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It was a busy offseason for the Penguins...
After the disappointment of being eliminated in the 2nd round of the play offs, GM tk43 decided to make the team more balanced as well as prepare for the next offseason where several of the players will enter the last year of their "bridge" contracts...
We managed to sign D Pietrangelo to a very good ( unrealistic ) 3 year deal with an average value of 4.7mil a year.
We traded RW Rust and a 7th to the Flames for C Lazar and a 5th rounder, saved 2.4mil a year on salary cap
We traded LW Guenzel, the rights to a 4star potential prospect and a 1st and 4th round pick to the Flames for LW Tkachuk, which added 2.4 mil a year in salary cap
After that we decided to trade away D Letang and a 4th round pick who was a main contributor on O and the winner of the last 2 Norris trophies to the Capitals for their 1st round pick. Saved 7.25 mil a year on salary
Than we created a BLOCKBUSTER 3 way deal with the Capitals and the Panthers where the Caps got C Malkin a 3rd and 6th round picks from the Pens for Kuznetsov and a 1st round pick and we moved him to the Panthers together with a 1st, 2nd and two 3rd round picks and got C Barkov. Saved 3.6 mil a year in salary
Some other minor free agent signings were carried out too...
RD Hamonic to replace RD Schenn who got traded to the Ducks together with a 7th rounder for a 3rd round pick ( didn't play well and was dropping attributes fast )
RW Watson to add grit and an agitator
C Lewis for depth in the bottom 6
We resigned LW Rantanen to a 2 year 4.6mil/year contract and C Lowry to a 6 year 3.65mil/year contract
We have set the line up for the opening night and are set for at least the next 2 years with the current squad. The next off season will have several players due for a big pay day....
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