In:
July 4 - Signed Mike Rupp (2 yrs, $1.65 million)
July 4 - Signed Brian Strait (3 yrs, $1.84 million [includes bonuses])
July 5 - Signed Nate Guenin (1 yr, $500,000)
July 6 - Signed Chris Conner (1 yr, $500,000)
July 6 - Signed Chris Lee (1 yr, $500,000)
July 11 - Signed Jay McKee (1 yr, $800,000
July 21 - Signed Brent Johnson (1 yr, ?)
Re-signed:
June 30 - Re-signed Bill Guerin (1 yr, $2 million)
July 5 - Re-signed Ruslan Fedotenko (1 yr, $1.8 million)
July 15 - Re-signed Ben Lovejoy (1 yr, $500,000)
July 15 - Re-signed Tim Wallace (2 yrs, $1 million)
Out:
July 1 - Mathieu Garon signs with Columbus.
July 1 - Hal Gill signs with Montreal.
July 2 - Rob Scuderi signs with Los Angeles.
July 7 - Jeff Taffe signs with Florida.
July 13 - Chris Minard signs with Edmonton.
Pens sign G Brent Johnson (21-Jul-2009)
The Penguins have signed goaltender Brent Johnson to a one-year contract. Johnson, 32, played 21 games with the Washington Capitals, finishing with a record of 12-6-2 during the 2008-09 season. The veteran goaltender recorded a .908 save percentage along with a 2.81 goals-against average. His career stats can be found at http://hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=24078.
Pens to open 2009-10 season at home Oct 2 vs Rangers (15-Jul-2009)
The Pittsburgh Penguins will raise a new Stanley Cup banner at their 2009-10 regular season opener - Friday, Oct. 2 against the New York Rangers at Mellon Arena. Game time is 7:30 p.m.