Salary Cap: Pens Off Season Thread: Pre Free Agency Shenanigans!

[canadianguy77]

Geekie was allegedly available at the draft.

We can likely afford him I don't see him getting past 3.5 mil. Probably more likely 2 - 2.75.

I’d love to have him. He’s ready for 3C duties and still has plenty of upside. He’d be a massive upgrade over JC.

 

[Gurglesons]

I’d love to have him. He’s ready for 3C duties and still has plenty of upside. He’d be a massive upgrade over JC.

our 3c is Granlund.

 

[canadianguy77]

our 3c is Granlund.

Makes me sick.

 

[ZorkEnchanter]

our 3c is Granlund.

yup. love how Sullivan said Dubas is great because of transparency.. but also said Hexytall and him met everyday...

Sully wanted Granlund as much as Hextall... gotta have veteran centers man, they are the only ones you can trust.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Unless they truly believe Granlund is an important piece of whatever roster they're envisioning going forward.

If that's the case, then Dubas better have assurances from Sullivan that he'll stop using Granlund as our Jordan Staal on the third line and actually use him as an offensive weapon.

I struggle to imagine a situation where that doesn’t play out exactly as we think it will.

But the other aspect of that was to only come back on RARE occasions. Say once a year for example?

Hmmm, I don’t think so. Meemaw loves having me around and you’re really only my step grandpa anyway.

Re: Poehling

If Poehling has a legit health issue that’s one thing. But I guess I’m pretty wary of this team’s track record of announcing unproven medical conditions through the local media when they just don’t like the player.

Like always, I don’t mind being proven wrong.

 

[AuroraBorealis]

Hmm Poehling's gone it seems. Hard to disagree with that one. His scoring was crap and he's got a serious back problem.

 

[ChaosAgent]

our 3c is Granlund.

Not MY 3C!

 

[HandshakeLine]

our 3c is Granlund.

This is, I hate to mention, the ideal 3C until a better move is made. The worst situation is we revert to having Carter there to start the season.

 

[Ryder71]

Makes me sick.

Makes me sick they don't try him in the top six, putting him with Geno.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Hallander left for Europe, no? I assume this is just to keep his rights, but he’s never coming back, I think.

 

[Peat]

yup. love how Sullivan said Dubas is great because of transparency.. but also said Hexytall and him met everyday...

Sully wanted Granlund as much as Hextall... gotta have veteran centers man, they are the only ones you can trust.

If talking to someone everyday was proof of transparency and good communication, this place would be utterly different.

 

[Gurglesons]

Hallander left for Europe, no? I assume this is just to keep his rights, but he’s never coming back, I think.

Yeah both Lindberg and Hallander left so we are just keeping their rights until they are 27.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Makes me sick they don't try him in the top six, putting him with Geno.

That would be the logical way to use him, yes. I’m unconvinced we’ll see him there though.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

Where is everyone getting this leaked Poehling medical history??

 

[Gurglesons]

Where is everyone getting this leaked Poehling medical history??

Just Twitter rumors

 

[Empoleon8771]

White was another guy I thought was a good 4RW option.

After seeing all of the guys who were not qualified, I'm hoping that Dubas hands out at least 1 or 2 multi-year deals to these young guys to fill prominent bottom-6 roles. They have literally nothing coming up in the system, so to get a 25 year old McLeod or Geekie to a 3-4 year deal (ideally both tbh, I'd be happy with letting those two battle it out for the 3C and 4C position) looks really appealing to me.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Yeah both Lindberg and Hallander left so we are just keeping their rights until they are 27.

I don’t know what’s weirder with this club over the last few years- our desire to reacquire players we lost or our refusal to develop or play said players once we get them back.

 

[Freeptop]

We already have a 3C. He’s a bad one, but he’ll be there until game no. 80.

Given that there are 82 games in a season, this seems like a rather ominous prediction...

 

[Randy Butternubs]

I don’t know what’s weirder with this club over the last few years- our desire to reacquire players we lost or our refusal to develop or play said players once we get them back.

Lindberg couldn't stay healthy. As is tradition.

 

[Ryder71]

Tomorrow should be like catching fish in a barrel, plenty to go around. Just hope we extract better value than most in our signings. But I sincerely believe Domi would help offer us some offensive juice on the third line. We can't be so top heavy moving forward. We need depth (quality depth).

 

[HandshakeLine]

Given that there are 82 games in a season, this seems like a rather ominous prediction...

I built in a two game window for when our crappy 3C plays as 1C.

Lindberg couldn't stay healthy. As is tradition.

I meant Hallander and Kapanen mostly.

 

[Ryder71]

Where is everyone getting this leaked Poehling medical history??

Facebook

 

[tom_servo]

The Penguins have a boatload of cap space right now, they have $15 million in cap space with their entire top-6 F and at least 3/4 of their top-4 D signed. The only way they'll run into cap problems is if they decide to bring back both Jarry and Zucker, and that would be "shitty use of cap space" more than "having cap problems".

Zucker's only a problem if it's a long deal, IMO

I wouldn't give him what he probably wants in term but for a couple more seasons it could be ok

 

[Freeptop]

I built in a two game window for when our crappy 3C plays as 1C.

Oh! Okay. So it wasn't some veiled insinuation about using a hitman to clear a roster spot at the end of the season. Good.... good.

 

[K Fleur]

Hallander left for Europe, no? I assume this is just to keep his rights, but he’s never coming back, I think.

Yeah the only upside to him never coming back is that he sucks.