Well, hell! At least he won’t be a Ranger, a/k/a my answer to the question “Why don’t you go hometown?” I sort of suspected this, but was really hoping he’d stick around.

Various sources on Twitter’s saying it’s $3.4 million for four years.

Hefty chunk of change, but that’s about the going rate for players like Scuderi, Oduya and Jeff Finger when they get to or near the open market.

Also the Penguins need to get it in gear, being as they have 5 defensemen (not counting Ben Lovejoy)…

—There’s rumors about the Pens and Beauchemin (who is awesome) but he’s going to command $3-4 million a year, still too rich for the salary cap squeeze.

—Nick Boynton is still out there…He might be a good target for a one year deal to get himself back on the radar.

—Paul Mara, Shane Hnidy and some others out there too…Aint too pretty that’s for sure in terms of UFA defensemen still on the market at this point.

It’s not like this was unexpected. But while I liked Scuderi – both in terms of what he brought to the locker room and his shut-down play in the postseason – I didn’t think he was irreplaceable. Most of the young defenseman getting drafted every year are big and strong and can skate, and with decent scouting you can identify the ones with a good head for the game; after that, it’s just a matter of good coaching to teach them the NHL game. Which is all a way of saying that I don’t expect we’ll have a hard time finding another Rob in the organization.

Of course, if we swung a deal for Beauchemin we would likely all forget about Rob pretty quickly.

So much for making a trade to open up some space for him.

You will be missed, Rob. But since I live in LA, I will see you more often now. I will be the only person at the Staples Center to cheer your blocked shots, and insane goaliesque puck-stopping displays in front of an empty cage. LA fans don’t even know what a blocked shot is, so Rob that will be me cheering.

thanks for all you did for us Rob…those three foot saves in the crease got you paid paid paid!!! Congratulations!! Sad to see you go though.

Does anyone think Tenks wil be a bigger priority, or if he was waiting to see what happened with Scuds before inking with someone else?

Happy Hunting.

Farewell to my favorite Pens Dman… damn I was wishing that he would stay…

so he wont come back to haunt us. I wonder why they couldnt have figured this out before he and Gill left

I was expecting to at least see 4 years 3 million, not 5 years for 2. I know pens are close to capped out, but I expected a better offer from them.

Best of luck to him. Wish he would have been able to stay here