Penguins/NHL
Pending a decision from Matt Cullen, who’s first choice is to sign with the Minnesota Wild, the Penguins roster for next season is nearly complete following today’s signing of Justin Schultz to a one year, $1.4 million contract.
Schultz who made $3.9 million last season, did not receive a qualifying offer from the Penguins making him an unrestricted free agent.
A strong market for Schultz did not develop during the free agency frenzy after a potential opportunity with the Florida Panthers fell through as Florida went in another direction, sources say.
Prior to free agency, the Penguins gave Schultz’ agent Wade Arnott a ballpark number on what they’d be willing to offer. The Schultz camp shopped around and came to the conclusion this week that the best opportunity to rebuild his value was a return to Pittsburgh and continue to work with the likes of Sergei Gonchar.
Schultz picked the Penguins over a similar offer from the Los Angeles Kings, per a source close to the situation. Schultz taking a big pay cut was more to do with there just being no market for him to make close to what he made last season than the player making a big sacrifice financially to return to Pittsburgh.
What does the Schultz signing mean for the Penguins?
It solidifies their top-7 on the blueline and with Mike Sullivan a big fan of having defensemen playing their proper sides, Schultz will likely go into camp as the No. 6 defenseman on a third pair with Ian Cole.
The Schultz signing means no spot will be handed to Derrick Pouliot.
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Pens are so desperate because they signed a bottom pairing defenseman with upside! So desperate! #FrogLogic
#Frogic
Scratch all this… okay genius, who the fuck would you have signed to do the same job we know we will get from Schultz as a 5/6 guy for that price tag? No wait… I will do it for you… Dan Boyle right?
I cannot think of a single UFA that the Pens could ink for 1.4 million because they do have cap issues that would bring the game he did for the team with all that potential to still grow. You are dumb mrwinky
Sam logic… hated Lovejoy; hates Schultz, thinks the Pens with their situation can improve on those guys rounding out the blueline for 1.4 million or less… two guys that just won a ******* cup with this team and one who is most definitely not coming back. So they ink a guy that seemed to play fairly well with Cole and he hates it. I cannot wait to see the laundry list of potentially better signings from this fuckstick… guys that are not RFAs and who would actually take 1.4 million and improve the team. Go!
Not sure why you’re so upset Zero, Sam not liking it just solidifies how good the move was in my eyes. It’s kinda like knowing the Pens were going to win the Cups as soon as Yoda predicted they would finish 9th or 10th in March. His disapproval is a very good thing.
Oh I agree, I just love pointing out in detail how wrong he is… AGAIN lol
#Blackgaylivesmatter
Sam liking his own post like…
http://i.giphy.com/75EEYZjWhiXzq.gif
I actually really like this signing.
He came back for virtually nothing. What other right handed shots were you going to get at that cost?
Exactly. That’s why I like.
Ask same… he should have a list longer than a babys arm holding an apple lol
Nice picture D that was the pic when malkin and shultz were on the ice for a goal. Much like the case for most of the time every time both were on ice puck was in net
This signing means desperation by the pens kinda reminds me of the resigning of TK,and fedotenko
You’re a fucking idiot! Schultz played well for this team. It is certainly a better feeling inking Schultz as opposed to losing two guys that played a lot for the team at points of the post season. He is still at a point of his career where he can grow and he has shown to be a little more stable than Pouliot. For 1.4MM its a no brainer. Low risk, high potential reward for a guy that was a former 1st round pick and expected to be a number on D man who could still round himself out into a… Read more »
#fuckfacefrog2016!
He was soo good that pens had him healthy scratch for many games in the season and playoffs reason he got more minutes becsuse Dailey went down. And I wouldn’t be surprised if he gets to be healthy scratched in many occasions this season
Even if he is a healthy scratch (which I doubt he will be) still a great price for him. Right handed shot and can play PP and PK. Great skater and great puck mover. Just needs a little work on D zone coverage which Gonch will help fix.
Thats what I am thinking too… a full camp with Gonchar could have a huge impact on this guy. Best case scenario is Daley plays another strong year with the Pens in his last year of his deal, Schultz finally shows some real maturity in his game and the Pens possibly retain him for the Daley $$ the following year. If he pans out of course, I mean there are still significant questions there but he was a highly touted prospect until Edmonton fucked him up lol
You’re English is terrible lol
As i said during the season i would bring him back around 1.8 1.9 nothing more which that is the case i am fine with it but he really needs to be better in the D zone and i still expect him to be healthy scratched this season
So they brought him back for a half million less than you were willing too but we are still having this conversation? fucken idiot
Is it possible it was because we had guys playing better than him? I mean we did just rescue him from a dumpster fire. End of the day you are ignoring the value of the camp he is about to have. He has a whole month of training along Letang and Gonchar you stupid fuck lol
Who would be the 7th d if they didnt sign him? despiration my ass bro
You’re an idiot.
D lives!