Philadelphia Flyers 2009 Free Agency Cheat Sheet
Broad Street Hockey —
... of what to expect from the Flyers come the start of July. This is part of an SBN hockey-wide series.
Pending Unrestricted Free Agents
Mike Knuble, Andrew Alberts, Martin Biron, Antero Niittymaki, Josh Gratton, Boyd Kane, Lasse Kukkonen, Scott Munroe, Jean-Sebastien Aubin
Pending Restricted Free Agents
Jared Ross, Nate Raduns, Nate Guenin, Danny Syrvet
Salary cap space and current cap ...
Penguins sign defenseman Nate Guenin
PensBurgh —
... defenseman Nate Guenin. Actually, he was more like a Flyers system guy more than a Flyers one, seeing as how he only played in a single game last year. However in the time spent manning the Philadelphia Phantoms' blue line, he managed to pull in four goals and 13 assists. ...
Questions before 2009-10 Part 2: Replacing defensive defensemen
PensBurgh —
... it.
The Pens leaned heavily on Gill and Scuderi on their penalty kill; this season McKee, Eaton, Gonchar and Brooks Orpik figure to be the key defensemen in the PK.
Projected defense:
Gonchar-Orpik
Eaton-Letang
McKee-Goligoski
--Ben Lovejoy, Nate Guenin, Brian Strait in the reserves/minor league ...
Pens drop pre-season game 4-3 in Montreal
PensBurgh —
... -Deryk Engelland/Ben Lovejoy pairing: Out for all three goals against at even strength....Lovejoy took a delay of game penalty (but atoned by setting up Geno for a goal just after getting out). Still a brutal night for these two guys who are fighting for a roster spot in Pittsburgh. Neither earned much trust with their shaky outing tonight, you'd have to think Nate Guenin will get a chance to prove his worth tomorrow night in what could now be a very open race for that roster spot. ...
Fight Night? Pens announce lineup for tonight's game v. Toronto
PensBurgh —
... time, which can be a rare thing in Pittsburgh when guys like Crosby and Malkin eat up almost the whole shift sometimes. The blessing for those individual players could be a curse for the team, the Pens don't have much in the way of offensive skill and firepower. But "ugly" goals go up on the scoreboard just the same as "pretty" ones.
DEFENSEMEN
Jay McKee-Alex Goligoski Mark Eaton-Robert Bortuzzo Ben Lovejoy-Nate Guenin
Jay McKee said he's always played the left side of the ...
Truculent in Toronto....Pens fall 3-2 to Maple Leafs
PensBurgh —
... only had one shift for 31 seconds, he must have gotten injured somehow. Through injury comes opportunity and the other five defensemen; notably Nate Guenin got to play 27:04 and Robert Bortuzzo got 21:02. Neither stood out for wrong reasons. ...
Who ya got: Making the roster edition (defensemen)
PensBurgh —
... by all accounts we've got three guys fighting for one spot. Who ya got?
The Contestants:
Deryk Engelland
Pros: Tough player that'll hit and fight, right-handed shot, good depth guy and teammate Cons: Hasn't excelled in pre-season play, has been a career minor leaguer that hasn't shown he can play at the NHL level
Nate Guenin
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2009-10 NHL Season Preview: Pittsburgh Penguins
From The Rink —
... Who's in: Nate Guenin, Brent Johnson, Chris Lee, Jay McKee, Mike Rupp Who's out: Philippe Boucher, Mathieu Garon, Hal Gill, Miroslav Satan, Robert Scuderi, Petr Sykora, Mike Zigomanis
Outlook: Another top team tight against the salary cap and forced to watch some incumbents leave for big paydays, the Penguins had to settle for bargains in the summer to replace the bodies lost.
Two of the team's top four minute munchers in Rob ...
Pens sign defenseman Martin Skoula to a one year contract
PensBurgh —
... After watching Deryk Engelland and Nate Guenin fail to impress during training camp and seeing Ben Lovejoy go down with a shoulder injury, the Penguins management obviously wanted an upgrade. They added what they hope will do the trick with Martin Skoula and his 724 games of NHL experience. Martin "Puck poise" Skoula also is another former first round pick and has a Stanley Cup ring, like almost all of his teammates.
Skoula's had an interesting September: he started ...
Wednesday Morning Fly By: Final roster due today
Broad Street Hockey —
... main challengers for the Eastern Conference crown, the Washington Capitals. [Japers' Rink]
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Former Flyer/Phantom defenseman Nate Guenin was waived by the Penguins yesterday. [Pensburgh ...
Cooke, Staal, Guerin fuel a team effort; Pens take down Ducks 5-2
PensBurgh —
... Down their top four defensemen (in terms of minutes played) the Penguins needed and got contributions from everyone. Engelland, as mentioned, made a great pass to make the game-winner possible and also played phyiscal with five hits. Nate Guenin looked confident and comfortable in his NHL season debut, also credited with five hits. ...
The NHL's injury epidemic
From The Rink —
... more than one team ends up in extreme cap trouble by April as a result.
A great example of just how big the injury ward is this season is in Pittsburgh, where the Penguins are without their top four defencemen. They somehow pulled out a 5-2 win against the Ducks on Monday with this top six (ranked by ice time):
Mark Eaton: 27:09 Martin Skoula: 18:39 Deryk Engelland: 18:33 Ben Lovejoy: 18:30 Jay McKee: 16:39 Nate Guenin: 14:42
Had to look up a couple first names there... ...
Same system, same results
PensBurgh —
... Nate Guenin added:
"Everything is the same, it's awesome because when you get called up and you're put in that situation, you feel comfortable because all the terminology's the same, and it makes the transition that much ...
Brooks Orpik expects to play against Thrashers, Nate Guenin sent down
PensBurgh —
... As a result of Orpik's return, defenseman Nate Guenin was sent back down to WBS. Guenin played in two games for the Pens and picked up zero points, finishing only with a -2 rating. ...
