On this episode of Penguins To Go, Nick discusses the re-signing of forward Drew O’Connor by the Pittsburgh Penguins before reaching salary arbitration, and what that means for their second buy-out window. Tune In!
UPDATE: Jan Rutta can NOT be bought out as per the qualifications set under the CBA. The player must have a cap hit of $4 million or greater.
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I'm happy for Drew. He's a good guy and I feel will only improve. 👍🏻👍🏻
Sorry, but there was zero reason to pay above league minimum..
I think this is a good contract for both sides. Drew gets a bit of a raise and term and the team keeps him under 1mil. Poehling got over a mil so this is fine with me. Glad he'll be back (hope hes not in a trade package hahhahha).
Nick, do you feel he will be added to the penalty kill, thus giving him more of a role and responsibility? I think they should even if it's on pk#2.
trade a player / contract for AHL prospects(s)?
Rutta is definitely the odd man out. 2.75mil for a 3rd pairing dman while we have POJ/Smith/Ruhwedel who can fill out the 3rd pairing, with each under 850k contracts…