Tick, tick, tick…
If you listen closely, you can hear the time on the Penguins’ offseason clock inexorably ticking down. Indeed, as the golden days of August continue to fly off the calendar, we have 62 days to go before the start of the regular season on October 13. That’s when our favorite flightless waterfowl will need to be salary cap compliant.
According to CapFriendly, we’re presently $1.48 million over the cap limit of $82.5 million. They list us as carrying 14 forwards (including Drew O’Connor), eight defenseman (including Mark Friedman but sans Pierre-Olivier Joseph) and two goalies for a total of 24 players.