Speculation: Macarthur to sign with Penguins?

[Oiltankjob Fail]

Bob Stauffer on Edmonton radio tonight said he heard from a source That Macarthur is signing with Penguins.

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[BHD]

That sounds like a Shero signing.

 

[MichiganWolverines]

Nice, if the rumor is true. I always liked Clarke MacArthur.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Clarke MacArthur I assume???

Edit: Yep

 

[Oiltankjob Fail]

Nice, if the rumor is true. I always liked Clarke MacArthur.

He sounded matter as fact about it and then repeated it again.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

Bob Stauffer on Edmonton radio tonight said he heard from a source That Macarthur is signing with Penguins.

He looks like he would be awfully slow.

In all seriousness, who expected a big splash this offseason? Signing Malkin and Letang for basically the best part of the remainder of their years should be enough for you all. We should get some real maneuvering room in a couple of years and going forward. Then you can expect bigger moves.

 

[SirBrad]

solid 3rd liner, at what expense though? Coming off 3.625M cap hit.

 

[Sivek]

So, is he still going to score against us? With MAF goal, this seems possible.

He is primarily a LW, right? Imagine he'd play on Geno line if he is getting signed. Doubt he sign unless strong suggestions he's going to be centered by Malkin rather than Sutter.

Would seem to me that means Cooke is gone. Jokinen-Sutter-Bennett 3rd line? Though with DB, left and right wing are interchangeable.

 

[domaug*]

solid 3rd liner, at what expense though? Coming off 3.625M cap hit.

if it's a replacement for Kennedy/Adams/Glass/whoever (although Kennedy is already gone), i would call it a win. i don't think he'd be too expensive.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

He's got a nice aristocratic name. Fits with the organizational arrogance.

 

[stardog]

Id be pretty damn happy with a MacArthur signing actually. Id worry where Bylsma would play him but dude, he'd make a very good third liner for the Pens.

 

[Axman]

20 goal guy; I could see him playing left wing on the third line.

 

[Zirakzigil]

New center for the Pens?

Be interesting if true. Curious where he would play since it looks like the top line will be the same forever under Dan.

 

[On Vinyl]

There's no way Bennett is a top six forward like Danny B said if this signing happens. I haven't seen alot of MacArthur other than when he scores on us. Would he be suitable on Malkin's line? Because you know that's where he would be playing.

 

[bradshaw06]

Macarthur this year, Kulemin next year?

 

[Dr Frasier Crane]

Fedotenko-esque signing from a few years ago? Reminds me of him a bit. He can play on any of the top 3 lines, really. I'd take him around 2.5-3M caphit.

 

[mr sidney crosby]

He had a 62 point season in 2010-2011! With Crosby he could maybe put up 70+ points
Macauthur-Crosby-Bennett
Kunitz-Malkin-Neal
Jokinen-Sutter-Dupuis
zolnierczyk-Lapierre-Vitale

 

[Ogelthorpe]

He looks like he would be awfully slow.

In all seriousness, who expected a big splash this offseason? Signing Malkin and Letang for basically the best part of the remainder of their years should be enough for you all. We should get some real maneuvering room in a couple of years and going forward. Then you can expect bigger moves.

I think this MacArthur could get a lot of other teams to forfeit!

 

[Fordy]

I always liked him. Hope we don't get him because I'm sure he'll take Beau's spot and further ruin our top six.

 

[Waffle Fries]

Yeah, let's sign another third line tweener so Dan has more excuses to not play Bennett in the top six.

 

[mr sidney crosby]

How is Macarthur's skating?

 

[stardog]

Problem being, where are we going to get the cap room from???
Looking at capgeek, it seems we have 11 forwards (with Stevie Mac being one) and when DJ signs we will probably only have around 500 k to play with.

 

[KIRK]

So, is he still going to score against us? With MAF goal, this seems possible.

He is primarily a LW, right? Imagine he'd play on Geno line if he is getting signed. Doubt he sign unless strong suggestions he's going to be centered by Malkin rather than Sutter.

Would seem to me that means Cooke is gone. Jokinen-Sutter-Bennett 3rd line? Though with DB, left and right wing are interchangeable.

Yes, LW. Hmm . . . Kunitz-Sid-Bennett, MacArthur-Geno-Neal. Dupuis to L3. Won't happen, but it SHOULD.

Here's the deal with MacArthur. Not a sexy pickup, but he's got decent jam and board work, plays pretty sound defense, and IMO is a better one on one guy that Kunitz, Dupuis, or Neal. Up front, the only guys with more creativity in that department would be Sid, Geno, and Bennett.

 

[bradshaw06]

Problem being, where are we going to get the cap room from???
Looking at capgeek, it seems we have 11 forwards (with Stevie Mac being one) and when DJ signs we will probably only have around 500 k to play with.

you can go over during the offseason, 10% i believe. someone would obviously be traded.

 

[bradshaw06]

Yes, LW. Hmm . . . Kunitz-Sid-Bennett, MacArthur-Geno-Neal. Dupuis to L3. Won't happen, but it SHOULD.

Here's the deal with MacArthur. Not a sexy pickup, but he's got decent jam and board work, plays pretty sound defense, and IMO is a better one on one guy that Kunitz, Dupuis, or Neal. Up front, the only guys with more creativity in that department would be Sid, Geno, and Bennett.

You've always said we need more guys that can create, and he seems like a guy that can.