2009 Free Agency

[SteelCityMan786]

2009 Penguins Free Agents
Bill Guerin-Resign him if possible
Petr Sykora-Same deal
Miroslav Satan-Probable to walk.
Philippe Boucher-If he agrees to a 2 way
Ruslan Fedotenko-He could be a great role player for the future
Hal Gill-Comes back if Scuderi doesn't
Mathieu Garon-I think he walks. Though he did at least hold the fort in Game 5
Janne Pesonen-Signs and possibly could be on the ice
Rob Scuderi-He's a top priority signing
Mike Zigomanis-Sign him. Could be a great benefit to the face-offs
Craig Adams-The Jury is out
Jeff Taffe-The Jury Is Out
Bill Thomas-The Jury Is Out
Chris Minard-The Jury Is Out
Connor James-The Jury Is Out
Alex Goligoski(Restricted)-Could be a great piece to the D-man puzzle
Ben Lovejoy(Restricted)-The Jury Is Out
Paul Bisonette(Restricted)-Could be a future enforcer to replace Godard
John Curry(Restricted)-Sign him back. Better Back Up Option over Garon
Tim Wallace(Restricted)-The Jury Is Out

The Current Rumors from The Insider on Pittsburgh Sports
Current Penguins
Petr Sykora-Pens plan to let him test the Market
Mirsolav Satan-Currently no interest in re-signing him
Mike Zigomanis-Could be signed to a 1 or 2 year deal by the Draft(June 26-27)

Other NHL Free Agents
Jay Bouwmester-Drawing Interest from Washington, Philadelphia, Vancouver, Montreal, New Jersey, Colorado, Toronto, Ottawa, Edmonton, Los Angeles, and Dallas. Supposedly top man avaliable.
Marian Hossa- 8 year 40 million deal on table from Detroit. Other possible teams are Edmonton, Anaheim, Los Angeles, Minnesota, Montreal, Vancouver, Boston(He wants to go here if Cap room allows), Chicago, and San Jose.
Mike Komisarek-Montreal Wants to resign him, but New Jersey, Philadelphia, NY Islanders, Washington, New Jersey, and San Jose are rumored with Devils, Flyers and Islanders offering the most lucrative deals.
Daniel Sedin-Atlanta(also could take Henrik.) NY Islanders, Vancouver, Toronto, Florida, and Minnesota could have a say in his future.
Marian Gaborik-Minnesota, Vancouver, San Jose, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Los Angeles, Atlanta. Not expected to get over $6 Million due to the Cap and Injury concerns. Pittsburgh could be involved to
Martin Havlat-Dallas, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Washington, and Calgary have expressed interest. He has a strong interest in staying put with the Hawks.
Scott Niedermayer-Anaheim, New Jersey, Philadelphia, and Vancouver are interested.

[pittsburghp8baller]

i had everything ready to go to make this thread, but i wasnt sure when a good time to make it would be.

Bill Guerin- Sign him if possible
Petr Sykora- Let him walk
Miro Satan- Walk
Philippe Boucher- Let Go (he wont sign two-way)
Fedotenko- Resign
Hal Gill- Let Him Walk
Mathieu Garon- Let Him Walk
Janne Pesonen- Resign
Rob Scuderi- try to resign, if we cant get him by july 1, its gonna be hard i jus know someone is gonna pay out there ass for him
Mike Zigomanis- Resign
Craig Adams- Resign
Jeff Taffe- Wait on
Chris Minard- Great minor leaguer, resign
Connor James- Wait On

Restricted FA
Alex Goligoski- Resign
Ben Lovejoy- Resign, he was an AHL all-star, and could be a decent 6th/7th d-man
Biz Nasty- might as well resign
John Curry- Next year's back up more than likely, resign
Tim Wallace- played well in a fourth line role, resign

[NEPAsteeler]

With some of these guys most likely being resigned and playing for Pittsburgh, I'm curious to see who's going to playing for the Baby Pens up here in Wilkes-Barre. I'm most interested in the goalie since John Curry is most likely going to be the back-up for Marc-Andre Fleury.

[SteelCityMan786]

More Rumors According to Insider on Pittsburgh Sports

Mike Cammalleri-Toronto, Calgary, Chicago, Dallas, New Jersey. Could earn up to 5.3 Million. Calgary strongly wants to keep him.
Henrik Sedin-Atlanta, NY Islanders, Vancouver, Toronto, Florida, Minnesota. Wants to go where brother goes.
Nikoali Khabibulin-Chicago, Edmonton, Washington?, Los Angeles, KHL. Washington has interest in him being Varlamov's mentor.
Mattius Ohlund-Tampa Bay, Montreal, Philadelphia, New Jersey, San Jose
Alex Tanguay-Montreal, Edmonton, Florida, Chicago, Columbus. Montreal still wants him to stay.
Rob Blake-San Jose, Chicago, Detroit, NY Rangers, Pittsburgh. Considering a 1 year offer and wants to play for a Cup Contender.

[KeiselPower99]

Rob Blake. WOW didnt even know he was still playing.

[Steel Head]

Rob Scuderi is the most important free agent they need to sign. He is "the piece" afterall

They'll figure out their wing situation. There might be some free agents from other teams that want to come play here. We will re-sign Zigomanis for our 4th line center and keep Talbot in the top-6. How about we bring back Kovalev!!!!!

Hopefully Gill is a goner

[Steel Head]

Originally Posted by pittsburghp8baller

i had everything ready to go to make this thread, but i wasnt sure when a good time to make it would be.

Bill Guerin- Sign him if possible
Petr Sykora- Let him walk
Miro Satan- Walk
Philippe Boucher- Let Go (he wont sign two-way)
Fedotenko- Resign
Hal Gill- Let Him Walk
Mathieu Garon- Let Him Walk
Janne Pesonen- Resign
Rob Scuderi- try to resign, if we cant get him by july 1, its gonna be hard i jus know someone is gonna pay out there ass for him
Mike Zigomanis- Resign
Craig Adams- Resign
Jeff Taffe- Wait on
Chris Minard- Great minor leaguer, resign
Connor James- Wait On

Restricted FA
Alex Goligoski- Resign
Ben Lovejoy- Resign, he was an AHL all-star, and could be a decent 6th/7th d-man
Biz Nasty- might as well resign
John Curry- Next year's back up more than likely, resign
Tim Wallace- played well in a fourth line role, resign

I agree with all this

[KeiselPower99]

Satan really disappointed me.

[Killer]

Let me get my damn hat first - geeze.

[Steel Head]

Originally Posted by KeiselPower99

Satan really disappointed me.

oh well, atleast he played well in the playoffs

not re-signing Hossa really threw a monkey wrench in their plans last year. They had to settle with signing Satan and Fedetenko to 1-year deals.

This time around they will have a better plan on who to sign and also their farm system is a lot better. I trust in Shero