Asham has a really underrated shot.

But yeah, this is a puzzling signing for you guys. I’d think you would try and sign a guy with some upside (maybe re-sign Guerin or maybe Marek Svatos).

I still like Asham, though, so we’ll see.

This is awful, absolutely awful. Underrated shot? Really? This is pathetic signing. I’m a Pens fan first, but altogether big time hockey fan so I watch just about every game (that I can of course with Center Ice). I watch the Flyers a lot because, let’s face it, they’re rivals and it’s good to see what they’re doing. Asham takes more useless Penalties and spends more time on the end of the bench than anybody else. Ok, maybe with one acception, Carcillo, but still…I don’t get this.

I will say this, the Pens NEEDED to get tougher. They had guys that could do the job, but they needed more toughness. This will provide that. I can see them brining Asham in to build on a 4th or 3rd line.
COOKIE-TK-ASHAM or RUPP-TALBOT-ASHAM…either way, I still cannot sell myself.

This has its positive side so I can’t really argue with Shero…still don’t like it.

Did not see this one coming. Hopefully the coaching staff can pull a Mike Rupp with him.

Great Signing, especially at the price. What we need to realise is that any “legitimate” top 6 forward is going to want more than we can afford right now (yes even the likes of Svatos, Stempniak etc). This is a depth signing, anyone that watch the Playoffs this year knows that Asham was an effective player for the Flyers, sure he takes some dumb penalties at times, but he can play the game and fight (unlike Godard). You can never have enough of these types of guys in the playoffs…

I was just reading some of the Flyers fan reactions and they don’t like this one bit. They wanted to keep him. That is one thing that will make me happy about this. He can sit up in the box or play some rough games, who cares, one goon is out of Philly so Sid and Geno don’t have to skate against him.

well, i literally said “what?” when i heard about this. at .7 for one year, though, i’m not gonna swear up a storm.

I remember suggesting when the FA market opened signing Asham and everyone went ballistic too. I don’t think this is a bad move at all, and I like it. Sure we didn’t get a skill guy or whatever, I’m sure there is something else in the works, either Guerin not coming back, Godard being traded, who knows. I like it though.

was worth at least 1 Milli, good signing by the Pens. The first thing I see is that he allows the pens to bump up players from lower lines ( IE Cooke, Talbot, Staal ) and still have depth.

Not really sure where he will fit exactly… my first thought is 3rd line.

I actually wanted him when the Pens were " shopping ", and they got him! ( Also wanted Michalek badly, and got him too! ) So I am a happy camper!

LETS GO PENS

Asham seems to be sneaky scorer. Either he sneaks behind the D or he comes out of nowhere to the front of the net.