The Pittsburgh Penguins have signed Brock McGinn to a four-year deal, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reports. It carries a cap hit of $2.75MM per season.
McGinn enters the Pittsburgh organization after nine years in the Carolina Hurricanes organization. A veteran of six NHL seasons now, McGinn tallied his 50th goal and 100th point in the NHL and also has a series-winning overtime goal under his belt. A reliable third-line winger, McGinn’s coming off a good year with 13 points in 37 games, more importantly, in a season that saw his defensive impacts skyrocket. He’ll likely slot in a third-line position again in Pittsburgh and could form part of a formidable two-way shutdown line if centered by Teddy Blueger.
What’s important in this deal is cost certainty for the Penguins. Signed through 2024-25 at a cap hit under $3.0MM, McGinn projects as being able to provide consistent performance for that dollar amount as he’ll enter his 30s at the end of the deal. It’s a solid deal for a dependable player and should help Pittsburgh navigate some uncertain salary-cap waters.
This is a good pickup. Crazy how much money quality 4th liners are worth now days.
Still a better deal than that awful Tanev contract tho.
On no planet.
Can’t wait to hear the people who slagged the ELITE bottom six player Brandon Tanev’s deal explain how this scrub is worth it.
Fire Hextall.
Because he’s much cheaper for people who can do simple math
A toaster is cheaper than a car.
McGinn is better than tanev too, so there goes that argument.
On no planet.
So, somehow we went from “YOU CAN”T SPEND BIG MONEY ON A 4TH LINER to you can spend a tiny bit less than big money and then it’s fine”?
Never had a plan.
McGinn is an overall similar player who is younger, better and cheaper
Not sure what you’re complaining about.
He’s barely better than Evan Rodrigues. Tanev is one of a half dozen elite bottom six players in hockey.
If you think they are the same or even close…well, you are entitled to your own scouting report.
But this is a downgrade to save a few nickels and goes against the entire narrative about why Tanev supposedly had to go “can’t spend that much on a 4th liner”.
Lmao at Tanev and elite in the same sentence
Lol no such thing as an “elite bottom-sixer”. The whole reason they aren’t part of the top six is because they’re not elite.
Tell me you know nothing about hockey without telling me you know nothing about hockey.
If you understand lines to be a function of depth rather than role…
That’s an unintelligent response masks in intelligent prose. Yup attack the persons knowledge and character rather than engage in a debate. But that’s what the intolerant left does.
Players who are elite are exactly that. Tanev is not an”elite” checking forward. He’s a talented checking forward who can move up the lineup and has scoring upside. Again a player who is truly elite is McDavid, Mackinnon, Crosby, Malkin, Ovi. They play in the top 6. Most bottom sixers in the NHL are very talented players who had to change their game to stick in the NHL because they didn’t have elite talent. But you’re right what do I know about hockey. Only been playing since I was 5.
Don’t let him bother you.
Guy thinks Tanev age 30 is the best player in the NHL and can’t even be happy pens found a good replacement for him in Brock.
Most bottom six players are not impact players, the few who are are elite and lumping them in with many garden variety bottom six players shows ignorance of the game.
Your premise that only Art Ross candidates are elite implies that scoring is the only thing that matters, which again shows ignorance of the game.
Nope wrong again. Nothing said about only scoring it Art Ross. We’re talking elite players guy. If Tanev is elite, everybody is elite and the word becomes common and worthless. Elite comes in skill set. I agree the intangibles are important, and bottom 6 depth is very important, but anybody can throw a body around. Most guys if their skill set is not adequate for a top 6 can focus on being good defensively. Not an elite quality.If Tanev is elite than he’s on the first line ie Patrice Bergeron or Brad Marchand. Bergeron is an elite forward at both ends of the rink. Marchand plays like a grinder with soft soft hands. Elite in multiple ways. Tanev is a decent defensive forward who throws his weight around. Not an elite skill set to possess. Again you’ve probably never strapped a pair of skates on but you insist on saying I know nothing about hockey. Very intelligent. Sticking to your guns eh Josho.
Led every team I ever played on in scoring, Detective.
There is not one other player in hockey who combines Tanev’s speed (ELITE speed), his physicality (tone setting hits) and the endless motor (never takes a shift off) with an ability to score and not just banging home a few lucky rebounds, can deke goalies on breakaways, pick corners, etc. He dictates the play when he’s on the ice.
