Short of trying to convince Crosby and Malkin to waive NMCs and rebuild quickly, this is really Pitt's only path. I doubt it will work, but whatever. I think Hanifin would have been a better target, given his age he could have been part of a transition. But obviously he's not as flashy an acquisition as Karlsson.
They still have a cap issue though. They are currently right against it - actually a small amount over. And they have Guenztel on LTIR (which should end about 5 games in apparently).
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