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The Pittsburgh Penguins have re-signed forward Joe Vitale to a two-year contract extension, it was announced today by executive vice president and general manager Ray Shero.

The deal begins with the 2012-13 season and runs through the 2013-14 campaign, and has an average annual value of $550,000.

Vitale, 26, has emerged as one of the Penguins’ most versatile performers during his first full NHL campaign. In 44 games this year, Vitale has three goals, seven assists and 10 points.

In addition to seeing action on the NHL’s fourth-ranked penalty killing unit, Vitale leads the team with a 55.9-percent success rate on faceoffs and places fourth among forwards with 24 blocked shots.

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nice! He’s as solid as they get as far as 4th line centers.

by AronV on Feb 3, 2012 10:56 AM EST reply actions  

Yeah, nice deal for him.

Of course, Mark Letestu also got a two year contract from the Pens last year and look at him now..

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by Hooks Orpik on Feb 3, 2012 11:20 AM EST up reply actions  

Letestu is more of a tweener, like O’Reilly but Vitale is a 4th line C only.

by AronV on Feb 3, 2012 11:26 AM EST up reply actions  

Yeah, that much he does have a better positioned niche. Bring energy, speed, aggressiveness, faceoffs, PK, block shots, etc. Can’t beat the price either.

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by Hooks Orpik on Feb 3, 2012 11:38 AM EST up reply actions  

exactly, i never felt Letestu had a spot on a “healthy” Penguins team. Same with O’Reilly

by AronV on Feb 3, 2012 11:46 AM EST up reply actions  

Right. O’Reilly’s getting a chance, I think, because Jeffrey’s knee isn’t allowing him to really be himself and the team is short some skilled centers with 87 and 11 on the shelf.

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by Hooks Orpik on Feb 3, 2012 12:02 PM EST up reply actions  

Sounds good to me

Brings value to the team at a low cost. Always a good deal.

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by glass0941 on Feb 3, 2012 11:42 AM EST reply actions  

Quite a bit cheaper than the $2.25M/yr Talbot is getting:)

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by gorgalor on Feb 3, 2012 11:08 PM EST reply actions  

Talbot

My thought exactly.
He does everything as well as or better (faceoffs, energy, hits, speed, blocks shots, aggressiveness) except for scoring (which is minimal in any event) and timely agitation (which he can learn).

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by Diomedes7 on Feb 4, 2012 8:56 AM EST up reply actions  

More on O' Reilly

Maybe I’m reading between the lines a bit, but feel Shero likes what he has in O’ Reilly and better sets Shero for trading at the deadline. I would hope Coach DB and Shero would bring in muscle for today’s game with the B’s. It was the Colosseum vs the B’s in Pgh. The Pens took a beating that they are still suffering from. As for Pensburgh this year, I have been an observer up to this point after a rough year last year with some “contributors” to this blog. People who I felt did not deserve their opinions. Senseless jibberish and nitwit comments proving their actual lack of hockey knowledge, some had no right to dish Caps fans. I feel the contributors during the games this year are more focused on the game and not cluttering the blog with garbage of what one’s eating, studying, etc. during the game. This year there is actually a flow to the comments without so many diversions. Keep up the good work.

by MDhunter on Feb 4, 2012 11:38 AM EST reply actions  

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