Dan Kingerski of Pittsburgh Hockey NOW: The simple road to saving money for Pittsburgh is re-signing players like Marcus Pettersson. That also means signing Zachary Aston-Reese and even Teddy Blueger. This sounds crazy but it is not. Pittsburgh possesses enough salary cap space to pull off all three. Here is how.
Swap out Tristan Jarry for Casey DeSmith. Yes, it is a gamble but again this saves money. For even more savings, Pittsburgh sending Zach Trotman and Chad Ruhwedel add another $1.4 million of cap space.