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More rumors and speculation

July 1, 2022, 1:28 PM ET [83 Comments]
Ryan Wilson
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Another day and another contract update. This time for Kris Letang





So this one is a hopeful one for a change. They need to pound this thing out over the weekend so they have more time to figure the other stuff ie Evgeni Malkin and others. This is the Penguins supposive top priority so I expect things to move here before other major moves. that doesn’t mean minor moves won’t happen. Rumors that include the Penguins bringing back the same goalie tandem for 2022-23 as they had last season.







This isn’t official yet.

I don’t love it, but this team doesn’t have money to fill out the roster with skaters if they spend on a backup goalie at the moment. They need to free up space by trading some of their mid-tier contracts away. I am not confident the front office is willing to move the correct mid-tier contracts like Dumoulin and McGinn. My guess is Hextall likes Carter so much even if they did find a buyer, they’d keep him. Instead, they are looking to move Marcus Pettersson, whose contract isn’t great, but is functional and closer to providing value than the other three aformentioned players. I am open to moving Jason Zucker, but he is a candidate for positive regression. It isn’t the end of the world if he remains on the roster.

A player on another team not likely to remain on the roster is Jesse Puljujarvi.





They are undervaluing this player. Puljujarvi doesn’t have to be anything more than a solid second/third line tweener for a team to get value out of him. I think this is something the Penguins should entertain. I would float Kasperi Kapanen and/or Brian Dumoulin to them. There’s been a lot of talk about a second or third round draft pick. I’m not sure what a draft pick does to help Edmonton during Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl’s prime. They should be looking for roster “help” now.

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