Confirmed with Link: Penguins sign defenseman Dmitri Samorukov to one-year NHL deal - $775,000

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Penguins Sign Defenseman Dmitri Samorukov to a One-Year Contract | Pittsburgh Penguins

The Pittsburgh Penguins have signed defenseman Dmitri Samorukov (sa-muh-ROO-kahv, dih-MEE-tree) to a one-year contract, it was announced today by President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Kyle Dubas. The contract runs through the 2023-24 season and carries an average annual value of...

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I believe he was a AHL only deal in WBS and this upgrades it to NHL.

Dmitri Samorukov - Stats, Contract, Salary & More

Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Dmitri Samorukov, 1999-06-16 Volgograd, RUS Russia. Most recently in the undefined with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. Complete player biography and stats.

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[Peat]

Nice.

 

[Your Boy Troy]

Samorukov definitely has some intriguing tools. He's very mobile for someone his size. Jagger Joshua is another player on the WBS who deserves to get an NHL contract as well. He brings an element that's lacking in the system.

 

[Victor Z]

Jagger Joshua is another player on the WBS who deserves to get an NHL contract as well. He brings an element that's lacking in the system.

That would be a complete waste of a contract, unless the NHL suddenly removes all limits and may even if they do.

What little Joshua brings to the table is nothing that Mike Sullivan wants.

Besides, Joshua is just a very, very poor man's version of Josh Archibald.

And Archibald wasn't worth much.

 

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That would be a complete waste of a contract, unless the NHL suddenly removes all limits and may even if they do.

What little Joshua brings to the table is nothing that Mike Sullivan wants.

Besides, Joshua is just a very, very poor man's version of Josh Archibald.

And Archibald wasn't worth much.

I tend to agree. I think the closest a NHL team is going to get to a Jagger is, as you said, the Archibald types. We have that in Nieto and Accari. The Jaggers of the league are few and far between.