Salary Cap: Pens Salary Cap: Free Agency, everyone panic!!! Geno talk to the Geno thread only please

[Zirakzigil]

Off season time. New thread time apparently cause @Ugene Magic doesn’t like high page counts.

So how about them Malkin and Letang UFAs? Maybe we should sign one or both.

Geno thread. Keep Geno talk here:

Rumor: - Geno where art thou?

With all the Geno rumors and news, time for its own thread. Keep the Geno talk here please.

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[AuroraBorealis]

Well it's a low AAV at least...

 

[OnMyOwn]

Well then. I give Rossi props for the 6 year part.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Eat that shit Montreal.

 

[Colonel Mustard]

6 at 6.1? That seems good

 

[Deport Ogie]

6.1 is freakin' sweet.

Interesting to see the year over year because that will determine if it's treated as an over 35 contract or not. No bonuses and no front-loading (I think...cap homies back me up) means there is no additional effect if he bails, right?

 

[IcedCapp]

6 years doesn’t matter. This team is gonna be so trash in 6 years it’ll actually be a great contract because it will mean our salary is so bloated we can no longer sign free agents and it’ll speed up the tank. This is 69d chess.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Also, now give Geno 4 please because lol, we're already done goin' for it.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

I know the years look scary but I honestly haven't read any great rebuttals to my "who cares?" counter to that concern.

 

[HandshakeLine]

I don't think any of us were at all that optimistic about the AAV. I'm sure someone's going to have a whinge about the length, but who cares?

Lol @BlindWillyMcHurt literally same thought.

 

[Coastal Kev]

Surprising for once.

Id be happy with that, but its Eklund.

Wheeler would be a good fit. Gritty, leadership, good shot. 4.1mil would be a steal.

Come home MAF!!!!!

Edit: Noo.....

6 years for Letang is complete yuck unless the cap number starts with a 5. Id do 4 years for Geno if its cheap.

Right?! Only like 6 years of Letang if his cap starts with a 5 though.

I'm going to have to give you an infraction for this one.

 

[IcedCapp]

Also, now give Geno 4 please because lol, we're already done goin' for it.

I’m gonna slightly disagree. I think if you wanted to compete you had to bring Letang back. He’s still a number 1 dman. You have to cut his PP (heheheheh) time. But otherwise he’s irreplaceable given the market and available assets

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

6.1 is like 2+ million less than I figured he'd come in at. So what is there to complain about, really?

Now I can be extra mad that they had that much more space to play with and were willing to go that many years when they let Malkin walk.

 

[ChaosAgent]

Well...since we're circumventing the cap anyway...Let's sign Geno to 4x$5.5M and go grab Forsberg?

 

[Zirakzigil]

I'm going to have to give you an infraction for this one.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

So Rossi was... right?

Glad Tanger is back!

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

Great deal imo.

 

[HandshakeLine]

I’m gonna slightly disagree. I think if you wanted to compete you had to bring Letang back. He’s still a number 1 dman. You have to cut his PP (heheheheh) time. But otherwise he’s irreplaceable given the market and available assets

I mean year 4 of a Letang contract is already deep in the shit. Running Geno to 4 isn't gonna make a damn bit of difference if you can get the cap hit down to 6-- gives you a lot more room to play with additions and fill out the roster.

Who cares if it's a year longer than the efficiency experts wanted? We're not competing for anything by then anyway.

 

[Turin]

If Malkin accepts a similar deal they will have money to play with.

 

[TimmyD]

Yeah at this point just go 4 years $24 million for Geno. Length isn’t an issue for this team because they may have 1 year of a good run left. So who cares if a deal is for 5 or 6 years, it’s not going to matter that far down the line

 

[IcedCapp]

I mean year 4 of a Letang contract is already deep in the shit. Running Geno to 4 isn't gonna make a damn bit of difference if you can get the cap hit down to 6-- gives you a lot more room to play with additions and fill out the roster.

Who cares if it's a year longer than the efficiency experts wanted? We're not competing for anything by then anyway.

Oh, no, i Agree. f***, give Geno 3$ million for 8 years. I don’t f***ing care

 

[Scandale du Jour]

I mean year 4 of a Letang contract is already deep in the shit. Running Geno to 4 isn't gonna make a damn bit of difference if you can get the cap hit down to 6-- gives you a lot more room to play with additions and fill out the roster.

Who cares if it's a year longer than the efficiency experts wanted? We're not competing for anything by then anyway.

Yeah, absolutely give Geno the 4th year.

 

[OnMyOwn]

Years literally don’t matter for this franchise at this stage. It’ll be him and rust with a bunch of cheap dudes by the end of it.

 

[IcedCapp]

Years literally don’t matter for this franchise at this stage. It’ll be him and rust with a bunch of cheap dudes by the end of it.

Rust, unless his productivity falls off a cliff, will be a deadline deal in 4 years, I’m sure

 

[Andy P]

Seeing a pattern here... Rust at 6 years and now Letang at 6 years... coincidence or..?

 

[HandshakeLine]

I'm going to laugh if the sticking point turns out to be not about 2 years, but about how much discount going to 4 is going to cost Geno.