Pens Points: Moves Graded and Analyzed

Good morning one and all,

Let's get some impressions and analysis of the significant moves yesterday.

An excellent article showing that the Pens are finally getting it. [HockeyBuzz]

An in-depth analysis of every side of the retooling. Good stuff here. [The Pensblog]

The Pens get a whole lot deeper while cutting some money off the cap. Can't beat that. [Sporting News]

Good perspective from the nation's capital about Eric Fehr signing with the Penguins. [Washington Post]

For his part, Eric Fehr sought some stability and received. 3-year contract for the first time in his career. [Empty Netters]

The Vancouver Canucks view Sutter as a playoff player with high-end intangibles. Honestly. [Canadian Press]

Our friends in Vancouver don't seem super-encouraged by these high-end intangibles. [Nucks Misconduct]

Brandon Sutter's take on the trade he knew was coming. [Trib-Mackey]

Kevin Allen is pointing out that while the wheeling and dealing at forward is all well and good, the significant questions on defense that lost Martin and Ehrhoff still remain. [USA Today]

Clendening is on the move again, but the defensive prospect doesn't seem to mind. A great chat with him by the excellent Seth Rorabaugh. [PPG]

AROUND THE NHL

The Flyers sign Sean Coutourier for another 6 years to the tune of $26M, which translates to a cap hit of roughly $4.3M a year. [Broad Street Hockey]

Old friend Brooks Orpik had wrist surgery but is expected back for the start of the regular season. [Washington Post]

More on the mental game involved in the story of concussions and the NHl. As always excellent work from PPP. [Pension Plan Puppets]

The new NHL single-team GCL package is great but the price is not. [Broad Street Hockey]

Pittsburgh is one of the finalists for hosting the 2018 IIHF World Junior Championships. [USA Hockey]

The National Women's Hockey League has arrived. For the first time female players will be paid to play the sport they love. They won't be paid much, but it's a first. [Winging It In Motown]

Sid and his buddy Nate MacKinnon took a break from golfing to film a Tim Horton commercial and manned the drive-thru window at the Cole Harbour location. [CBS Sports]

And lastly, re-living the moment 10 years ago yesterday that changed the Penguins forever when they drafted a future Tim Horton's store manager. [Trib]