Confirmed with Link: Pens have signed college FA forward Jake Lucchini to a one-year deal

[bathroomSTAAL]

I feel like every single college free agent was nominated for the Hobey Baker

Remember when Steiggy joked about him dying in a plane crash? Never forget

 

[WayneSid9987]

Some more. Watch past the point i showed and he has a goal and an assist as well.

 

[Nakawick]

He gets his chance, hope it works.

 

[Dominance]

Massively ups our hair game and cool name factor, easily worth a contract slot.

 

[Andy99]

Massively ups our hair game and cool name factor, easily worth a contract slot.

If only we still had Hags, we’d be favorites for sure to win the Manely Cup ...

 

[Ryder71]

Free stuff! But he looks quick, although it's a bit hard to see. Sure why not.

 

[Burn]

Hope this means the Pens have their eye on MT players. Particularlly next years Dmen.

 

[Shady Machine]

Neat

 

[HandshakeLine]

THE Jake Lucchini?

 

[HandshakeLine]

If only we still had Hags, we’d be favorites for sure to win the Manely Cup ...

Or at least a shoe-in for the annual Ron Duguay Vidal Sassoon Memorial Flow Fest.

 

[madinsomniac]

You know that part in Guardians of the Galaxy where Peter uses his Starlord name and the other dude is like, “Who????”... thats where I am with this signing, lol

 

[MayorofWBS]

Nico Sturm, Clarkson Golden Knights, is the one UDFA I hope the Penguins get. Not a flashy signing but a kid I think could make a NHL team as defensive 3rd/4th line center down the line. Very good defensive forward with good size for the center position at 6-3, 205 lbs.

 

[Daeni10]

Nico Sturm, Clarkson Golden Knights, is the one UDFA I hope the Penguins get. Not a flashy signing but a kid I think could make a NHL team as defensive 3rd/4th line center down the line. Very good defensive forward with good size for the center position at 6-3, 205 lbs.

He is also german which is a plus to me

 

[EightyOne]

He is also german which is a plus to me

Sehr gut!!!

 

[Harvey Birdman]

Or expecting a main stay NHL’er out of the kid, and frankly know next to nothing about him, but Pittsburgh has done very well with NCAA signings over the years. Hopefully the kid plays his way into a role.

 

[HandshakeLine]

He is also german which is a plus to me

The long lost great grandson of Heinrich von Ofterdingen.

 

[Daeni10]

The long lost great grandson of Heinrich von Ofterdingen.

Man the Ofterdingen dynasty surely produced two great hockey players with Marco and Nico Sturm. As a history student I should probably write a paper about it. May I quote you for my paper? Pretty sure my lecturer will accept one of his colleagues as a source

 

[HandshakeLine]

I'm not sure if my böhmischen Quasch is good for your coursework... Aber, tun dir keine Zwang an!

 

[Jacob]

We’re going to to have a shit-ton of forward prospects in WB/S next year. No blue chippers, but maybe we get lucky and get a Rust and a ZAR out of the group, and a couple others are small pieces in key trades.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

We’re going to to have a ****-ton of forward prospects in WB/S next year. No blue chippers, but maybe we get lucky and get a Rust and a ZAR out of the group, and a couple others are small pieces in key trades.

This board doesn't seem to want another ZAR though.

 

[Peat]

We’re going to to have a ****-ton of forward prospects in WB/S next year. No blue chippers, but maybe we get lucky and get a Rust and a ZAR out of the group, and a couple others are small pieces in key trades.

I would honestly be a little upset if Johnson/Angello/Lafferty/Miletic/Lucchini/Bellerive/Almeida/Drozg/Bjorkqvist/Hallander only amounted to a Rust and a ZAR. That's a lot of guys at a pretty advanced level and I'd say at least three of them have higher than Rust ceilings. I don't know what sort of probabilities are in place for where they are (except I think 50% of players who've done what Hallander did in their draft season went on to be NHL players and he's already improved on it) but they've got to be okay at this stage.

 

[WayneSid9987]

He played C his first pro game with Hayes on RW and Hayes got a hat trick. Good start. Heh.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

So we signed some summer squash?

 

[SHOOTANDSCORE]

Did we make him an offer he can't refuse?

 

[EightyOne]

Did we make him an offer he can't refuse?

As a kid outta college, he probably signed for $350/month and a refurb Ikea couch. Mafia wasn't needed, yet.