to trade guys.

 

[eXile3]

Rust still has value and I doubt very much you would have to retain on him. Guy scored 56 points in 62 games and is getting paid 5 mill a year. Some people are just being negative for the sake of being negative.

 

[Malkinstheman]

If Rust has a productive rest of the year I could see him being very valuable to teams like Buffalo or Detroit looking to take the next step

Problem is, with how Sullivan and Dubas have talked about him, it doesn't seem likely like he's going anywhere

 

[pistolpete11]

No way do you retain on Rust. Leave open the retention slots to maximize the returns on UFA's at the deadline. Take back a contract instead or just hold onto him and trade him when he's a UFA.

That goes for basically anybody that's a non-UFA, with the possible exception of Karlsson.

 

[AuroraBorealis]

Yeah, if you can get out of this Rust contract with no penalty, do it. Even if you get nothing in return it would be worth it. You can just use the free cap space later to generate assets. We turned 3.6M into a 2nd by taking on Hayes. Imagine what you can do with Rust's remaining 20.5M.