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Penguins Sign D Zbynek Michalek
Posted on 1 Jul 2010 by Black&Yellow.
Ex-Coyotes defenseman, Zbynek Michalek has signed with the Pittsburgh Penguins for 5 years at $20M. That's a $4M per year cap hit. Michalek is a 6'2 210 pound right-handed Czech Republic Olympian. In 72 games, Michalek notched 3 goals and 17 assists in 2009-2010. He was a +5 last season Zbynek is a defensive defenseman and appears to have placed Mark Eaton. He is half of the Pens new shutdown d...
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Sign or Let Walk: Pens Free Agent Analysis
Posted on 16 Jun 2010 by Black&Yellow.
Currently signed players through 2010-2011 season include: (according to CapGeek) Sidney Crosby $8.7M Evgeni Malkin $8.7M Marc-Andre Fleury $5.0M Jordan Staal $4.0M Brooks Oprik $3.75M Chris Kunitz $3.725M Kris Letang $3.5M Alex Goligoski $1.83M Pascal Dupuis $1.4M Max Talbot $1.05M Eric Tangradi $845,833 Mike Rupp $825,000 Eric Godard $750,000 Tyler Kennedy $725,000 Brent Johnson $600,000 Cra...
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Pens next steps
Posted on 13 May 2010 by Amit Mann.
There is not much to say about game seven between Montreal and Pittsburgh. One team came to play at 7:00pm/EST and the other around 8:30. Pittsburgh turned the puck over regularly in the first period and for a portion of the second while Marc-Andre Fleury continued his unspectacular play before being pulled in favour of Brent Johnson. When Pittsburgh did start playing their brand of hockey it...
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Pens re-sign Letang
Posted on 30 Mar 2010 by Amit Mann.
The Pittsburgh Penguins have re-signed defencemen Kris Letang to a four-year contract worth $3.5 million a year. The 22-year-old has three goals and 24 assists in 67 games while averaging 21:30 minutes of ice time per game. Letang is a young defenceman who was a member of Pittsburgh’s Stanley Cup wining team last season. At only 22, Letang has yet to hit his peak and will continue to get bett...
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What Stinks?
Posted on 14 May 2009 by Ian Altenbaugh.
With all of the momentum in the series going their way and on home ice, the Capitals decided to play their worst game of the series to date. Here is my take on games five, six, and seven. Game Five: Orpik was open several days ago in his displeasure of how Ovechkin plays. As game five progressed, Orpik got more and more into Ovechkin’s face. By the end of the first period, it looked ...
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Being Socially Reponsible
Posted on 31 Mar 2009 by Ian Altenbaugh.
Today we talk about some hockey, cheeseburgers, movies, a couple of jagoffs, and the hottest NHL player for the month of March. Warning: Portions of this blog entry could offend people. Being something of a sociopath myself, I can not really. Suffice to say that if it is not offensive, it is at the very least, incredibly immature if not slightly irresponsible from a social standpoint. Enjoy!...









