Pens Re-Sign Craig Adams to a Two Year Deal

The Penguins have re-signed Craig Adams to a two-year contract. We've said that this was an absolute must-sign for Ray Shero. Great to see that Craig Adams will be back for the next two seasons.  It's players like him giving up their body that make a team successful in the long run. Cap average is $675,000. Adams got his raise and even an extra year. A very low risk, high reward signings.  

Article from the Pens' site.  

The Offseason Review Series: Tyler Kennedy

Over the next few weeks, The Pond will take a look at how different aspects of the team performed throughout the 2010-2011 season, and consider the criticisms offered about them. This will be a series of posts updated pretty frequently to give us as fans an opportunity to look towards the 2011-12 season and discuss any areas which we would like to see the Pens improve upon in the future.

Tyler Kennedy

The Offseason Review Series.

Over the next few weeks, The Pond will take a look at how different aspects of the team performed throughout the 2010-2011 season, and consider the criticisms offered about them.  This will be a series of posts updated pretty frequently to give us as fans an opportunity to look towards the 2011-12 season and discuss any areas which we would like to see the Pens improve upon in the future.

Up First:  Coach Dan Bylsma: 

We will look back at HCDB's promotion to head coach of the Penguins as well as his first two full seasons at the helm of the club.  After his unparalleled success during his inaugural season, the Penguins have seemed to digress a bit failing to make it past the first and second round of the playoffs in consecutive years.  Is this digression due to Bylsma's lack of change in the club's system, or is it simply that the Penguins suffered a few series of bad breaks the past two seasons that led to an early conclusion of their seasons?  Look for the first post of this series sometime this evening or tomorrow.  

The 2011 Offseason

It is once again that dreaded time of year for fans of Pittsburgh sports teams.  The Offseason. It is the stretch from anywhere between April until mid-September where Yinzers have nothing to look forward to, except another losing season from the beloved Pirates. The longer the Penguins go into the playoffs, the more time that we don't have to divert our attention to the Pirates, but when the Pens lose early in the playoffs, the Battling Bucs are all we have.  Normally, we at least get a break from them beginning in July, when the Steelers start their training camp, but this year that saving grace is up in the air with the on going labor dispute in the NFL. In other words, this could be a very long summer for Pittsburgh, but hopefully it is a rewarding one when Ray Shero re-tools the lineup for next Fall. 


This post will focus on the Pens moving forward towards the beginning of training camp in September and the beginning of the regular season at the start of October. Ray Shero will have a very busy offseason as he has to deal with filling out a roster that currently has 10 unrestricted free agents and 2 restricted free agents. After the jump there will be a suggestion of next year's potential lines as well as insight into who Ray Shero should focus on resigning before the beginning of free agency this summer.