As (hopefully) the season comes closer to us, we see some action by the Penguins organization. Forward Eric Tangradi and defensemen Brian Strait, Robert Bortuzzo, and Alex Grant. Tangradi spent part of his season with the Penguins and the other part with the Penguin's minor league team, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League. Tangradi was signed to $726,000 two way deal.
Strait played nine regular season games with the Penguins, earning one assist. Strait played most of his season with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, earning 4 goals, 12 assists, and 16 points. Strait was signed to a two way, $605,000 deal.
Robert Bortuzzo has only played six NHL games with the LA Kings, earning a plus/minus 1 throughout his short time. He played most of his year with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, earning 10 goals, 27 assists, and 37 points. Bortuzzo was signed to a two way, $525,000 deal.
Alex Grant has split his career between the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins and its ECHL affiliate, the Wheeling Nailers. He earned 13 goals, 29 assists, 42 points in 79 AHL games. Grant was signed to a two way, $525,000 deal.
In other news, the Penguins were voted the 6th most money efficient out of 122 sports franchises by Bloomberg business week. Also, the back to back Stanley Cup Champions from 1991 and 1992 held their 20th anniversary by holding a Penguins Alumni Charity Golf Classic. Many former players and coaches appeared, such as Mario Lemieux, Joe Mullen, Kevin Stevens, Bryan Trottier, Larry Murphy, Phil Bourque, Bob Errey, Jim Paek, Peter Taglianetti and Jiri Hrdina, who managed to fly from the Czech Republic to Pittsburgh to attend this reunion.
That is all for now. Check back, and hope that the NHL and the NHLPA can reach an agreement in the meantime.
