I can agree with this, but because they did that, Tangardi ended up being extremely similar to ZAR. Tangradi shouldn't have ended up that way, but because of what the Penguins wanted him to turn into, he turned into that. I specifically remember watching Tangardi with Malkin in the NHL, he offered literally no skill at that point. All he could do was screen goalies and sometimes clean up garbage around the net.
I also super disagree with this, I have seen nothing that makes me think that they view ZAR as a Tom Wilson type of player. Idk, I think you're just projecting your feelings on ZAR to what the team thinks of ZAR. I think they view him as a safe 2-way player who can play all throughout the lineup and brings grit and defensive ability. What you think about that is one thing, but I don't see anything that makes me believe that he's in because they think they need a Tom Wilson type. No, Oleksiak is the guy that's in because they think they need a Tom Wilson type.
I was saying this in the off-season too, people need to differentiate their own opinions with the team's opinions. The same thing happened with Simon, although I remember you were a huge fan of Simon. People here thought that the team viewed guys like Sprong to be better than guys like Simon because the fans thought that Sprong was better than Simon. That obviously wasn't the case. Same thing applies with ZAR, ZAR is in the NHL over guys like DiPauli because they think he's better than DiPauli.