Free Agency Day(s)

[meow]

So, Boston...what the hell is going on up there?

[NTP66]

I like Backes (said as much earlier), but would not want that contract.

[mikey]

Jamie McGinn to Arizona, 3 yrs, $10 million total.

[nocera]

Lovejoy 3 yrs to NJ

That's too bad. I know the Pens cap situation is very tight but I was hoping to find a way to keep him around.

[NTP66]

My issue with Lovejoy is that 3 years is too long, IMO. I wanted him for one more year.

[mikey]

Lovejoy is 3 years at $8 mil total.

[NTP66]

Lovejoy @ $2.666m per is insane.

[mikey]

I'm not sure that's insane. I think that's about right. Good complementary defenseman. Can play up and down the lineup. He had an awesome playoff. He can slot in anywhere and he's right handed. I think it's a pretty fair deal.

[NTP66]

Insane may be a tad harsh, but it's certainly not a contract I'd have been okay with if the Pens had room.

[meow]

I'm not sure that's insane. I think that's about right. Good complementary defenseman. Can play up and down the lineup. He had an awesome playoff. He can slot in anywhere and he's right handed. I think it's a pretty fair deal.

Yes. Yes. And yes.

[Sam's Drunk Dog]

Lovejoy @ $2.666m per is insane.

I like Lovejoy and wouldn't have minded him sticking around for a year or 2 but not at that amount.

[Avyran]

Chris Stewart, somehow, gets another contract...2 yrs, $2.3 million

https://twitter.com/TSNBobMcKenzie/stat ... 6769504256
1.15m per is not that bad, actually.

[NTP66]

I've gotta go swap the front rotors on my car. I expect every available free agent to have signed by the time I finish.

[mikey]

Vern Fiddler to NJ 1 yr, $1.25 mil

[mikey]

Adam Clendening to NYR. Man, that defense is slow.

[nocera]

Shero is busy.

[mikey]

Sharks get Schlemko 4 yrs, $2.1 mil per...I would rather have Lovejoy...

[Craig]

Eric Staal now makes less than Brandon Sutter. That's funny to me for some reason.

...while the massively overrated 32 yr old Dave Backes gets 6 million a year. Are these GM's not nuts?

Who overrates backes? I would guess most casual fans of east coast teams dont even know who he is

Has two 30 goal seasons and for all his supposed defensive prowess his 'team' has consistently failed to get it done. He's not elite. ^ million...I'm thinking that's elite's bottom end price. Cripes, Stammer is only making 2.5 more than this guy.

How's that for a defense of my position

Im not sure that its relevant to what i asked at all.

[nocera]

https://twitter.com/penguins/status/748922809569644544

K...

[Beveridge]

Any news on Cullen? About the only one I'm interested in and I won't even be upset if he doesn't come back.

[nocera]

Nothing yet. Although there's this:

https://twitter.com/russostrib/status/7 ... 9535562752

[Dickie Dunn]

I like it. He's a useful depth guy for a specific role. Last year WBS used: Ruopp, Prow, Goers, Clendening, Warsofsky, Seymour, McNeill, Andersen, Oleksy, Erixon, Pouliot, and O'Neill. Ruopp, Clendening, and Andersen are all gone. Goers is an AHL depth guy. Seymour probably won't be back. McNeill isn't very good. I imagine O'Neill is probably looking for a team where he has a better shot at playing time. Right now the defense in WBS looks like:

Oleksy, Erixon, Warsofsky, McNeill, Prow, Bengtsson, Percy, and possibly Pouliot, with some guys battling for the 7th spot in Pittsburgh (edit: and apparently plus Cameron Gaunce).

[nocera]

https://twitter.com/penguins/status/748925408221868032

You get a two-way deal! You get a two-way deal!

[nocera]

https://twitter.com/penguins/status/748929185574297600

And you too!

[LITT]

whoa re these people