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

[Gurglesons]

Accicari at 2 mil is not worse than Saad at 4.5 mil relative to the needs to this team. A 2 mil cap ht for a year and a half is not that big of a deal on a team going nowhere. And no way are we trading a 3rd to do so, that's just poor asset management. Not gonna happen.

Acciari has no trade value.

A 20 goal Saad does.

You're short sighted and foolish as usual.

 

[Ryder71]

Acciari has no trade value.

A 20 goal Saad does.

Well, lets see if it happens then, cause it won't, that's just mind numbingly absurd. No way are we giving up a 3rd rounder to take on that salary on a team going nowhere.

 

[Ulf5]

Accicari at 2 mil is not worse than Saad at 4.5 mil relative to the needs to this team. A 2 mil cap ht for a year and a half is not that big of a deal on a team going nowhere. And no way are we trading a 3rd to do so, that's just poor asset management. Not gonna happen.

Saad did just score 26 goals last year which would've put him 4th on the team. He has a whole lot more value than Noel.
But there's zero chance Dubas trades for him unless there's heavy retention.

 

[Ryder71]

Saad did just score 26 goals last year which would've put him 4th on the team. He has a whole lot more value than Noel.

Not at double the cap hit he doesn't. Cap space is something on a team such as ours that is very important. We could take on salary for a lesser at the deadline and get a 2hd rounder. Heck, 2.5 mil in cap space is worth a 2hd by itself, when it's prorated maybe an additional pick.

 

[DesertedPenguin]

The Athletic did mock trade proposals for each team. Pettersson is listed as the target for the Oilers and Rangers, with the ask from James Mirtle being a first round pick in either situation.

For the Penguins, Rob Rossi targets Marco Rossi from Minnesota. Mirtle's ask is Bryan Rust. Rob Rossi notes that targeting a young center prepares the Pens for life beyond Malkin, who could end up more permanently on Sid's wing.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5990507/2024/12/14/nhl-trade-rumors-top-targets/

 

[Empoleon8771]

Rust for Rossi would be such an instant and quick yes from me that I can't fathom a single way the Wild even consider it.

Sure his production is getting inflated by playing with Kaprizov, but he has 25 points in 30 games and just turned 23. Guerin should be fired if he'd trade him for Rust.

 

[Ugene Magic]

The Athletic did mock trade proposals for each team. Pettersson is listed as the target for the Oilers and Rangers, with the ask from James Mirtle being a first round pick in either situation.

For the Penguins, Rob Rossi targets Marco Rossi from Minnesota. Mirtle's ask is Bryan Rust. Rob Rossi notes that targeting a young center prepares the Pens for life beyond Malkin, who could end up more permanently on Sid's wing.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5990507/2024/12/14/nhl-trade-rumors-top-targets/

Rust for Rossi would be such an instant and quick yes from me that I can't fathom a single way the Wild even consider it.

Sure his production is getting inflated by playing with Kaprizov, but he has 25 points in 30 games and just turned 23. Guerin should be fired if he'd trade him for Rust.

Of course you would for another 5'9" player.

Hoglander and now Rossi. Yeah, he's doing okay with Kaprizov, but here he would being doing with Bunting, Tomasino, O'connor and so on not on the top #1 line.

The Pittsburgh Umpa Lumpa's

 

[Ulf5]

Of course you would for another 5'9" player.

Hoglander and now Rossi. Yeah, he's doing okay with Kaprizov, but here he would being doing with Bunting, Tomasino, O'connor and so on not on the top #1 line.

The Pittsburgh Umpa Lumpa's

Don't have to worry. Minny has $2 mil in space and Rossi counts 890k.

 

[Gurglesons]

Getting Rossi for Rust would be absolute insanity.

 

[Turin]

Of course you would for another 5'9" player.

Hoglander and now Rossi. Yeah, he's doing okay with Kaprizov, but here he would being doing with Bunting, Tomasino, O'connor and so on not on the top #1 line.

The Pittsburgh Umpa Lumpa's

Yea just say no to good young players if they’re a certain size, because.

 

[Ugene Magic]

Yea just say no to good young players if they’re a certain size, because.

Unless you missed the rest, do you expect him to supplant Crosby?

And yes, for me size does matter. As far as the majority of the lineup goes. As far as any chance of a playoff chances go. He's not going to get the same liberties here as he's getting in Mini.

To go from a Crosby/Malkin to a Rossi goes? Yes. Size matters.

 

[Turin]

Trade freeze is today right? Probably no deals til Jan then

 

[Empoleon8771]

Of course you would for another 5'9" player.

Hoglander and now Rossi. Yeah, he's doing okay with Kaprizov, but here he would being doing with Bunting, Tomasino, O'connor and so on not on the top #1 line.

The Pittsburgh Umpa Lumpa's

Rossi is a fairly recent top-10 pick that has become a legit top-6 center at age 23. Saying no to Rust for him would be one of the dumbest things you could possibly say. It's an immediate yes before Minnesota has the chance to fire Guerin for doing it.

