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Forum: NHL SigningsJul. 1, 2018 at 10:57 a.m.
Thread: Pittsburgh Penguins signed Jack Johnson (5 Years / $3,250,000 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ricochetii</b></div><div>I have a feeling you'll see him in the top 4 on at least a trial basis. They likely promised him at least a shot there. Knowing how unhappy he was with his reduced role in Columbus, I can't see him choosing to sign with someone who wasn't offering that chance.</div></div>

Rutherford wants us to roll 3 d pairs more evenly this season so he may not be getting placed in the top 4. Also, Johnson and Schultz would likely be a dumpster fire together. Neither one of them defends particularly well. They could try him at RD with Maatta, but that wouldn't make much sense either. So the most logical spot for him would be the 3rd pairing with Oleksiak. I'm not sold on him magically becoming better here, but he should at least see easier match-ups and less d-zone starts. He may even be able to help our transition game. He does pretty well with possession entries and exits and he was way above average each of the past two years with his transition passing. However, I would have preferred a 1 year prove it deal.
Forum: Pittsburgh PenguinsJun. 28, 2018 at 3:10 a.m.
Thread: 2018-2019: Defensemen
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>IceDragon</b></div><div>If Letang did not screw around during the regular season and the postseason, the Penguins would not have to worry about defensemen.[/quo

Letang's was not the sole reason we got eliminated. He contributed to it, but he was hardly the main problem. The main problem was that Malkin, Kessel, Simon, Hags, Dumo, ZAR, and Brassard all got hurt or played injured so they weren't as effective. We had very little offense outside of Sid and Jake. Letang still played pretty well this year. He had a couple memorable gaffs, but still played at an incredibly high level. Our lack of depth on defense was exposed this year. Our top 4 was solid still pretty solid but our bottom pairing was not. We actually had to break up Oleksiak/Ruhwedel because they were an atrocity to defense late in the Philly series. We weren't nearly as deep this year as we were in the prior 2 seasons. Schultz was our 7th d against san jose. The group of Daley, Cole, and Hainsey from cup 2 was significantly better than Oleksiak, Ruhwedel, and Hunwick. We supposedly have signed Jack Johnson to make us a little bit deeper(although I'm not sold on him being the solution) and we should look to upgrade our 7th d from Ruhwedel too.</div></div>
Forum: NHL SigningsJun. 26, 2018 at 10:18 p.m.
Thread: Pittsburgh Penguins signed Bryan Rust (4 Years / $3,500,000 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>awesome</b></div><div>and if he either regresses or just doesn't continue to improve it might be the new "sheary contract" where everyone is trying to get rid of him</div></div>

Not everyone here thinks we should get rid of Sheary. I wouldn't be interested in giving him away simply to clear cap space. He had 27 even strength points. The only contract I'd really look to move is hunwick. Having said that, Rutherford does seem to overpay by about 500k per year in contracts(Sheary, Rust, Schultz, Hornqvist, Dumo) and that cap space does add up. When you add in a bad signing (hunwick), you get 4.75 million that could have been used on getting the extra defense/goal scoring Rutherford is looking for.