Penguins Update: How Are the Sexy Free Agents Doing?
As I was compiling my first Ex-Penguins Update the other day, it occurred to me to check on some of last summer’s marquee free agents to see how they’re doing.
The sexy ones…the guys I would like to have signed.
Perhaps I should’ve titled this article, “All That Glitters Isn’t Gold.”
For the purpose of this post, I’ll separate my wannabe UFA signees into two groups, Tier I and Tier II. The top tier includes three forwards who combine sand with a scoring touch, Tyler Bertuzzi, Jake DeBrusk and Max Domi, and humongous backline thumper Nikita Zadorov.
Here are their results to date. Since all have a reputation for physical play, I included their hit totals with their boxcars.
TIER ONE
Player
Pos
Team
AAV
GP
G
A
PTS
+/-
HITS
Domi
C
TOR
$3.75 M
13
0
6
6
2
4
DeBrusk
LW
VAN
$5.5 M
10
1
4
5
0
23
Bertuzzi
LW
CHI
$5.5 M
13
4
0
4
-3
9
Zadorov
D
BOS
$5 M
13
0
4
4
3
38
As you can see by the stats, none of the forwards are off to jack-rabbit starts.