TSN.com Gives a Rundown of Penguins Players Lost & Found

TSN.com writer, Scott Cullen, recently posted the article "NUMBERS GAME: PENGUINS SHOP ON THE ISLAND."

Cullen specifically talks about what Pittsburgh picked up when they signed the three forwards Miroslav Satan, Ruslan Fedotenko, and Janne Pesonen.

"While these signings certainly make the Penguins better than they are without Hossa and Malone, they're also not productive enough to make the team as good as last year's Stanley Cup finalists."

MIROSLAV SATAN

• Moving to a more talented Penguins lineup will give Satan an opportunity to bounce back. It's not often that a player approaching his mid-30s can reverse his recent trend, but playing alongside Evgeni Malkin or Sidney Crosby should be enough to get Satan back into the 60-point range (say, somewhere between Malone's 51 and Petr Sykora's 63 last season).

RUSLAN FEDOTENKO

• Fedotenko, 29, has established his value as a complementary winger who can chip in a little offensively, just once surpassing 20 goals in his seven NHL seasons.
• Perhaps, if planted alongside a superstar centre, this could be the year that Fedotenko goes for 50-plus points for the first time in his career but, given his track record, it's much safer to expect him to handle some second-line and third-line duty and perhaps put up 15-20 goals and 35-40 points.

JANNE PESONEN

• Despite his success in the Finnish Elite League (where Tony Salmelainen was a star not so long ago) Pesonen may not be a game-breaking talent, so expectations have to be kept in check.
• Nevertheless, if he impresses early on and gets an opportunity with a scoring line, Pesonen could be a 20-goal sleeper in his first year in the NHL.