Penguins/NHL
Penguins GM Jim Rutherford was in conversations today to upgrade the roster but came out of the deadline with one small minor league deal in acquiring forward Josh Jooris from the Carolina Hurricanes.
Rutherford cited the high prices of why the Penguins stood pat at the NHL level.
The biggest news of the day, though, is Rutherford announcing the Penguins are close to an extension with Patric Hornqvist.
An agreement is in place and will be announced tomorrow.
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For months the Penguins believed a deal was looking unlikely but talks intensified between the Penguins and Hornqvist’s agent Craig Oster of Newport Sports in the past couple days that led to a breakthrough.
[hide] A source involved in the negotiations said Penguins GM Jim Rutherford bended on term to go 5 years and pushed hard to get it done this week.
Rutherford is notorious for not negotiating during the season but made a special exception for Hornqvist.
“Over my career, I’ve done very few contracts in the middle of the year,” said Rutherford. “think it says a lot about what Patric Hornqvist means to us to do this now… If everything goes well, the deal should be done tomorrow.”[/hide]
Hahaha same was right once again when pens lost fleury. Once Murray fakes his annual injury I will see how you average bandwagon panic and know his worth when gone . I hope you clowns are happy now
Hey look, sam is being a fucken idiot again lol. He literally just admitted he doesnt understand what happened with the expansion draft!!
Age:
Murray – 23
Fleury – 33
Salary:
Murray – 3.75M
Fleury – 5.75M
Cups won as starting goaltender:
Murray – 2
Fleury – 1
Career Save Percentage
Murray – .919
Fleury – .913
Career GAA
Murray – 2.52
Fleury – 2.59
Other Critical Factors
Murray – Not French, clutch in playoffs
Fleury – Too French, chokes in playoffs
Any chance Brassard also plays goalie?
OK now it may be time to panic a bit, Murray was diagnosed concussion
Fingers crossed Jarrys bad outing was a one off and not a sign of a sluggish finish to the season. He looked decent before so…
No worries fleury will bail him out. Oh wait pens got rid of him to make sure your sheary available in the team
Yes, that is why the had to let Fleury walk… had nothing to do with the draft rules and the decision to keep the half priced, 10 year younger cup winning goalie. You do know the Penguins had no choice but to let one go right? You fucken understand this right? You cannot be this fucken stupid
I still think our lack of depth on D and a solid backup is gonna bite this team in the ass this year. I am really disappointed GMJR didn’t bring in any defensive options. If anything we are now weaker bc Cole is gone, Hunwick is a disaster and their is no one in the AHL that is will be ready to step in when either Letang or Shultz go out for their next injury. They should have traded for Ian Cole lol
It’s way to early to worry about whether or not the 5/6 Dman is gonna be the cause of the other 18 guys failing. The defense as constructed is arguably better than the one the won with last season as long as Letang continues to improve. Injuries are a crap shoot and can happen to any one so it’s not worth worrying about at this point. I think the Hornqvist deal may have been why they didnt go after another blueliner, that and a lack of a market for Hunwick at the deadline. As I noted below lets see how… Read more »
Also… diggen the name lol!
And Murray has a concussion.
Hopefully Jarry can play like he did the last time Murray missed time.
If anyone on that pathetic franchise in Montreal could have done anything add all, it would have been really nice. Just wasted an incredible performance by their young American goaltender. If fraud Price were in net, it would have been over by the third period.
Agree. Kid needs to learn there’s more than just scoring goals…but don’t kill his confidence.
Rutherford on Daniel Sprong: “He needs to get his all-around game together before he can be a full-time player in Pittsburgh.”
Also Rutherford: “He’s a good player,” Rutherford said. “He’s contributed to two Stanley Cups here. He’ll contribute to another one. We have full confidence in him.” about Sheary.
Great deal. This guy, at 60, would still be a bulldog in front of the net. Happy he is here until he is 36!
Hope we get to see bolts v pens. It will be a classic series.
Pens could’ve brought back tk ,bennett and his medical bills
Fucken retard
Jarry sent down, DeSmith up.
Well if DeSmith is called up and Jarry is sent down, I would assume Murray is ok. Jarry was sent down to get some work. He hasn’t played much lately.
This deal is fine.
Can’t believe we couldn’t overpay for a defenseman. Hunwick is going to be tough to watch and we have no D in the minors to help.
Dissapointed we couldn’t move Sheary to get cap relief.
Concerned Murray may have yet another concussion. How many is this now over the past year?
Hopefully Hunwick can turn things around. I can’t imagine our management would pay someone this much to play at this level. Ruhwedel is also still there, so maybe we can get the most out of one of those two.
I like the way Oleksiak is playing, but I think he’s playing above expectations when they got him. We could be playing hockey for another 4-5 months. Our 5/6 will be a rotation of Hunwick, Oleksiak and Ruhwedel. That scares the hell out of me. Add in Letang looking like a shell of himself, Schultz being hurt a lot, Maatta skating like he has cinder blocks for skates…. Not to sound like Sam, but we better be ready to score 4-5 a game in the playoffs….and you know how hard goals are to come by in the playoffs. I’m really… Read more »
Based on what? Where does this feeling come from? Please explain how you have seen a former first rounder find his game as a Penguin, which has happened to a few guys now, will suddenly just fall off? What do you see that tells you this?
This entire post feels like a suicide note lol
Blah blah blah. Entertain yourself by doing other things rather than sit on here trying to be a contrarian all day.
You’re right, he’s going to win the Norris next year.
Simply Dusty gets confronted on his stupid as fuck idea and has to blow it out of proportion. Oleksiak has showed zero signs he would just suddenly flop and somehow that means I am calling him Norris caliber? This is why you get fucked with out here too! You said it as a joke but you really can be sam-like I have watched Pens fans hanging off bridges ready to let go all day grossly overreacting to the deadline. They are better today than they were at the beginning of the year period. They have been playing the best hockey… Read more »
Because league knows sheary is a fraud except for Mr Zerotool drooler
Or maybe because they didn’t shop him you stupid fuckk
Rick Nash has played top line including PP all year and has 6 more points than Sheary dip shit lol
same player, oh yeah! By the way, what planet did you get hatched at Sam-the-fool?
Welcome to the board
Horny is a gem, I worry about this one late in it to be fair but the reality is he would likely get more on the open market. This is how you treat players that have given blood sweat and tears for a roster while still providing a ton of value. Term might be long but I think that is what was needed to retain the guy. The good should outweigh the concerns!
Well deserve
I think that’s an incredible contract…. You got to be nuts if you think he is getting anything less then 6.5 on the open market
Love Hornqvist, but that’s a long time. Honestly though, he’s one of my favorite Penguins and guys like him are rare. Let’s hope he can keepthis level of play up.
Wow too much for a guy that plays his type of hockey
If that was the case they should’ve traded horny with a 2nd round pick and got Gallagher.
no
Right? Because Gallagher and Hornqvist are the exact same player. Fucken idiot!
Lol he’s such a clown
Horny and valley are exact same type player go drool about sheary. Tk 2.0
You mean the guy that has near Rick Nash production for half the price? Keep trying dumbass