Rossi for Rust would be one of the worst deals made in the last decade if Minnesota actually did it.

 

[Ulf5]

Trade freeze is today right? Probably no deals til Jan then

The NHL’s holiday roster freeze begins at midnight on Friday (December 20th) lasting through Dec. 27th.

Will the Penguins hit the NHL’s hot stove before the holiday roster freeze?

The NHL’s roster freeze is coming up next week, but rumors are flying about what teams may be looking to do prior to it

www.pensburgh.com

 

[SEALBound]

Do we even know

Rossi is a fairly recent top-10 pick that has become a legit top-6 center at age 23. Saying no to Rust for him would be one of the dumbest things you could possibly say. It's an immediate yes before Minnesota has the chance to fire Guerin for doing it.

Rossi for Rust would be one of the worst deals made in the last decade if Minnesota actually did it.

I mean, there would have to be a decent plus going to Minny as well. I just don't know what picks or prospects would best even it out.

But adding him would be the ideal "next step" in our early rebuild. We absolutely need a top 6 transitionary center. Malkin has this year and next, then we have a major gap if we don't add. If we add now, you can put together a good roster next year:

Malkin-Sid-Rakell
McGroarty-Rossi-Tomasino
Bunting-Lizotte-DOC/Pono
Hayes-Acciari-Puljujarvi

But once Sid leaves, you can probably run Rossi and Lizotte or Pono (or who knows, maybe Hallander) as your top centers while we are in the gutter and getting top picks.

 

[Ryder71]

Getting Rossi for Rust would be absolute insanity.

Which is why it wouldn't happen.

Do we even know

I mean, there would have to be a decent plus going to Minny as well. I just don't know what picks or prospects would best even it out.

But adding him would be the ideal "next step" in our early rebuild. We absolutely need a top 6 transitionary center. Malkin has this year and next, then we have a major gap if we don't add. If we add now, you can put together a good roster next year:

Malkin-Sid-Rakell
McGroarty-Rossi-Tomasino
Bunting-Lizotte-DOC/Pono
Hayes-Acciari-Puljujarvi

But once Sid leaves, you can probably run Rossi and Lizotte or Pono (or who knows, maybe Hallander) as your top centers while we are in the gutter and getting top picks.

We're entering fable territory here. That makes no sense. If we're just gonna wish for players why not include the 3rd greatest offensive player of all time Connor McDavid?

 

[DesertedPenguin]

Rossi is a fairly recent top-10 pick that has become a legit top-6 center at age 23. Saying no to Rust for him would be one of the dumbest things you could possibly say. It's an immediate yes before Minnesota has the chance to fire Guerin for doing it.

Rossi for Rust would be one of the worst deals made in the last decade if Minnesota actually did it.

I don't think Minnesota would do Rust for Rossi. I think they'd be interested in Rust, but Rossi wouldn't be available. The Wild likely need to add at center, as the Eriksson Ek injury has made clear, not lose one of their best ones.

That said, I'm not sure what Rust's value is. I think it's absolutely higher than what some on this board believe it is. Barring injury, he'll have his sixth straight season with 20+ goals. He already has 12. He had 28 in just 62 games last year. He's shown an ability to play with high-end players, and anyone acquiring him would want him in that role. The Wild, for example, would play him on the opposite wing of either Kaprizov or Boldy, with a healthy Zuccarello as the fourth winger in the top six.

I think Rust for Rossi is the right kind of deal the Pens should look for, but I don't think the deal with the Wild is actually realistic. What will make it tricky is there will be some teams who value Rust so highly that you'll be able to get them to add to the Rossi-type return. And there are other teams who won't value him as highly and you'd potentially need to add to get a Rossi-type return.

 

[SEALBound]

Which is why it wouldn't happen.


We're entering fable territory here. That makes no sense. If we're just gonna wish for players why not include the 3rd greatest offensive player of all time Connor McDavid?

I mean, we have the ponies to make it happen. I would bet Guerin would entertain McGroarty straight up. Whether or not it happens for us is obviously up for debate but it's not like we're talking about trading for McDavid here.

Rust would add a lot up front for Minnesota. With Zucc on LTIR, they could put together a Kaprizov-Ek-Rust top line that would awfully good. Then a MoJo-Hartman-Boldy 2nd line.

That all said, this is all primarily just discussion about what Rob Rossi wrote.

 

[Ryder71]

I mean, we have the ponies to make it happen. I would bet Guerin would entertain McGroarty straight up. Whether or not it happens for us is obviously up for debate but it's not like we're talking about trading for McDavid here.

Rust would add a lot up front for Minnesota. With Zucc on LTIR, they could put together a Kaprizov-Ek-Rust top line that would awfully good. Then a MoJo-Hartman-Boldy 2nd line.

That all said, this is all primarily just discussion about what Rob Rossi wrote.

Right, so just spit ballin and clickbait largely. Also, you don't want ''small'' centers in the top six typically.

 

[SEALBound]

Right, so just spit ballin and clickbait largely.

95% of HFBoards but yeah.