Primary Owner:
Mario Lemieux (Lemieux Group)

General Manager:
Ray Shero

Head Coach:
Michel Therrien

Captain:
Sidney Crosby

NEW ARRIVALS

Ruslan Fedotenko
Miroslav Satan
Matt Cooke
Eric Godard
Janne Pesonen
Bill Thomas
Danny Richmond


DEPARTURES
Ty Conklin
Adam Hall
Marian Hossa
Georges Laraque
Ryan Malone
Gary Roberts
Jarrko Ruutu


• The Pens were an NHL-worst in faceoffs last season at 46.1%

• Pittsburgh earned seven wins and lost four games in shootout situations.

June 28
Traded the rights to Ryan Malone and Gary Roberts to the Tampa Bay Lightning for conditional draft picks.

July 8
Acquired the rights to defenseman Danny Richmond in exchange for the rights to Tim Brent,
Signed TJ Kemp and Adam Henrich.

2007-08


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2008-09 Pittsburgh Penguins Season Capsule
(X-X-X) XX points – XX in Atlantic Division


The Penguins will open the season on October 4 in Stockholm, Sweden
with two games against the Ottawa Senators

August 16: The Penguins announced that foot surgery on Ryan Whitney's foot will keep him out of the lineup for at least three months.
OFF-SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
August 16 - Defenseman Ryan Whitney is expected to miss the first three months of the season.

July 21
Forward Jonathan Filewich signed a two-year contract and forward Jeff Taffe and defenseman Paul Bissonnette inked one-year deals.

July 18
Agreed to terms with coach Michel Therrien on a three-year contract through the 2010-11 season.

July 15
Signed Forward Bill Thomas
Re-signed center Kris Beech and Ryan Stone.

July 10
Signed defenseman Joey Mormina to a one-year contract.
Re-signed forward Connor James.

July 8
Acquired the rights to defenseman Danny Richmond in exchange for the rights to Tim Brent,
Signed TJ Kemp and Adam Henrich.

July 7
Signed Finnish forward Janne Pesonen to a two-way one-year deal worth $875K.
Re-signed defenseman Ben Lovejoy.

July 5
Signed forward Matt Cooke to a two-year contract worth $1.2M per year.

July 3
Re-signed goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury to a seven-year, $35M deal.
Signed forward Miroslav Satan to a one-year $3.5M contract and forward Ruslan Fedotenko to a one-year $2.25M contract.

July 2
Re-signed defenseman Brooks Orpik to a six-year, $22.5M deal.

July 1
Signed right wing Eric Godard to a three-year, $2.25M deal.
Re-signed defenseman Mark Eaton to a two-year, $4M deal.
Re-signed forward Pascal Dupuis to a three-year, $4.2M deal.
Re-signed center Evgeni Malkin to a five-year, $43.5M contract extension.

June 28
Traded the rights to Ryan Malone and Gary Roberts to the Tampa Bay Lightning for conditional draft picks.

UNIFORM NUMBERS & SEASON STATISTICS
Last updated: Sun, Aug 17, 2008
REGULAR SEASON
PLAYOFFS
#
Player
GP
G
A
PTS
PIM
GP
G
A
PTS
PIM
2
Hal Gill
3
Mark Eaton
4
Rob Scuderi
5
Darryl Sydor
9
Pascal Dupuis
11
Jordan Staal
16
Kris Beech
17
Petr Sykora
Eric Godard
19
Ryan Whitney - IR
24
Matt Cooke
25
Maxime Talbot
26
Ruslan Fedotenko
38
Jeff Taffe
44
Brooks Orpik
48
Tyler Kennedy
55
Sergei Gonchar
58
Kris Letang
71
Evgeni Malkin
81
Miroslav Satan
87
Sidney Crosby
#
Goalie GP G A PTS PIM W L OT MIN GA GAA SO SA PCT
29
Marc Andre Fleury
30
Danny Sabourin

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