Him, Reaves, Gourde, Coleman…just off the top of my head, but that might be the end of the list.
“If Tanev is elite than he’s on the first line ie Patrice Bergeron or Brad Marchand.” Get mad when I point out the obvious all you like, but you still can’t differentiate between depth and role and this comment proves it.
“If the best kicker in the NFL was any good, he’d be a quarterback!!!”
A fourth liner has a different job than a first liner, whether both the first liner and the fourth liner are elite, neither are elite or only one is elite, regardless of which one. The job’s are still different.
Gotta replace Tanev somehow and they picked a great player to replace him with.
with a little over 2 mil left , I think Saad will hopefully be McCanns replacement
Goaltending looks like it’s going to be the same.
Jarry still has tremendous upside and has a great contract if it works out
Trading him for Fleury, who can be signed as a FA next season makes little sense
McGinn will do well in the ‘burgh.
Good pickup at that price
thankyou. This guy is 27 and still has top-6 potential.
Not saying thats gonna happen, but the potential is there and he’s a very good bottom-6 player regardless.
Dude will mash and be a presence infront of the net
Top 6 at the Bridgeville Ice-O-Plex, maybe.
So…who’s our goalie?
And now, after making it known they are trying to upgrade and then missing out of MAF, we can no longer bring back Jarry. The fans will destroy him.
Jarry and Desmith
The 2 guys who lead us to the #1 seed last year
MAF trade still possible but unlikely
McGinn is a better and more durable player than Tanev. And there is no rush to make a goalie deal. The scrubs who went early in free agency aren’t worth it.
OUR goalie? How much more term remains on your contract?
Life.
Better how, David Conte?
I agree this class lacked depth behind Landeskog and Grubauer
Maybe GK isn’t as much of an issue as we think. The guy had a great year and one bad series
A healthy desmith is pretty similar to Bernier or Reimer overall.
And I would’ve been fine with Freddy but mightve dodged a health risk there. Already have one with CDS
Brock McGinn is to Brandon Tanev as Riley Sheahan is to Nick Bonino.
“Hextall is said to not feel any pressure regarding Fleury. He sees the puck being on Fleury’s stick, then the Blackhawks.”
Yeah, no pressure, upgrading in net only determines whether we succeed or fail and there is very little left on the market…passively waiting is the way to go.
“Ron Hextall said he was surprised by way FA Day 1 went in terms of the spending. Said he joked with few GMs about how last summer GMs “smartened up,” but that didn’t last.”
AKA he misread the market. Just as he misread the expansion draft.
There is still a narrow path to salvaging this offseason if Hextall gets his head out…in the game.
Pay to move a contract, Zucker or Pettersson.
Tamper with MAF. Gary doesn’t care about his own rules, see noon today. Find a way to make that deal.
Sign Saad or as close as you can get.
See if BUF wants Jarry.
Troll the bargain bin for the next Ceci.
Or…do nothing…
“@SethRorabaugh
Per Ron Hextall, Tristan Jarry and Casey DeSmith are expected to return for next season.”
Spend the whole offseason talking about how the top priority is to upgrade the goaltending and leak to the media that the team has lost confidence in the young starter and might not even protect him in expansion.
Have no plan, misread the market and get left with no good options (after ignoring the blinking red light marked MAF) left.
Pretend none of it happened and hope the young starter was comatose for the past month and saw none of it, I guess?
I think they’ll pull a Ceci with a winger.
Whoever out of Saad, Tatar & Palmeiri might be willing to take 2mil on a 1 year to play for a contender , they’ll prob all sign elsewhere for more tho, but Hextall can hold that cap room until the trade deadline if he wants , since the top 6 is set and defense is crowded.
GKs look like theyl stay the same.
“The rest
Some other deals that stuck out for players that are varying levels of useful now, but may not be by the time the contract is in its back half. Not at the price tag anyway.
Brock McGinn: Pittsburgh got out of the Brandon Tanev deal somehow, only to commit themselves to a much worse fourth-line forward for four years at nearly $2.75 million. Jared McCann, who makes $190,000 more, was traded for expansion reasons to make room for this. One scored at a 61-point pace last year, the other wasn’t even at half of that. He plays with jam, though, so I guess that’s worth putting a burden on your cap, despite McGinn-types being a dime-a-dozen.”
I know a lot of people like McCann but dude really isn’t that good.
Hes ok but I don’t see him scoring more than 20 goals and is about to get paid like he can