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Ronin · 06-25-2010, 09:13 PM

The Pens are thin on D with only 3 players signed. They have 11 forwards under contract and have roughly 12 million to play with.

That's 12 million to split between 4 defensemen and another forward or three. They'll need someone to step up from junior and make the team if they hope to get Hamhuis under contract and still be within the cap.

If Hamhuis wanted $4.5-5m from Philly, he'll probably want the same from Pittsburgh.

That being said, it's even more unlikely Hamhuis will be signed here if we can't rid ourselves of Bieksa as we need to sign Raymond (and hope he plays top 6) because right now, our lineup looks like this

Sedin Sedin Burrows
LW Kesler Samuelsson
LW C RW
Hordi Rypien New Guy

Salo Edler
Erhoff Ballard
Alberts Bieksa
Rome

Louie
Schnieder

That means we gotta hope that Hodgson makes the team and can play some 3rd line minutes if we're even going to have a shot. Assuming Raymond gets $2.75m, we're left with roughly $6m.

06-25-2010, 09:13 PM	#583
Ronin ...in the world. Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Richmond Posts: 28,466 Thanked 7,636 Times in 2,321 Posts Failed 609 Times in 221 Posts	The Pens are thin on D with only 3 players signed. They have 11 forwards under contract and have roughly 12 million to play with. That's 12 million to split between 4 defensemen and another forward or three. They'll need someone to step up from junior and make the team if they hope to get Hamhuis under contract and still be within the cap. If Hamhuis wanted $4.5-5m from Philly, he'll probably want the same from Pittsburgh. That being said, it's even more unlikely Hamhuis will be signed here if we can't rid ourselves of Bieksa as we need to sign Raymond (and hope he plays top 6) because right now, our lineup looks like this Sedin Sedin Burrows LW Kesler Samuelsson LW C RW Hordi Rypien New Guy Salo Edler Erhoff Ballard Alberts Bieksa Rome Louie Schnieder That means we gotta hope that Hodgson makes the team and can play some 3rd line minutes if we're even going to have a shot. Assuming Raymond gets $2.75m, we're left with roughly $6m.