Pittsburgh
Penguins sign Ruslan Fedotenko and Miroslav Satan for one year
The
2008 Stanley Cup finalists Pittsburgh Penguins have signed
forwards Ruslan Fedotenko and Miroslav Satan to a one-year deal,
Penguins Executive Vice President and General Manager Ray Shero
said today. Fedotenko, 29, scored 33 points (16 goals, 17
assists) in 67 games with the New York Islanders during the
2007-08 season. He led the team and registered a career-high
with eight power play goals. Satan, 33, scored 16 goals and
added 25 assists in 80 games for the New York Islanders during
the 2007-08 campaign. On March 24, 2007, Satan missed the
Islanders' game in Philadelphia for personal reasons, ending a
streak of having played in 305 consecutive games. It was the
fourth longest active streak at the time, and marked the second
time in his career that he has played over 250 consecutive
games. He had a 256 game streak as a Buffalo Sabre that ended in
November 2002. According to the latest reports, Miroslav
Satan will earn $3.5 million next season, while Ruslan Fedotenko
will earn $2.25 million.
Also on Thursday, the Pittsburgh
Penguins chained goalie Marc-Andre Fleury to a seven-year,
$35-million contract. Fleury, 23, was a restricted free agent
but the Penguins selected him for salary arbitration in June,
preventing other teams from bidding for the goalkeeper. He
recorded possibly his best in-net performance of his career in
Game 5 at Detroit, where he stopped 55 of 58 shots in a triple
overtime win in Game 5 of the Finals for the Penguins. However,
the Penguins lost the series in game six.
Published on
07/03/2008
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