March of the (ex) Penguins

I thought I’d take a break from bemoaning the Penguins’ less-than-inspired free-agent signings (good things generally don’t come in small packages) and track the recent movements and whereabouts of former black-and-golders.

An asterisk indicates an extension or new deal with a player’s current team.

Without further ado, here goes:

FREE AGENT SIGNINGS

Player
Pos
Team
AAV
Term

Agozzino
LW
UTA
$775K
2 Yr.

Blueger*
C
VAN
$1.8M
2 Yr.

Cole
D
UTA
$3.1M
1 Yr.

DeSmith
G
DAL
$1M
3 Yr.

Harkins
C
ANA
$787.5K
2 Yr.

Heinen
LW
VAN
$2.25M
2 Yr.

Hinostroza
RW
NSH
$775K
2 Yr.

Guentzel
LW
TBL
$9M
7 Yr.

Joseph
D
STL
$950K
1 Yr.

Kapanen*
RW
STL
$1M
1 Yr.

Kulikov*
D
FLA
$1.15M
4 Yr.

Lafferty
C
BUF
$2M
2 Yr.

Murray*
G
TOR
$875K
1 Yr.

Noesen
RW
NJD
$2.75K
3 Yr.

Pouliot
D
TBL
$775K
1 Yr.

Zucker
LW
BUF
$5M
1 Yr.

 

I confess, some of the deals surprised me, most notably the Sabres ponying up a cool $5 million for Jason Zucker following an off-year (14 goals) split between the ‘Yotes and Preds.

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