Pittsburgh "quietly" on the hunt to try and add John Tavares?

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Last month Elliotte Friedman was talkin’ about the Penguins as a surprise team to try and find a way to add free-agent-to-be John Tavares and just over three weeks away from July 1st, he’s still got it in mind. How could it happen? Last month we wrote: Hypothetically speaking...How the Penguins could trim $7 million: Trade Sheary ($3.0) for a draft pick. Insert Sprong (est. salary $800k) - saves $2.2 million Shed Hunwick. Worst case, bury him in minors (saves $1.025 million), sign a cheap vet D free agent for $700k - saves $0.325 million, if not more if another avenue is there on a trade, but cap savings here will be minimal since the Pens will have to replace the depth lost Trade Sheahan ($2.075m)

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