With the start of free agency looming just around the corner and Penguins stalwarts Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang still unsigned, pressure is mounting to get deals done.
If only it were that simple.
Indeed, if GM Ron Hextall signs the black-and-gold legends, he’ll likely be paying somewhere in the neighborhood of $16-17 million annually for their services (my best guess), which would leave roughly $6-7 million in cap space to sign or replace our remaining batch of UFAs/RFAs. A group that includes forwards Brian Boyle, Danton Heinen, Kasperi Kapanen, Rickard Rakell and Evan Rodrigues, defenseman Nathan Beaulieu and goaltenders Casey DeSmith and Louis Domingue.