Malkin and Letang are free agents. What’s the thought
by voidoid (2022-05-16 19:08:47)

In reply to: You know Edzo coached Crosby, Malkin, and Letang, right?  posted by siegfried08

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in Pittsburgh about re-signing one or both?

And Rust too
by siegfried08  (2022-05-17 13:00:00)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

I don't see a way to keep all three of them without jettisoning some bad to quasi-bad money first (i.e. Dumoulin, Kapanen, Petterson, Matheson, McGinn). That's what is so disappointing about that loss while massively outplaying the Rangers -- this was almost certainly the last ride, and they had a really, really good team this year that just caught some awful luck at the end of the year.

I suspect that they will end up paying Letang market value (probably $8.5 AAV -- he had a Norris-finalist caliber year this year) and Malkin will take some sort of hometown discount (3 years, $7M seems about right). Rust will probably walk, unfortunately.
Rust will stay with the Pens, extended six years, $30.75m *
by voidoid  (2022-05-22 07:31:01)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Reports are Pittsburgh low-balled them.
by Rick Sanchez  (2022-05-16 20:50:42)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Something like 3 years $5M/yr for each of them.

Apparently Crosby wasn't happy about that.
If that happened, Hextall needs to go
by siegfried08  (2022-05-17 13:01:15)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

I know he just got the job, but I wouldn't hate the idea of FSG installing their own guy. It's worked out pretty well with Klopp/Michael Edwards.